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Sophie van Rijssel's picture

Sophie van Rijssel MSc

PhD Student

Terrestrial Ecology


Research themes
  • Microbiomes
  • Restoration ecology

  • Research expertise
  • Functional soil biodiversity
  • Soil ecology
  • ecosystem functioning
  • multivariate analysis
  • plant ecology

  • Page last updated: 04-04-2022

    I am a plant and soil ecologist with a passion for data analysis. I really enjoy to work with complex multivariate datasets of biodiversity data to understand community composition and find links to esosystem functioning.

    Currently I am working on my PhD research that is part of the NWO-Green project: “Vital soils for sustainable intensification of agriculture”.

    For vital soils it is crucial to have a soil community that is providing nutrients at the right time, and controlling emerging diseases. Yet, we still have a poor understanding of soil community composition and functioning in agro-ecosystems. We will perform lab, greenhouse and field experiments in which we study how soil communities are affected by management and how they affect ecosystem functions. With this research we provide a basis for developing management practices which can steer soil communities towards favouring both high crop yields and minimal environmental impacts.

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    2017 - 2022: PhD researcher, Department of Terrestrial Ecology, Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW): Vital Soils for sustainable agriculture. Supervisors: prof. Wim H. van der Putten & dr. Ciska Veen.

    2015 - 2017: Master Forest and Nature conservation, Wageningen university; Masterthesis and Internship in fungal sequencing data analysis. Supervisors: prof. Liesje Mommer;  dr. Jasper van Ruijven, dr. Aad J. Termorshuizen & dr. S. Emilia Hannula.

    2014 - 2015: Teaching assistant in statistics

    Van der Putten Group
    My main research interest is on how interactions between belowground and aboveground species influence community dynamics and ecosystem processes. I apply this...Read more
    Veen Junior Group
    The research in the Veen Junior Group focuses on how soil communities drive fundamental ecosystem functions. Our research focusses on the role of specialized...Read more

      2021

    • Francioli, D., van Rijssel, S. Q., van Ruijven, J., Termorshuizen, A. J., Cotton, T. E. A., Dumbrell, A. J., Raaijmakers, J. M., Weigelt, A., & Mommer, L. (2021). Plant functional group drives the community structure of saprophytic fungi in a grassland biodiversity experiment. Plant and Soil, 461, 91-105. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04454-y
    • 2018

    • Wang, P., Limpens, J., Nauta, A., van Huissteden, C., van Rijssel, S. Q., Mommer, L., de Kroon, H., Maximov, T. C., & Heijmans, M. M. P. D. (2018). Depth‐based differentiation in nitrogen uptake between graminoids and shrubs in an Arctic tundra plant community. Journal of Vegetation Science, 29(1), 34-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12593
    • Mommer, L., Cotton, T., Raaijmakers, J. M., Termorshuizen, A. J., van Ruijven, J., Hendriks, M., van Rijssel, S. Q., van de Mortel, J. E., van der Paauw, J. W., Schijlen, E. G. W. M., Smit-Tiekstra, A. E., Berendse, F., de Kroon, H., & Dumbrell, A. J. (2018). Lost in diversity: the interactions between soil-borne fungi, biodiversity and plant productivity. New Phytologist, 218(2), 542-553. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15036

      2019

    • van Rijssel, S. Q., Meesters, K. C. E. P., van der Putten, W. H., & Veen, G. F. (2019). Onderdrukking van Rhizoctonia solani in gangbare en biologische landbouwgronden. Gewasbescherming, 50(2), 52. https://www.knpv.org/db/upload/documents/Gewasbescherming/2019gb50nr2.pdf

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    +31 (0)317 473 416

    Droevendaalsesteeg 10
    6708 PB Wageningen 
    +31 (0)317 47 34 00

    Postbus 50 
    6700 AB Wageningen

    S.vanRijssel@nioo.knaw.nl

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