Maria Camila Herrera Coy
Camila is a doctoral researcher at the Department of Agroecology at Aarhus University in Denmark. She holds a bachelor's degree in Agronomic Engineering from the University of the Llanos, Colombia, a master’s degree in Geomatic and Geoinformation Engineering from the University of Jaen, Spain, and an Erasmus Mundus Master's in Soil Science from the University of Agriculture in Krakow (Poland) and Ondokuz Mayis University (Turkey).
She aims to evaluate the role of plants in soil compaction recovery via root growth patterns and symbiosis with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Her research will focus on root phenotyping by linking root traits to soil physical, mechanical and morphological patterns. She will analyse a combination of laboratory and field measurements with micro-CT images.
Supervisors: Prof. Lars Munkholm, Associate Prof. Sabine Ravnskov, Dr Loraine ten Damme (AU)