
Email: magnus.onyiriagwu@unine.ch
Project: ReDIV – Restoring Tropical Forest Landscapes
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/magchris/
Research
My research focuses on investigating the mechanisms underlying the relationship between forest canopy structure and ecosystem functioning in tropical landscapes using remote sensing. My research interests border around forest management, forest structure, and terrestrial laser scanning.
Education
PhD (in view), Conservation Biology Laboratory, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchatel.
M.Sc in Forest Ecosystems, Nature and Society (2021) – University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
M.Sc in Sustainable Forest and Nature Management (2022) – University of Gottingen, Germany
Publications
Onyiriagwu, M., Nereoh, L., Ngaba, C.W.T., Macharia, A., Muchiri, H., Kisiwa, A., Ehbrecht, M., Zemp, C. (2025). On the compatibility of single-scan terrestrial LiDAR with digital photogrammetry and field inventory metrics of vegetation structure in forest and agroforestry landscapes. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 11 (5). https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.70047