Short presentation

Mona Chor Bjørn has a PhD degree in Applied Ecology. She has a particular interest in the restoration, transformation and management of herbaceous vegetation types to support native flora and fauna as well as counteract biodiversity loss and negative effects of urbanization.

 A central part of her research deals with ecology and habitat specialization of native species as well as their function in natural and urban environments. Over the past eight years, she has mainly researched nature-based solutions (Local drainage of rainwater) and developed new knowledge about how these can be optimized as stepping stone habitat for plants and animals in cities.

She is engaged in teaching and supervision of several study programmes at both bachelor and master level e.g. landscape architecture, nature management, biology.

CV

Education

2018 - 2019     University Paedagogy (Adjunkt Pædagogikum, UP)

2009 – 2015    PhD degree in Applied Ecology, University of Copenhagen 

Fields of interest

Biodiversity; Botany; Plant Ecology; Plant community Ecology; Flora-fauna interactions; Green infrastructure, Innovation, Management, Restoration Ecology

Current research

• Optimix - Bedre frøblandinger til naturprojekter i kulturlandskabet (PI, Grant from GBHF)
• Branching Out (PI, Research-based agency support)
• Regenerative Landscapes (Scientific partner, Research-based agency support)
• Urban biodiversity: Nesting hills and grassland diversification (PI, Financial support from Ballerup Municipality)
• Floating vegetated Islands for biodiversity support and phytoremediation of polluted storm water (PI, Grant from MUDP)
• Floating vegetated Islands for stormwater management (PI, Grant from VUDP)
• Holistic SUDS Bio-curbs - innovation and documentation of pollutant removal, hydrology, evaporation and biodiversity (PI, Grant from MUDP)
• Tree bodyguards (scientific partner)
• Science Club (Scientific partner, Grant from The Veloux Foundations)
• Noice barriers; case Ballerup (Scientific partner, Grant from GBHF)
• Cover crops – low resource requiring management of the young forest (PI, Grant from GBHF)
• Optimising ecosystem services and recreational values of low maintenance SUDS in urban environments (PI, Grant from VUDP)
• EcoOrchard (scientific participant, botanical expert)
• Protectfruit (scientific participant, botanical expert)
• Sustainable and innovative methods for supporting biodiversity on fertile and productive soils. Research in habitat restoration techniques and genetic variation in commercially available seeds and their wild relatives. (PI, Grant from 15. Juni Fonden)
• Full PhD stipend (PI, Grant from University of Copenhagen)  

Teaching

Course resposibilities and coordination

• Biodiversity in Urban Nature (MSc, UCPH, 7.5 ECTS)

Teaching

• Biodiversity in Urban Nature (MSc, UCPH, 7.5 ECTS)
• Nature Management and Biodiversity (BSc, UCPH, 7.5 ECTS)
• Planting Design (BSc, UCPH, 7.5 ECTS)
• Practice & Aesthetics in Landscape Architecture (BSc, UCPH, 15 ECTS)
• Plants and plant growth in urban areas (BSc, 15 ECTS)
• Plants and Technology in Landscape Architecture 1 (BSc, 15 ECTS)
• Botany of Urban and Landscape Plants (BSc, 7.5 ECTS)

Supervision: Thesis, Project in Practice, Project Outside Cou​rse Scope.

BSc-programmes: Biology, Landscape Architecture, Natural Resources

MSc-programmes: Biology, Climate Change, EnvEuro, Environmental Science, Forest and Nature Management, Landscape Architecture, Nature Management

Knowledge of languages

Danish, English, German, French