Research output per year
Research output per year
Unit profile
Description
We study terrestrial ecosystems to better understand how soil microorganisms regulate global biogeochemistry and predict responses to environmental changes. We are a group of microbial ecologists, ecosystem ecologists, biogeochemists, and modellers, who have a shared vision, and under the umbrella of "Microbial Biogeochemistry in Lund", combine empirical and modelling approaches to accomplish this.
Research
Our research focuses on the study of soil carbon and nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems around the globe; from arctic tundra to tropical rainforests and semiarid grasslands. We are specifically interested in aspects influencing the spatial and temporal variability in microbial community function and structure, and their responses to stress, with special emphasis on environmental factors such as soil moisture, temperature, limiting nutrients, salinity and pH, and anthropogenic factors such as tillage, fertilization and metal contamination. We study the microbial control and environmental dependence of ecosystem functions using field and laboratory experiments, and then incorporate validated ecological insights into models operating at different scales.
More about us
Principal investigators
Technical staff
Postdocs and researchers
PhD students
- Honorine Dumontel
- Agnieszka Rzepczynska
- Xiaojing Yang
- Sara Winterfeldt
- Jianyu Xiao
- Huimin Liu
- Shilong Lei
- Liuyan Zhou
Thesis students
- Olivia Ågård, [email protected]
- Henry Nicholson, [email protected]
- Iva Ivicic, [email protected]
- Isavella Aikaterini Tsapakidi, [email protected]
- András Pogány, [email protected]
- Barbara Alvarez Rivera, [email protected]
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land
Collaborations the last five years
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Profiles
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Albert C. Brangarí
- Microbial Biogeochemistry in Lund - Researcher
- BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate - Member of Strategic Research Area
- MERGE: ModElling the Regional and Global Earth system - Member of Strategic Research Area
- Microbial Ecology - Researcher
- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (MGeo) - Researcher
Person: Academic
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Honorine Dumontel
- Functional Ecology - Doctoral student
- BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate - Member of Strategic Research Area
- Microbial Biogeochemistry in Lund - Doctoral student
Person
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Xingguo Han
- Functional Ecology - Postdoc
- Microbial Biogeochemistry in Lund - Postdoc
- BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate - Member of Strategic Research Area
Person
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Strengthened resource limitation driven by accelerated microbial growth dampens response to elevated CO2 in a mature forest
Yuan, M., Macdonald, C. A., Hicks, L. C. & Rousk, J., 2026 Dec, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 7, 1, 261.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Freeze-thaw perturbation decreases priming of soil organic carbon mineralization induced by straw return in croplands
Na, M., Xiang, M., Wang, Y., Lu, H., Zhou, J., Tian, C., Li, L. J., Miao, Y., Sun, H., Xu, S. & Rousk, J., 2026 Aug, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 219, 110180.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nitrogen additions modify the nursing effect of Scots pine on Sitka spruce via plant-soil feedback
Zhou, Y., Tao, T., Cox, F. & Johnson, D., 2026 Aug, In: Forest Ecosystems. 16, 100485.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Climate Change requires Agricultural Change
Ardö, J. (Researcher), Olin, S. (Researcher), Tagesson, T. (Researcher), Vestin, P. (Researcher), Hicks, L. (Researcher), Rousk, J. (Researcher), Olsson, L. (Researcher) & Andersson, E. (Researcher)
2026/01/01 → 2026/12/31
Project: Network
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Microbial agency in terrestrial biogeochemistry: the ecological feedback to change
Rousk, J. (PI)
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
2025/01/01 → 2029/12/31
Project: Research
Activities
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ClimBEco mentoring programme 2026
Sjöström, C. (Organiser), Gredeby, A. (Participant), Schultze, A. (Participant), Voss, A.-K. (Participant), King, C. (Organiser), Rydälv, C. (Participant), Isaxon, C. (Participant), Uvo, C. B. (Participant), Cwalina, E. (Participant), Register, E. (Participant), Abdi, H. (Participant), Johansson, H. (Participant), Dänhardt, J. (Participant), Rosenquist Ohlsson, L. (Participant), Borgström, P. (Participant), Bengtsdotter, S. (Participant), Thoni, T. (Participant), Aili, U. (Participant), Lomanto, V. (Participant), Widengren, V. (Participant), Yang, X. (Participant) & van Meeningen, Y. (Participant)
2026 Mar 24 → 2026 Dec 31Activity: Other › Pedagogical development work
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ClimBEco graduate research school winter meeting 2026
Isaxon, C. (Invited speaker), Friberg, J. (Invited speaker), Sjöström, C. (Organiser), King, C. (Organiser), Litsmark, A. (Presenter), Sattler, K. (Presenter), Lin, W. N. (Presenter), Håkansson, L. (Presenter), Barry, A. (Presenter), Ganslandt, E. (Presenter), Lyonnard, B. (Presenter), Holmgren, E. (Presenter), Zhong, H. (Presenter), Widengren, V. (Presenter), Starkey, A. (Presenter), Yang, X. (Presenter), Åström, O. (Presenter), Villanueva, L. (Presenter), Wolf, V. (Presenter), Cwalina, E. (Presenter), Bengtsdotter, S. (Presenter), Rosenquist Ohlsson, L. (Presenter), Lomanto, V. (Presenter), Holmberg, H. (Presenter), Gredeby, A. (Presenter), Xie, Z. (Presenter), Voss, A.-K. (Presenter), Wagenaar, L. F. (Presenter), Lin, J. (Presenter) & Register, E. (Presenter)
2026 Jan 14 → 2026 Jan 15Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
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Microbial resource colimitation in soils
Ardö, J. (Joint first/primary/lead supervisor), C. Brangarí , A. (Joint first/primary/lead supervisor) & Hicks, L. (Joint first/primary/lead supervisor)
2026 Jan 1Activity: Examination and supervision › Supervision of PhD students
Datasets
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Data for: Soil properties, microbial respiration, and microbial growth, for determining resource limitation for microbial growth in climate change simulation treatments in the Subarctic
Yuan, M. (Creator), Hicks, L. (Creator), Rousk, J. (Creator) & Na, M. (Contributor), Svensk nationell datatjänst (SND), 2023 Nov 9
DOI: 10.5878/sma9-dc14
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