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Nadia Maaroufi

Presentation
Current projects:
2019-2023 Land-use intensification alters ecosystem functions in grasslands: insights from the soil fungal community. FORMAS
2019-2020 Impact of global change on phyllosphere microbiomes in grasslands. SNF
2017- present The effect of ecosystem engineers on soil functioning in agricultural and forest habitats
Teaching
-Lecturer within the 'Advanced course in Community Ecology', responsible for the Soil Ecology lectures, for bachelor students, IPS, Bern (2020)
-Lecturer within the 'Soil Biology course' for master students SLU, Uppsala (2017-2019)
-Course leader for the 'Mini nematode identification course' for PhD student at the dept. of Ecology (2018)
-Lecturer within the 'Ecology course' for bachelor students, dept. of Forest Ecology and Management, SLU, Umeå (2013-2017)
-Lecturer for the 'Ecology course' for bachelor students, field excursion, dept. of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University (2013-2017)
-Teaching assistant for the 'Botanical course' for bachelor students, field excursion, dept. of Forest Ecology and Management, SLU, Umeå (2014)
Background
EDUCATION
2016 Ph.D. in Biology defended the 21st of October 2016. Department of Forest Ecology and Management. SLU, Umeå.
2011 M.Sc. in Biology, Ecology for Forest, Agronomy and Environment. Specializing in ecosystems functioning & management University of Lorraine, FR.
2009 B.Sc. in Biology. Specializing in Biology of Organisms and Ecosystems University of Lorraine, FR.
Supervision
MAIN-SUPERVISOR
2020 Bachelor student Vanessa Fricker, Research practical. Inst. of Plant Science. Bern University, CH.
Project: Impacts of nitrogen addition and plant diversity on soil fauna in grassland ecosystems.
CO-SUPERVISOR
2020-present PhD student Kaisa Torppa, Dept. of Ecology. SLU, Uppsala
project: Interactions between earthworms, nematodes and AM fungi and their role in the functioning of agricultural soils.
Main supervisor: Astrid Taylor
2019-present PhD student Thu Zar Nwe, Inst. of Plant Science. Bern University, CH.
project: Direct and indirect effects of nitrogen addition on soil fauna and soil functioning in grasslands.
Main supervisor: Eric Allan
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