{"id":2880,"date":"2026-04-29T09:40:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/lemontree\/?p=2880"},"modified":"2026-04-29T09:40:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T08:40:52","slug":"lemontree-at-egu-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/lemontree\/lemontree-at-egu-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"LEMONTREE AT EGU 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s almost EGU time \u2014 always a highlight of the year! And as always, the conference is set in beautiful Vienna. The team will arrive on Sunday 3rd May for a week of science.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once again, our team has a fantastic line-up of talks and presentations.<\/p>\n

Attending the conference this year are three PIs, four PDRAs, four PhD students, and six collaborators involved in our EEO research.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what\u2019s happening throughout the week. Click the links to view the abstract and find more details for each talk.<\/p>\n

Monday 4th<\/sup> May<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s a busy start to the week with 10 members from the LEMONTREE team involved in presentations. Five members giving oral presentations and five giving poster presentations. Great start to the week. Here\u2019s the line up for Monday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Who<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\nSession details<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oral presentations<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sandy Harrison<\/td>\nAn eco-evolutionary approach to modelling wildfire regimes<\/a><\/td>\nBG1.11<\/p>\n

Room 1.85\/86<\/p>\n

09:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Ruijie Ding<\/td>\nPredicting forest dynamics and biomass production efficiency based on optimality principles<\/a><\/td>\nBG1.11<\/p>\n

Room 1.85\/86<\/p>\n

09:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Wenjia Cai<\/td>\nImproving Gross Primary Production estimates by integrating eco-evolutionary optimality modelling with high-resolution sentinel-2 observations<\/a><\/td>\nBG1.11<\/p>\n

Room 1.85\/86<\/p>\n

10:45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Nick Smith<\/td>\nOptimal photosynthetic strategies<\/a><\/td>\nBG3.3<\/p>\n

Room 1.85\/86<\/p>\n

14:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Ning Dong (LT Associate)<\/td>\nPhosphorus fractions allocation patterns based on optimality theory: a global analysis<\/a><\/td>\nBG3.3<\/p>\n

Room 1.85\/86<\/p>\n

16:15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Poster Presentations- Hall X1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ananda Kurth<\/td>\nAttributing global carbon and water cycle trends using factorial ecosystem simulations<\/a><\/td>\nBG3.3<\/p>\n

08:30-12:30<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Daniil Scheifes<\/td>\nLeaf trait responses to soil nutrient gradients across contrasting rainfall regimes in Western Australia<\/a><\/td>\nBG3.3<\/p>\n

10:45-12:30<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Mendgi Gao (LT Associate)<\/td>\nSeparating stomatal and non-stomatal responses of gross primary productivity to soil moisture<\/a><\/td>\nBG1.11<\/p>\n

14:00-18:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Jaideep Joshi (LT Associate)<\/td>\nA parsimonious and interpretable model of plant dimensional scaling<\/a><\/td>\nBG1.11<\/p>\n

14:00-18:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

David Sandoval<\/td>\nRight answers for the wrong reasons? Testing water use efficiency responses in terrestrial biosphere models<\/a><\/td>\nBG1.1<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

16:15-18:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/h2>\n

Tuesday 5th<\/sup> May<\/h2>\n

In the morning, three members of the team will be involved in session BG3.5: \u201cImproving model representation of ecosystem processes and climate response\u201d. PI Beni Stocker will be chairing the session and we have 2 presentations in the session. LEMONTREE science coordinator and PhD student, Sophia Cain will also be presenting her talk in the afternoon. Here\u2019s the line up for Tuesday:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Benjamin Stocker<\/td>\nCo-convener and chair of session: Improving model representation of ecosystem processes and climate responses<\/a><\/td>\nBG3.5<\/p>\n

Room 2.95<\/p>\n

08:30-12:30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Fabian Bernhard (LT Associate)<\/td>\nModel-data fusion of daily ecosystem fluxes (GPP) and forest inventories (DBH) with the process-based dynamic vegetation model BiomeEP<\/a><\/td>\nBG3.5<\/p>\n

Room 2.95<\/p>\n

09:25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Jierong Zhao (LT Associate)<\/td>\nHigh-temperature responses of photosynthetic parameters<\/a><\/td>\nBG3.5<\/p>\n

Room 2.95<\/p>\n

10:05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Sophia Cain<\/td>\nAnnual litter fuel load estimation from optimality-derived litterfall and decomposition dynamics<\/a><\/td>\nBG1.1<\/p>\n

Room N1<\/p>\n

14:50<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Wednesday 6th<\/sup> May<\/h1>\n

A quieter day on Wednesday, with Akash presenting his talk bright and early:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Akash Verma<\/td>\nTropical forest canopy thermoregulation observed from space<\/a><\/td>\nCL4.4<\/p>\n

Room F1<\/p>\n

09:05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thursday 7th<\/sup> May<\/h2>\n

Finishing up the week, we have 2 final talks in session BG3.2<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Guilia Mengoli (LT Associate)<\/td>\nA simple approach to apply an eco-evolutionary optimality model with a global climatological aridity function to predict the spatial and seasonal dynamics of net ecosystem exchange<\/a><\/td>\nBG3.2<\/p>\n

Room 2.95<\/p>\n

16:45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Helin Zhang<\/td>\nTowards multi-tracer constraints on photosynthesis: unifying solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence, carbonyl sulfide flux and carbon isotope discrimination in BESS framework.<\/a><\/td>\nBG3.2<\/p>\n

Room 2.95<\/p>\n

17:45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Of course, talks and presentations are only part of what makes conferences like EGU so valuable. On Tuesday evening, the team will be getting together for dinner \u2014 a great chance to catch up, network, and socialise, and a rare opportunity for this international team to spend time together in person.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re looking forward to a fantastic week of science, collaboration, and new connections. If you\u2019re also at EGU, do come and say hello!<\/p>\n

And finally, here\u2019s a flashback to some of the team at EGU 2022!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Back row left to right:\u00a0 Remko Nijzink, Jan Lankhorst, Astrid Od\u00e9, Jaideep Joshi, Giulia Mengoli, Jaize Li, Ruijie Ding, Yunke Peng, Sandy Harrison, Colin Prentice<\/p>\n

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