Andrea Oddershede Christensen
Effects of extreme precipitation events and the capacity of natural ecosystems to retain and delay water

I’m a bachelor in general biology from Aarhus University, and my PhD project runs from February 2011 toFebruary 2015. My main field of interest is plant ecology on different ecological scales, as well as the effect of climate and climate change on species distribution. During my PhD I will assess the effects of longer periods of drought and flooding on Danish plant communities and the effect of vegetation cover on soilwater-flow.
Supervisors: Christian F. Damgaard, Department of Terrestrial Ecology, NERI, AU, Jens-Christian Svenning, Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity, Biological Sciences, AU and Lars Arge, Computer Science, AU.

Anna Katarzyna Malawska
Climate change and ecosystem services: modelling farmer decisions on land use and their implications for Danish wildlife

I completed a master degree in environmental protection at the Inter-Faculty Studies in Environmental Protection at the University of Warsaw, Poland. In my master thesis I discussed and carried out a case study of the influence of environmental regulation on technological change.

Daniel Graeber
Anthropogenic and climate effects on quantity, composition and in-stream processing of dissolved organic matter and nutrient export from catchments

The aims of the project is to quantify the inorganic and organic nitrogen and phosphorus forms transported from agricultural fields to coastal waters taking into consideration in-stream processing and the influence of gradients in land use and climate.
In 2007, I made my Master of Science in Ecology and Biodiversity at the University of Göttingen (Germany). The topic of the thesis was: “Structure and food resources of the macroinvertebrate community in the "Krumme Spree"-river section”. After that, I participated in various research projects on the “Development of a process-oriented nutrient export model” (2007-2009), an “Unio crassus monitoring in the system of the River Spree (2009)”, in a “Wetland research project” in Northern Germany (2009-2010) and “Mediterranean intermittent river management” (2010).

Jeremy David Silver
Data assimilation for chemical transport models

I come from Australia, and I completed my B.A./B.Sc. with Honours in Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Melbourne (Australia) in 2007. Since then I have worked as a research assistant at the University of Copenhagen and Aarhus University.
I began my PhD in August, 2010, in the Department of Atmospheric Environment, National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University - the title of my project is: "Data assimilation for chemical transport models". My project focuses on computer modelling of air pollution, and on how to improve such models using statistical techniques to make best use of available measurement data. This topic is at the interface between mathematical and statistical modelling, two areas that appeal to me.

Lars O.  Mortensen
Arctic species and system responses to a warming climate

With the topic of participatory monitoring of biodiversity in tropical rainforests, I finished my M. Sc. in Environmental Biology in 2008 from the Department for Environmental, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University. I originate from Denmark, but did studies in Iceland and Nicaragua. After the M. Sc. until start of the Ph. D. I worked with contaminants in Greenland and anthropogenic impact on marine mammals in Denmark, so my interests are versatile, but main focus is on population/ecosystem ecology and conservation.

Mustafa Mantikci Asim