Hyungwoo Lim

Researcher, Institutionen för skogens ekologi och skötsel, gemensamt

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I am a researcher in ecophysiology, investigating how forest structures and ecosystem functions interact, and how these relationships are altered by forest management practices and a changing climate.

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Forskning

Current projects

Development of ecological harvesting methods based on Nordic countries’ cases, National Instititue of Forest Science (2025–2027; ~1.1 M SEK) project leader:Hyungwoo Lim

Is boreal soil carbon getting younger? – Using historical samples to advance predictions of soil carbon transit time under rising atmospheric CO2 levels Vetenskapsrådet (2025–2028; 4 400 000 SEK, starting grant) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim

Quantifying the role of transpiration in soil nitrogen acquisition: Is really transpiration “inevitable evil” for plant growth? Kempestiftelserna (2025–2026; 1 100 000 SEK) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim

Tree branch mortality: measurement, scaling, and simulation of an overlooked carbon flux with implications for carbon storage Kempestiftelserna (2024–2026; 1 400 000 SEK) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim, participating researcher: Dr. Kenneth Olofsson

Past

Will forest fertilization benefit carbon sequestration in the future climate? Åforsk (2024–2025; 1 126 100 SEK) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim

Nutrient Optimization Fertilization: Can the enhanced forest nutrition and production be sustained? Anna och Håkanssons Stiftelse (2024–2025; 100 000 SEK) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim

Långsiktigt kvarvarande markeffekter av tidigare intensiv gödsling i ung tallskog Skogssällskapet (2024–2025; 181 383 SEK) project leader:Dr. Bengt Olsson, participating researcher: Dr. Riitta Hyvönen, Hyungwoo Lim

Linking nitrogen and water – spatiotemporally optimizing forest fertilization for balancing forest productivity and ecosystem services Formas (2021–2024; 4 467 189 SEK, mobility grant) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim

Managing boreal soil carbon stock in a changing climate: Does increasing CO2 concentration reduce boreal soil carbon accumulation capacity? Kempestiftelserna (2022–2024; 1 100 000 SEK) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim, participating researcher: Dr. Nils Henriksson

The impact of bark beetle outbreaks on forest carbon accumulation SLU Stiftelsen Fonden (2022–2023; 120 000 SEK) project leader: Hyungwoo Lim, participating researcher: Dr. Nils Henriksson

Pedagogiska meriter

Researcher. Feb 2021-Current, SLU Umeå

Visiting Researcher, Apri 2023-Mar 2024 International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria

Visiting Researcher, Apri 2022-Mar 2023 University of Tartu, Estonia;

Postdoc in Silviculture, Jan 2018-Jan 2020 SLU Umeå
Supervisor: Prof. Tomas Lundmark (SLU)

PhD in Biology (Ecophysiology), Dec 2017 SLU Umeå
Supervisors: Prof. Torgny Näsholm (SLU); Prof. Ram Oren (Duke Univ.)

Master in Forest Science, Feb 2011, Chonnam National University, South Korea
Advisor: Prof. Kye-Han Lee

Supervision

Postdocs

Pedro Rosero (2025-current), Gaeun Kim (2025), Daun Ryu (2024-2025), Gwangjung Kim (2024-2026), Jasmin Danzberger (2023-2025)

PhD Students

Lena Reifschneider (2024-current, SLU, Assitant supervisor), Ratchanon Ampornpitak (2024-current, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, Assitant supervisor), Alexina Brännlund (2023-current , SLU, Assitant supervisor)