Prof. Tom DeLuca
Tom is
the director of the University of Washington’s School
of Environmental and Forest Sciences
and Professor
in the School of the Environment, Natural Resources and Geography at Bangor University
in the UK.
Over the past 20 years he has conducted research in a variety of topics across
temperate, boreal, maritime and polar settings. Primary areas of interest include
carbon and nitrogen dynamics of natural and disturbed ecosystems, the influence
of restoration activities on ecosystem function, fire as a driver of ecosystem
processes in forest ecosystems, biological N2 fixation in terrestrial
ecosystems and soil resource sustainability as influenced by land management.
Current CV
Current CV
Prof. Davey Jones
David is Professor of Soil and
Environmental Science at Bangor
University. Previously he
was a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University and a PhD student at Oxford University.
A main research area of his is focused on understanding the interactions
between plant roots and soil microbial communities, with a special emphasis on
phosphorus and organic nitrogen use. This involves work in temperate, tropical
and polar environments. Another major research focus of Prof. Jones is
investigating carbon dynamics in grassland and forest soils in a climate change
context. Davey Jones has advised on a number of government committees, is the
head of the International Rhizosphere Scientific Committee.
Current CV
Current CV
Prof. Nick Ostle
Nick is Professor of Plant-Soil Ecology at Lancaster University. He has over 15 years
research experience in soil-plant nutrient cycles (CNP), ecosystem
biogeochemistry, soil-landscape greenhouse gas exchanges (CO2, CH4 and N2O) and
the modelling of terrestrial carbon sequestration in montane grasslands and
peatlands. Experience in the use of isotopes (13C, 15N, 14C), molecular
biomarkers (PLFA, DNA, RNA), enzymology and carbon fluxes (i.e. DOC, CO2, CH4)
in montane grassland and peatland ecosystem science.
Current CV
Current CV
Dr. María Arróniz-Crespo
María is a post-doctoral researcher at Bangor University. Her research interest is
focused on terrestrial bryophyte ecophysiology and the role these little
plants and its epiphytic communities play on ecosystem processes. In particular Maria is interested in understanding the relationship between
bryophytes and its associated cyanobacteria, the fate of N fixed by this association and how this influences ecosystem function. Prior to her work at Bangor University
she was a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellow at the Complutense
University of Madrid (Spain).
Current CV
Current CV
Mr Simon Oakley
Simon is a researcher working at the
Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in Lancaster Environment Centre. His
research interest is focused on bove- and below-ground plant interactions,
field greenhouse gas fluxes, CH4, CO2, N2O in
peatlands and grasslands, stable isotope tracer techniques, 15N and 13C,
soil analysis techniques including microbial PLFA, LOI, bulk density, C/N water
analysis including TOC.
Current CV
Current CV
Miss Kelly Mason
Kelly is a research associate at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology in Lancaster. Her research focuses on plant-soil-microbe interactions and their role in terrestrial carbon and nutrient cycling. This involves field and microcosm (experimental) measurement and study of soil properties, plant functional types, and soil microbial communities with respect to ecosystem greenhouse gas (CO2, CH4, N2O) fluxes.
