Meet our PHD Students and Postdocs
My primary research goals are directed towards evaluating human and climate impact on ecological and biogeochemical processes using radionuclides as tracers. I have expertise in both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems at various temporal and spatial scales.
I am interested in the interconnectedness of above and belowground biological processes. How these depend on and relate to each other, thereby shaping ecosystems and their functions. By applying this in the context of harsh Arctic winter conditions, I hope to contribute to our understanding of how Arctic ecosystems will change in a warming world and what feedback effects this may have on a global scale.
I aim to advance our knowledge on the impact of ants on the Arctic ecosystem carbon dynamics. I will explore their impact both using field-based methods, e.g. by sampling ants or measuring fluxes; and using maps from unmanned aerial vehicles. Combining these methods will help us to understand the impact ants have on carbon, but also on invertebrates.
The overarching aim of my research is to understand herbivore-plant interaction from the perspective of both plants and animals and across different biomes. The bulk of my research includes how ungulates interact with temperate forests and how these relationships shift vegetation composition, structure, and succession.
My research will focus on carbon emissions from whole networks of lakes and streams – How will carbon emission and export from one system affect the emissions from downstream located systems? Is the network structure of importance for whole system emissions and its response to ongoing climate change?
I am plant ecologist with a strong focus on belowground ecology. I am studying the effects of climate change on the decomposition on a regional (arctic) to global scale.
By understanding plant activity during the cold season I hope to cast a light on how climate change and winter warming will affect the Arctic ecosystem and feedback to the global climate system.
April to June 2016, during my ERASMUS+ exchange to Umeå University, I got to spend two months in Abisko, when participating in the course “Arctic Geoecology”. As my personal interest in sustainability and climate change already grew before coming to Abisko, this was the perfect opportunity to combine both, my private interests and my research interests, in this hot topic.
I am a plant and ecosystem ecologist, focusing on plant-nutrient-soil interactions in high latitude ecosystems.
