Gesche Blume-Werry

I am an ecosystem ecologist with a passion for high latitude ecosystems, interested in the interplay of plants and their environment with a focus on #belowground plant processes, such as #root phenology & production, from arctic #tundra to temperate #peatlands.

Umeå is a nice city with wonderful surroundings, and our department a great place to work! Find more info about the position here: umu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jo…

📢JOB ALERT 🌿 I am looking for a PhD student to work on plant-soil interactions in thawing permafrost. The position is based in Umeå, Sweden, with fieldwork in northern Alaska in a long-term warming experiment. Please RT and / or apply (before March 25th)! 👇

How deep should we go to understand roots at the top of the world? 📖 ow.ly/OQi450PFiFe #Commentary by Weber and Iversen highlighting the recent work by Blume-Werry et al. 📖 ow.ly/MPzA50PFiFc

Really enjoyed reading this!

Please spread to suitable candidates! @NordicOikos @SweSocOikos @BESPlantSoilEco @BES_careers

Job opportunity Postdoc focusing on earthworm effects on plants and soils in northern ecosystems (2 yrs) 🪱🌱🌲 Come to Sweden and work with Eva Krab and me @umeauniversity Deadline 25th May, more info and link to apply: umu.se/en/work-with-u… #PostDoc

@Jeep4byFour Thanks Jeppe! Regarding the vertebrates, are you thinking of specific examples?

I'm quite enthused by this new preprint by @gescheBW et al. suggesting that soil organisms, both microbes and invertebrate (I might add vertebrates), can alleviate functional limitations to C-decomposition at high lats. 1/n bg.copernicus.org/preprints/bg-2…

Only a few days left to apply for the Postdoc position in plant-soil interactions in arctic tundra with Eveline Krab and me. Apply via the link below if you are interested! umu.se/en/work-with-u…

@vera_margAlp @uniinnsbruck @KewScience Congratulations!! 🥳

I successfully *defended my PhD thesis* last week, Wednesday @uniinnsbruck! After digesting the intensity of the finish line, I feel grateful and thankful to everyone involved and those I met along the way! #AlpineSeedConservation @KewScience #seeds #alps #Ifocusandwrite.com💃🧵

@GRocherRos @AIL_limnologia You badass!

It was really fun to come teach about spatial time series for this course of @AIL_limnologia. I had the brilliant idea to travel alone with my 2-year old and it has been the toughest thing I've done in a long time though...

@VVandvik @LoraxCate Also, students often do not take into account that the literature they have to read will be primarily in English. A few of my students have regretted not writing in English in the end, because they did not realize how much they will have to translate into their own language.

@LoraxCate First: writing in first language and then translating is a really bad idea! As a English-as-second language scientist myself, and as a supervisor if *many* in the same situation, I have thoughts and experiences to share… A🧵

We are hiring up to two PhD students at Umeå University in stream ecology and/or biogeochemistry. Applications are due April 15! Read more here: umu.se/en/work-with-u…

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The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research has a call for Ukrainian researchers who come to Sweden in 2022. Total of 30 million SEK, aimed at Ukrainian citizens with a doctoral degree for employment at a Swedish University. strategiska.se/en/ssf-support… @Sci_for_Ukraine

@iamwaseem72 @BES_careers @GfoeSoc @NordicOikos Yes.

@gescheBW @BES_careers @GfoeSoc @NordicOikos Professor, International students can apply ?

📢I am looking for a PhD student to work on belowground plant responses to grazing 🦌 and snow cover changes ❄️ in boreal ecosystems. Please RT and apply (before March 31st)! More info 👇 @BES_careers @GfoeSoc @NordicOikos

The position is based in Umeå, Sweden, with fieldwork in northern Finland. Umeå is a nice city 🚲 with wonderful surroundings, and our department a great place to work! Find more info here: umu.se/en/work-with-u…

I have said this often, but it is worth repeating: Even if a (very) few plants DO grow better in a peat-based compost that does not justify peat extraction. A (very) small loss of quality in a garden does not EVER justify peat use.