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Theresa S. Ibáñez

Postdoctoral researcher • Ph.D. in Biology • Forest ecology • Carbon sequestration • Plant-soil interactions • Climate change • Wildfire • Boreal forest

Presentation

Theresa S. Ibáñez has a Ph.D. in Biology and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies in Umeå. Theresa investigates how climate change impacts belowground carbon sequestration in boreal forest Scots pine plantations. Theresa also disentangles the effects of wildfires and salvage logging on forest regeneration and soil nutrient transformation rates in Swedish boreal forest.

Teaching

Lecturer in Forest ecology and botany BI1382, 7,5 credits, First cycle, 2023, 2024. Topic: Disturbance and biodiversity.
Lecturer in Forest Ekologi SG0220, 15 credits, First cycle, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022. Topic: Fires and forest regeneration in Sweden.

Cooperation

Internal scientific research group in collaboration with stakeholders and with an international network: Restoration Ecology
Interdisciplinary external research cooperation: Centre for Environmental and Climate Science; Forest recovery and management impacts after wildfire - an interdisciplinary perspective
Podcast Skogsdoktorn - Avsnitt 4: Efter branden (in Swedish)
Swedish Radio P4 reportage: Så vill forskare tackla klimatkrisen– med hjälp av skogstallar (in Swedish)

Background

Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2022. Doctoral thesis title: Wildfire in Swedish boreal forests - Impacts of fire severity and salvage logging on tree seedling regeneration and the belowground system.
Master's degree in Environmental Science with emphasis on Biology, Dept. of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg University, 2016. Master's thesis topic: Soil respiration in primary and secondary tropical Montane rain forest, Nyungwe Forest National park, Rwanda.

Supervision

Co-supervisor of Internship Bachelor's student Masha Bondarenko Carbó. Universitat de Barcelona, 2022-2023.
Supervisor of Master's students project in the course Forest Ecosystem Ecology BI1369, 15 credits, Second cycle, 2020. Topic: Effects of burned soil on Scandinavian coniferous seedlings growth. Students: Alice Cosatti, Leon Hauenschild, Maria Grånemo.
Co-supervisor of Internship Master's student Marie-Lou Novene, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 2018.

Selected publications

2023

Pérez‐Izquierdo, L., Bengtsson, J., Clemmensen, K. E., Granath, G., Gundale, M. J., Ibáñez, T. S., Lindahl, B. D., Strengbom, J., Taylor, A., Viketoft, M., Wardle, D. A., Nilsson, M. C. (2023). Fire severity as a key determinant of aboveground and belowground biological community recovery in managed even‐aged boreal forests. Ecology and Evolution.

2022

Ibáñez, T. S., Rütting, T., Nilsson, M-C., Wardle, D. A., & Gundale, M. J. (2022). Mid-term effects of wildfire and salvage logging on gross and net soil nitrogen transformation rates in a Swedish boreal forest. Forest Ecology and Management.

Ibáñez, T. S. (2022). Wildfire in Swedish boreal forest - Impacts of fire severity and salvage logging on tree seedling regeneration and the belowground system. Doctoral dissertation. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.

2021

Ibáñez, T. S., Wardle, D., Gundale, M, J., Nilsson M-C. (2021). Effects of Soil Abiotic and Biotic Factors on Tree Seedling Regeneration Following a Boreal Forest Wildfire. Ecosystems.

Kelly, J., Ibáñez, T. S., Santín, C., Doerr, S. H., Nilsson M-C., Holst, T., Lindroth, A., Kljun, N. (2022). Boreal forest soil carbon fluxes one year after a wildfire: effects of burn severity and management. Global Change Biology.