Professional summary
Samuel's research focuses on impacts of land use and climate change on plant-soil interactions, soil biodiversity and biogeochemical cycling across diverse systems, from tropical forest to temperate cropland. Current project work addresses responses of soil microbial diversity and ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycles to management of forest and oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia (NC International), and plant-soil microbial drivers of diurnal variation in soil nitrous oxide emissions from UK agriculture (DIVINE).
Before moving to UKCEH, Samuel was a Senior Research Associate investigating environmental impacts of energy system transition at Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University. He has a PhD in Environmental Science, focused on the impacts of tropical forest modification on soil microbial community attributes and function in Southeast Asia, from Lancaster University and Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Lancaster, an MSc in Ecology & Conservation from Lancaster University and a BA (Hons) Fine Art: Painting from University of the Arts London.