Marta Contreras-Serrano
@martacontreras.bsky.social
PhD fellow at VOLT Center
University of Copenhagen
🌱🐾🌡️☁️🌍👩🔬🦠🧬
Plant ecophysiology | Chemical ecology | Ecosystem Modelling | Evolutionary ecology |
University of Copenhagen
🌱🐾🌡️☁️🌍👩🔬🦠🧬
Plant ecophysiology | Chemical ecology | Ecosystem Modelling | Evolutionary ecology |
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Postdoctoral position in Forest Monitoring available. Know your way around spatial datasets? Join us to help monitor changes in Australia's precious forest estate! @westsyduhie.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Forest Monitoring
Company Description: Western Sydney University is a modern, forward-thinking, research-led institution at the heart of Australia’s fastest-growing and most economically significant region. With 11 cam...
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September 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Postdoctoral position in Forest Monitoring available. Know your way around spatial datasets? Join us to help monitor changes in Australia's precious forest estate! @westsyduhie.bsky.social
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My first PhD paper just received an invited commentary! So cool to see our work getting this kind of recognition 📖🌱🌡️☁️
#PhDLife #Arctic #Research #Climate #Plants #Photosynthesis #VOCs
#PhDLife #Arctic #Research #Climate #Plants #Photosynthesis #VOCs
INVITED COMMENTARY
The Ecological Impacts of Dry and Hot Shocks in the Land of Midnight Sun
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The Ecological Impacts of Dry and Hot Shocks in the Land of Midnight Sun
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August 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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After a lot of paperwork, my bacteria are finally ready to see the world! Destination: DSMZ, Germany.
June 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
After a lot of paperwork, my bacteria are finally ready to see the world! Destination: DSMZ, Germany.
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Meet @martacontreras.bsky.social, a PhD candidate at @voltcenter.bsky.social working with #ecosystemmodeling and plant stress responses 🌱🌳 She combines field experiments, lab measurements and modeling to help improve predictions of carbon and #VOC fluxes in ecosystems 🌍
Meet the scientist - Marta Contreras Serrano (PhD Candidate)
YouTube video by VOLT - Center for Volatile Interactions
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June 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Meet @martacontreras.bsky.social, a PhD candidate at @voltcenter.bsky.social working with #ecosystemmodeling and plant stress responses 🌱🌳 She combines field experiments, lab measurements and modeling to help improve predictions of carbon and #VOC fluxes in ecosystems 🌍
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Field season for team @voltcenter.bsky.social @riikkarinnan.bsky.social @dddwbbtl.bsky.social at #StoreMosse, southern Sweden’s largest active raised bog! We’re tracking how vegetation, water table, and microclimate shape #VOC exchange in #peatland, supported by #VillumFonden.
June 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Field season for team @voltcenter.bsky.social @riikkarinnan.bsky.social @dddwbbtl.bsky.social at #StoreMosse, southern Sweden’s largest active raised bog! We’re tracking how vegetation, water table, and microclimate shape #VOC exchange in #peatland, supported by #VillumFonden.
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The BBQ was preceded by a PhD mid-term talk by @martacontreras.bsky.social on the effects of #climatechange on #plant-produced #VOCs. It seems our PhD students have just started, and some are now 14 months away from finishing!
June 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The BBQ was preceded by a PhD mid-term talk by @martacontreras.bsky.social on the effects of #climatechange on #plant-produced #VOCs. It seems our PhD students have just started, and some are now 14 months away from finishing!
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Increased Growth Temperatures Alter Arctic Plant Responses to Heat Wave and Drought
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@martacontreras.bsky.social @riikkarinnan.bsky.social @lundjing.bsky.social @voltcenter.bsky.social @villumfonden.bsky.social @dg.dk
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May 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Increased Growth Temperatures Alter Arctic Plant Responses to Heat Wave and Drought
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📣“3, 2, 1… VOC”📣
The best way to finish our PhD course is a wonderful group picture! 📸
Thank you to all the lecturers, students, fellow organisers and colleagues for making this event unforgettable!
⚙️We are now changing gears for the @voltcenter.bsky.social symposium! ⚙️
The best way to finish our PhD course is a wonderful group picture! 📸
Thank you to all the lecturers, students, fellow organisers and colleagues for making this event unforgettable!
⚙️We are now changing gears for the @voltcenter.bsky.social symposium! ⚙️
May 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
📣“3, 2, 1… VOC”📣
The best way to finish our PhD course is a wonderful group picture! 📸
Thank you to all the lecturers, students, fellow organisers and colleagues for making this event unforgettable!
⚙️We are now changing gears for the @voltcenter.bsky.social symposium! ⚙️
The best way to finish our PhD course is a wonderful group picture! 📸
Thank you to all the lecturers, students, fellow organisers and colleagues for making this event unforgettable!
⚙️We are now changing gears for the @voltcenter.bsky.social symposium! ⚙️
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We are hosting a PhD course on volatiles in ecosystems for 30 international PhD students. Today we heard flash talks by all participants, got an introduction to isotopes, a lab tour and a tour in the Botanical Garden of #SNM.
We are thankful for Faculty of Science @ucph.bsky.social for funding.
We are thankful for Faculty of Science @ucph.bsky.social for funding.
Full house at our exciting PhD course on #BVOCs and #isotope techniques: advancing #ecosystem #research that will run for 3 days at @voltcenter.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We are hosting a PhD course on volatiles in ecosystems for 30 international PhD students. Today we heard flash talks by all participants, got an introduction to isotopes, a lab tour and a tour in the Botanical Garden of #SNM.
We are thankful for Faculty of Science @ucph.bsky.social for funding.
We are thankful for Faculty of Science @ucph.bsky.social for funding.
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...
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April 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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
So happy for this amazing opportunity! Using my time in Australia to integrate my #Arctic shrub data into #models to improve our understanding of #warming effects in the Arctic 🌱📊 Also did some new #fieldwork, so stay tuned! 🌳🪲Thanks to @voltcenter.bsky.social and everyone who made this possible!
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
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March 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
So happy for this amazing opportunity! Using my time in Australia to integrate my #Arctic shrub data into #models to improve our understanding of #warming effects in the Arctic 🌱📊 Also did some new #fieldwork, so stay tuned! 🌳🪲Thanks to @voltcenter.bsky.social and everyone who made this possible!
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PhD student @martacontreras.bsky.social from @voltcenter.bsky.social received the Elite Forsk travel grant. A huge congratulation to the rising star, Marta!
@dg.dk
@dg.dk
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 2:59 PM
PhD student @martacontreras.bsky.social from @voltcenter.bsky.social received the Elite Forsk travel grant. A huge congratulation to the rising star, Marta!
@dg.dk
@dg.dk
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📢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⬅️
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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...
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+ nice colleagues @voltcenter.bsky.social
+ Copenhagen
+ competitive salary
+ good PhD program
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
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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...
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+ nice colleagues @voltcenter.bsky.social
+ Copenhagen
+ competitive salary
+ good PhD program
employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=16...
Please repost!
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Less than a week left to register for the #free International #Symposium on #Volatile #Interactions in #Ecosystems, and a #PhD course in beautiful #Copenhagen!
February 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Less than a week left to register for the #free International #Symposium on #Volatile #Interactions in #Ecosystems, and a #PhD course in beautiful #Copenhagen!
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After extensive packing for field work in Australia, @martacontreras.bsky.social is finally on her way to warmer weather. We are excited to follow her adventures!
January 27, 2025 at 11:13 AM
After extensive packing for field work in Australia, @martacontreras.bsky.social is finally on her way to warmer weather. We are excited to follow her adventures!
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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
January 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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!
1/3
This symposium will bring together scientists working with #Biogeochemistry, #ChemicalEcology and #Ecosystem-atmosphereInteractions related to VOCs, volatile S and N.
Welcome!
1/3
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Honored & grateful to @villumfonden.bsky.social for the grant, which will allow me to form a group exploring #peatland trace gas biogeochemistry. Many thanks to Profs. Rinnan, Kolb, Tang & Robroek for the support. Looking forward to the collaborations!
villumfonden.dk/en/news/mill...
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January 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Honored & grateful to @villumfonden.bsky.social for the grant, which will allow me to form a group exploring #peatland trace gas biogeochemistry. Many thanks to Profs. Rinnan, Kolb, Tang & Robroek for the support. Looking forward to the collaborations!
villumfonden.dk/en/news/mill...
villumfonden.dk/en/news/mill...
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Productive days and fun nights at the @voltcenter.bsky.social writing retreat in the beautiful Dragsholm Castle! What an amazing experience!
January 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Productive days and fun nights at the @voltcenter.bsky.social writing retreat in the beautiful Dragsholm Castle! What an amazing experience!
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✨Moss bottle bums 🍑
Described as edible by @martacontreras.bsky.social 😜
Described as edible by @martacontreras.bsky.social 😜
January 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
✨Moss bottle bums 🍑
Described as edible by @martacontreras.bsky.social 😜
Described as edible by @martacontreras.bsky.social 😜
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Yesterday, I defended my PhD in astrobiology at @voltcenter.bsky.social and the Center for Exolife Sciences. It was an amazing experience to share my work with so many of my friends and colleagues! Big thanks to @riikkarinnan.bsky.social and the rest of VOLT for the opportunity to work together!
December 18, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Yesterday, I defended my PhD in astrobiology at @voltcenter.bsky.social and the Center for Exolife Sciences. It was an amazing experience to share my work with so many of my friends and colleagues! Big thanks to @riikkarinnan.bsky.social and the rest of VOLT for the opportunity to work together!
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Superb PhD defense by @astromasg.bsky.social today! It has been great to follow the journey on this and other planets. Supervisors are so proud - and also thankful for the PhD committee that consisted of Paolina Garbeva, Kai Finster, and Mette Burmølle.
#extremophiles #mvocs
@voltcenter.bsky.social
#extremophiles #mvocs
@voltcenter.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 9:11 AM
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December 18, 2024 at 9:09 AM