Wint Wah Phoo
Doctoral Student, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre
PHD student conducting research on the pyrogenic carbon fluxes resulting from prescribed fires, with a focus on their role in carbon cycling
Research
My research aims to investigate the transport and deposition of pyrogenic carbon into soils and water bodies, following prescribed fires.
In Sweden, prescribed burning is used as a forest and biodiversity management practice in nature reserves, providing an important opportunity to examine the fate and environmental dynamics of fire-derived carbon.
Pyrogenic carbon can remain in soil and sediments for centuries to millennia, making it a potentially important yet overlooked carbon sink.
The finding will contribute to a better understanding of fire–carbon interactions and the role of fire in forest ecosystem dynamics.