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Contact Info
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 01248 382456
Address: 2nd Floor, Environment Centre Wales,
Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW
Research
Rob Brown is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Biogeochemistry working within the Ecosystems and Environment group. He is currently working on the BBSRC funded greenhouse gas removal demonstrator (GGR-D) project examining biochar as a tool for carbon sequestration. This interdisciplinary, multi-institution collaboration aims to address the uncertainties concerning the extent and scope of the deployment of biochar. The focus of his research is on the deployment of biochar to land, in particular the applicability of biochar as a carbon storage to tool in grassland soils; examining the effect of biochar application on soil and plant health, and ecosystem service delivery. Broadly, his research interests include; soil carbon dynamics, exploring biological function particularly through the use of novel methods (metabolomics and volatilomics), soil quality and radioisotope tracing.
Education/Academic qualification
Postgraduate, PhD, Metabolomic and volatilomic profiling for the assessment of soil carbon cycling and biological quality, Bangor University
1 Apr 2018 → 31 Oct 2021
Award Date: 4 Feb 2022
Undergraduate, BSc, Environmental Science, Bangor University
Sept 2014 → May 2017
Award Date: 18 Jul 2017
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Clarifying the conflation of biochar carbon stability and its soil co-benefits
Brown, R. W., Chadwick, D. R. & Jones, D. L., 2 Mar 2026, In: Biochar. 8, 67.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sustainable resource management with bone char—challenges and opportunities for enhancing soil health and phosphorus stocks
Ghorbani, M., Azarnejad, N., Brown, R. W., Chadwick, D. R., Loppi, S. & Jones, D. L., 28 Feb 2026, In: Biochar. 8, 34.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Addition of inorganic nitrogen significantly increases the real and apparent priming effects of polyethylene and PHBV microplastics in soil
Brown, R., Florent, P., Graf, M., Kennaway, S., Collins, B., Chadwick, D. & Jones, D. L., 12 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 499, 140125.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Biochar reshapes soil bacterial community composition and survival strategies: a meta-analysis revealing trade-offs between microbial stability and functional complexity
Li, J., Peduruhewa, J. H., Brown, R. W., Chadwick, D. R., Griffiths, R. I., Fu, H., Bian, H., Sheng, L., Ma, Q. & Jones, D. L., 19 Dec 2025, In: Biology and Fertility of Soils. 62, 2, p. 251-266 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Differential effects of field-aged versus new LDPE and PLA/PBAT plastic film fragments on soil quality and crop productivity
Graf, M., Reay, M. K., Florent, P. J., Brown, R. W., Chadwick, D. R. & Jones, D. L., 15 Sept 2025, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 496, p. 139398Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Thesis
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Metabolomic and volatilomic profiling for the assessment of soil carbon cycling and biological quality
Brown, R. (Author), Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Chadwick, D. (Supervisor), 4 Feb 2022Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
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