Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences

The people behind Daisy

Daisy is developed by the Agrohydrology group at the Section of Environment Science and Physics, Department of Plant and Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen.

	Per Abrahamsen Research Consultant, PLEN. Computer scientist. Has been working on Daisy as both a programmer and user since 1995, ensuring the development of the software follows the relevant process understanding of the scientists at PLEN. Contact: Mail: pa@plen.ku.dk Phone: +45 35 33 33 93 See presentation.
	Merete Styzcen Affiliated Professorer, PLEN. Agronomist and PhD. Has worked with Daisy since 1990 within the areas of water, nutrient and pesticide balances as well as with crop modelling. Merete has supported the Daisy-group in various aspects, particularly over the last 10 years. Contact: Mail: styczen@plen.ku.dk Phone: +45 35 33 13 50 See presentation.
	Sune Darkner Associate Professor, DIKU, is heading the AgroEco-HPM project. Holds a PhD from DTU in Statistical Shape Analysis and is combining the fields of machine learning with simulation and modelling to create digital twins and populations. Sune has management experience from previous large project and from the private sector. Contact: Mail: darkner@di.ku.dk Phone: +4535335702 Mobile: +4521308584 See presentation.
	Efstathios (Stathis) Diamantopoulos Professor University of Bayreuth Professor in soil hydrology and biophysical modelling. Stathis has more than 10 years of experience in flow and reactive transport modelling in soils and in soil (bio)physics. Next to his research, he is responsible for DAISY continuous development. Contact: Mail: Efstathios.Diamantopoulos@uni-bayreuth.de See presentation.
	Sarah M. Niebe Abel Research Consultant, DIKU. Sarah obtained her Ph.D. on physics simulation from DIKU, in 2014. She spent 1.5 years as a Postdoc with the Image group, researching contact force formulations and teaching object oriented programming. For the past 6 years, Sarah worked at the Alexandra Institute as a Simulation Specialist. Contact: Mail: niebe@di.ku.dk
	Maja Holbak Research Consultant, PLEN. Geographer and PhD. Has worked with Daisy for 5 years primarily with focus on water and solute-transport in biopores and pesticide leaching in drained agricultural fields. Contact: Mail: maja.holbak@plen.ku.dk

Contact

Please write to daisy-model-devel@googlegroups.com if you have any questions.