Department of green Chemistry and Technology Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering
Actual position: PhD-student
Bio
After completing my master’s degree in tropical agriculture, I had the opportunity to join the ISOFYS team at Ghent University as a PhD student. My research focuses on the biogeochemical recuperation of Afrotropical secondary forests after slash-and-burn events using four work packages. The main focus is, respectively, on nutrient limitations during the growth of pioneer tree species, biogeochemical recuperation of soils in terms of microbial functional and taxonomic composition and N- and P cycling, yield determinations of cassava, and finally a large-scale meta-analysis of Afrotropical chronosequence studies resulting in an integrated study. The combination of these work packages will render a comprehensive view on shifting agriculture and its effects on tropical regrowth forests, filling important knowledge gaps from the understudied Congo Basin.
