Marina Peris Llopis

• Current Postdoctoral researcher, Chair of Silviculture, University of Freiburg, Germany.
• 2026 Visiting researcher, University of Eastern Finland
• 2026 Postdoctoral researcher, University of Eastern Finland
• 2024 Visiting researcher, University of Toronto, Decision Support Systems group
• 2024 Visiting researcher, Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), Costa Rica
• 2019 Visiting researcher, Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (CTFC)
• 2019-2025 Doctor of Science in Agriculture and Forestry, University of Eastern Finland
• 2017-2018 MunicipalEnvironmental Technician, Environment and Climate change department, Denia (Spain)
• 2016-2019 M.Sc. in Forest Sciences, University of Eastern Finland
• 2010-2015 B.Sc. in Environmental Sciences, specialisation in Environmental management and assessment, University of Valencia, Spain

My curiosity about extreme events and how ecosystems and humans respond to different conditions has driven me to study forests from Mediterranean to boreal regions, getting to experience different natural and institutional contexts.

My research examines how disturbances, species composition, and environmental drivers shape forest ecosystem structure, resilience, and responses to global change, using quantitative approaches that integrate statistical and spatial modelling with empirical data.

Projects:

• TRANSFORMIT” Horizon Europe project: Transforming Forest Management for multiple ecosystem services and nature conservation via the Integrative approach
• “Eco2adapt” Horizon Europe project: Ecosystem-based adaptation and Change making to shape, protect and maintain the resilience of tomorrow’s forests
• UNITE Flagship programme: Forest-Human-Machine Interplay – Building Resilience, Redefining Value Networks and Enabling Meaningful Experiences
• “Precision Forestry, New tools for forestry decision making” (PrecFor)
• Measuring spatiotemporal changes in forest ecosystems Research Infrastructure(Scan4est)
• PhD project: Fires in Mediterranean forests: patterns of occurrence, transitions and impact

I consider knowledge transfer and exchange an essential part of scientific research, particularly when it comes to translating quantitative methods into accessible learning materials.

My teaching experience includes co-organising a summer school on statistical and machine-learning approaches for analyzing forest resilience, as well as annually instructing master’s students in statistics, forest modelling and spatial analysis using R.

Past courses:

• Research methods in Forest Sciences. University of Eastern Finland, 2018-2026
• Academic Skills in Forest Sciences. University of Eastern Finland, 2019-2026
• Summer School: Resilience of Forest to Climate Change. University of Eastern Finland, 2023

• Tian, Q., Peris-Llopis, M., Selkimäki, M., & Mola-Yudego, B. (2026). Post-wind vulnerability of boreal forests: Structural and site drivers of sequential snow and bark beetle disturbances. Forest Ecology and Management, 619, 124074.
• Khanam, T., Peris-Llopis, M., Selkimäki, M., Brazaitis, G., Mola-Yudego, B., Hartmann, H., … & Berninger, F. (2025). Navigating climate threats in forestry across five European regions: Stakeholder’s adaptive management and policy strategies to resilience. Journal of Environmental Management, 388, 125903.
• Khanam, T., Peris-Llopis, M., Xu, X., Mola-Yudego, B., Leskinen, L., & Berninger, F. (2025). Finnish forest-related laws need to acknowledge climate change risks and integrate adaptive strategies to enhance resiliency. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 332.
• Peris-Llopis, M. (2025). Fires in Mediterranean forests: patterns of occurrence, transitions and impact. Dissertationes Forestales, 369, 46 pp. https://doi.org/10.14214/df.369
• Peris-Llopis, M., Vastaranta, M., Saarinen, N., González-Olabarria, J. R., García-Gonzalo, J., & Mola-Yudego, B.(2024). Post-fire vegetation dynamics and location as main drivers of fire recurrence in Mediterranean forests. Forest Ecology and Management, 568, 122126.
• Peris-Llopis, M., Mola-Yudego, B., Berninger, F., García-Gonzalo, J., & González-Olabarria, J. R. (2024). Impact of species composition on fire-induced stand damage in Spanish forests. Scientific Reports, 14, 8594.
• Peris-Llopis, M., González-Olabarria, J. R., & Mola-Yudego, B. (2020). Size dependency of variables influencing fire occurrence in Mediterranean forests of Eastern Spain. European Journal of Forest Research, 139(4), 525-537.
• Peris-Llopis, M., Mola-Yudego, B., Berninger, F., García-Gonzalo, J., & González-Olabarria, J. R. 2024. Comparing Post-fire Mortality in Spanish Forests: Mixed Stands and Different Fire Strategies Exhibit Higher Damage. In Optimization and Wildfire Conference. Luso (Portugal). Conference abstract
• Peris-Llopis, M., Mola-Yudego, B., Berninger, F., García-Gonzalo, J., & González-Olabarria, J. R. 2024. Post-fire mortality on mixed and pure stands: a matter of composition and traits. In Symposium on Systems Analysis in Forest Resources (SSAFR). Hondarribia (Spain). Conference abstract
• Peris-Llopis, M., González-Olabarria, J. R., García-Gonzalo, J., & Mola-Yudego, B. 2022. ¿Qué caracteriza la ocurrencia y recurrencia de los incendios forestales en la Comunitat Valenciana? In 8 Spanish Forest Congress. Lleida (Spain). Conference paper and poster
• Peris-Llopis, M., Mola, B., García-Gonzalo, J., & González-Olabarria, J. R. 2020. Combining tree physiology, fire science and forest management principles to predict tree survival and damage in burned forests. In Mixed species forests: Risks, resilience and management. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Conference abstract
• Mola, B., Peris-Llopis, M., Selkimäki, M., Díaz-Yanez, O., & González-Olabarria, J. R. (2019). The characteristics of burned forest lands vary depending on the fire size. In AGU Fall Meeting 2019. American Geophysical Union. Conference abstract
• Peris-Llopis, M. (2019). Characterization of forest fires in Eastern Spain. Thesis MSc Forestry. University of Eastern Finland, Finland. 44 pp.
• Peris-Llopis, M. (2015). La importancia de los parásitos en los ecosistemas acuáticos [Importance of parasites in aquatic ecosystems]. Thesis BSc Environmental Sciences. Universitat de València, Spain. 53 pp.

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