Dr Hannah Griffiths
PhD, MRes, BSc
Expertise
Current positions
Senior Research Fellow and Proleptic Senior Lecturer
School of Biological Sciences
Contact
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Research interests
I am a terrestrial field ecologist/soil zoologist and UKRI Future Leader’s Fellow. Research in my group focusses on understanding how the composition of soil food-webs influences the functioning of terrestiral systems, with a particular interest in decomposition and carbon cycling in forests. To do this, we use a combination of techniques, including large-scale field experiments and monitoring, stable isotope tracers, and molecular sequencing to describe and manipulate belowground biotic communities and examine their role in mediating key soil processes. Our aim is to gain a mechanistic understanding of how shifts in soil biodiversity with global environmental change will impact the ecological functions that underpin human well being.
Here's a link to my GoogleScholar page so you can get a better idea of what we do
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
FLF RENEWAL: Uncovering the drivers and consequences of changes in soil biodiversity for belowground carbon cycling in forests
Principal Investigator
Description
Belowground biodiversity represents 59% of all species on the planet and 75% of terrestrial C stocks are in the soil. These complex and diverse soil biotic communities recycle nutrients, regulating…Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/02/2026 to 31/01/2029
ERC STARTING GRANT - RECONNECT: Reconnecting underground networks to maximise the flow and storage of carbon in forest soils
Principal Investigator
Description
Grant ref: 101221236
In order to maximise the potential for habitat restoration initiatives to mitigate our grandest environmental challenges, we urgently need to understand how differing approaches to forest creation affect…Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/01/2026 to 31/12/2030
Norwegian outfield and infield grazing areas: Plant-soil-herbivory feedbacks on plant production and soil carbon dynamics
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/01/2025 to 31/12/2028
Does Motherhood Need Mitigating? A Collective Examination of Parenting and Academic Practice
Role
Collaborator
Managing organisational unit
Department of History (Historical Studies)Dates
01/01/2023 to 31/07/2023
FLF-Managing biodiversity and trophic cascades to enhance forest functioning and restoration
Principal Investigator
Description
The overarching aims of this project are to help us 1) understand the consequences of declines in global biodiversity for the ecosystem services that support humanity; and 2) generate data…Managing organisational unit
School of Biological SciencesDates
01/02/2021 to 31/01/2025
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
08/04/2024Global contribution of invertebrates to forest litter decomposition
Ecology Letters
Bioavailability of Macro and Micronutrients Across Global Topsoils
Global Biogeochemical Cycles
Sparing old-growth maximises conservation outcomes within selectively logged Amazonian rainforest
Biological Conservation
Termite sensitivity to temperature affects global wood decay rates
Science
Carbon flux and forest dynamics
Global Change Biology
