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I have been a professor of Microbial Ecology since 1998. My PhD work was conducted at the Laboratory of Chemical Ecology, Lund University, and was focused on developing methods for analyzing chemical markers for the biomass and structure of microbial communities. I joined the Department of Microbial Ecology in Lund after a two year post-doc in the USA. My major research interest is to understand the biology and functional ecology of soil-living fungi.
My present research focuses on examining the molecular mechanisms underlying the decomposition of organic matter by ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungi and how this activity affect the cycling of nutrients and carbon in forest soils. We are studying how the functional activities encoded in the genomes of fungi are linked to biogeochemical processes operating at different spatial scales – from nanoscale minerals to forest sites using methods from genomics, molecular geochemistry, physical chemistry and computational biology.
Since 2011, I am an elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Expertise related to 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. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations the last five years
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Heterogeneous Fenton reactions: oxidation of adsorbing and non-adsorbing probe molecules via H2O2-promoted reduction of iron oxides
Zhang, B., Op De Beeck, M., Troein, C., Tunlid, A. & Persson, P., 2026 Aug, In: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 716, 140342.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mycelial biomass growth stage at death determines fungal necromass decay dynamics
Maillard, F., Lopes Ramos, D., Zhang, B., Ahlawat, A., Gill, A. L., Troein, C., Hedenström, M., Sparrman, T., Persson, P. & Tunlid, A., 2026 Mar, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 214, 110079.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Hidden decomposers: Revisiting saprotrophy among soil protists and its potential impact on carbon cycling
Maillard, F., Klinghammer, F., Jassey, V. E. J., Zhang, B., Kennedy, P. G., Lara, E., Geisen, S., Tranvik, L., Hammer, E. & Tunlid, A., 2025 Jun, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 205, 109786.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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The colloidal fraction of dissolved organic matter extracted from a forest soil persists microbial decomposition
Andersson, E., Groeneveld, M., Tranvik, L., Tunlid, A., Persson, P. & Olsson, U., 2025 Jun, In: Biogeochemistry. 168, 3, 50.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Keystone protist suppression triggers mesopredator release and biotic homogenization in complex soil microbial communities
Maillard, F., Klinghammer, F., Beatty, B. H., Zou, H., Lara, E., Hammer, E. C., Tunlid, A. & Kennedy, P. G., 2025 Jan 1, In: ISME Journal. 19, 1, wraf253.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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Use of spectroscopic techniques to study fungal wood degradation
Ashish, A. (Researcher), Floudas, D. (Supervisor), Persson, P. (Assistant supervisor), Tunlid, A. (Assistant supervisor) & Kritzberg, E. (Assistant supervisor)
2021/09/06 → …
Project: Dissertation
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Biogeochemistry of mineral-associated organic matter
Persson, P. (PI), Tunlid, A. (Researcher) & Op de Beeck, M. (Researcher)
2021/01/01 → 2024/12/31
Project: Research
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Structure and Dynamics of Natural Colloids
Persson, P. (Researcher), Tunlid, A. (Researcher), Olsson, U. (PI), Gentile, L. (Researcher) & Andersson, E. (Research student)
2019/01/01 → 2023/08/01
Project: Research
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LINXS: LINXS Institute of advanced Neutron and X-ray Science
Hall, S. (Supervisor), Mokso, R. (Researcher), Ntinidou, A. (Project coordinator), Egan, N. (Project communication officer), Grunning, Å. (Administrator), Terry, A. (Researcher), Olmsted , P. (Researcher), Richter, D. (Researcher), Lund, M. (Researcher), Schurtenberger, P. (Researcher), Skepö, M. (Researcher), Stradner, A. (Researcher), Sparr, E. (Researcher), Jönsson, P. (Researcher), Nylander, T. (Researcher), Stankovski, M. (Researcher), Cárdenas, M. (Researcher), Dicko, C. (Researcher), Arleth, L. (Researcher), Kragelund, B. B. (Researcher), Lindorff-Larsen, K. (Researcher), Lenton, S. (Researcher), Sparr, E. (Researcher), Jacobsen, C. (Researcher), Poulsen, H.-F. (Researcher), Mokso, R. (Researcher), Thånell, K. (Researcher), Jacobsen, C. (Researcher), Bech, M. (Researcher), Paterson, D. (Researcher), Schwenke, J. (Researcher), Johansson, U. (Researcher), Nilsson, B. (Researcher), Dell'Unto, N. (Researcher), Dal, L. (Researcher), Calner, M. (Researcher), Hammer, E. (Researcher), Pucetaite, M. (Researcher), Tunlid, A. (Researcher), Floudas, D. (Researcher), Gentile, L. (Researcher), Op de Beeck, M. (Researcher), Persson, P. (Researcher), Lagerstedt, J. (Researcher), Horsefield, S. (Researcher), Ursby, T. (Researcher), Oksanen, E. (Researcher), Ryde, U. (Researcher), Nan, J. (Researcher), André, I. (Researcher) & Aits, S. (Researcher)
Crafoord Foundation, Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth
2017/06/07 → 2020/06/06
Project: Network
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Molecular Interactions Controlling Soil Carbon Sequestration
Tunlid, A. (Researcher), Troein, C. (Researcher), Op de Beeck, M. (Researcher), Persson, P. (Researcher), Peterson, C. (Researcher), Siregar, S. (Researcher), Martin-Bertelsen, T. (Researcher) & Floudas, D. (Researcher)
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
2015/01/01 → 2021/07/31
Project: Research
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Microbial and biogeochemical processes controlling soil carbon storage
Tunlid, A. (Member of programme committee), Persson, P. (Member of programme committee), Johansson, T. (Member of programme committee), Baldrian, P. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Kleber, M. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Martinez, A. T. (Keynote/plenary speaker), McRose, D. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Obst, M. (Keynote/plenary speaker), Rosling, A. (Keynote/plenary speaker) & Tranvik, L. (Keynote/plenary speaker)
2019 Sept 9 → 2019 Sept 10Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
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Workshop for X-ray and neutron imaging applications in soil sciences
Pucetaite, M. (Organiser), Hammer, E. C. (Organiser), Persson, P. (Organiser), Tunlid, A. (Organiser), Floudas, D. (Organiser) & Op de Beeck, M. (Organiser)
2019 Jun 17 → 2019 Jun 18Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
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Ectomycorrhizal fungi may contribute to the formation and sorptive stabilization of soil organic matter
Tunlid, A. (Presenter), Bengtson, P. (Contributor) & Persson, P. (Contributor)
2017 Aug 2Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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Switching from ammonium to proteins as main nitrogen source induces the Fenton reaction in ectomycorrhizal fungi
Op de Beeck, M. (Presenter), Persson, P. (Contributor) & Tunlid, A. (Contributor)
2017 Jul 31Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation