Group Members

Staff

Silvia Caldararu

Loosely in charge
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Assistant professor in climate science, June 2022 - present
Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, 2015-2022
Postdoc Microsoft Research Cambridge, 2013 -2015
PhD School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, 2013

Gabriela Sophia

Next-generation ecosystem models to simulate acclimation of plant nutrient-use strategies to global change
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PhD student (joint with Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry), September 2021 - present
MSc Univeristy of Campinas, 2021

Josua Seitz

Carbon dynamics in grasslands
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PhD student, January 2023 - present
MSc Umea University, 2022

Midori Yajima

From species to ecosystem phenology in a changing climate
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PhD student, March 2024 - present
Visiting Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, 2021 - 2023
MSc Ecology, Sapienza University of Rome, 2018 - 2020

Stephen Byrne

Carbon dynamics in forestry (main supervisor Matt Saunders)
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PhD student, September 2022 - present
BA Trinity College Dublin, 2020

Rebecca Rivera

Fungi and other microorganisms as indicators of Irish peatland response to climate change, health, and restoration (main supervisor Carla Harper)
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PhD student, September 2022 - present
BA Environmental Science, Trinity College Dublin, 2022

Master and Bachelor Students

Aisling Brophy, 2023 The effect of drought stress on the photosynthesis of two major food crops

Yannick Glosser, 2023 Teaching, Visualizing, and Interacting with Very Large Climate Models (School of Computer Science and Statistics, in collaboration with Prof. Brendan Tangney)

Martha Delaney, 2024 Insights into Ecosystem Flux Dynamics A Comparative Study of Australian and European Variable Correlations and Predictors Using Random Forest Models

Alicia Brophy, 2024 Effect of elevated CO2 on carbon storage in three Irish forest sites from a land surface model

Damian Pawlowski, 2024 Enhancing Carbon Sequestration An Integrated Approach Using Big Data Modelling in Tree Species