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My background is in Terrestrial Ecology. My main interests include interactions between organisms, and how these interactions are influenced by the environment.
My PhD research focusses on moss-associated nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria and in particular, how they are affected by global change. My research includes assessments of moss-associated nitrogen fixation activity under different abiotic conditions (temperature, moisture, nitrogen availability), combined with assessments of the bacterial community on mosses (diversity and composition).
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Education
2015-2017 MSc in Biology, University of Copenhagen, Department of Biology, Section of Terrestrial Ecology, Denmark.
2010-2015 BSc in Biology, University of Copenhagen, Department of Biology, Section of Terrestrial Ecology, Denmark.
Research experience
Since November 2018 PhD-student, Terrestrial Ecology Section, University of Copenhagen. Project tittle: ‘Climatic, ecological, and molecular controls of nitrogen fixation in pristine ecosystems’.
2018 Research Assistant at Center for permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management (IGN), University of Copenhagen. Field work in Disko Island, Greenland involving vegetation analysis and nitrogen fixation assays (ARA).
2017-2018 Research Assistant at Section for Terrestrial Ecology, Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen. Involving identification of soil dwelling microarthropods and other laboratory work including preparation of samples, and guidance of students.
2018 Academic employee, Umeå University, Sweden. The work consisted of reading scientific literature and extract data, to be used in a meta-analysis of climate-change impacts on tree-line dynamics.
2017 Field Assistant for Professor Anders Michelsen and Assistant professor Kathrin Rousk. Moss focused vegetation analysis, and field measurement of nitrogen fixation in subarctic ecosystem, Abisko, N Sweden.
2014-2017 Student job at the Section for Terrestrial Ecology, Institute of Biology, University of Copenhagen. Involving identification of soil dwelling microarthropods, field sampling and preparation of samples.
Keywords
- Faculty of Science
- Ecology
- Mosses
- Cyanobacteria
- Nitrogen fixation
- Climate change
- Pristine Ecosystems
- Boreal Forests
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Do Nitrogen and Phosphorus Additions Affect Nitrogen Fixation Associated with Tropical Mosses?
Avila Clasen, L., Permin, A., Horwath, A. B., Metcalfe, D. B. & Rousk, K., 2023, In: Plants. 12, 7, 13 p., 1443.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Direct and indirect effects of warming on moss abundance and associated nitrogen fixation in subarctic ecosystems
Permin, A., Michelsen, A. & Rousk, K., 2022, In: Plant and Soil. 471, 1-2, p. 343-358 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Global change effects on moss-associated nitrogen fixation and microbial communities across pristine ecosystems
Permin, A. T. F., 2022, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen. 119 p.Research output: Ph.D Thesis › Ph.D. Thesis
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High nitrogen-fixing rates associated with ground-covering mosses in a tropical mountain cloud forest will decrease drastically in a future climate
Permin, A., Horwath, A. B., Metcalfe, D. B., Priemé, A. & Rousk, K., 2022, In: Functional Ecology. 36, 7, p. 1772-1781 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile13 Citations (Scopus)96 Downloads (Pure)