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Robert Griffiths

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

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2000 …2026

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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.

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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):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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  • Patterns in Marine Fungal Diversity and Community Structure on Native versus Invasive Macroalgae at a Local Geographic Scale

    Owen, E., Griffiths, R., Golyshin, P., Chernikova, T. & Kurr, M., 24 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Microbial Ecology.

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  • Plant diversity induces shifts from microbial generalists to specialist by enhancing niche differentiation, microbiome connectivity, and network stability in a temperate grassland

    Finck, J., Chowdhury, S., Griffiths, R. I., Malik, A. A., Eisenhauer, N., Lange, M., Mendes, L. W. & Gleixner, G., 7 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environmental Microbiome. 21, 1

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  • Taxonomic filtering accompanies functional expansion during long-term soil restoration

    Goodall, T., Busi, S. B., Jones, B., Thorpe, A., Griffiths, R. I., Redhead, J., Hulmes, L., Hulmes, S., Ridding, L., Peyton, J., Pereira, G., Gweon, H. S., Read, D. S. & Pywell, R., 22 May 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The ISME Journal. 20, 1

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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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  • 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.

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