Biruk Ayalew Nurihun

I am a plant ecologist studying how climate and crop management shape pest, disease, and biodiversity dynamics in natural and agricultural ecosystems. 

My work focuses on how climate variability, local habitat, and management practices interact to influence the health and productivity of crops in natural and agricultural agroecosystems.

During my PhD at Stockholm University, I investigated how climate and management affect the dynamics of major coffee diseases, natural enemies, and yields, integrating farmers’ perceptions with long-term climate and management data. Currently, as a postdoctoral researcher at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, I study how climatic conditions and crop management jointly drive pest and disease dynamics using extensive monitoring datasets, and how these insights can be translated into ecologically informed and sustainable crop protection strategies for farmers.

My broader research seeks to understand how climate–ecosystem interactions, management intensity, and landscape structure shape ecological processes and guide sustainable management and conservation efforts.