The main goal of my research is to understand the effect of climate and land use change on biogeochemical cycles in the terrestrial ecosystems. More specifically, I explore fundamental biogeochemical mechanisms that control the fate of carbon and nitrogen, most importantly the cycling and storage of carbon, under current and future global change drivers. Of particular interest to me is unlocking how the balance between soil carbon inputs and outputs, mediated by the response of soil microbial communities and activity, anchor carbon in surface and deeper soils under future climate change. In this line, I use a combination of spectroscopic, molecular, and isotopic techniques (including monitoring, labelling, and modelling) to determine impact mechanisms from the perspective of carbon and nitrogen cycle processes.
