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My research focuses on community ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem functions. I am especially interested in the ecosystem function of weed seed predation and how to use it for sustainable weed control in agricultural fields. I primarily conduct research in Sweden but I am working with data from several European countries.
Research
I am the principal investigator on a recently awarded early-career grant from FORMAS (2024-2028), I lead a project aimed at testing the extent to which ecological alternatives to weed control such as weed seed predation can reduce dependence on herbicides. The project is structured around three objectives:
- To advance our knowledge of the potential of weed diversity and weed seed predation, as ecological alternatives for weed control, to mitigate weed-related yield losses.
- To identify the mechanisms by which weed diversity and weed seed predation interact to reduce species growth rates and associated yield losses.
- To evaluate the acceptance of ecological alternatives to weed control among Swedish farmers
Cooperation
I participate also in the projects:
- DIVERSOW: Increasing crop genetic DIVERSity to close the yield gap in Organic Wheat farming 2024 -2026
- Freshh. Farmer acceptable REstoration of Semi-natural Habitat to limit
Herbicides (FRESHH) 2022- 2025
Background
- 2023-2024: Postdoctoral researcher at SLU, Department of Crop Production Ecology.
- 2022-2023: Postdoctoral researcher at the SLU, Department of Ecology
- 2017-2021: PhD in Biology with specialisation in Ecology at the SLU, Department of Ecology, Uppsala. PhD focus on weed seed predation.
Researcher leave of absence at the
Department of Crop Production Ecology; Ogräsekologi
+4618672049
Inst för växtproduktionsekologi, Box 7043
75007 UPPSALA
Ulls väg 16, Uppsala
