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Tino Colombi

乐播传媒 Research Fellow, Faculty of Science

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Biography

I obtained my PhD from ETH Zurich in Switzerland, where I studied biophysical processes underlying whole plant growth on compacted soil. After graduating in 2017, I moved to the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala where I became 'Docent' in Soil Science (Swedish equivalent to Habilitation). Since 2023, I work as a 乐播传媒 Research Fellow at the School of Biosciences elucidating climate change effects on carbon partitioning in plant-soil systems.

Expertise Summary

Soils are the foundation of all terrestrial life. In my research, I focus on the role of plant roots for soil functioning and explore the potential to leverage root physiological processes to improve soil health and to adapt agricultural systems to global change. To do so, I pursue an integrative and interdisciplinary approach that involves studies across spatiotemporal scales and collaborations with researchers from various disciplines such as plant and soil science, agronomy, and computer vision. I make use of a suite of imaging techniques including X-ray CT and time-lapse imaging and combine experimental data with theoretical approaches such as biomechanical and energy balance modeling.

Selected Publications

  • CHAKRAWAL, ARJUN, MOONEY, SACHA J. and COLOMBI, TINO, 2026. New Phytologist. 251, 555-568
  • CAO, JINGJING, WANG, JUNJIAN, YANG, QINGPEI, GUO, BINGLIN, COLOMBI, TINO, VALVERDE-BARRANTES, OSCAR J., DING, JUNXIANG, ZHANG, YUE, WU, HUIFANG, FENG, ZHIPEI, YANG, XITIAN and KONG, DELIANG, 2025. Nature Communications. 16(1), 8731
  • LEUTHER, FREDERIC, ISESKOG, DANIEL, KELLER, THOMAS, LARSBO, MATS, PANDEY, BIPIN K and COLOMBI, TINO, 2025. Plant, Cell & Environment. 48, 1608-1620
  • SJULG脜RD, HANNA, KELLER, THOMAS, GARLAND, GINA and COLOMBI, TINO, 2023. Agricultural Systems. 211, 103757
  • CHILIPAMUSHI, MIYANDA, VON BR'OMSSEN, CLAUDIA, COLOMBI, TINO, K'ATTERER, THOMAS and LARSBO, MATS, 2026. Geoderma Regional. 44(December 2025), e01038
  • CHAKRAWAL, ARJUN, MOONEY, SACHA J. and COLOMBI, TINO, 2026. New Phytologist. 251, 555-568
  • CHILIPAMUSHI, MIYANDA, VON BR'OMSSEN, CLAUDIA, COLOMBI, TINO, K'ATTERER, THOMAS and LARSBO, MATS, 2026. Soil and Tillage Research. 260, 107103
  • COLOMBI, TINO, VIDAL, ALIX, COOPER, HANNAH V and BHOSALE, RAHUL A, 2026. Plant Communications. 7, 101890
  • COLOMBI, TINO, HERRMANN, ANKE M, LALE, ANEESH, ATKINSON, BRIAN S, WELLS, DARREN M, MOONEY, SACHA J, BHOSALE, RAHUL and STURROCK, CRAIG J, 2026. Plant Physiology.
  • SJULG脜RD, HANNA, GRAF, LUKAS VALENTIN, COLOMBI, TINO, HIRTE, JULIANE, KELLER, THOMAS and AASEN, HELGE, 2025. Biogeosciences. 22(5), 1341-1354
  • RAZA, SAJJAD, COOPER, HANNAH V, GIRKIN, NICHOLAS T, KENT, MATTHEW S, BENNETT, MALCOLM J, MOONEY, SACHA J and COLOMBI, TINO, 2025. SOIL. 11, 363-369
  • MEHRA, POONAM, BANDA, JASON, OGOREK, LUCAS LE脫N PERALTA, FUSI, RICCARDO, CASTRILLO, GABRIEL, COLOMBI, TINO, PANDEY, BIPIN K, STURROCK, CRAIG J, WELLS, DARREN M and BENNETT, MALCOLM J, 2025. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 76, 467-492
  • BENNETT, MALCOLM, BHOSALE, RAHUL, BODEN, SCOTT A, CHEN, SHU-YAN, COLOMBI, TINO, ITO, TOSHIRO, LI, HONGJU, MEHRA, POONAM, 脴STERGAARD, LARS, LI, MENG, LIU, LIU, OTSUKA, NANA, PANDEY, BIPIN, POETHIG, SCOTT, PRASAD, KALIKA, QU, YUE, SHIRAKAWA, MAKOTO, SU, YINGHUA, XU, CAO, YANG, WEICAI, ZHANG, WENJIE, ZHANG, XIAOLAN, ZHANG, XIANSHENG, ZHOU, ZHAOYANG and WU, SHUANG, 2025. The Plant Cell.
  • LEUTHER, FREDERIC, ISESKOG, DANIEL, KELLER, THOMAS, LARSBO, MATS, PANDEY, BIPIN K and COLOMBI, TINO, 2025. Plant, Cell & Environment. 48, 1608-1620
  • SIEGWART, LOR脠NE, M脺LLER鈥怱T脰VER, DORETTE, DRESB脴LL, DORTE BODIN, LARSEN, JOHN, COLOMBI, TINO, KELLER, THOMAS and VAN DER BOM, FREDERIK, 2025. Physiologia Plantarum. 177,
  • SJULG脜RD, HANNA, COLOMBI, TINO, GARLAND, GINA, COUCHENEY, ELSA and KELLER, THOMAS, 2025. European Journal of Agronomy. 171(April), 127812
  • CAO, JINGJING, WANG, JUNJIAN, YANG, QINGPEI, GUO, BINGLIN, COLOMBI, TINO, VALVERDE-BARRANTES, OSCAR J., DING, JUNXIANG, ZHANG, YUE, WU, HUIFANG, FENG, ZHIPEI, YANG, XITIAN and KONG, DELIANG, 2025. Nature Communications. 16(1), 8731
  • SUIZU, MITSUAKI, LINDAHL, BJ'ORN D, M'ULLER, CARSTEN W, KELLER, THOMAS and COLOMBI, TINO, 2025. Plant Methods. 21(1), 147
  • HAN, QINWEN, YANG, QINGPEI, GUO, BINGLIN, COLOMBI, TINO, WANG, JUNJIAN, WU, HUIFANG, FENG, ZHIPEI, ZHENG, ZHI, LI, ZHENJIANG, ZHANG, YUE, HAN, MEIXU and KONG, DELIANG, 2025. Plant Diversity.
  • B脰LSCHER, TOBIAS, VOGEL, CORDULA, OLAGOKE, FOLASADE K., MEURER, KATHARINA H.E., HERRMANN, ANKE M., COLOMBI, TINO, BRUNN, MELANIE and DOMEIGNOZ-HORTA, LUIZ A., 2024. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 193, 109400
  • COLOMBI, TINO, PANDEY, BIPIN K., CHAWADE, AAKASH, BENNETT, MALCOLM J., MOONEY, SACHA J. and KELLER, THOMAS, 2024. Trends in Plant Science. 29, 856-864
  • SJULG脜RD, HANNA, KELLER, THOMAS, GARLAND, GINA and COLOMBI, TINO, 2023. Agricultural Systems. 211, 103757
  • COLOMBI, TINO, EITELBERG, LEAH, KOLB, EVELYNE, LEGU脡, VAL脡RIE and BOGEAT鈥怲RIBOULOT, MARIE鈥怋脡ATRICE, 2023. Physiologia Plantarum. 175, e14094
  • WALDER, FLORIAN, B脺CHI, LUCIE, WAGG, CAMERON, COLOMBI, TINO, BANERJEE, SAMIRAN, HIRTE, JULIANE, MAYER, JOCHEN, SIX, JOHAN, KELLER, THOMAS, CHARLES, RAPHA脣L and VAN DER HEIJDEN, MARCEL G. A., 2023. Journal of Applied Ecology. 2091-2104
  • LIU, HUI, COLOMBI, TINO, J脛CK, ORTRUD, WESTERBERGH, ANNA and WEIH, MARTIN, 2022. Field Crops Research. 285, 108603
  • B脺CHI, LUCIE, WALDER, FLORIAN, BANERJEE, SAMIRAN, COLOMBI, TINO, VAN DER HEIJDEN, MARCEL G.A., KELLER, THOMAS, CHARLES, RAPHA脣L and SIX, JOHAN, 2022. Geoderma. 409, 115632
  • SJULG脜RD, HANNA, COLOMBI, TINO and KELLER, THOMAS, 2022. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment. 336, 108046
  • COLOMBI, TINO, CHAKRAWAL, ARJUN and HERRMANN, ANKE MARIANNE, 2022. New Phytologist. 233, 1542-1547
  • LIU, HUI, COLOMBI, TINO, J脛CK, ORTRUD, KELLER, THOMAS and WEIH, MARTIN, 2022. Science of The Total Environment. 807, 150763
  • SJULG脜RD, HANNA, ISESKOG, DANIEL, KIRCHGESSNER, NORBERT, BENGOUGH, A. GLYN, KELLER, THOMAS and COLOMBI, TINO, 2021. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 188, 104494
  • LONGEPIERRE, MANON, WIDMER, FRANCO, KELLER, THOMAS, WEISSKOPF, PETER, COLOMBI, TINO, SIX, JOHAN and HARTMANN, MARTIN, 2021. ISME Communications. 1, 44
  • HIRTE, JULIANE, WALDER, FLORIAN, HESS, JULIA, B脺CHI, LUCIE, COLOMBI, TINO, VAN DER HEIJDEN, MARCEL G. and MAYER, JOCHEN, 2021. Science of The Total Environment. 755, 143551
  • COLOMBI, TINO, KIRCHGESSNER, NORBERT, ISESKOG, DANIEL, ALEXANDERSSON, SUSANNE, LARSBO, MATS and KELLER, THOMAS, 2021. Soil and Tillage Research. 205, 104769
  • LIU, HUI, FIORANI, FABIO, J脛CK, ORTRUD, COLOMBI, TINO, NAGEL, KERSTIN A. and WEIH, MARTIN, 2021. Plants. 10, 174
  • KELLER, THOMAS, COLOMBI, TINO, RUIZ, SIUL, SCHYMANSKI, STANISLAUS J., WEISSKOPF, PETER, KOESTEL, JOHN, SOMMER, MARLIES, STADELMANN, VIKTOR, BREITENSTEIN, DANIEL, KIRCHGESSNER, NORBERT, WALTER, ACHIM and OR, DANI, 2021. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 85, 1002-1020
  • WEIH, MARTIN, LIU, HUI, COLOMBI, TINO, KELLER, THOMAS, J脛CK, ORTRUD, VALLENBACK, PERNILLA and WESTERBERGH, ANNA, 2021. Scientific Reports. 11, 9012
  • WILLIAMS, HANNA, COLOMBI, TINO and KELLER, THOMAS, 2020. Geoderma. 360, 114010
  • COLOMBI, TINO, WALDER, FLORIAN, B脺CHI, LUCIE, SOMMER, MARLIES, LIU, KEXING, SIX, JOHAN, VAN DER HEIJDEN, MARCEL G. A., CHARLES, RAPHA脣L and KELLER, THOMAS, 2019. SOIL. 5, 91-105
  • HERRMANN, ANKE MARIANNE and COLOMBI, TINO, 2019. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 14, 1685147
  • KELLER, THOMAS, SANDIN, MARIA, COLOMBI, TINO, HORN, RAINER and OR, DANI, 2019. Soil and Tillage Research. 194, 104293
  • COLOMBI, TINO, HERRMANN, ANKE MARIANNE, VALLENBACK, PERNILLA and KELLER, THOMAS, 2019. Plant Physiology. 180, 2049-2060
  • COLOMBI, TINO and KELLER, THOMAS, 2019. Soil and Tillage Research. 191, 156-161
  • COLOMBI, TINO, TORRES, LORENA CHAGAS, WALTER, ACHIM and KELLER, THOMAS, 2018. Science of The Total Environment. 626, 1026-1035
  • COLOMBI, TINO, BRAUN, SERGE, KELLER, THOMAS and WALTER, ACHIM, 2017. Science of The Total Environment. 574, 1283-1293
  • COLOMBI, TINO and WALTER, ACHIM, 2017. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8, 1-14
  • KELLER, THOMAS, COLOMBI, TINO, RUIZ, SIUL, MANALILI, MERVIN POGS, REK, JAN, STADELMANN, VIKTOR, WUNDERLI, HANS, BREITENSTEIN, DANI, REISER, REN脡, OBERHOLZER, HANSRUDOLF, SCHYMANSKI, STANISLAUS, ROMERO-RUIZ, ALEJANDRO, LINDE, NIKLAS, WEISSKOPF, PETER, WALTER, ACHIM and OR, DANI, 2017. Vadose Zone Journal. 16, vzj2016.11.0118
  • COLOMBI, TINO, KIRCHGESSNER, NORBERT, WALTER, ACHIM and KELLER, THOMAS, 2017. Plant Physiology. 174, 2289-2301
  • COLOMBI, TINO and WALTER, ACHIM, 2016. Functional Plant Biology. 43, 114-128
  • PFEIFER, JOHANNES, KIRCHGESSNER, NORBERT, COLOMBI, TINO and WALTER, ACHIM, 2015. Plant Methods. 11,
  • COLOMBI, TINO, KIRCHGESSNER, NORBERT, LE MARI脡, CHANTAL ANDR脡E, YORK, LARRY MATTHEW, LYNCH, JONATHAN P. and HUND, ANDREAS, 2015. Plant and Soil. 388, 1-20

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