Population Ecology

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Professor of Ecology, Lancaster University

EDUCATION:
• BSc (1987) University of Newcastle upon Tyne
• PhD (1991) Lancaster University

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/MEMBERSHIPS:
• Vice-President of the British Ecological Society
• Editor of Journal of Ecology
• British Ecological Society (Member)
• Ecological Society of America (Member)
• Fellow Society of Biology
• Honorary Fellow Royal Society New Zealand

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
My research is broadly concerned with understanding the roles that linkages between aboveground and belowground communities play in regulating the structure and function of terrestrial ecosystems, and the response of ecosystems to global change. Much of my research is currently focussed on understanding the role that linkages between plant and soil communities play in the delivery of ecosystem services, especially soil carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling. Most of this research is field-based and is carried out in a range of terrestrial ecosystems around the world. Please follow link for more information on about my research, personnel and publications of the Soil and Ecosystem Ecology Group.