Bridget Emmett

Professor Bridget Emmett, UKCEH Science Area Head for Soils and Land Use and Head of Site UKCEH Bangor. Particular interest in soils and ecosystem science. Many projects involve a role as PI in coordinating a large number of partners to improve integration across different disciplines and sectors from catchment/landscape to national scale to support policy development and outcome reporting.

Current areas of interest and activity include; soil health; impact of land management on natural capital and the implications for ecosystem services; land-sea interactions; impacts of air pollution and climate change on soils and ecosystem function; new data and modelling tools for supporting policy development and improving evidence for natural capital accounts and a wide mix of environmental, economic and social outcomes. Techniques include national-scale surveys and monitoring; long-term, field-scale manipulation experiments, data visualisation tools and development of integrated modelling platforms; and robust evidence provision using an integrated assessment approach. Research income has come from a wide range of funders including NERC, BBSRC, EPSRC, DEFRA, Welsh and Scottish Governments. International work includes over 9 EU projects as UK lead and currently includes membership of the EU mission Board for Soil Health and Food; work in China funded through the Newton programme and work in Nigeria, S.Africa and Nepal.