Current ClimBEco PhD students

Aerosol particles in the stratosphere scatter and absorb solar radiation which cools the Earth. I study the climate impact of volcanic eruptions reaching the stratosphere and the importance of correct injection height by using the global climate model WACCM.

I am interested in the links between forest policies, human behavior, and land use change. I focus on Nordic forests and use a mixed methods approach including agent-based modelling, GIS and interviews.

My work focuses on Arctic and boreal vegetation and how to estimate changes in phenology, GPP and species composition from warming and other types of climate drivers.
Currently, I work mostly with large-scale remote sensing data, but I also expect to work with ecosystem modelling (LPJ-GUESS) in the future.

I am harnessing the massive amount of data available for birds in terms of ecology and distribution to produce a metric of biodiversity impact caused by land-use changes. The final aim is to implement the metric in Life Cycle Assessments.

My PhD studies will entail researching how we conduct risk assessments of construction and demolition waste with a focus on terrestrial organisms. The goal is to generate End-of-Waste criteria to contribute to circular use of material and a more sustainable future.

My research at Lund University focuses on exploring the applicability of spectroscopy techniques (i.e. X-ray Fluorescence and Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry) for the detection of trace elements inside the woody tissue of trees and for studying the link between the occurrence of these elements and major climatic events during the Scandinavian Bronze age. The focal point of my work is to explore how this natural data archive can tell us a story about past climate and extreme climate events.

My research project focuses on the physicochemical properties of atmospheric aerosols. The first aspect covers the physicochemical mechanisms taking place at the surface of aerosols, particularly in the presence of gaseous species, leading to the so-called heterogeneous chemistry. The second aspect rather focuses on the aerosol parameters enabling the formation of ice crystals from heterogeneous nucleation.

I am developing a new dating method for ice cores using the radionuclide 36Cl. The main challenge is to better understand the loss of chlorine during transport and after deposition at low accumulation sites in Antarctica.

I study the variation in photosynthetic heat tolerance and tree water-use strategies among tropical montane species. I also aim to link traits related to physiological heat tolerance and tree hydraulics to tree growth and survival responses to heat and drought, which vary significantly among species.

I work on evaluating the performance of climate models in terms of reproducing weather patterns in the North Atlantic region. Geological archives and model output are combined to develop seasonal climate field reconstructions that serve as the baseline for evaluation covering the last millennium.

I focus on the impact of clearcut and forest fire on carbon pools and greenhouse gas budgeting in Boreal forest considering future climate change. In a broad sense, I will work on Boreal forest recovery after clear-cut and forest fire. The aim is to improve quantification and reduce uncertainties of the greenhouse gas budgets for Sweden's forests.

I am investigating the possible sources of electrification and lightning in a warm-based cloud. My work also focuses on the representation of clouds in the global model with more microphysical and lightning properties by implementing neural-network scheme.

My project is a cooperation between Lund University and The Swedish Transport Administration. I will spend my time as a PhD student by looking at how flower rich road verges are affecting our pollinating insects. The aim is to find features in road verges and ways to manage these in order to help our pollinators.

My research interests are to find ways to manage our forests in a sustainable way for climate and biodiversity.
In my PhD project I will investigate how a range of biogeochemical processes and ecological factors are affected by the management method of the forest. The studies will take place mainly in Skogaryd research catchment in a 70 years old spruce forest. The focus of the project will be to analyze the difference in GHG fluxes and carbon stock depending on the forestry management method.