Welcome to the Plant Ecology Modelling Group
We are a research group studying plant ecophysiology and the ways plant adapt to global change through process based vegetation models. We combine ecological biogeochemical knowledge to create better predictions of the Earth’s future.
We are part of the Discipline of Botany in the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin. We are part of the Climate + Biodiversity + Water Co-centre and are funded through the Research ireland Frontiers for the Future programme and by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency.
We are a vibrant and international team and take pride in inclusivity and diversity. You can read about our commitment to these values and how we work together in our Code of Conduct.
News
22. September 2025
Kick off meeting for the E-PATH project at Teagasc Oak Park. 
17 - 19. September 2025
Gayathri and Silvia attend the annual symposium of the Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water at Queens University Belfast. Gayathri presents a poster on her work on predicting plant traits globally using machine learning.
25. August 2025
Welcome to new group member Carmen Watkins! Carmen will be working on forecasting tree resistance t pathogens, part of the E-PATH project.
23 - 27. June 2025
Midori attend the first eLTER conference in Tampere, Finland and presented her work on detecting phenology from multiple data sources and models, joining other members of the COST action CLEANFOREST. 
16 - 19. June 2025
the group attended the annual QUINCY developers workshop for a week of science, code, catching up with old friends and making new ones in sunny Berlin. 
2 - 13. June 2025
Gayathri attended the 8th Training Course on New Advances in Land Carbon Cycle Modeling, organised by Cornell University.
10. June 2025
Camille presented a poster on her PhD work at the Mary Anning Conference on Novel Constraints on the Coupling Between the Water and Carbon Cycles at INRAE Bordeaux, France.
12. May 2025
PEM group retreat in the Wicklow mountains. 
9. May 2025
New preprint out in ESS Open Archive, led by Gabriela on modelling leaf resorption in QUINCY.