Researchers actively involved

Almut Arneth, Associate professor. Research interests include – biosphere interactions in the Earth system and responses of terrestrial ecosystems to climate change, changing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration, and anthropogenic land management.

Veiko Lehsten, Scientist. Theoretical ecology, modelling of climate, vegetation and fire regimes, Savanna ecology.

Guy Schurgers, Assistant Professor. Coupled Earth System model analysis, specifically for understanding past environments. Model studies of emissions of biogenic volatile organic compounds from ecosystems and their interactions with atmospheric chemistry.

Paul Miller, Scientist. Past vegetation patterns, modelling northern wetland-permafrost dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions.

Thomas Holst, Scientist. Development and analysis of BVOC flux measurements, focusing on northern regions.

Anna Ekberg, Assistant Professor. Leaf level processes of BVOC emissions.

Daniel Hagberg, Scientist The effect of groundlevel ozone concentration on vegetation and climate models.

Marts Lindeskog, Scientist. Vegetation and carbon flux effects of landuse change and crop modelling in LPJ-GUESS.

Angela Gallego-Sala, Scientist. Vegetation-fire interactions in Mediterranean ecosystems

Wolfgang Knorr, Scientist. Climate and CO2 effects on global and regional fire regimes

Sampo Smolander, Scientist. Past vegetation dynamics and trace gas emissions

Chiara Mollinari, Scientist. Analysis of past fire-vegetation interactions from charcoal and pollen data

Kerstin Baumanns, Ph.D. Student. Analysis of global land-use and land cover change under changing socio-economic and climate conditions. Modelling of land-use change (PLUM, Parsimonious Land use Change Model) and scenario development. Focus: food and bioenergy production.

Stefan Olin, Ph.D. Student. Crop modelling in LPJ-GUESS and the study of Nitrogen cycling in managed ecosystems.

David Wårlind, Ph.D. Student. Interaction of carbon and nitrogen cycles in ecosystems, developing a nitrogen cycle for LPJ-GUESS.