Project team

Principal Investigator (PI)

Prof. Ülo Mander
Professor of Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology
Department of Geography, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences
University of Tartu, Estonia
ORCID: 0000-0003-2340-6989
Researcher ID: H-3228-2015

Project Core Team

Prof. Maarja Öpik

Plant traits, Microbiology

University of Tartu, Estonia
ORCID: 0000-0001-8025-7460

Dr. Jaan Pärn

Isotopes, Modeling

University of Tartu, Estonia
ORCID: 0000-0001-6507-8894

Dr. Mikk Espenberg

Microbiology

University of Tartu, Estonia
ORCID: 0000-0003-0469-6394

Dr. Kaido Soosaar

N₂O fluxes in soil, plants & ecosystem

University of Tartu, Estonia
ORCID: 0000-0002-1261-6326

Dr. Mohit Masta

Isotops, N₂O modeling

University of Tartu, Estonia
ORCID: 0000-0003-0656-3288

Dr. Alisa Krasnova

GHG flux modeling, Eddy covariance

University of Tartu, Estonia
ORCID: 0000-0003-4195-3644

Dr. Valentina Sagris

Project Manager

University of Tartu, Estonia
ORCID: 0000-0003-4624-4724

PhD students

Laura Kuusemets

Microbiology & Isotopes

University of Tartu, Estonia
ORCID: 0009-0000-2337-9621

Sandeep Thayamkottu

N₂O modeling

University of Tartu, Estonia
ORCID: 0000-0002-8846-8243

Fahad Ali Kazmi

Microbiology

University of Tartu, Estonia
ORCID:0000-0001-8088-961X

Reti Ranniku

N₂O fluxes is soil and plants

University of Tartu, Estonia
ORCID: 0000-0002-5271-5302

Post-docs

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Dr. Ramita Khanongnuch

University of Tartu, Estonia

ORCID: 0000-0001-7679-5928

post-doc 2

Extended Knowledge Board

Prof. Claudia Wagner-Riddle

Agriculture: freeze-thaw

University of Guelph, Canada

ORCID: 0000-0002-4802-6088

Prof. Mari Pihlatie

Forest GHG fluxes

University of Helsinki, Finland

ORCID: 0000-0001-6035-3949

Prof. Sara Hallin

Microbiology

Swedish University of Agricultural
Science, Sweden

ORCID: 0000-0002-9069-9024

Prof. Christoph Müller

Microbiology; isotopes

University Giessen, Germany

Prof. Hanqin Tian

Modeling

Boston College, USA

ORCID: 0000-0002-1806-4091

Prof. Klaus Butterbach-Bahl

N₂O budgets & modeling

Aarhus University, Denmark

ORCID: 0000-0001-9499-6598

Prof. Angela Gallego-Sala

Tropical peatlands

University of Exeter, UK

ORCID: 0000-0002-7483-7773

Prof. Lulie Melling

Tropical swamps

Maludam National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia

ORCID: 0000-0003-4480-517X

Prof. Dennis Baldocchi

N & C budgets; Micrometeorology

University of California, Berkeley, USA

ORCID: 0000-0003-3496-4919

External collaborators

Dr. Lizardo Fachín Malaverri	Instituto de Investigación de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP), Iquitos, Peru
Dr. Rodil Tello Espinoza	Universidad Nacional de la Amazonía Peruana (UNAP), Iquitos, Peru
Prof. Timothy Griffis	Uni Minnesota, USA, collaborating with IIAP team
Prof. Lulie Melling	Sarawak Tropical Peat Research Institute (TROPI), Kuching, Sarawak; Maludam National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
Dr. Moses Tenywa	Makerere Uni, Kampala, Uganda
Prof. Angela Gallego-Sala	Uni Exeter, UK, contributing to the studies in the Rep. of the Congo
Dr. Ulrich Gael Bouka Dipelet	Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Prof. Gérard Imani Mugisho	Université Officielle de Bukavu, Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Prof. Hanqin Tian	Boston College, MA, USA providing global N₂O flux data and modelling experience
Prof. Claudia Wagner-Riddle	Uni Guelph, Canada, providing N₂O emission data for boreal agricultural areas
Prof. Tim Moore	McGill Uni, Canada, N₂O emission data on boreal and temperate peatlands (prof emeritus)
Prof. Maria Strack	Uni Waterloo, Canada, N₂O flux data on boreal peatlands
Prof. Pertti Martikainen	Uni East Finland, N₂O flux data on boreal and arctic peatlands (prof. emeritus)