Lancaster Environment Centre

My research interests are focused on the effects of land use and climate change on soil biodiversity, and subsequently on the effects of changes in soil biodiversity on ecosystem processes. I am particularly interested in how plants and soil microbial communities interact under these changing circumstances, and how this influences ecosystem processes like nutrient and carbon cycling.

From 2009-2012 I worked in the EU 7th framework project Soilservice, which was about the importance of soil biodiversity for ecosystem services, and about valuing these ecosystem services. In January 2012, I started a new post in the EU-funded Ecofinders project, which aims to support European Union soil policy making by providing the necessary tools to design and implement strategies for sustainable use of soils.