I study plant soil interactions and greenhouse gas exchanges from carbon-dense forests and determine the effects and feedbacks of global change, climate and land use. Peat swamp forests of Borneo and Brazilian Amazon feature heavily in my work and in these ecosystems, I have been studying the role of trees in transporting methane produced in the soil to the atmosphere and quantifying the role of tree transport in methane cycling in pristine and disturbed peatlands/wetlands, as well as the loss of stored carbon in peat following disturbance. 

Postdoctoral Research Associate at The Open University, UK (Aug 2013 – Nov 2017)

Responsible for:

Investigating the capacity for tropical trees to emit soil-produced methane and nitrous oxide.

Understanding the mechanisms responsible for methane and nitrous oxide transport in trees and their controls and inter-seasonal and spatial variability.

Supervision of 2 PhD students as a secondary supervisor (ongoing) and a master’s students as a primary supervisor (completed).