Karolina Jörgensen

I use DNA- and RNA-based metabarcoding to identify soil fungi. By combining species data with data on fungal biomass, enzyme activities, and soil nutrient availability, I aim to understand which fungi influence nutrient and carbon cycling in forest soils.

Current Projects
I am currently working on a project investigating how forests and soil processes recover after wildfire. In this project, we will examine whether the intensity of the fire affects which vegetation becomes established and how this is linked to the soil fungal community.

I am also working with fungal data from the Swedish national forest soil inventory, with the goal of better understanding how nitrogen deposition affects the species composition of ectomycorrhizal fungi.

In addition, I am a collaborator in the ALTER project, where my colleagues and I study how soil processes are affected by vegetation changes as a result of a warmer climate.

Previous Projects
In my PhD project, “Comparing effects of endogenous and anthropogenic nitrogen on ectomycorrhiza l fungi” I investigated how ectomycorrhizal fungi are affected by nitrogen availability in forests. I particularly focused on whether there are differences in how the fungi are affected in naturally fertile forests compared to forests where nitrogen has been added through fertilization or nitrogen deposition.

2021: PhD, SLU, Uppsala
2016: MSc in biology and agronomy (soil/plant), SLU, Uppsala
2013: BSc in biology, SLU, Uppsala