I am a terrestrial field ecologist/soil zoologist and UKRI Future Leader’s Fellow. Research in my group focusses on understanding how the composition of soil food-webs influences the functioning of terrestiral systems, with a particular interest in decomposition and carbon cycling in forests. To do this, we use a combination of techniques, including large-scale field experiments and monitoring, stable isotope tracers, and molecular sequencing to describe and manipulate belowground biotic communities and examine their role in mediating key soil processes. Our aim is to gain a mechanistic understanding of how shifts in soil biodiversity with global environmental change will impact the ecological functions that underpin human well being.

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