Dr Katy Faulkner

I am interested in how ecosystems respond to global change, specifically the impacts on soil carbon cycling and microbial community structure and function. Previously, I have worked across a wide variety of ecosystems including temperate and tropical forests, boreal peatlands, and freshwater streams. Most of my research has utilised long-term climate manipulation experiments to explore ecosystem-level responses to climate change factors including warming, elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, and precipitation change.

In my current project, working within the Centre for Landscape Regeneration, I am exploring the fate, transformation, and persistence of soil organic matter across a network of farms in the East Anglian fenlands, with a particular focus on the role of organo-mineral associations in soil carbon stabilisation.