Konstantinos Georgopoulos
PhD candidate
- Name
- Dr. K. Georgopoulos
- Telephone
- 071 5272727
- k.georgopoulos@biology.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-1162-7725
My name is Kostas Georgopoulos and I come from Athens, Greece. I am currently working in Leiden University as part of the Above-Belowground interactions group where my research focuses on the use of soil inoculation as a way to assist the process of afforestation.
Brief biography
From an integrated MSc in Natural resource management and agricultural engineering, to an MSc in Soil biology, my career continues as a PhD candidate in forest ecology.
Interested in the work of the Above-Belowground Interactions group? Please https://www.above-belowgroundinteractions.com/
PhD candidate
- Faculty of Science
- Institute of Biology Leiden
- IBL Plant sciences & Natural products
- Georgopoulos K., Bezemer T.M., Christiansen J.R., Larsen K.S., Moerman G., Vermeulen R., Anslan S., Tedersoo L. & Fernandes Gomes S.I. (2025), Reduction of forest soil biota impacts tree performance but not greenhouse gas fluxes, Soil Biology & Biochemistry 200: 109643.
- Fernandes Gomes S.I., Gundersten P., Bezemer T.M., Barsotti D., D'Imperio L., Georgopoulos K., Justesen M.J., Rheault K., Rosas Y.M., Schmidt I.K., Tedersoo L., Vesterdal L., Yu M., Anslan S., Aslani F., Byriel D.B., Christiansen J., Hansen S.H., Kasal N.V., Kosawang C., Larsen H., Larsen K.S., Lees J., Dijke A.C.P. van & Kepfer-Rojas S. (2025), Soil microbiome inoculation for resilient and multifunctional new forests in post‐agricultural landscapes, Global Change Biology 31(1): e70031.
- Georgopoulos K. (19 November 2025), Afforesting with microbes: disentangling the effects of soil biotic and abiotic characteristics on trees using soil inoculation (Dissertatie. Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), Faculty of Science, Leiden University). Supervisor(s) and Co-supervisor(s): Bezemer T.M., Gomes S.I.
- Georgopoulos K., Bezemer T.M., Vesterdal L, Li K., Nobel L. de & Gomes S.I. (2025), Nondestructive detection of Frankia in Alnus glutinosa with NIR spectroscopy, Plant-Environment Interactions 6(4): e70066.
- Georgopoulos K., Bezemer T.M., Vesterdal L., Li K., Nobel L. de, Kasal N.V. & Gomes S.I. (2025), Soil microbes and nutrient inputs influence root nodulation and tree performance in Alnus glutinosa, Applied Soil Ecology 215: 106466.
- Georgopoulos K., Bezemer T.M., Neeft L., Martin Camargo A., Anslan S., Tedersoo L. & Fernandez Gomes S.I. (2024), Effects of soil biotic and abiotic characteristics on tree growth and aboveground herbivory during early afforestation, Applied Soil Ecology 202: 105579.