Emil Rydin

Emil Rydin serves as an Associate Professor at Stockholm University's Baltic Sea Centre, focusing on critical environmental research related to the Baltic Sea ecosystem. His work addresses fundamental processes affecting water quality and nutrient dynamics in coastal environments.

Dr. Rydin's research interests center on marine ecology and water quality, with particular expertise in eutrophication processes, nutrient cycling in coastal sediments, and phosphorus dynamics in the Baltic Sea. His work examines how seabeds bind nutrients effectively and when sediments lose this ability, which has significant implications for understanding and mitigating eutrophication. He investigates the forms of organically bound phosphorus in sediments, distinguishing between phosphorus that will leach back into the water column and stable organic phosphorus forms that become permanently sequestered in seabeds.

His research has important applications in both shallow bays and sea floor environments, particularly addressing the severe water quality deterioration that occurs in eutrophic shallow bays during spring and early summer. Dr. Rydin actively contributes to developing remediation methods for reversing negative environmental developments in Baltic Sea coastal areas.

Dr. Rydin is affiliated with the Ecology in coastal ecosystems research group at Stockholm University's Baltic Sea Centre, where he conducts field and laboratory research to advance understanding of coastal ecosystem functioning and develop practical solutions for environmental management.