Marleen Pallandt Postdoktor

My academic background is a mix of vegetation ecology (BSc.degree), GIS & remote sensing (MSc. degree) and terrestrial biosphere modelling. I gained experience with ecophysiology and modelling the terrestrial carbon & water cycle by working with a global dynamic vegetation model (LPJ-GUESS) at Wageningen University for several years. After working outside academia for a while as a GIS specialist, I returned to science in 2018 to do a PhD on modelling the role of soil moisture and soil temperature on SOC decomposition. 

In 2024 I joined Stefano Manzoni's lab on the HoliSoils project. My research aims at disentangling the interacting effects of climate, different management types and disturbances, and microbial diversity on soil C turnover.

Research Interests

• understanding soil C turnover in a changing climate
• process-based modeling of terrestrial C & water cycles (soil and vegetation models)