Professional summary

Samuel's research focuses on impacts of land use and climate change on plant-soil interactions, soil biodiversity and biogeochemical cycling across diverse systems, from tropical forest to temperate cropland. Current project work addresses the drivers of diurnal variation in soil nitrous oxide emissions from UK agriculture (DIVINE) and ecosystem carbon stocks in oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia (NC International).

Before moving to UKCEH, Samuel was a Senior Research Associate in environmental impacts of Smart Local Energy Systems in the Lancaster Environment Centre at Lancaster University. He has a PhD in Environmental Science, focused on the impacts of tropical forest modification on soil microbial community attributes and function in Southeast Asia, from Lancaster University and Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Lancaster, an MSc in Ecology & Conservation from Lancaster University and a BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting from University of the Arts London.

Selected publications

Robinson Samuel J.B. et al. , (2020), Soil fungal community characteristics and mycelial production across a disturbance gradient in lowland dipterocarp rainforest in Borneo. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2020.00064

Elias Dafydd M.O. et al. , (2020), Soil microbial community and litter quality controls on decomposition across a tropical forest disturbance gradient. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ffgc.2020.00081

Elias Dafydd M.O. et al. , (2020), Effects of Leucaena biochar addition on crop productivity in degraded tropical soils. Biomass and Bioenergy, 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2020.105710

Carvalho Fabio et al. , (2023), Towards a standardized protocol to assess natural capital and ecosystem services in solar parks. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 4, https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12210