During my PhD studies, my research focused on boreal forests and the role of fungi in soil nutrient cycling. Specifically I investigated how their communities and activities were affected by variations in the environment and to anthropogenically induced increases in nitrogen availablilty. To answer my research questions, I used DNA-based metabarcoding combined with measurements of enzyme activities, biomass, and carbon and nutrient stocks.
I am interested in fungal and microbially mediated processes in the rhizosphere, and in my current position as a postdoctoral researcher in the Soil Nutrient Cyling group, I will switch my research focus to studying effects of diversified agricultural cropping systems in the soil.
