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  • #24 Morning Dance: Nurturing Routines for Your Well-Being
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PhDinterview, phdtalk, soil

#10 Louis: Soil microbial responses to land use change

How do changes in land use and plant community affect the activity of soil microbes and their carbon use efficiency? Louis Dufour is a PhD student at the Swedish University…

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February 6, 2023
Expert interview

#20 Mary: Identifying and dealing with the Imposter Syndrome

How to befriend your imposter? Mary K. Kobia is a Senior Global Mobility Consultant at the University of Copenhagen and she works with supporting international researchers and their spouses on…

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July 17, 2023
PhDinterview

# 15 Hongzhen: Nitrogen use efficiencies of biobased fertilisers

Can nitrogen mineral fertilisers be replaced by processed and manure-derived biobased fertilisers? Hongzhen Luo (罗红祯) is a PhD fellow at Ghent University (UGent). She conducts research on biobased fertilisers derived…

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April 17, 2023
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    #14 Hendra: Teaching in higher education

    April 3, 2023 /

    How to be and become a good teacher? Hendra Agustian is an Assistant professor at the Department of Science Education at the University of Copenhagen. He teaches teaching staff at the university how to teach and helps them improve their teaching. He also conducts research on teaching and aims to improve the learning experience of students. What is pedagogy? The prefix ‘peda’ means children but nowadays it encompasses teaching of adults as well (if we want to be very precise, we can call teaching adults: andragogy) It is science of teaching & can include aspects of student well-being What is didactics? The content of teaching; i.e. the structure of a…

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    #17 Søren: Building a career in the life sciences

    May 29, 2023

    #12 Mark: Presentation skills

    March 6, 2023

    #20 Mary: Identifying and dealing with the Imposter Syndrome

    July 17, 2023
  • LCA,  PhDinterview,  phdtalk

    #13 Louise: Combating and valorising food waste

    March 20, 2023 /

    How can food waste be reduced and food production become more sustainable? Louise Bartek is a PhD student at the Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU). She examines ways to combat food waste where possible and how to valorise it where necessary. Department & Group: Department of Energy and Technology Supervisors: Mattias Eriksson (main supervisor), Ingrid Strid, and Pedro Brancoli Dissertation title (as for now 😀) Environmental assessment of food waste recovery and valorisation of food by-products Topic – in brief Sustainable food systems and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) How can we produce more food from the resources we already have? And how can we decrease the environmental impacts of…

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    #8 Max: Modelling climate impacts of forest management and wood use scenarios

    November 14, 2022
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    #12 Mark: Presentation skills

    March 6, 2023 /

    What does it mean to be a presenter and how can we feel better about being one? Mark Simpson is a consultant at and co-owner of Global Denmark, a company that offers proofreading and editing of English texts and that coaches people in becoming better at communicating – be it in presentations or in writing. What is a presentation? A piece of communication, where the presenter is the leader. Consider yourself as a leader, when preparing for and giving presentations. What is best for the audience? Think of your audience, when preparing a presentation: What is relevant for them to know?Make sure you know what you are responsible for –…

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    #14 Hendra: Teaching in higher education

    April 3, 2023

    #20 Mary: Identifying and dealing with the Imposter Syndrome

    July 17, 2023

    #17 Søren: Building a career in the life sciences

    May 29, 2023
  • Expert interview,  phdtalk

    #11: Courtney: Becoming a Twitter Savvy Scientist

    February 20, 2023 /

    How to use Twitter to grow your scientific network, learn something new and have fun on the way? Courtney’s motivation to use Twitter Getting in touch with the scientific community beyond her own lab and project Getting new ideas, learn about latest papers Getting started: Passive engagement, see what other people tweet about Figure out whether that is something you would also like to tweet about – or maybe not and define the person you would like to be on twitter Start tweeting about events you attend. That might feel less scary than providing content from scratch – this may calm your nerves and might make you realise that it’s…

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    #20 Mary: Identifying and dealing with the Imposter Syndrome

    July 17, 2023

    #19 Diana: Using LinkedIn to accelerate your career

    July 3, 2023

    #14 Hendra: Teaching in higher education

    April 3, 2023
  • PhDinterview,  phdtalk,  soil

    #10 Louis: Soil microbial responses to land use change

    February 6, 2023 /

    How do changes in land use and plant community affect the activity of soil microbes and their carbon use efficiency? Louis Dufour is a PhD student at the Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU). He conducts field experiments to see how microbial communities in the soil respond to changes in plant communities in terms of their activity and carbon turn-over. Department & Group: Department of Soil and Environment, Group of Nutrient Cycling, SLU Supervisors: Anke M. Herrmann, Johanna Wetterlind, Martin Weih, Stefano Manzoni, Naoise Nunan Dissertation title (as for now 😀) Responses of microbial physiology to changes in land management: a bioenergetics approach Topic – in brief Testing whether changes…

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    #3 Soner Candas: Optimisation of renewable energy systems

    September 5, 2022

    #8 Max: Modelling climate impacts of forest management and wood use scenarios

    November 14, 2022

    #13 Louise: Combating and valorising food waste

    March 20, 2023
  • PhDinterview,  phdtalk

    #9 Catarina: Orchard manure fertilisation, vineyards and satellite images

    November 30, 2022 /

    How can manure replace mineral fertilisers in apple orchards and how can satellite images help improve vineyard fertilisation? Catarina Martins Esteves is a PhD student at the University of Lisbon and part of the EU Horizon 2020 project Nutri2Cycle. Department and Section: Instituto Superior de Agronomia University supervisors: Henrique Ribeiro, David Fangueiro and Ricardo Braga Dissertation title (as for now :D) “Valorisation of organic materials and composts for precision fertilisation of orchards and vineyards” Topic – in brief Assessing the impacts of manure fertilisation on apple orchards – in terms of emissions and apple yields. Catarina compares the effects of mineral and manure fertilisation to provide farmers with recommendations on…

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    #6 Joana: designing organic fertilisers by blending animal manures

    October 18, 2022

    #2 Ching Yue Chow: Sensory sciences in children

    August 22, 2022

    #23 Lærke: From bio-waste to fertiliser

    August 28, 2023
  • PhDinterview,  phdtalk

    #7 Nelly: Phosphorous fertilisation, plant-availability and use-efficiency

    November 25, 2022 /

    Nelly is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Copenhagen. She conducts research on organic and mineral forms of phosphorus fertiliser. She explores its plant-availability and models its fate in the soil to optimise its application. Institute: Department of Geoscience and Natural Ressource Management – Geography Nelly did her PhD at the University of Copenhagen, then went to Australia to do a first postdoc and now returned to Denmark to do a second postdoc. Let’s start with her PhD research Dissertation title: (link) Potential for increasing phosphorus bioavailability of thermally treated sewage sludge using phosphate solubilising fungi Methodology In vitro lab-experiments with different combinations of ashes derived from wastewater sludge…

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    #18 Sarah: Greenhouse gas emissions from the Greenland Ice Sheet

    June 18, 2023

    #3 Soner Candas: Optimisation of renewable energy systems

    September 5, 2022

    #10 Louis: Soil microbial responses to land use change

    February 6, 2023
  • forestry,  LCA,  PhDinterview,  phdtalk

    #8 Max: Modelling climate impacts of forest management and wood use scenarios

    November 14, 2022 /

    (How) can forestry and wood-products contribute to climate change mitigation? Max is a PhD student at the Swedish University of Agricultural Science (SLU) and he conducts research on forest management and wood use scenarios with regards to greenhouse gas dynamics with a focus on Sweden. Department & Group: Department of Energy and Technology Supervisors: Per-Anders Hansson, Ragnar Jonsson, Johan Stendahl, & Torun Hammar Dissertation title (as for now 😀) Quantification and improvement of forest product climate characteristics from a system perspective Topic – in brief The challenge Climate change increases the pressure on forests in many ways: ‘Natural pressure’ a rise in droughts, forest fires, strong winds and insect outbreaks…

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    #6 Joana: designing organic fertilisers by blending animal manures

    October 18, 2022 /

    How can mixing different animal manures together enhance their value and increase their ability to replace mineral fertilisers? Joana Prado is a PhD student at the University of Lisbon and she is part of the EU project Nutri2Cycle. Department and Section: Instituto Superior de Agronomia University supervisor: David Fangueiro, Paula Alvarenga and Henrique Ribeiro  Dissertation title: Blending of raw and treated manure to produce bio-based fertiliser Topic – in brief The challenge: manure is rather unpredictable in terms of its fertiliser value whereas farmers can be quite sure about effects and usefulness of mineral fertilisers the nutrient ratio in manures is suboptimal for plant growth: if one applies according to…

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    #8 Max: Modelling climate impacts of forest management and wood use scenarios

    November 14, 2022

    #10 Louis: Soil microbial responses to land use change

    February 6, 2023

    #1 Lydia Beyers: Solarpflicht für Bestandsbauten

    March 20, 2020
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    #5 Clara: Biochars & ashes as bio-based fertilisers

    October 3, 2022 /

    How to enhance the plant availability of phosphorus of biowaste-derived biochars and ashes? Clara is a Marie-Curie PhD student at the University of Copenhagen and part of the EU project FertiCycle. She conducts research on biochars and ashes and on how to increase their fertiliser value. Department and Section: Department of Plant and Environmental Science, Soil Fertility Group 1st supervisor: Dorette Müller-Stöver 2nd supervisor: Lars Stoumann Jensen Dissertation title (as for now :D) Enhancement of plant phosphorus availability from biowaste biochars and ashes Topic – in brief Bio-based fertilisers : Enhancing the phosphorous availability from biochar and ashes What is biochar? Similar to coal production: Organic compounds are heated up…

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    #9 Catarina: Orchard manure fertilisation, vineyards and satellite images

    November 30, 2022

    #1 Lydia Beyers: Solarpflicht für Bestandsbauten

    March 20, 2020

    #8 Max: Modelling climate impacts of forest management and wood use scenarios

    November 14, 2022
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