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Dr. A. (Albert) Carles Brangarí

Faculty of Science
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics

Visiting address
  • Science Park 904
  • Room number: C3.232
Postal address
  • Postbus 94240
    1090 GE Amsterdam
  • Profile

    I am a geotechnical engineer serving as an Assistant Professor in Carbon Cycle Dynamics within terrestrial ecosystems at the Department of Ecosystem and Landscape Dynamics (ELD). My research interest focuses on the intricate interplay between soil microorganisms, the global carbon cycle, and climate. With a unique background spanning both empirical and modelling environments across diverse disciplines, my objective is to bridge the gap between fields of research and scales using data-driven mechanistic modelling.

    My academic journey started with a PhD in Geotechnical Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), specializing in Hydrogeology. Subsequently, I transitioned into Microbial Ecology through two postdoctoral positions at Lund University (LU): first at the Centre for Environmental and Climate Science and later at the Department of Biology. Eventually, I joined the Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science as a researcher (LU), and secured my position as Assistant Professor at ELD, University of Amsterdam. Here, I delve into the complexities of carbon cycle dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems, incorporating insights from microbial ecology and hydrogeology.

    A key aspect of my research involves developing mechanistic models to characterize the influence of environmental factors, such as soil moisture or temperature, on microbial functioning and soil biogeochemistry, and their implications for the soil carbon balance. My research methodology involves using lab or field data to develop new mechanistic models. Model simulations are then used to interpret empirical data and to identify uncertainties, which serve as cues for subsequent experimental testing. This iterative cycle of data generation, model development, simulation, and empirical validation enhances the robustness of our understanding of the studied phenomena. I also enjoy integrating models and empirical data across scales, facilitating the connection of microbial functioning at the soil scale to ecosystem-level fluxes measured in chambers or eddy-covariance towers.

  • Publications

    2024

    • He, H., Zhou, J., Wang, Y., Jiao, S., Qian, X., Liu, Y., Liu, J., Chen, J., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Brangarí, A. C., Chen, L., Cui, Y., Pan, H., Tian, R., Liang, Y., Tan, W., Ochoa-Hueso, R., & Fang, L. (2024). Deciphering microbiomes dozens of meters under our feet and their edaphoclimatic and spatial drivers. Global Change Biology, 30(1), Article e17028. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17028
    • Jin-Tao, L., Hicks, L. C., Brangarí, A. C., Tájmel, D., Cruz-Paredes, C., & Rousk, J. (2024). Subarctic winter warming promotes soil microbial resilience to freeze–thaw cycles and enhances the microbial carbon use efficiency. Global Change Biology, 30(1), Article e17040. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17040

    2023

    • He, H., Xu, M., Li, W., Chen, L., Chen, Y., Moorhead, D. L., Brangarí, A. C., Liu, J., Cui, Y., Zeng, Y., Zhang, Z., Duan, C., Huang, M., & Fang, L. (2023). Linking soil depth to aridity effects on soil microbial community composition, diversity and resource limitation. Catena, 232, 14. Article 107393. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2023.107393 [details]
    • Li, J.-T., Xu, H., Hicks, L. C., Brangarí, A. C., & Rousk, J. (2023). Comparing soil microbial responses to drying-rewetting and freezing-thawing events. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 178, Article 108966. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.108966
    • Tang, Y., Winterfeldt, S., Brangarí, A. C., Hicks, L. C., & Rousk, J. (2023). Higher resistance and resilience of bacterial growth to drought in grasslands with historically lower precipitation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 177, Article 108889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108889

    2022

    • Brangarí, A. C., Lyonnard, B., & Rousk, J. (2022). Soil depth and tillage can characterize the soil microbial responses to drying-rewetting. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 173, Article 108806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2022.108806
    • Hicks, L. C., Yuan, M., Brangarí, A., Rousk, K., & Rousk, J. (2022). Increased Above- and Belowground Plant Input Can Both Trigger Microbial Nitrogen Mining in Subarctic Tundra Soils. Ecosystems, 25(1), 105-121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-021-00642-8
    • Rousk, J., & C. Brangarí, A. (2022). Do the respiration pulses induced by drying–rewetting matter for the soil–atmosphere carbon balance? Global Change Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16163

    2021

    • Brangarí, A. C., Manzoni, S., & Rousk, J. (2021). The mechanisms underpinning microbial resilience to drying and rewetting – A model analysis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 162, Article 108400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108400

    2020

    • Brangarí, A. C., Manzoni, S., & Rousk, J. (2020). A soil microbial model to analyze decoupled microbial growth and respiration during soil drying and rewetting. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 148, Article 107871. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2020.107871

    2018

    • Brangarí, A. C., Fernàndez-Garcia, D., Sanchez-Vila, X., & Manzoni, S. (2018). Ecological and soil hydraulic implications of microbial responses to stress – A modeling analysis. Advances in Water Resources, 116, 178-194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2017.11.005

    2017

    • Carles Brangarí, A., Sanchez-Vila, X., Freixa, A., M. Romaní, A., Rubol, S., & Fernàndez-Garcia, D. (2017). A mechanistic model (BCC-PSSICO) to predict changes in the hydraulic properties for bio-amended variably saturated soils. Water Resources Research, 53(1), 93-109. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR018517

    2016

    • Freixa, A., Rubol, S., Carles-Brangarí, A., Fernàndez-Garcia, D., Butturini, A., Sanchez-Vila, X., & M. Romaní, A. (2016). The effects of sediment depth and oxygen concentration on the use of organic matter: An experimental study using an infiltration sediment tank. Science of the Total Environment, 540, 20-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.007
    • Sanchez-Vila, X., Vàzquez-Suñé, E., Rodríguez-Escales, P., Jurado, A., Folch, A., Carles-Brangarí, A., Carrera, J., & Fernàndez-Garcia, D. (2016). Emerging organic contaminants in aquifers: Sources, transport, fate, and attenuation. In Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (pp. 47-75). (Handbook of Environmental Chemistry; Vol. 46). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2015_5010

    2015

    • Dutta, T., Carles-Brangarí, A., Fernàndez-Garcia, D., Rubol, S., Tirado-Conde, J., & Sanchez-Vila, X. (2015). Vadose zone oxygen (O2) dynamics during drying and wetting cycles: An artificial recharge laboratory experiment. Journal of Hydrology, 527, 151-159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.04.048

    2014

    • Rubol, S., Freixa, A., Carles-Brangarí, A., Fernàndez-Garcia, D., M. Romaní, A., & Sanchez-Vila, X. (2014). Connecting bacterial colonization to physical and biochemical changes in a sand box infiltration experiment. Journal of Hydrology, 517, 317-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.05.041

    2013

    • Sanchez-Vila, X., Rubol, S., Carles-Brangari, A., & Fernàndez-Garcia, D. (2013). An analytical solution to study substrate-microbial dynamics in soils. Advances in Water Resources, 54, 181-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2013.02.004
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