This informal coffee break is a chance to talk with the scientists, make new international contacts, discuss shared research interests, and learn more about how synthesis centres and Working Groups operate.
When: Thursday at 10:00
Where: FLD CZU, room L187
Who you can meet:
- Martín A. Núñez – Department of Biology and Biochemistry, Division of Ecology & Evolution, University of Houston, USA
Research focus: Biological invasions and plant–fungal interactions.
- Yohana Gisell Jimenez – Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Switzerland
Research focus: Functional forest ecology and socio-ecosystem science.
- Romina Fernandez – Instituto de Ecología Regional, CONICET–UNT, Horco Molle, Argentina
Research focus: Ecology and non-native plant invasions, including how forest use and agroecosystem management influence soil biodiversity and nutrient cycles.
- Adrián Lázaro Lobo – Biodiversity Research Institute IMIB, Spain
Research focus: Mechanisms influencing the distribution and abundance of introduced plant species, including species interactions, abiotic factors and landscape characteristics; regeneration niches of introduced and native species; and impacts of invasive species on biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services.
- Lujza Kubáčková – Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
Research focus: Non-native naturalized and invasive woody plants, native expansive woody plants, and their impacts on vegetation and soil.
- Andrew M. Liebhold – FLD / FISC
Research focus: Forest entomology and biological invasions across forest ecosystems worldwide.
- Aditya Ganesh – FLD / FISC
Research focus: Ecological research on biological invasions, with an emphasis on interactions between Douglas-fir and associated insect herbivores.
- Shuya Fan – FLD / FISC
Research focus: Plant invasion ecology, biogeography and macroecology, with a focus on the naturalization of alien plant species and ecological mechanisms shaping biodiversity patterns across regions.
