WSL-Institut für Schnee-und Lawinenforschung SLF

My research focuses on improving understanding of soil carbon and nitrogen cycling in forest ecosystems across different climates and nitrogen deposition levels. I integrate observations from field experiments and long-term monitoring sites through large-scale data analysis and modelling of biogeochemical cycles.

Main expertise: carbon and nitrogen cycling, soil carbon storage, stable isotopes, rhizosphere dynamics, biogeochemical modelling, data analysis, forest soils.

Professional experiences

  • 04.2025-present. Researcher, SNSF Project RootForC, CLEANFOREST COST Action, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.  
  • 03.2023-03.2025. Researcher, Horizon Project PathFinder, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL.
  • 09.2019-03.2023. Post-doctoral researcher, Marie-Curie Individual Fellowship, Project DRYSOM, Pfynwald research platform, Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL. 
  • 02.2015-05.2019. Biodata Manager, Bayer CropScience, Milano, Italy. 
  • 04.2011-01.2025. Research Fellow, Edmund Mach Foundation, Italy.

Education 

  • 04.2011-03.2015. Ph.D. in Soil Biogeochemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 
  • 10.2005-10.2010. B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Agricultural Sciences, Major in Agronomy and Soil Science, University of Pisa, Italy.
  • 10.2005-12.2010. Honors Degree, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.

Publications

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vbomLicAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Former publications in peer-reviewed journals

Guidi C, Cannella D, Leifeld J, Rodeghiero M, Gianelle D, Vesterdal L (2015). Carbohydrates and thermal properties indicate changes in soil labile carbon following forest colonization of mountain grassland. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 86: 135-145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.03.027

Guidi C, Magid J, Rodeghiero M, Gianelle D, Vesterdal L (2014). Effects of forest expansion on mountain grassland: changes within soil organic carbon fractions. Plant and Soil 385: 373–387. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-014-2315-2  

Guidi C, Vesterdal L, Gianelle D, Rodeghiero M (2014). Changes in soil organic carbon and nitrogen following forest expansion on grassland in the Southern Alps. Forest Ecology and Management 328: 103-116. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2014.05.025

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