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Universitetsparken 15, Bygning 1
2100 København Ø
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In the K Rousk lab (Ecosystem Ecology), we are interested in the abiotic and biotic controls of nitrogen (N) fixation in moss-cyanobacteria associations. This ecosystem function is especially important in pristine ecosystems like boreal forests and subarctic tundra. Cyanobacteria colonzing dominant moss species in these habitats contribute fundamentally to the ecosystem N pool. My research goal is to identify the factors that promote and inhibit N fixation in mosses, and to define the relationship between moss and colonizing cyanobacteria.
I am very honoured, humbled and happy to have been awarded an ERC Starting Grant (2021-2026), SYMBIONIX, to unravel the relationship mosses and colonizing cyanobacteria share and to venture into understudied ecosystems. For updates, check out my twitter feed @kathrin_rousk
ORCID 0000-0003-3140-9864
CONTACT +46 70 5290367; [email protected]
EDUCATION
2013 (April 1st) PhD in Forest Ecology, Bangor University, UK
2009 (April 1st) Master of Science, Ecology, Marburg University, Germany
RESEARCH FIELDS
Ecology, nitrogen fixation, cyanobacteria, mosses, symbioses, biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology
POSITIONS
2023 – Associate Professor
Terrestrial Ecology Section, Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (UCPH)
2019 – 2022 Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
Terrestrial Ecology Section, Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (UCPH)
2016 – 2019 Assistant Professor
Terrestrial Ecology Section, Dept. of Biology, UCPH
02.2016 – 08.2016 Postdoctoral researcher
Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Dept. of Geosciences and Natural Resources, UCPH
01.2014 – 01.2016 Postdoctoral researcher
Terrestrial Ecology Section, Dept. of Biology, UCPH.
06.2013 – 12.2013 Postdoctoral researcher
Microbial Ecology, Dept. of Biology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
12.2009 – 12.2012 PhD researcher
SUPERVISION AND TEACHING
Formal training: Pedagogic Course for University Teachers (“Universitetspædagogikum”), UCPH, 2015–2016. Supervision of PhD students, UCPH, 2018. Leading Research – A leadership course, UCPH, 2019.
Supervised >10 BSc students, 8 MSc students, 2 PhD students, 3 postdocs since 2018
Current teaching: BSc course Plant Ecophysiology (course responsible); MSc courses Advanced Ecology (course responsible) Terrestrial Ecosystem Processes and Global Change; Climate Change and Biogeochemical Cycles; Climate Change – an Interdisciplinary Challenge.
COMMISSION OF TRUST - ACADEMIC SERVICE
Reviewer for > 25 academic journals such as PNAS, New Phytologist, ISME
Consulting Editor for Plant and Soil (2019 – 2024).
Editorial Board Member for European Journal of Soil Biology (2021 – ).
Editorial advisory board member for Global Change Biology (2023 – ).
Guest editor for special issue “Microbial nitrogen processes in aquatic and terrestrial environments” in Trends in Microbiology and iScience (2024).
Grant Reviewer: The National Science Foundation (NSF), USA; Geoverbund ABC/J, Germany; Canadian Research Council, Canada; US Army; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany. ERC-Starting Grants.
Examination board: PhD theses: D. Warshan. Supervisor: U. Rasmussen, Stockholm University, Sweden, Oct. 2017; W. Sawangproh, Supervisor: N. Cronberg, Lund University, Sweden, May 2019; A. Neubauer, Supervisor: Peter Szövenyi, University of Zürich, Switzerland, December 2023. S. Li, Supervisor: Linda-Maria D. Mårtensson, SLU, Sweden, Nov. 2024
Member of the Strategic Research Board, Dept. of Biology, UCPH, 2020 – 2023
Member of the Research Board, Dept. of Biology, UCPH, 2023 –
Member of the Ecology Cluster Steering Committee, Dept. of Biology, UCPH, 2023 –
Appointment committee PhD fellowships Dept. of Biology, UCPH, 2020.
Selected for the program "UCPH-Forward" - a talent program for excellence (2023-2024).
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