Olga Teresa Wepryk

I am a forester with an interest in forest dynamics and the role of fire in ecosystem management. Currently, I am a PhD student at the Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, working on the EkBrand project.

My research focuses on modelling fire behavior in oak and oak–pine forests, with the aim of identifying the exact influence of weather and fuel conditions. This work supports the development of science-based prescribed burning guidelines that balance biodiversity conservation with wildfire risk reduction.

I study the interactions between fire behavior, fuel properties, and meteorological conditions, and actively participate in research related to prescribed burns conducted in Sweden.

I warmly welcome opportunities for collaboration and discussion, particularly in the fields of forest management and fire ecology.

I am teaching about fire in forest ecosystems at a bachelor's course: Forest and Landscape Ecology - BI1451.

Wepryk, O., Niklasson, M., Nordlind, E., & Drobyshev, I. (2025). Modelling of forest fuel and weather effects on fire behavior in the oak forests of Southern Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2025.2531994

Zadorozhniuk, R.M., Matsala, M., Wepryk, O.T. et al. Tree trunks do not bias estimates of surface fuels by aerial lidar in southern Sweden. fire ecol 22, 28 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-026-00454-y 

Igor Drobyshev, SLU

Emma Holmström, SLU

Magnus Löf, SLU

Mats Niklasson, Nordens Ark, SLU

I have co-supervised one bachelor's thesis:

• Matzen, J. 2025. Feel the heat: how weather and fuels affect temperature during fires. Alnarp: SLU, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

If you are a student interested in fire science and would like help with supervision, please do not hesitate to contact me.

• Poster presentation "Mitigating wildfire risk in coniferous forests through broadleaf integration: fire behaviour in boreo-nemoral Southern Swedish forests" at the Conference on Climate Crisis: Coniferous Forest at Risk 2025, Jeju, South Korea
  
  
• Presentation at Fire mitigation through fuel management in Nordic forests (NordicFireFuels, NFF), 18.02.2025, Helsinki