RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Disturbance ecology
• European forests
• Forest functional ecology
• Forest management

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Patacca, M., Lindner, M., Lucas‐Borja, M. E., Cordonnier, T., Fidej, G.,  Gardiner, B., ... & Schelhaas, M. J. (2023). Significant increase  in natural disturbance impacts on European forests since 1950. Global change biology, 29(5), 1359-1376.

Patacca, M., Grünig, M., Schelhaas, M. J., Alberdi, I., Filipek, S.,  Fridman, J., ... & Nabuurs, G. J. (2026). Climate-driven increases  in wildfire projected to affect European forest types differently. Environmental Research Letters, 21(3), 034027.

Grünig, M., Rammer, W., Senf, C., Albrich, K., André, F., Augustynczik,  A. L.,... Patacca, M., ... & Seidl, R. (2026). Climate change will increase forest  disturbances in Europe throughout the 21st century. Science, 391(6789), eadx6329.

Aguirre-Gutiérrez, J., Rifai, S. W., Deng, X., Ter Steege, H., Thomson,  E., Corral-Rivas, J. J., ... Patacca, M., ... & Malhi, Y. (2025). Canopy functional  trait variation across Earth’s tropical forests. Nature, 641(8061), 129-136.

CV

Since 2026	Postdoctoral Researcher, Ecosystem Dynamics and Forest Management Group, Technical University of Munich
2025-2026	Scientific Researcher, Wageningen Environmental Research
2021-2026	PhD Candidate, Wageningen University & Research
2020-2021	Research Assistant, European Forest Institute
2019-2020	Scientific Consultant, Land Life Company
2018	Research Collaborator, INP-HB & CIRAD
2017-2019	MSc Forest & Nature Conservation, Wageningen University & Research
2017	Summer Intern, UK Forestry Commission
2013-2016	BSc Forestry & Environmental Sciences, Università degli studi della Tuscia