People

ECOSHRUB

People

Senior researchers

Bente Jessen Graae

Institution: Department of Biology, NTNU

Projects: Vegetation, Carbon, and Albedo

Research interests: Plant community ecology and ecosystem function in Arctic, alpine, temperate deciduous and boreal forests, and savanna vegetation.

Richard Strimbeck

Associate professor, PhD
richard.strimbeck@ntnu.no

Institution: Department of Biology, NTNU

Projects: Carbon and Vegetation.

Research interests: Richard Strimbeck is a plant ecophysiologist with research interests in winter ecophysiology of temperate and boreal conifers and physiological responses of plants to global change. His recent work has focused on the biochemistry and mechanisms of extreme frost tolerance, winter light stress, and effects of winter warming on gas exchange and carbon balance in various conifer species.

Håkon Holien

Associate professor, PhD
hakon.holien@nord.no

Institution: Nord University and NTNU

Projects: Vegetation

Research interest: Lichen taxonomy, diversity and ecology. Lichenicolous fungi. Particularly interested in epiphytic lichens of the boreal rainforests of coastal, Central Norway. At present working on sterile, saxicolous, crustose lichens in Norway and preparing projects on the lichen family Lecanoraceae and phyllogeography of lichens in boreal rainforests. Member of the Norwegian Red List Group on lichens. Also working on 3th edition of a Norwegian Lichen Book – Norsk Lavflora.

Ivan Nijs

Professor, PhD
ivan.nijs@uantwerpen.be

Institution: University of Antwerp

Projects: Albedo

Research interests: Plant communities / biodiversity and ecosystem functioning / climate change / biological invasions / grassland / tundra / desert

Brian J. Enquist

Professor, PhD
benquist@email.arizona.edu

Institution: University of Arizona

Projects: Carbon

Research interests: Macroecology, Plant Ecophysiology, Scaling, Trait-based ecology.

Kristian Hassel

Associate professor, PhD
kristian.hassel@ntnu.no

Institution: Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum

Projects: Vegetation

Research interests: The main focus areas of my research are systematics, phylogeography, conservation biology and ecosystem function of bryophytes.

Benjamin Blonder

Assistant professor, PhD
bblonder@gmail.com

Institution: University of California at Berkeley

Projects: Vegetation, Carbon

Research interests: Macroecology, biogeography, community ecology.

Øystein Hjorthol Opedal

Senior lecturer, PhD
oystein.opedal@biol.lu.se

Institution: Lund University

Research interests: I'm interested in various topics within ecology and evolutionary biology. My current main research activities concerns the evolution of plant mating systems, which I study using the Neo-tropical vine Dalechampia scandensas a model system. Our group study these plants both in the field, in the greenhouse and by molecular-genetic methods. I am also interested in understanding how alpine plants, and plant communities, respond to environmental change.

Simone Lang

Associate professor, PhD
simonel@unis.no

Institution: The University Centre of Svalbard (UNIS)

Projects: Albedo and Carbon.

Research interests: Albedo, climate change, ecosystem function, radiation, trait, arctic, alpine

Pieter De Frenne

Associate professor, PhD Pieter De Frenne. Photo
Pieter.DeFrenne@UGent.be

Institution: Ghent University

Research interests: General applied botany, climate change, global change ecology, biodiversity, seed ecology, forest, grassland, alpine vegetation.

Juul Limpens

Associate professor, PhD
juul.limpens@wur.nl

Institution: Wageningen University

Projects: Vegetation

Research interests: climate change, ecology, education, environmental governance, plant ecology, soil chemistry, bog plants, field tests, flora, desiccation, dunes, mosses, nature, nitrogen, nitrogen response, peatlands, plant interaction, tundra, veins, vegetation restoration, climate adaptation, beaches

PhD candidates

Courtenay Ray

PhD candidate, MSc
courtenay.ray@gmail.com

Institution: University of California at Berkeley

Projects: Vegetation

Research interests : species interactions, demographic strategies, community assembly, and functional traits

Mia Vedel Sørensen

PhD candidate, MSc
miavedelsorensen@gmail.com

Institution: Department of Biology, NTNU

Projects: Carbon

Research interests : Carbon fluxes, carbon stocks, ecology, eco-physiology, botany, climate change, ecosystem function, leaf traits, species distribution models, arctic, alpine, tropical, temperate ecosystems, conservation.

Kristin Odden Nystuen

PhD candidate, MSc
kristinon@hotmail.com

Institutions: Department of Biology, NTNU and Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture, Nord University.

Projects: Vegetation

Research interests: Arctic-alpine ecology, plant-herbivore interactions and vegetation dynamics. I am especially interested in processes affecting the recruitment phase of plants.

Engineers

Sigrid Lindmo

Senior Engineer, MSc in botanical ecology
sigrid.lindmo@ntnu.no

Institution: Department of Biology, NTNU

Research interests: Botanical ecology

Master and bachelor students

Domenica Naranjo

Master student, BSc
domenicn@stud.ntnu.no

Institution: Department of Biology, NTNU

Projects: Vegetation

Research interests: lichen ecology, alpine environments, interactions between lichens and the environment and other organisms

Floor Marsman

Master student, BSc
domenicn@stud.ntnu.no

Institution: Wageningen University & Research

Projects: Vegetation

Research interests: climate change, plant ecology, and nature conservation

Kristine Sundsdal

Master student, BSc
kristine.sundsdal@gmail.com

Institution: Department of Biology, NTNU

Projects: Vegetation

Diana Eckert

Master student, BSc
diana00e@gmail.com

Institution: Department of Biology, NTNU

Projects: Carbon

Research interests: Alpine plant physiology and ecology

Bee Vanhecke

Master student, BSc
bee.vanhecke@student.uantwerpen.be

Institution: University of Antwerp

Projects: Albedo

Research interests: Climate change, renewable energy, phytoremediation, renewable resources.

Arnt Ove Liasjø

Master student, BSc
aoliasjo@stud.ntnu.no

Institution: Department of Biology, NTNU

Projects: Carbon

Research interests: Carbon exchange in mosses, and animal and plant adaptations to climate change.

Andreas Baele

Master student, BSc
andreas@baele.eu

Institution: Wageningen University

Projects: Vegetation

Research interests: Climate change, biodiversity, conservation, invasive species.

Karl Andreas Johannessen

Bachelor student, field assistant
karl.a_johannessen@live.com

Institution: Nord-Trøndelag University College (HiNT)

Projects: Vegetation

Simen Dille

Bachelor student, field assistant

Institution: Nord-Trøndelag University College (HiNT)

Projects: Vegetation

Nick Stam

Master student, BSc
nick.stam1993@gmail.com

Institution: Wageningen University and Research Centre

Projects: Vegetation

Research interests: Ecology, biodiversity and nature conservation.

Lars Uphus

Master student, BSc
lars.uphus@wur.nl

Institution: Wageningen University

Projects: Vegetation

Research interests: (alpine) ecology-geography relations, species’ shifts and adaptations to climate change, plant traits, GIS, land use planning, ecosystem services