Jolanta Rieksta
@jrieksta.bsky.social
PostDoc @voltcenter.bsky.social & @NTNUnorway
working with biogenic volatiles in high latitude ecosystems
❤️rock climbing, mountains, and cats
https://jrieksta.github.io/
working with biogenic volatiles in high latitude ecosystems
❤️rock climbing, mountains, and cats
https://jrieksta.github.io/
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Jolanta Rieksta
@jrieksta.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Hi! 👋 I am biologist @voltcenter.bsky.social. I am working biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions from high latitude ecosystems in response to various stressors 🌡️🐛🍃 1/n
Interested in #intraspecific functional trait variation?Have a look at our new paper in
@oikosjournal.bsky.social
: Relaxation of the leaf economics spectrum within and across quaking aspen Populus tremuloides genotypes 🍃🧬 #FunctionalTraits #LeafEconomicsSpectrum #Polyploidy
@oikosjournal.bsky.social
: Relaxation of the leaf economics spectrum within and across quaking aspen Populus tremuloides genotypes 🍃🧬 #FunctionalTraits #LeafEconomicsSpectrum #Polyploidy
🍃🌲Relaxation of the leaf economics spectrum within and across quaking aspen Populus tremuloides genotypes
📷 © 1,2 Jolanta Rieksta 3 Benjamin Wong Blonder
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📷 © 1,2 Jolanta Rieksta 3 Benjamin Wong Blonder
vist.ly/4868b
September 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Interested in #intraspecific functional trait variation?Have a look at our new paper in
@oikosjournal.bsky.social
: Relaxation of the leaf economics spectrum within and across quaking aspen Populus tremuloides genotypes 🍃🧬 #FunctionalTraits #LeafEconomicsSpectrum #Polyploidy
@oikosjournal.bsky.social
: Relaxation of the leaf economics spectrum within and across quaking aspen Populus tremuloides genotypes 🍃🧬 #FunctionalTraits #LeafEconomicsSpectrum #Polyploidy
Really enjoyed the annual @voltcenter.bsky.social retreat with great colleagues - two days of science, creativity, and connection. Great energy to carry into the rest of the academic year!
Every year on week 37 @voltcenter.bsky.social goes away for two days of science, fun, inspiration and team building. Here are some of the many highlights in thread:
September 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Really enjoyed the annual @voltcenter.bsky.social retreat with great colleagues - two days of science, creativity, and connection. Great energy to carry into the rest of the academic year!
Reposted by Jolanta Rieksta
Here is the starter pack you have all been waiting for:
IPCC AR7 Scientists
(the scientists that will write the next assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the next few years)
Thanks @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social
bsky.app/starter-pack...
IPCC AR7 Scientists
(the scientists that will write the next assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the next few years)
Thanks @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social
bsky.app/starter-pack...
September 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Here is the starter pack you have all been waiting for:
IPCC AR7 Scientists
(the scientists that will write the next assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the next few years)
Thanks @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social
bsky.app/starter-pack...
IPCC AR7 Scientists
(the scientists that will write the next assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the next few years)
Thanks @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social
bsky.app/starter-pack...
Had an amazing time at Centre for Digital Life Norway Research School conference in Stavanger, Norway - inspiring talks, great discussions, refreshing morning swims, and of course a touch of volatiles 🍃 #DLN2025
September 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Had an amazing time at Centre for Digital Life Norway Research School conference in Stavanger, Norway - inspiring talks, great discussions, refreshing morning swims, and of course a touch of volatiles 🍃 #DLN2025
Resubmitting a manuscript at 09:00 hits different. Feels like I just finished a 8-to-4 before breakfast. 🐝
July 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Resubmitting a manuscript at 09:00 hits different. Feels like I just finished a 8-to-4 before breakfast. 🐝
Revising the manuscript under the watchful eye of my editor-in-fur. She’s fluffy, silent, and adorably judgmental.
June 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Revising the manuscript under the watchful eye of my editor-in-fur. She’s fluffy, silent, and adorably judgmental.
Reposted by Jolanta Rieksta
Reposted by Jolanta Rieksta
🌸Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic 🌸
Our new study @nature.com analysed plant diversity change in >2000 tundra plots over 4 decades. We found that plants changed unevenly, mostly driven by warming and biotic interactions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵 (1/7) 🌐🧪🌱🌍
Our new study @nature.com analysed plant diversity change in >2000 tundra plots over 4 decades. We found that plants changed unevenly, mostly driven by warming and biotic interactions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵 (1/7) 🌐🧪🌱🌍
April 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🌸Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic 🌸
Our new study @nature.com analysed plant diversity change in >2000 tundra plots over 4 decades. We found that plants changed unevenly, mostly driven by warming and biotic interactions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵 (1/7) 🌐🧪🌱🌍
Our new study @nature.com analysed plant diversity change in >2000 tundra plots over 4 decades. We found that plants changed unevenly, mostly driven by warming and biotic interactions.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧵 (1/7) 🌐🧪🌱🌍
Reposted by Jolanta Rieksta
⏳At the beginning of April I completed 25% of my #MSCA placement @voltcenter.bsky.social. 😱
To celebrate, I wrote a #blog that I hope will help explain my fascination with #isoprene! 🌱
Click below to find out more! #uArctic_project
To celebrate, I wrote a #blog that I hope will help explain my fascination with #isoprene! 🌱
Click below to find out more! #uArctic_project
Acabo de publicar un nuevo #blog 🌿
Desde senderos en Colombia hasta microbios en musgos del Ártico — mi camino con el isopreno, una molécula pequeña con un gran papel en el clima, sigue creciendo.
Léelo aquí: nasmillelarkemejia.com/isopreno-el-...
#ciencia #microbios #clima #MSCA #uArctic_project
Desde senderos en Colombia hasta microbios en musgos del Ártico — mi camino con el isopreno, una molécula pequeña con un gran papel en el clima, sigue creciendo.
Léelo aquí: nasmillelarkemejia.com/isopreno-el-...
#ciencia #microbios #clima #MSCA #uArctic_project
April 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
⏳At the beginning of April I completed 25% of my #MSCA placement @voltcenter.bsky.social. 😱
To celebrate, I wrote a #blog that I hope will help explain my fascination with #isoprene! 🌱
Click below to find out more! #uArctic_project
To celebrate, I wrote a #blog that I hope will help explain my fascination with #isoprene! 🌱
Click below to find out more! #uArctic_project
Reposted by Jolanta Rieksta
Meet @dg.dk @voltcenter.bsky.social's assistant professor @danilloalvarenga.bsky.social, who works with @kathrinrousk.bsky.social on #cyanobacteria and #moss interactions on a #molecular level, and their importance in different #ecosystems!
youtu.be/pvJjzXq_hQQ
youtu.be/pvJjzXq_hQQ
Meet the scientists - Danillo Alvarenga (Assistant Professor)
YouTube video by VOLT - Center for Volatile Interactions
youtu.be
April 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Meet @dg.dk @voltcenter.bsky.social's assistant professor @danilloalvarenga.bsky.social, who works with @kathrinrousk.bsky.social on #cyanobacteria and #moss interactions on a #molecular level, and their importance in different #ecosystems!
youtu.be/pvJjzXq_hQQ
youtu.be/pvJjzXq_hQQ
Are you going #EGU25 @egu.eu ? Here is a nice summary of all the talks and posters by the @voltcenter.bsky.social so you do not miss them ! 🤩
@voltcenter.bsky.social will attend #EGU25 @egu.eu!
I'm ready for an overload of great science. Hope to meet many of you next week.
You can find a list of our contributions (#VOCs in #marine, #freshwater and terrestrial #ecosystems, #carbon and #nitrogen cycling, #remotesensing) in this thread:
I'm ready for an overload of great science. Hope to meet many of you next week.
You can find a list of our contributions (#VOCs in #marine, #freshwater and terrestrial #ecosystems, #carbon and #nitrogen cycling, #remotesensing) in this thread:
April 23, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Are you going #EGU25 @egu.eu ? Here is a nice summary of all the talks and posters by the @voltcenter.bsky.social so you do not miss them ! 🤩
Reposted by Jolanta Rieksta
We used #ARALAB climate chambers to mimic future #climate conditions and studied how arctic plants respond to a warmer future with more frequent extremes. We will have a few more papers from this large experiment, including setting the observed responses in ecosystem model #LPJGUESS. Stay tuned.
Check out our newest #research! We quantify the interactions between increased #temperature & #heatwave & #drought in #Arctic #plants, with focus on #VOCs, #photosynthesis & #phenology.
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
@voltcenter.bsky.social @dg.dk @villumfonden.bsky.social @globalchangebio.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
@voltcenter.bsky.social @dg.dk @villumfonden.bsky.social @globalchangebio.bsky.social
Increased Growth Temperatures Alter Arctic Plant Responses to Heat Wave and Drought
As the Arctic warms and heatwaves become more frequent, vegetation changes may alter the ecosystem. We investigated how warmer temperatures modulate Arctic shrub responses to heat wave and drought. A...
doi.org
April 16, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Admiring a mountain birch core in the field vs in the microscope. Pending: linking dendro data to VOC emissions. Can´t wait to see the results 1/2 🪵🍃🐛
April 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Admiring a mountain birch core in the field vs in the microscope. Pending: linking dendro data to VOC emissions. Can´t wait to see the results 1/2 🪵🍃🐛
Very exciting day! My friend, Laura, is defending her PhD thesis today: "On the evolution of floral traits." 🌺🌸🌼🐝 Her work also includes volatiles (floral scent )—my favourite topic!
March 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Very exciting day! My friend, Laura, is defending her PhD thesis today: "On the evolution of floral traits." 🌺🌸🌼🐝 Her work also includes volatiles (floral scent )—my favourite topic!
Reposted by Jolanta Rieksta
Massive congrats to @voltcenter.bsky.social PhD student @martacontreras.bsky.social who got a prestigious Elite Forsk travel grant, which she is already enjoying in Australia! 👏
You can read the article below:
volt.ku.dk/news2024/vol...
You can read the article below:
volt.ku.dk/news2024/vol...
VOLT PhD student receives prestigious Elite Forsk travel grant
volt.ku.dk
March 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Massive congrats to @voltcenter.bsky.social PhD student @martacontreras.bsky.social who got a prestigious Elite Forsk travel grant, which she is already enjoying in Australia! 👏
You can read the article below:
volt.ku.dk/news2024/vol...
You can read the article below:
volt.ku.dk/news2024/vol...
Reposted by Jolanta Rieksta
📢PhD Vacancy📢: Fully funded PhD fellowship in #peatland #VOC #biogeochemistry at Copenhagen University! This position is part of my Villum young investigator grant, co-supervised with @riikkarinnan.bsky.social, and hosted by the @voltcenter.bsky.social.
➡️https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=163573⬅️
➡️https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=163573⬅️
February 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
📢PhD Vacancy📢: Fully funded PhD fellowship in #peatland #VOC #biogeochemistry at Copenhagen University! This position is part of my Villum young investigator grant, co-supervised with @riikkarinnan.bsky.social, and hosted by the @voltcenter.bsky.social.
➡️https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=163573⬅️
➡️https://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=163573⬅️
Reposted by Jolanta Rieksta
A super exciting PhD position available in #peatland #biochemistry. Join @yijiao.bsky.social and me working with cutting edge #VOC cycling in peat.
+ nice colleagues @voltcenter.bsky.social
+ Copenhagen
+ competitive salary
+ good PhD program
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Please repost!
+ nice colleagues @voltcenter.bsky.social
+ Copenhagen
+ competitive salary
+ good PhD program
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Please repost!
February 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A super exciting PhD position available in #peatland #biochemistry. Join @yijiao.bsky.social and me working with cutting edge #VOC cycling in peat.
+ nice colleagues @voltcenter.bsky.social
+ Copenhagen
+ competitive salary
+ good PhD program
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Please repost!
+ nice colleagues @voltcenter.bsky.social
+ Copenhagen
+ competitive salary
+ good PhD program
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Please repost!
Benzene float (Hexaphenyl) 1983 by Monira Al Qadiri at the 📍PoMo - A Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art in Trondheim
February 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Benzene float (Hexaphenyl) 1983 by Monira Al Qadiri at the 📍PoMo - A Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art in Trondheim
Reposted by Jolanta Rieksta
Congratulations to all Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions grantees! At @voltcenter.bsky.social, we got 4: Yunyao Ma, @zzwy.bsky.social, Mehrshad Foroughan and Cecilia Costas Selas. What an amazing achievement!
Click below to read about the MSCA and other recent grants for VOLT
volt.ku.dk/news2024/tre...
Click below to read about the MSCA and other recent grants for VOLT
volt.ku.dk/news2024/tre...
Tremendous funding success for VOLT Center!
volt.ku.dk
February 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Congratulations to all Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions grantees! At @voltcenter.bsky.social, we got 4: Yunyao Ma, @zzwy.bsky.social, Mehrshad Foroughan and Cecilia Costas Selas. What an amazing achievement!
Click below to read about the MSCA and other recent grants for VOLT
volt.ku.dk/news2024/tre...
Click below to read about the MSCA and other recent grants for VOLT
volt.ku.dk/news2024/tre...
Reposted by Jolanta Rieksta
🔔 New article alert 🔔
Have you ever wonderered what life in extreme environments smells like? In our latest article (and my first published paper!) we review #VOCs produced by #extremophiles, and we discuss the roles they play in #astrobiology, #biotechnology, and more!
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Have you ever wonderered what life in extreme environments smells like? In our latest article (and my first published paper!) we review #VOCs produced by #extremophiles, and we discuss the roles they play in #astrobiology, #biotechnology, and more!
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Extreme smells – microbial production of volatile organic compounds at the limits of life
Abstract. Microbial Volatile Organic Compounds (MVOCs) are diverse molecules produced by microorganisms, ranging from mere waste by-products to important s
doi.org
January 30, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🔔 New article alert 🔔
Have you ever wonderered what life in extreme environments smells like? In our latest article (and my first published paper!) we review #VOCs produced by #extremophiles, and we discuss the roles they play in #astrobiology, #biotechnology, and more!
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Have you ever wonderered what life in extreme environments smells like? In our latest article (and my first published paper!) we review #VOCs produced by #extremophiles, and we discuss the roles they play in #astrobiology, #biotechnology, and more!
doi.org/10.1093/fems...
Yesterday, we dove into a collective creative writing experience led by Paul Acker—scientist, performer, and writer. We crafted and performed incredible texts, exploring the inner world of scientists, the duality of being both human and researcher.The energy was electric,the words alive.What a ride!
February 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Yesterday, we dove into a collective creative writing experience led by Paul Acker—scientist, performer, and writer. We crafted and performed incredible texts, exploring the inner world of scientists, the duality of being both human and researcher.The energy was electric,the words alive.What a ride!
I'm attending 1st International Symposium on Volatile Interactions in Ecosystems in Copenhagen
@voltcenter.bsky.social. Join me on May 21-23. 🤩
‼️ abstract submission deadline: February 24
#Biogeochemistry, #ChemicalEcology #Ecosystem-atmosphereInteractions
@voltcenter.bsky.social. Join me on May 21-23. 🤩
‼️ abstract submission deadline: February 24
#Biogeochemistry, #ChemicalEcology #Ecosystem-atmosphereInteractions
We will be hosting the 1st International Symposium on Volatile Interactions in Ecosystems in Copenhagen in May 2025.
This symposium will bring together scientists working with #Biogeochemistry, #ChemicalEcology and #Ecosystem-atmosphereInteractions related to VOCs, volatile S and N.
Welcome!
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This symposium will bring together scientists working with #Biogeochemistry, #ChemicalEcology and #Ecosystem-atmosphereInteractions related to VOCs, volatile S and N.
Welcome!
1/3
February 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm attending 1st International Symposium on Volatile Interactions in Ecosystems in Copenhagen
@voltcenter.bsky.social. Join me on May 21-23. 🤩
‼️ abstract submission deadline: February 24
#Biogeochemistry, #ChemicalEcology #Ecosystem-atmosphereInteractions
@voltcenter.bsky.social. Join me on May 21-23. 🤩
‼️ abstract submission deadline: February 24
#Biogeochemistry, #ChemicalEcology #Ecosystem-atmosphereInteractions
Reposted by Jolanta Rieksta
📣 Work with remote sensing of terrestrial water and carbon cycle? Please consider sending your manuscript to the special issue in Remote Sensing of Environment (IF=11.1), led by group member Hongliang Ma at @voltcenter.bsky.social
🚩 Submission deadline of Feb 2026, see here:
shorturl.at/yQYb6
🚩 Submission deadline of Feb 2026, see here:
shorturl.at/yQYb6
Remote Sensing of Environment | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Remote Sensing of Environment | ScienceDirect.com by ElsevierScienceDirect
Read the latest articles of Remote Sensing of Environment at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
February 12, 2025 at 10:09 PM
📣 Work with remote sensing of terrestrial water and carbon cycle? Please consider sending your manuscript to the special issue in Remote Sensing of Environment (IF=11.1), led by group member Hongliang Ma at @voltcenter.bsky.social
🚩 Submission deadline of Feb 2026, see here:
shorturl.at/yQYb6
🚩 Submission deadline of Feb 2026, see here:
shorturl.at/yQYb6
Inspired by @nasmillelarkemejia.bsky.social:
As a kid,I’d disappear into the meadows of Latvia,picking flowers,pressing leaves in books,drying plants for tea. Now,I study plant chemistry and its role in a changing world.After all these years,still fascinated-just like in meadow days #WomenInStem
As a kid,I’d disappear into the meadows of Latvia,picking flowers,pressing leaves in books,drying plants for tea. Now,I study plant chemistry and its role in a changing world.After all these years,still fascinated-just like in meadow days #WomenInStem
February 11, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Inspired by @nasmillelarkemejia.bsky.social:
As a kid,I’d disappear into the meadows of Latvia,picking flowers,pressing leaves in books,drying plants for tea. Now,I study plant chemistry and its role in a changing world.After all these years,still fascinated-just like in meadow days #WomenInStem
As a kid,I’d disappear into the meadows of Latvia,picking flowers,pressing leaves in books,drying plants for tea. Now,I study plant chemistry and its role in a changing world.After all these years,still fascinated-just like in meadow days #WomenInStem