Jordi Garcia Pausas

Researcher (M)

PROGRAM / Multifunctional forest management

I graduated in Biological Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1999) and earned a PhD from the University of Lleida (2011). My PhD thesis addressed the organic C cycling and the factors determining the soil C accumulation in Pyrenean mountain grasslands. A postdoc grant allowed me to work at the James Hutton Institute (Aberdeen, Scotland) for two years (2012-2013), and then I received a Juan de la Cierva grant (2016-2017) for doing research at CTFC. Currently, I am a researcher at CTFC.
Interested in soil and plant ecology and the interactions between soil and plants in the context of land management or perturbations. My work has mainly focused on the C and nutrient cycling, including plant productivity, litter decomposition, microbial activity and functionality, and the stabilisation of soil organic matter. Currently, working on the effects of forest management (e.g. thinning, prescribed burnings) on soil C and nutrient cycling in the plant-soil system.