Barbara Cardeli is a researcher in the Earth System Modeling and Data Assimilation (ESYDA) division, where she is part of the Land Modeling group and contributes to projects including CONCERTO, ESA-CMUG, and RESCUE. She has extensive experience developing and improving ecosystem and biogeochemical cycle models for tropical ecosystems, with additional contributions to large-scale projects like AmazonFACE. She holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Ecology and Biodiversity.