Hyungwoo Lim

Silviculture: the science of stand management (Master)

Ecophysiological concepts and applications in forests (PhD)

Current projects

Is boreal soil carbon getting younger? – Using historical samples to advance predictions of soil carbon transit time under rising atmospheric CO2 levels Vetenskapsrådet (2025–2028; 4 400 000 SEK, starting grant) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim

Quantifying the role of transpiration in soil nitrogen acquisition: Is really transpiration “inevitable evil” for plant growth? Kempestiftelserna (2025–2026; 1 100 000 SEK) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim

Will forest fertilization benefit carbon sequestration in the future climate? Åforsk (2024–2025; 1 126 100 SEK) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim

Tree branch mortality: measurement, scaling, and simulation of an overlooked carbon flux with implications for carbon storage Kempestiftelserna (2024–2026; 1 400 000 SEK) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim, participating researcher: Dr. Kenneth Olofsson

Nutrient Optimization Fertilization: Can the enhanced forest nutrition and production be sustained? Anna och Håkanssons Stiftelse (2024–2025; 100 000 SEK) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim

Långsiktigt kvarvarande markeffekter av tidigare intensiv gödsling i ung tallskog Skogssällskapet (2024–2025; 181 383 SEK) project leader:Dr. Bengt Olsson, participating researcher: Dr. Riitta Hyvönen, Hyungwoo Lim

Past

Linking nitrogen and water – spatiotemporally optimizing forest fertilization for balancing forest productivity and ecosystem services Formas (2021–2024; 4 467 189 SEK, mobility grant) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim

Managing boreal soil carbon stock in a changing climate: Does increasing CO2 concentration reduce boreal soil carbon accumulation capacity? Kempestiftelserna (2022–2024; 1 100 000 SEK) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim, participating researcher: Dr. Nils Henriksson

The impact of bark beetle outbreaks on forest carbon accumulation SLU Stiftelsen Fonden (2022–2023; 120 000 SEK) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim, participating researcher: Dr. Nils Henriksson

Researcher. Feb 2021-Current, SLU Umeå

Visiting Researcher, Apri 2022-Mar 2023 University of Tartu, Estonia

Visiting Researcher, Apri 2023-Mar 2024 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria

Postdoc in Silviculture, Jan 2018-Jan 2020 SLU Umeå 
Supervisor: Prof. Tomas Lundmark (SLU)

PhD in Biology (Ecophysiology), Dec 2017 SLU Umeå 
Supervisors: Prof. Torgny Näsholm (SLU); Prof. Ram Oren (Duke Univ.)

Postdocs

Main supervision:

Pedro Rosero (2025-)

Gaeun Kim (2025)

Daun Ryu (2024-2025)

Gwangjung Kim (2024-2026)

Jasmin Danzberger (2023-2025)

PhD Students

Co-supervision:

Lena Reifschneider (2024-, SLU, main: Prof. Michael Gundale)

Ratchanon Ampornpitak (2024-, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, main: Prof. Pantana Tor-ngern)

Alexina Brännlund (2023- , SLU, main: Nils Henriksson)

P Fransson, H Lim, P Zhao et al. 2025. An eco-physiological model of forest photosynthesis and transpiration under combined nitrogen and water limitation. Tree Physiol

H Lim, D Medvigy, A Mäkelä et al. 2024. Overlooked branch turnover creates a widespread bias in forest carbon accounting. PNAS

*G Baek, *H Lim, NJ Noh, C Kim. 2023. No impact of nitrogen fertilization on carbon sequestration in a temperate Pinus densiflora forest. Scientific Reports *Equal contribution

H Lim, S Jämtgård, R Oren et al. 2022. Organic nitrogen enhances nitrogen nutrition and early growth of Pinus sylvestris seedlings. Tree Physiol

N Henriksson, H Lim, JD Marshall et al. 2021. Tree water uptake enhances nitrogen acquisition in a fertilized boreal forest – but not under nitrogen‐poor conditions. New Phytol 

H Lim, CA Alvares, MG Ryan, D Binkley. 2020. Assessing the cross-site and within-site response of potential production to atmospheric demand for water in Eucalyptus plantations. For Ecol Manag

H Lim, R Oren, T Näsholm et al. 2019. Boreal forest biomass accumulation is not increased by two decades of soil warming. Nature Climate Change