Role
Academic
responsibilities: Management of Undergraduate Projects and Placements, Ecology and Environmental
Biology Subject Group, teaching and research in aspects of sustainable
management of soil, nutrient and water, and environmental aspects of
agricultural and rural land use.
Qualifications & background
PhD Soil water dynamics, University of London
MSc (Dist.) Pedology and Soil Survey, University of Reading
BSc (Hons) Geography and Geology, University of Leeds
Professional membership
Chartered Scientist
(CSci)
Member, Institute of Professional Soil Scientists (MIPSS)
Honorary Research Fellow, Rothamsted Research North Wyke
Member, Higher
Education Academy (MHEA)
.
Roles on external bodies
Soils South West Honorary Secretary and Treasurer
Teaching interests
Teaching interests include a range of modules covering environment,
sustainability, land use and habitat management topics at undergraduate and
postgraduate level. Current and recent
research and consultancy includes projects investigating aspects of nutrient
management and environmental quality within land use systems, sponsored by
organisations such as DEFRA, the Environment Agency, as well as postgraduate
students on doctoral programmes.
Staff serving as external examiners
MSc external examiner, Managing the Environment. Aberystwyth University 2006-2010
BSc
external examiner, Environmental Management. University of Hertfordshire 2009-
Higher
degree (Ph.D) examiner for Universities of London, Hertfordshire, Exeter, Reading,
Coventry, Hull, Aberystwyth
Research interests
Nutrient dynamics in sustainable agricultural systems. Environmental impacts of farm and human waste recycling processes, including composting and anaerobic digestion. Edaphic and landscape controls on habitat restoration strategies. Environmental aspects of agricultural land use and sustainability of food production systems.
UoP Research group membership
Centre for Agricultural and Rural Sustainability (CARS)
Terrestrial Ecology Research Group
Research degrees awarded to supervised students
Twomlow PhD 1994;
Brown PhD 1995; Goodwin PhD 1996;
Laws MPhil 1996; Jury MPhil 1997; Penn MPhil 1998; Hatch PhD 1999;
Ross PhD 2000; Hill PhD, 2002; Van Soest, PhD 2003; Challinor PhD 2006;
Misselbrook PhD 2006; Velasco-Velasco PhD 2009
Grants & contracts
Defra (2010) Design and implementation of technical management systems for anaerobic digestion. Defra KTP programme. £121,000.
Seale-Hayne Educational Trust (2007) Land use change, energy crops and nutrient losses (£1,200)
Environment Agency (2007-08) Road-testing Soil Quality Indicators (£8,300)
Seale-Hayne Educational Trust (2006) Floristic diversity and grazing regimes on Dartmoor (£6,700)
Wyvern Waste Services (2005) Characterisation and analysis of input organic waste materials for processing in composting treatment systems. £24,900
Carymoor Environmental Trust (2005) Organic Waste Treatment Using Novel Technologies. £30,000
English Nature (2005) Application of GIS to Culm Grassland habitat restoration. £10,000
Environment Agency (2005) Further evaluation of soil quality indicators. £5,000
Environment Agency (2004) Evaluation of soil quality indicators. £5,000
Seale-Hayne Educational Trust (2003) Soil fertility enhancement stimulated by Cornish Maerl Use in agriculture. £3,650
Seale-Hayne Educational Trust (2003) Impact of nitrate vulnerable zone designation on farming practice and water quality in the EU. £1,850
Nitrates and phosphates in surface water on Jersey: Phase 2 (1999) Jersey States Agriculture and Fisheries Committee. £143,000
Conferences organised
British Society of Soil Science Annual Conference, September 2002, Devon, UK
