Dr. Mariangela Fotelli

Principal Researcher

Education

• 1998: Degree from the Department of Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

• 2002: PhD in Forest Ecophysiology, Albert-Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany.

Postdoctoral Research

• 2003-2005: Forest Research Institute of Thessaloniki, Project: ΙΚΥDA “Water relations and nitrogen nutrition of European beech at the southern limit of its geographical distribution”

• 2005-2006: Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Project PYTHAGORAS ΙΙ: «Study of the molecular and biochemical mechanisms for the establishment of the symbiotic relationship between rhizobia and legumes and of the rhizobial function”.

• 2006-2008: Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Bilateral Greek-Australian project: Plants’ functional diversity in xerothermic environments: A study based on advanced technologies”.

• 2008: Forest Research Institute of Thessaloniki: Bilateral USA-Greek project: “Application of advanced technologies for assessing the water balance of forest ecosystems”

• 2009-2010: Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens. Project: IKYDA “Application of advanced technologies for studying the carbon cycle of the symbiosis between the legume Lotus japonicus and the nitrogen-fixing Mesorhizobium loti.”

• 2010-2015: Forest Research Institute of Thessaloniki, Project: FunDivEUROPE “Functional significance of forest diversity in Europe».

• 2015-2017: Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources. Project: “Study of the N balance in representative forest ecosystems in Europe”.

   

Position in FRI

• Forest Ecophysiology

Research Interests

• Physiological processes in forest ecosystems

• Forest trees & ecosystem responses to biotic – abiotic effects

• Forest restoration

• Woody plant stock traits

• Forest biodiversity 

   

Current Projects

• COFORMIT (Contribution FORest MITigation): Contribution of the tree planted land of West Macedonia lignite center to protection of environment and mitigation of climate change. (Website) 

• IKYDA - FUTUREOAKS: Selection and implementation of oak provenances for future climate scenarios in Greece and Germany. Funding: DAAD.

   

• CARTON: CARbon functional Traits and their OptimisatioN (funded by ANR 2020-2024
• “ECOCARBON – Assessement of the carbon footprint of Sani forest ecosystem”

• "ECOSERVISES - Protection and demonstration of the ecosystem services of Sani Forest"

  "COST ACTION CLEANFOREST: Joint Effects of Climate Extremes and Atmospheric Deposition on European Forests"

   

PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC NETWORKS:

1. LTER – Long Term Ecosystem Research / LTER GREECE. Sani Environmental Observatory – SEO, https://www.lter-greece.gr/sites/sani-environmental-observatory/

https://deims.org/4c875c34-27f9-4ae5-9790-460ee47924d2

2. ICP Forests program (http://icp-forests.net/) / Expert Panel on Crown Condition and Damage Causes, Working Group: Mechanisms and physiology of tree crown defoliation.

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