Magdalena Bieroza

Presentation
CURRENT POSITIONS (at Department of Soil and Environment, SLU, SE)
01/2021- Senior Lecturer in Water Quality in Agricultural Landscapes
12/2018- Associate Professor in Soil Sciences - Water Quality Management
10/2018- Chair and vice-chair of the SLU Future Faculty
NEWS
Meet us in real life!
We will present our results at Ås Soil and Water 4-6th of May, LUWQ 12-15th September, and AGU Fall Meeting 2022 16-19 December
Keynote speaker at Uncertainty in river water monitoring - New insights on spatio-temporal variability of suspended river water components November 30th & December 1st 2022
https://www.waterandchange.org/symposium-2022/programme/
EGU Biogeosciences and AGU Water quality
I have been asked to serve as a scientific officer for the Freshwater Biogeosciences sub-division of EGU and a member of the AGU's water quality technical committee.
For more details on both divisions' work:
https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/bg/2021/08/13/apply-to-become-a-bg-scientific-officer/
https://connect.agu.org/hydrology/about/committees/waterquality
New interesting papers in 2022
- Sources of riverine mercury across the Mackenzie River Basin; inferences from a combined Hg C isotopes and optical properties approach.
- Catchment controls of denitrification and nitrous oxide production rates in headwater remediated agricultural streams
- and Swedish summary Tvåstegsdiken i jordbruksmark som metod för att minska övergödning i sjöar och hav
- Unified understanding of intrinsic and extrinsic controls of dissolved organic carbon reactivity in aquatic ecosystems
Teaching
MSc course Land use and watershed management to reduce eutrophication
Do you want to learn more about water quality pollution and how to combat eutrophication? Join the MSc course which runs annully in November.
https://www.slu.se/en/education/programmes-courses/courses/?sprak=en&anmkod=20155.2021
PhD course Aquatic systems through the lens of organic matter stability and fate – a coordinated distributed experiment, 4 ECTS
https://www.slu.se/globalassets/ew/org/fsk/fosw/activities/2021/2022-aquatic-sciences_flyer.pdf
Aquatic systems are governed by complex and scale-dependent interactions between abiotic and biotic components. As organic matter links many biogeochemical cycles e.g., carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus, it is a robust proxy to understand the complex processes in aquatic systems and constitutes an indicator of overall health of aquatic ecosystems. In this course, we will explore the controls of OM stability and fate in a range of aquatic systems. The data on OM properties will be collected through a coordinated distributed experiment (CDE), in which students will first collect samples in their local aquatic ecosystems and then statistically analyse this unique dataset to provide information on spatial patterns of OM stability and fate through simple measurements with cotton strips, litter bags and collecting water samples for characterisation of OM quality, quantity and GHG emissions. Same measurements will be also conducted at the Swedish Infrastructure for Ecosystem Science (SITES). Observed patterns will be interpreted in the context of dominant hydrological, chemical, and biological processes operating in aquatic ecosystems with evaluation of advantages and limitations of the CDE approaches in aquatic sciences. Planned for May 2022.
PhD Course, High Temporal Resolution Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis, 1.5 ECTS
PhD course Agricultural catchments in a changing world, 3 ECTS
Do you want to learn about hydrological, biogeochemical, ecological, economic and societal processes controlling agricultural landscapes? Then this course is for you.
Research
CURRENT RESEARCH
1. Phosphorus, nitrogen and carbon dynamics in agricultural streams.
2. Diffuse pollution in agricultural catchments: monitoring, modelling and management.
3. High-temporal resolution monitoring in agricultural catchments.
4. Natural organic matter dynamics in agricultural catchments.
ONGOING GRANTS
2022-2024 Stiftelsen Lantbruksforskning Remediated agricultural ditches in Sweden: evaluation of ecological and chemical status and water quality at a catchment scale under current and future climate – Principal Investigator.
2022-2023 Stiftelsen Oscar & Lili Lamms Minne Reducing erosion in agricultural ditches in Sweden - Principal Investigator.
2020-2024 Stiftelsen Oscar & Lili Lamms Minne Why eutrophication mitigation measures show mixed success in reducing nutrient and sediment losses? - Principal Investigator.
2020-2022 HaV Two-stage ditches in Sweden - Principal Investigator.
2019-2022 FORMAS Two-stage ditches in Sweden – Principal Investigator. https://www.slu.se/two-stage-ditches
2020-2022 FORMAS TaRgEting Low-Sorption Soils to reduce phosphorus losses – Co-applicant.
COMPLETED GRANTS
2018-2021 Jordbruksverket Phosphorus ponds with and without sediment removal – Principal Investigator.
2017-2020 Stiftelsen Lantbruksforskning Towards environmentally friendly Swedish agriculture – Principal Investigator.
2017-2020 FORMAS Are anaerobic conditions in soil the main reason for large leaching losses of phosphorus from arable land? – Co-applicant.
2019-2020 Vetenskapsrådet Conference Grant 4th International Workshop on High Temporal Resolution Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis - Principal Investigator.
2019 Jordbruksverket Do agri-environmental mitigation measures increase emissions of N2O? – Principal Investigator.
2018-2019 Stiftelsen Carl Tryggers Denitrification in bed sediments of a two-stage ditch and a sedimentation pond – Principal Investigator.
2017-2019 Stiftelsen ÅForsk Evaluation of the effects of phosphorus and suspended sediments mitigation measures in agricultural catchments – Principal Investigator.
2016 - 2017 Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship at Department of Soil and Environment (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences SLU, SE) Hot-spots of phosphorus and nitrogen delivery in time and space in agricultural catchments (HotPaNTS) – Principal Investigator.
2016-2017 Stiftelsen Oscar & Lili Lamms Minne Improved evidence of nutrient hot-spots in agricultural catchments inferred from optical sensors – Principal Investigator.
Cooperation
My research has important implications for water quality management. See popular science briefs related to scientific publications:
Hydrologic Extremes and Legacy Sources Can Override Efforts to Mitigate Nutrient and Sediment Losses at the Catchment Scale
One sentence summary: Reducing erosion and diffuse pollution with the agri-environmental mitigation measures can be challenging due to impact of hydrologic extremes and legacy sources of pollution.
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2134/jeq2019.02.0063
http://greppa.nu/arkiv/nyhetsarkiv/2019-11-05-tre-fosforatgarder-utvarderades-vid-samma-back.html
What is the deal with the Green Deal: Will the new strategy help to improve European freshwater quality beyond the Water Framework Directive?
One sentence summary: The Green Deal's water quality goals and instruments complements well the Water Framework Directive, however achieving desired water quality improvements by 2030 might be challenging.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972103151X
Background
PREVIOUS POSITIONS AND APPOINTMENTS
2018- 2021 Study Director of the PhD school Focus on Soils and Water (SLU, SE).
2016-2017 Marie Curie Fellowship at Department of Soil and Environment (SLU, SE) Hot-spots of phosphorus and nitrogen delivery in time and space in agricultural catchments - HotPaNTS.
2015-2016 Natural Environment Research Council NERC and Environment Agency Research Fellow (Lancaster University, UK) Nitrate from agriculture: moving from uncertain data to operational responses.
2011-2015 Senior Research Associate in Nutrient Biogeochemistry (Lancaster University, UK) NERC project (PI AL Heathwaite) Phosphorus dynamics in groundwater-fed rivers.
2010-2011 Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Catchment Hydrology (Engineering, Bristol University, UK) Long-term nitrate trends in the Thames with N Howden (PI).
ACADEMIC DEGREES
2018 Associate professor (docent) in Water Quality Management (SLU, Sweden)
2010 PhD in Water Engineering, Characterising water treatment works performance using fluorescence spectroscopy (University of Birmingham, UK), Supervisors J Bridgeman and A Baker. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/651/.
2006 BEng (Hons) in Computer Science (Polish-Japanese Institute of Information Technology, PL).
2005 MSc (Hons) in Hydrology (Mathematical & Natural Sciences, Warsaw University, PL).
2003 BSc (Hons) in Geography (Mathematical & Natural Sciences, Warsaw University, PL).
Supervision
CURRENT STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS (as main supervisor)
Livsey, John, Post-doc, 2022-2024, Ditch remediation in Sweden
Wynants, Maarten, Post-doc, 2021-2023, Water quality modelling
Hallberg, Lukas, PhD, 2020-2024, Two-stage ditches in Sweden
Houweling, Diederick, MSc, 2022, The longitudinal water quality patterns in agricultural streams.
Sakponou, Pierre-Henri , MSc, 2022, The role of macrophytes in controlling the effectiveness of remediated ditches in Sweden.
PREVIOUS STUDENTS (as main supervisor)
Ryding, Emma, MSc, 2022, The role of bed sediments for fractionation of phosphorus in remediated ditches in Sweden.
Holgersson, Linus, MSc, 2022, The role of bed sediments for sorption of phosphorus in remediated ditches in Sweden.
https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17879/3/holgersson-l-20220628.pdf
Åström, Sheryl, MSc, 2021, A two-stage ditch - a source or sink of nutrients and sediments?
https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17310/1/%C3%A5str%C3%B6m_s_211018.pdf
Nagarajan, Neerajaa, MSc, 2021, The role of agricultural drainage in controlling the effectiveness of two-stage ditches in Sweden.
https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17395/1/nagarajan_n_211124.pdf
Gire, Côme, MSc internship, 2021, Hydrochemical and biogeochemical controls of nutrient removal in agricultural streams.
Casali, Emilien, MSc internship, 2021, The role of stream bed sediments in controlling dentirification and phosphorus sorption.
Eriksson, Adam, MSc, 2020. Water quality and organic matter linkages in waters draining arable fields.
https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/17293/3/eriksson_a_211022.pdf
Englund, Sofia, 2020. Optimizing the design of two-stage ditches to improve
nutrient and sediment retention. MSc thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences.
http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1450963/FULLTEXT01.pdf
Hodenana, Juan, 2020. Efforts for eutrophication mitigation on the Santa Lucía River Basin: farmers’ experiences, attitudes and motivations. MSc thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences.
https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1463655/FULLTEXT01.pdf
Uwera, Honorine, 2020. How robust is water quality determination with optical measurements for highly polluted agricultural waters? MSc thesis, SLU, Department of Soil and Environment.
https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/16039/
Larsson, Åsa, 2018. Nutrient concentrations before and after the Focus on Phosphorus project in E23 catchment. BSc thesis, SLU, Department of Soil and Environment.
https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/13981/
Abade Smoginski, Ana Paula, 2017. Can we use optical sensors in highly turbid agricultural streams?. MSc thesis, SLU, Department of Soil and Environment.
https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/13117/
Ehnvall, Betty, 2017. Organic matter properties and their relation to phosphorus and nitrogen concentrations in Swedish agricultural streams. Second cycle, A2E. Uppsala: SLU, Dept. of Soil and Environment.
https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/10266/
PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
Please contact me if you are interested in a post-doc, Phd, MSc or BSc project in any of my current research fields. A list of available MSc projects:
Selected publications
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Rezanezhad F, Bieroza M, Contosta A and Van Cappellen P, 2023, Editorial: The cold regions in transition: Impacts on soil and groundwater biogeochemistry. Front. Environ. Sci. 11:1143388. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2023.1143388.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2023.1143388/full
Hallberg L, Hallin S, Bieroza M, 2022, Catchment controls of denitrification and nitrous oxide production rates in headwater remediated agricultural streams. Science of the Total Environment, 156513, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156513.
Berggren M, Guillemette F, Bieroza M, Buffam I, Deininger A, Hawkes JA, Kothawala DN, LaBrie R, Lapierre J-F, Murphy KR, Al-Kharusi E, Rulli M, Hensgens G, Younes H, Wünsch U, 2022, Unified understanding of intrinsic and extrinsic controls of dissolved organic carbon reactivity in aquatic ecosystems. Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3763.
Campeaua A, Eklöf K,Soerensen A, Åkerblom S, Yuan S, Hintelmann H, Bieroza M, Köhler S, Zdanowicz C, 2022, Sources of riverine mercury across the Mackenzie River Basin; inferences from a combined Hg C isotopes and optical properties approach. Science of The Total Environment, 150808.
Kurajica L, Ujević Bošnjak M, Kinsela AS, Bieroza M, Štiglić J, Waite TD, Capak K, Romić Ž, 2022, Mixing of arsenic-rich groundwater and surface water in drinking water distribution systems: Implications for contaminants, disinfection byproducts and organic components. Chemosphere, 292, 133406.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653521038807?dgcid=coauthor
Speir S, Tank J, Bieroza M, Mahl U, Royer T, 2021, Storm size and hydrologic modification influence nitrate mobilization and transport in agricultural watersheds. Biogeochemistry, 181, 8.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10533-021-00847-y
Bieroza M, Bol R, Glendell M, 2021, What is the deal with the Green Deal: Will the new strategy help to improve European freshwater quality beyond the Water Framework Directive? Science of the Total Environment, 791, 148080.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004896972103151X
Pi K, Bieroza M, Brouchkov A, et al., 2021, The Cold Region Critical Zone in Transition: Responses to Climate Warming and Land Use Change. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 46.
https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-environ-012220-125703
Djodjic F, Bieroza M, Bergström L, 2021, Land use, geology and soil properties control nutrient concentrations in headwater streams. Science of the Total Environment, 772, 145108.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969721001741
Heathwaite AL and Bieroza M, 2020, Fingerprinting hydrological and biogeochemical drivers of freshwater quality. Hydrological Processes. doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13973
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hyp.13973
Bieroza M, Dupas R, Glendell M, McGrath G, Mellander P-E, 2020,Hydrological and Chemical Controls on Nutrient and Contaminant Loss to Water in Agricultural Landscapes. Water. doi.org/10.3390/w12123379
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/12/3379
Bieroza M, Bergström L, Ulén B, Djodjic F, Tonderski K, Heeb A, Svensson J and
Malgeryd J, 2019, Hydrologic Extremes and Legacy Sources Can Override Efforts to Mitigate Nutrient and Sediment Losses at the Catchment Scale. Journal of Environmental Quality. doi:10.2134/jeq2019.02.0063.
https://acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.2134/jeq2019.02.0063
Ulén B, Geranmayeh P, Blomberg M, Bieroza M, 2019, Seasonal variation in nutrient retention in a free water surface constructed wetland monitored with flow-proportional sampling and optical sensors. Ecological Engineering. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2019.105588.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0925857419302964
Bol R, Gruau G, Mellander P-E, Dupas R, Bechmann M, Skarbøvik E, Bieroza M, Djodjic F, Glendell M, Jordan P, Van der Grift B, Rode M, Smolders E, Verbeeck M, Gu S, Klumpp E, Pohle I, Fresne M and Gascuel-Odoux C, 2018, Challenges of Reducing Phosphorus Based Water Eutrophication in the Agricultural Landscapes of Northwest Europe. Front. Mar. Sci. 5:276. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00276.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2018.00276/full
Bieroza MZ, Heathwaite AL, Bechmann M, Kyllmar K & Jordan P, 2018, The concentration-discharge slope as a tool for water quality management, Sci Total Environ, 630, 738–749.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969718306569
All publications are available through self-archiving on my Research Gate profile at
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Magdalena_Bieroza
If you would like a copy of any of my articles, please send me an email.
Links
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Magdalena_Bieroza
SLU Future Faculty https://internt.slu.se/en/support-services/forskning/future-faculty-at-slu/
Focus on Soils and Water research school https://www.slu.se/en/graduate-schools/focus-on-soils-and-water/
Two-stage ditches in Sweden https://www.slu.se/two-stage-ditches
Lancaster University Website: http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/people/magdalena-bieroza