Dr Nicholas Cowan
Atmosphere Chemistry and Effects
Research Interests: Greenhouse gas emissions, nitrogen pollution, agricultural systems and pollution
Current ACCE student: Georgia Beel
Dr Helen Hesketh
Biodiversity Science Area
Research Interests: My research interests are in the ecology of insect pathogens and biological control of invertebrate pests, especially insect pathogenic viruses and fungi. I am interested in understanding how mixtures of pathogens (and other toxins) affect disease severity and pathogen transmission in insect populations. Particularly in understanding how such mixtures may be used for sustainable pest control and also their impact for managing the health of insects mass reared for food and feed. Environmental stressors such as temperature and CO2 levels may alter the outcome of host-pathogen interactions in unpredictable ways and I am interested in understanding the impact of such stressors in different mixed infection scenarios.
Current ACCE Student: Edward Carpentier
Twitter: @wellyhe and @insectdoctors
CEH staff page https://www.ceh.ac.uk/staff/helen-hesketh
Dr Aidan Keith
Soils and Land Use
Research Interests: I am an ecologist who likes measuring soils and want to better understand their inner workings and unpack the black box, in an effort to shape more sustainable and resilient landscapes. As well as having a deep curiosity for belowground biodiversity, specific research interests include the impacts of land use and management on soil ecosystems (structure & functions), and links and interactions between trees, belowground biology and wider ecosystem services.
Twitter: @soilandstuff
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