Staff Profiles
Prof. Bruce Osborne |
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Research Interests: Plant Ecophysiology |
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Background: BA from Stirling and PhD from Nottingham and is a senior lecturer at UCD. | |
Email: bruce.osborne@ucd.ie |
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Phone: (++) 353 (0)1 716 2249 |
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Fax: (++) 353 (0)1 716 1152 |
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WP 1: Forest Biomass
Prof. M. Nieuwenhuis |
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Research Interests: Sustainable forest management, forest harvest scheduling and value maximisation in the timber processing chain. |
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Background: Ingenieur, M.Sc.F., Ph.D. Maarten is Academic Co-ordinator of the Forestry Degree Programme and a senior lecturer at UCD. | |
Email: maarten nieuwenhuis@ucd.ie |
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Phone: (++) 353 (0)1 716 7004 |
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Fax: (++) 353 (0)1 716 1104 |
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Dr Brian Tobin |
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Research Interests: Forest carbon sequestration -specifically forest biomass allocation and woody decomposition (above- and belowground), dendrochronology and woody-root development |
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Background: B.Agr.Sc., M.Agr.Sc., Ph.D. The work for Brian's Ph.D. was part of the first phase of the CARBiFOR project, and concerned sampling biomass allocation across a chronosequence of Sitka spruce | |
Email: brian.tobin@ucd.ie |
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Phone: (++) 353 (0)1 716 7352 |
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Fax: (++) 353 (0)1 716 1104 |
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Mr Paul Gardiner |
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Research Interests: Forest carbon sequestration -in particular forest tree biomass allocation and dendrochronology |
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Background: B.Agr.Sc. UCD (Forestry) | |
Email: paul.gardiner@ucd.ie |
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Phone: (++) 353 (0)1 716 7352 |
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Fax: (++) 353 (0)1 716 1104 |
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Mr Sam Olajuyigbe |
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Research Interests: Climate Change, Bio-degradation, Bio-preservation, Ecology and Mycology, Ecosystem Interactions, Biodiversity and Conservation |
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Background: B.Sc. Forest Resources Management, M.Sc. Forest Biology and Silviculture | |
Email: samuel.olajuyigbe@ucd.ie |
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Phone: (++) 353 (0)1 716 7352 |
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Fax: (++) 353 (0)1 716 1104 |
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Mr Tony Quinn |
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Research Interests: Forest inventory, soil sampling |
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Background: B.Agr.Sc. Forestry | |
Email: tonyocuinn@gmail.com |
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Phone: (++) 353 (0)1 716 7803 |
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Mlle Johanna Deloche |
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Research Interests: Forestry and Agriculture |
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Background: Completing a B.Agr.Sc. | |
Email: deloche.johanna@gmail.com |
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Phone: (++) 353 (0)1 716 7803 |
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WP2 Ecosystem processes
Prof. Bruce Osborne |
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Research Interests: Plant Ecophysiology |
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Background: BA from Stirling and PhD from Nottingham and is a senior lecturer at UCD. | |
Email: bruce.osborne@ucd.ie |
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Phone: (++) 353 (0)1 716 2249 |
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Fax: (++) 353 (0)1 716 1152 |
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Dr Mathew Saunders |
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Research Interests: The impact of stand age, yield class and forest management on greenhouse gas fluxes |
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Background: B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. | |
Email: matthew.saunders@ucd.ie |
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Phone: (++) 353 (0)1 716 2245 |
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Fax: (++) 353 (0)1 716 1152 |
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Ms. Erica Cacciotti |
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Research Interests: Impacts of climate and land use change on soil respiratory fluxes; carbon dioxide (CO2) emission from forests and grassland ecosystems. |
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Background: M.sc. in Environmental Science at Università Degli Studi della Tuscia in Viterbo (Italy). | |
Email: e.cacciotti@gmail.com |
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Phone: (++) 353 (0)1 716 2249 |
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Mr Giuseppe Benanti |
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Research Interests: Quantitative analysis of non-CO2 GHGs effluxes related to land use and land use change (afforestation) using static chamber techniques. Qualitative analysis of microbial population structures and change in soil chemical characteristics associated with the land conversion from grassland to forest. |
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Background: Honours Degree in Botany at NUI, Galway in 2007 | |
Email: astolo@yahoo.it |
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Phone: (++) 353 (0)1 716 2249 |
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WP 3: Soil C-stocks and changes
Prof. Tom Bolger |
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Research Interests: |
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Background: Tom (BSc, PhD, Hdip in Ed.) is a senior lecturer at UCD and Head of the UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science. | |
Email: tom.bolger@ucd.ie< |
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Phone: (++) 353 (0)1 716 2330 |
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Dr Brian Reidy |
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Research Interests: Carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. Climate change. Modelling of carbon fluxes in these systems, focusing on land use
change between forests, grasslands and peatlands. Assessment of carbon stocks in different soil types and changes due to different forest types and tree
species. |
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Background: B.Sc., Ph.D. The work for Brian's Ph.D. was part of the first phase of the CARBiFOR project, and concerned soil carbon sequestration across a chronosequence of Sitka spruce. | |
Email: brian.reidy@ucd.ie |
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Phone: (++) 353 (0)1 716 2340 |
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Dr Nuala Freeman |
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Research Interests: |
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Background: | |
Email: nuala.freeman@ucd.ie |
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Phone: (++) 353 (0)1 716 2340 |
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