Welcome Elly Morriën – NEW SE

Please be part of us in welcoming Elly Morriën to our editorial board! Check out her interview and get to know our latest soil ecologist higher!

Key phrases: soil ecology, soil meals webs, biodiversity-ecosystem functioning, carbon sequestration, plant-microbe interactions, steady isotope tracing

Private web site: https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/m/o/w.e.morrien/w.e.morrien.html

Twitter: @MorrienElly

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

1. What’s your principal analysis focus for the time being?

The position of soil microbes and the broader soil group in sequestering carbon to mineral soil particles

2. Are you able to describe your analysis profession? The place, what, when?

Msc Ecology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 2003-2005, PhD Plant invasions and belowground interactions at Wageningen College 2005-2011, post-doc soil biodiversity and functioning (EcoFINDERS) NIOO-KNAW 2011-2015, post-doc High-down or bottom-up regulation of soil restoration on the College of Amsterdam 2015-2019, and since 2019 assistant professor soil carbon biking at College of Amsterdam.

3. How come that you just turned a scientist in ecology?

Throughout my research on the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam I adopted a course on group ecology the place we did a number of sensible experiments with woodlice, collembola-spider predator-prey dealing with in addition to following the sequence of fungi rising through the decomposition of a rabbit dropping. It hastily clicked in my head: I wished to develop into a scientist in soil ecology.

4. What do you do if you’re not working?

Being a mother for my 3 youngsters (10, 13, 15 yrs outdated), taking part in viola in an orchestra, working, yoga & mountain climbing

Classes: 

Basic

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