Biogeochemistry

The Research Group of Biogeochemistry (in forest and nature under change) study the cycles of water, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and other elements in terrestrial ecosystems.

We aim to improve the understanding of ecosystem functioning, and specifically focus on how ecosystems will respond to environmental changes and to management actions by quantifying the pools and fluxes of matter in semi-natural and managed ecosystems.

 

 

 

 

 

Major ongoing projects

Major completed project

  • Aforest
  • Dnmark
  • Enerwoods
  • Fate of N deposition in tropical forest
  • Forest Soil Carbon-sink Nordic Network
  • FSC-SINK
  • Fundiv Europe
  • GHG Europe
  • INCREASE
  • More water from forests
  • Partitioning forest ecosystem respiration by application of novel isotope laser spectroscopy
  • Resampling Suserup

Networks and collaborations

 

 

Master and Bachelor projects in the Biogeochemistry group

The Biogeochemistry research group hosts a range of unique long-term experiments in Danish forest and semi-natural ecosystems, which offer excellent opportunities for master and bachelor projects. We have a strong national and international research profile with a focus and ambition to do excellent and relevant research in biogeochemistry and ecology.

We offer projects within the following major topics:

  • Carbon pools and processes
  • Water in ecosystems
  • Greenhouse gases
  • Nutrient flows in ecosystems

You can formulate your own project or choose a project from our list of proposals on the sections frontpage

Ecosystem Services, such as carbon sequestration and clean water, are central to our approach and we consider climate change, nitrogen deposition, management and land use to be the key drivers of changes in the ecosystems. Student projects can involve fieldwork, laboratory experiments, data mining or combinations hereof.

Our working concept in the Biogeochemistry group at IGN. The concept of “Ecosystem Services” is central to the scope of our research and we consider four genera topics and their interactions. For each of these topics we have a strong national and international research profile.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Many of our projects are international and we cooperate with researchers from Europe, China and USA. Researchers from the group lead the Nordic research networks CAR-ES and FSC-sink.

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The research networks CAR-ES 

The research network FSC-sink

 

 

 

 

 

 

Members of the Research Group

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Allan Overgaard Nielsen Laboratory Coordinator +4535336540 E-mail
Anne Blicher Laboratory Technician +4535328028 E-mail
Claus Beier Professor +4535334233 E-mail
Frederik Nygaard Philipsen PhD Fellow E-mail
Heidi Niemann Stennicke Larsen Laboratory Technician +4535322725 E-mail
Inge Stupak Associate Professor +4535331665 E-mail
Inger Kappel Schmidt Professor +4535331668 E-mail
Jesper Riis Christiansen Associate Professor - Promotion Programme +4535336942 E-mail
Joanne Alice O'Keeffe PhD Fellow +4535331550 E-mail
Karelle Rheault PhD Fellow +4535324304 E-mail
Klaus Steenberg Larsen Associate Professor +4535337654 E-mail
Lars Vesterdal Professor +4535331672 E-mail
Linsey Marie Avila Enrolled PhD Student E-mail
Ludovica D'Imperio Research Coordinator +4535336298 E-mail
Mads Madsen Krag Laboratory Coordinator +4535331675 E-mail
Morten Ingerslev Associate Professor +4535331676 E-mail
Per Gundersen Professor +4535331678 E-mail
Rachel Eleanor Burns Research Assistant +4535329796 E-mail
Sascha Hellmann Hansen Academic Research Officer +4535334960 E-mail
Sebastian Kepfer Rojas Associate Professor +4535334843 E-mail
Signe Lett Assistant Professor +4535326162 E-mail
Steen Færgemann Hansen Special Consultant +4535336972 E-mail
Xhevat Haliti Laboratory Coordinator +4535331681 E-mail

Forskergruppeleder


Lars Vesterdal
Professor




E-mail: lv@ign.ku.dk
Phone: +45 35 33 16 72
Mobile: +45 61 67 08 65