Daniela Guasconi Researcher
Contact
Name and title: Daniela GuasconiResearcher
ORCID0000-0003-3739-0877 Länk till annan webbplats.
Workplace: Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences Länk till annan webbplats.
Visiting address Svante Arrhenius väg 20 A
Postal address Institutionen för ekologi miljö och botanik106 91 Stockholm
About me
Postdoctoral researcher at the department of Ecology, Environment and Plant sciences (DEEP) and member of the Bolin Centre for climate research.
I am a biologist turned soil ecologist, interested in microbial ecosystem functions, biogeochemical cycles and plant-soil interactions, and how all these relate to climate and land-use change. I obtained my PhD in Physical Geography in 2024 under the supervision of Gustaf Hugelius, followed by a postdoc with Stefano Manzoni.
During my PhD and postdoctoral work at the Department of Physical Geography I studied drought impacts on grasslands, soil carbon management, root ecology, and the role of soil microbial communities in the carbon cycle. I later focused more specifically on how microbial community composition influences greenhouse gas emissions from forest soils, as well as the temperature responses of microbial growth and respiration.
Since June 2026 I'm doing an international postdoc jointly hosted by Ayco Tack at the department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences (Stockholm University) and Tina Santl-Temkiv at the department of Biology (Aarhus University, Denmark), were I investigate the sources and emission drivers of biogenic ice-nucleating particles (INPs).
I have held seminars for the biogeography module of the biogeosciences bachelor program and for the landscape ecology master program, where I have supervised individual student projects.
I have also been teaching about soil and land use for the Natural resources and sustainable development course (sustainable development program).
I have been involved as a teacher in the Tellus I (Physical Geography) and Tellus II (soil module) courses for several years.
My research focuses on soil ecology and biogeochemical cycles, and how these are influenced by climate and land-use change. Being a field scientist by training, I enjoy combining fieldwork, laboratory experiments, and collaborations with modellers to generate data that can improve process understanding and model parameterizations, particularly related to carbon cycling.
I am currently studying the sources and emission drivers of biogenic ice-nucleating particles (INPs). While microbial particles (e.g. fungal proteins and bacterial cells) are known to play an important role in cloud formation and precipitation, their origins and controls remain poorly understood. In this project, we investigate how soil properties and microbial community composition regulate the production and aerosolization of INPs, linking soil biogeochemistry with climate-relevant atmospheric processes.
