Environmental Change Ecology and Microbiology

The ECEM group conducts experimental and modeling research on the impact of environmental change on biogeochemical cycles in terrestrial ecosystems, from local to global scales, and develops microbiome-based methods to mitigate this impact. The group’s research covers topics such as microbial ecology, mycorrhiza, carbon and nitrogen cycles, bioremediation, and micromaterials. The group manages the state-of-the-art research facilities Macroscale Ecotron, RAU Ecotron, and Mycotron, which are part of the international research infrastructures AnaEE ERIC/AnaEE Belgium.