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My research focuses on the impacts of climate change and land-use change on terrestrial biogeochemical cycles and soil carbon storage, including use of 13C and 15N stable isotopes in studies of sooil carbon dynamics. I also conduct applied research and knowledge exchange activities focused on the environmental costs and benefits of sustainable biomass for energy.
Current projects:
Locked Up: The role of biotic and abiotic interactions in the stabilisation and persistence of soil organic carbon. Principal Investigator.
NERC Highlight Topic grant, £1.9M; 2019-2023
Recently completed projects:
NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellowship. KE4BE: Engaging the bioenergy sector to address soil sustainability challenges of bioenergy and land-use change (2014-2017)
U-GRASS: Understanding and enhancing soil ecosystem services and resilience in UK grass and croplands (collaborators including Imperial College, Rothamsted Research and Aberdeen University). NERC Soil Security Programme (2015-2018)
MAGLUE: Measurement and Analysis of bioenergy greenhouse gases: Integrating GHGs into LCAs and the UK Bioenergy Value Chain Modelling Environment. Collaborating with Southampton, Imperial College, IBERS-Aberystwyth, Aberdeen and Forest Research. EPSRC Supergen Bioenergy Challenge II. http://www.maglue.ac.uk/
Recent publications
For complete list of publications click here: Researchgate
Links to selected publications are included below
Blogs
Can we increase sustainable bioenergy in the UK?
Sustainable Bioenergy: Managing and understanding the environmental risks and benefits
Stakeholder workshop on Bioenergy and Land-use change
Website of the Ecosystem Land-use Modelling and Soil carbon flux trial (ELUM)
2019-present: Ecologist (Band 4), UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster
2013-present: Ecologist (Band 5), Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Lancaster.
2001-2013: Ecologist (Band 6), Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster.
1998-2001: NERC Postdoctoral Fellowship: "Biochemical biomarkers of heavy metal stress in plants"
PhD in Ecology, University of Leeds and Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, 1997
"Effects of heavy metal pollution on Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and its ectomycorrhizal symbionts".
BSc (Hons) Applied Biology, Liverpool John Moores University, 1994.
- UKRI Energy Programme Science Advisory Committee (2018-present)
- RCUK Bioenergy Strategic Coordination Group (2015-2019)
Member of British Ecological Society