Silvia Caldararu

Silvia Caldararu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Botany at Trinity College Dublin. Her research focuses on process-based mathematical models of terrestrial ecosystems to understand climate change impacts on plant physiology, carbon cycling, and nutrient dynamics. She specializes in integrating ecological and physiological realism into Earth System Models while maintaining computational tractability.

• Education: PhD in Global Leaf Phenology Modelling (University of Edinburgh, 2013)
• Career: University of Edinburgh (2013), Microsoft Research Cambridge (2013-2015), Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry (2015-2022), TCD (2022-present)
• Key Projects: QUINCY model development, ICON Earth System Model integration, IPCC simulation contributions

Her research includes carbon-nitrogen-phosphorus coupling, mycorrhizal processes, and nutrient resorption dynamics. Publications highlight ecosystem responses to elevated CO2, drought impacts, and Arctic nutrient limitations. She serves on editorial boards and reviews for journals like Nature Climate Change and New Phytologist.