Above view over lake infrastructure – Photo: Andreas Palmén

Session Themes & Co-Chairs

Page reviewed:  18/08/2025

Explore the forefront of ecosystem science at BIOGEOMON 2026. Our 20 interdisciplinary sessions delve into the complexities of environmental change, bridging disciplines to address pressing global challenges.

Twenty interdisciplinary sessions are currently planned. Each co-chaired by leading experts in the field:

  • 🌱 Field Research Infrastructures for Critical Zone and Aquatic Ecosystems in Transition
    Co-chairs: Jaana Bäck, Marcus Wallin

  • 💧 Nitrogen Biogeochemistry – Links to Other Elements and Biodiversity
    Co-chairs: Filip Oulehle, Kathrin Rousk

  • 🌊 Biogeochemical Responses to Hydrological Extremes – Flood and Drought
    Co-chairs: Anna Lupon, Heleen de Wit

  • 🔥 Insects, Wind and Fire: Disturbance Effects on Biogeochemistry
    Co-chairs: Jon Chorover, Dan Metcalfe

  • 🏞️ Land-Use Transformation as a Driver of Catchment Fluxes for Water, Nutrients, and Carbon
    Co-chairs: Rebecca Hale, Susana Bernal

  • 💧 Carbon Linkages Between Terrestrial and Aquatic Systems
    Co-chairs: Gerard Rocher Ros, Jan Fleckenstein

  • 🪵 Natural and Restored Peatland – Effects on Carbon Cycling, Hydrology, Greenhouse Gases and Biogeochemistry
    Co-chairs: Hannu Martilla, Irena Creed

  • 🌫️ Catchment Biogeochemistry Perspectives on Decadal Trends in Air Pollution: Sulfate, Nitrogen and Mercury
    Co-chairs: Andreas Musolff, Jackie Gerson

  • 🌲 Long-Term Forest Health and Extreme Events
    Co-chairs: Anne-Katrin Prescher, Nenad Potočić

  • 🪱 Plant–Soil–Microbial Interactions as Drivers of Ecosystem Processes
    Co-chairs: Nina Wurzburger, Andy Taylor

  • 🌬️ Land–Atmosphere Feedbacks: Greenhouse Gases, VOCs, Particles and Water
    Co-chairs: Ilona Ripponen, Riikka Rinnan

  • 💦 What Do Ephemeral Flow Systems Mean for the Catchment Approach to Understanding Ecosystems?
    Co-chairs: Ilja van Meerveld, Margaret Zimmer

  • ❄️ Cold (High Latitude/Altitude) Ecosystems in Transition
    Co-chairs: Jay Zarnetske, Ylva Sjöberg

  • 🪨 Critical Zone Processes in a Changing Climate
    Co-chairs: Beth Boyer, Julia Knapp

  • 🌊 Source to Sea: The Challenge of Scaling Catchment Models for Better Water Management
    Co-chairs: Devon Keirns, Chris Soulsby

  • 🌱 Biogeochemistry of Soil Carbon Stabilisation
    Co-chairs: Marie Spohn, Angela Possinger

  • ⚗️ Biogeochemistry of Enhanced Mineral Weathering
    Co-chairs: Jonatan Klaminder, Sara Vicca

  • 🌼 Biodiversity Trade-Offs and Co-Benefits in Ecosystem Restoration
     Co-chairs: Lenka Kuglerová, Harry Fischer

  • 🦴 Paleo Perspectives on Anthropocene Challenges
    Co-chairs: Malin Kylander, Simon Belle

  • 🌾 Biogeochemistry and Ecology of Agriculture
    Co-chairs: Magda Bieroza, Per-Erik Mellander

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