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.
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
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.
28. April 2025
Silvia presents work from the Trait-Tweaks project in an invited talk at EGU 2025 in Vienna, Austria.
16. December 2024
First PEM group Christmas lunch! And what a year it has been! So many new faces and exciitng science.
10. December 2024
Silvia presents work on new ways to model plant diversity from the Climate + project at the AGU Fall Meeting 2024 in Washington DC.
7. October 2024
Welcome to new group member Gayathri Girish Nair! Gayathri will be working on machine learning methods to advance vegetation projections for UK & Ireland, part of the Climate + Biodiversity + Water Co-centre.
1. October 2024
Welcome to new group member Luke Daly! Luke will be working on plant plastiicty and integrating experiments and models, part of the Trait-Tweaks project.
26. September 2024
New paper out in Biogeosciences. Leaf nutrient resorption is driven by leaf type. This is Gabriela’s first paper!
30. July 2024
Josua attend the Land Use and Ecosystem Change summer school in Garmisch-Partenkirchen (KIT Campus Alpin), Germany. 