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Robert Griffiths

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3341-4547

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20002025

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Rob Griffiths is an environmental microbiologist whose research focuses on understanding the "natural" and human associated drivers of microbial biodiversity, and understanding the role of microbiomes in environmental health. He uses molecular, biogeochemical and data-driven approaches to uncover fundamental ecological processes operating on microbial communities and impacting functional outcomes.

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):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

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  • A global database of soil microbial phospholipid fatty acids and enzyme activities

    van Galen, L. G., Smith, G. R., Margenot, A. J., Waldrop, M. P., Crowther, T. W., Peay, K. G., Jackson, R. B., Yu, K., Abrahão, A., Ahmed, T. A., Alatalo, J. M., Anslan, S., Anthony, M. A., Araujo, A. S. F., Ascher-Jenull, J., Bach, E. M., Bahram, M., Baker, C. C. M., Baldrian, P. & Bardgett, R. D. & 101 others, Barrios-Garcia, M. N., Bastida, F., Beggi, F., Benning, L. G., Bragazza, L., Broadbent, A. A. D., Cano-Díaz, C., Cates, A. M., Cerri, C. E. P., Cesarz, S., Chen, B., Classen, A. T., Dahl, M. B., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Eisenhauer, N., Evgrafova, S. Y., Fanin, N., Fornasier, F., Francisco, R., Franco, A. L. C., Frey, S. D., Fritze, H., García, C., García-Palacios, P., Gómez-Brandón, M., Gonzalez-Polo, M., Gozalo, B., Griffiths, R., Guerra, C., Hallama, M., Hiiesalu, I., Hossain, M. Z., Hu, Y., Insam, H., Jassey, V. E. J., Jiang, L., Kandeler, E., Kohout, P., Kõljalg, U., Krashevska, V., Li, X., Lu, J.-Z., Lu, X., Luo, S., Lutz, S., Mackie-Haas, K. A., Maestre, F. T., Malmivaara-Lämsä, M., Mangelsdorf, K., Manjarrez, M., Marhan, S., Martin, A., Mason, K. E., Mayor, J., McCulley, R. L., Moora, M., Morais, P. V., Muñoz-Rojas, M., Murugan, R., Nottingham, A. T., Ochoa, V., Ochoa-Hueso, R., Oja, J., Olsson, P. A., Öpik, M., Ostle, N., Peltoniemi, K., Pennanen, T., Pescador, D. S., Png, G. K., Poll, C., Põlme, S., Potapov, A. M., Priemé, A., Pritchard, W., Puissant, J., Rocha, S. M. B., Rosinger, C., Ruess, L., Sayer, E. J., Scheu, S., Sinsabaugh, R. L., Slaughter, L. C., Soudzilovskaia, N. A., Sousa, J. P., Stanish, L., Sugiyama, S.-I., Tedersoo, L., Trivedi, P., Vahter, T., Voriskova, J., Wagner, D., Wang, C., Wardle, D. A., Whitaker, J., Yang, Y., Zhong, Z., Zhu, K., Ziolkowski, L. A., Zobel, M. & van den Hoogen, J., 26 Sept 2025, In: Scientific data. 12, 1568 .

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  • Biodegradable mulch films exhibit slower-than-expected degradation with negligible effects on soil microbial communities

    Graf, M., Choiselat, E., Reay, M. K., Bargiela, R., Dimitriou, A., Liu, Q., Elias, R., Golyshin, P., Griffiths, R., Chadwick, D. & Jones, D. L., 15 Oct 2025, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 498

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  • Deciphering Landscape‐Scale Plant Cover and Biodiversity From Soil eDNA

    Goodall, T., Griffiths, R. I., Gweon, H. S., Norton, L., Busi, S. B. & Read, D. S., 28 Sept 2025, In: Environmental DNA. 7, 5, e70191.

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  • Land use effects on soil microbiome composition and traits with consequences for soil carbon cycling

    Cole, L., Goodall, T., Jehmlich, N., Griffiths, R. I., Gleixner, G., Gubry-Rangin, C. & Malik, A. A., 1 Jan 2025, In: ISME Communications. 4, 1, p. ycae116

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  • Soil microbial community responses to active and passive restoration of selectively logged Bornean tropical forest

    Robinson, S. J. B., Elias, D. M. O., Goodall, T., McNamara, N. P., Griffiths, R., Majalap, N., Sau Wai, Y. & Ostle, N. J., 22 Aug 2025, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 16, 1570294.

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