Stina Drakare
Presentation
I am associate professor and deputy head at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment and head of the Ecology and Biodiversity Division.
Research
Research-wise, the focus is on phytoplankton, algal blooms and aquatic food webs and the development of DNA-based methods to study aquatic organisms at different scales and adapt them for use in large scale monitoring. I work closely to the Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management and develop assessment methods for water management.
I have a large Focus on Mälaren, in a collaboration with Lake Mälaren's water conservation association, to facilitate the exchange between research and social interests around the lake.
Current projects:
- VR-project: Global change depletes pelagic food webs in northern lakes (Web4Food)
- ESA-project: Novel ecosystem and biodiversity indicators for the aquatic environment based on time series analysis of Sentinel Expansion Missions (AQUATIME)
Research projects
Environment analysis
I was for thirteen years coordinator for the Lakes and watercourses programme. Now, my contribution is mainly via environmental monitoring projects such as Focus on Mälaren and National trend lakes programme.
I also lead the laboratory that analyzes phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthic fauna, algae and other aquatic plants for mainly national monitoring.
Teaching
Mainly on two courses (in Swedish): Energi och miljö (Energy and the Environment) and Energisystemens miljöpåverkan (Environmental Impacts of Energy Systems for civil engineer students).
I regularly supervise bachelor and master projects, usually with focus on Lake Mälaren.
SLU assignments
- Member of the Board of Education, 2025-
- Member of the faculty board at the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences (FN-NJ) 2022-2024
- Member of the program board at the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences (PN-NJ), 2019-2022
- Deputy head of Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, 2019-
- Deputy member of the program board at the Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences (PN-NJ), 2016-2019
- Head of Ecology and Biodiversity Division, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, 2013-
- Coordinatoror for the SLU Environmental monitoring and assessment Lakes and watercourses programme, 2009-2021
- Director of studies for PhD students, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, 2009-2013
PhD students
- Carlotta Meriggi, PhD 2023, SLU
- Hannah Fried-Petersen, PhD 2021, SLU
- Didier Baho, PhD 2015, SLU
- Jürg Brendan Louge, PhD 2010, Uppsala University
- Ina Bloch, PhLic, 2010, SLU