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My research focuses on community ecology, biodiversity and ecosystem functions. I am especially interested in the ecosystem function of weed seed predation and how to use it for sustainable weed control in agricultural fields. I primarily conduct research in Sweden but I am working with data from several European countries.
Research
I am the principal investigator on a recently awarded early-career grant from FORMAS (2024-2028), I lead a project aimed at testing the extent to which ecological alternatives to weed control such as weed seed predation can reduce dependence on herbicides. The project is structured around three objectives:
- To advance our knowledge of the potential of weed diversity and weed seed predation, as ecological alternatives for weed control, to mitigate weed-related yield losses.
- To identify the mechanisms by which weed diversity and weed seed predation interact to reduce species growth rates and associated yield losses.
- To evaluate the acceptance of ecological alternatives to weed control among Swedish farmers
Cooperation
I participate also in the projects:
- DIVERSOW: Increasing crop genetic DIVERSity to close the yield gap in Organic Wheat farming 2024 -2026
- Freshh. Farmer acceptable REstoration of Semi-natural Habitat to limit
Herbicides (FRESHH) 2022- 2025
Background
- 2023-2024: Postdoctoral researcher at SLU, Department of Crop Production Ecology.
- 2022-2023: Postdoctoral researcher at the SLU, Department of Ecology
- 2017-2021: PhD in Biology with specialisation in Ecology at the SLU, Department of Ecology, Uppsala. PhD focus on weed seed predation.
