Dr. David Martini


Dr. David Martini
  • Post-doctoral Researcher

Research —

Faculty Sponsor: Jennifer Johnson

Selected Publications —

Martini, D., Migliavacca, M., & Wohlfahrt, G. (2025). Modelling analysis confirms the role of NPQ saturation for the divergence of the GPP–SIF relationship during heatwave. New Phytologist, 245(3), 931-933.         

Martini, D., Sakowska, K., Wohlfahrt, G., Pacheco‐Labrador, J., van der Tol, C., Porcar‐Castell, A., ... & Migliavacca, M. (2021). Heatwave breaks down the linearity between sun‐induced fluorescence and gross primary production. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.17920     

Migliavacca, Mirco, et al. "The three major axes of terrestrial ecosystem function." Nature 598.7881 (2021): 468-472.

Martini, D., Pacheco-Labrador, J., Perez-Priego, O., Van der Tol, C., El-Madany, T. S., Julitta, T., ... & Migliavacca, M. (2019). Nitrogen and phosphorus effect on sun-induced fluorescence and gross primary productivity in mediterranean grassland. Remote sensing, 11(21), 2562.

Selected Presentations —

2021    Oral (online): “Sun-Induced and Active Fluorescence as a Tool to Understand Plant’s Transpiration”, AGU. New Orleans, USA

2024    Oral: “Introducing AustroSIF: A compilation of combined passive and active fluorescence data at flux tower sites across Europe; dataset overview and potential applications”, EGU. Vienna, Austria

2025    Poster: “Temperature Response of the Johnson & Berry Model: Steps toward SIF-Constrained GPP Estimation in ORCHIDEE”. AGU, New Orleans, USA

Awards & Honors —

Marie Curie post-doctoral fellowship EMBRACE-SIF (Ecosystem Modelling of Biospheric Responses to Anomalous Climate Events with Sun-Induced Fluorescence). Starting date: July 2025