I am Assistant Professor in Environmental Science at the University of Nottingham, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, and lead the Sustainable Ecosystems and Global Change research group. The group is currently split between the University of Nottingham, and Cranfield University where I was previously Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Plant Soil Systems (2020 - 2023).

I am a plant and soil ecologist, and biogeochemist, working to address key environmental challenges with a focus on quantifying climate change impacts on ecosystem processes and people, and identifying opportunity for greenhouse gas flux mitigation and enhancing carbon sequestration in soils and plants. I am a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, member of the British Ecological Society (and co-chair of the Peatlands and Wetlands group), and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Alex's project is assessing how changes in land management (from conventional to regenerative farming, peatland restoration, and paludiculture) impact carbon sequestration and loss rates over time in the Cambridgeshire Fens, with the aim of creating a decision support tool to help inform land management decision-making.

Mark's project is focussed on quantifying the extent and resilience of carbon stocks in the Pantanal, the World's largest tropical wetland system, in Brazil. New soil and biomass carbon stock estimates are essential for the region for informing future agricultural management and conservation priorities.

Eda's project is focussing on unravelling the impacts of genotype x management (tillage and nitrogen application) interactions in wheat, and the opportunities for the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, including nitrous oxide.

Yahaya's project is focussed on developing new national estimates of carbon stocks (biomass and soil) in UK temperate rainforests, and quantifying their resilience to climate and land use change. Alongside spatial mapping, a  key component of the project is long-term monitoring of in situ greenhouse gas dynamics using long term monitoring plots in the Lake District.

Naomi's project is focussing on the interactive effects of different regenerative farming practices (including zero tillage, cover cropping, and reduced agrochemical inputs) on soil carbon sequestration and biodiversity in UK agroecosystems.

Gideon's research focusses on quantifying the impacts of different regenerative farming practices on ecological productivity soil health, and carbon sequestration in cocoa production in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire.

Bright's PhD project focusses on the impacts of emerging organo-mineral fertilisers on cocoa crop yields and soil health in Ghana.

Conor's PhD focusses on plant regulation of greenhouse gas emissions in linseed, with the aim of untangling physiological and morphological mechanisms of control, and identifying plant traits that can underpin the development of low emission crop varieties.

Hamza's PhD is focussing on quantifying the impacts of different climate stressors on the resilience of agroecosystems in Nigiera, and the farming communities who rely on them for the provision of fundamental ecosystem services. 

Kirby's research at the University of Leicester focusses on the first detailed assessment of the organic geochemistry of the Central African peatland complex.

Marko's project is focussed on creating a new generation of Central American peatland mapping, integrating a combination of fieldwork and conventional forest plot methodologies, with drone and satellite data.

Theo's research focusses on the impacts of emerging organo-mineral fertilisers on UK cropping systems, nitrogen cycling, and soil health. 

Charlie's PhD focusses on plant controls over greenhouse gas emissions in constructed treatment wetlands in the UK, looking at opportunities to support mitigation.