Dr Mark Pawlett
Research Fellow in Soil Microbial Ecology
Location: Building 37, Cranfield campus
E: m.pawlett@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 750111 x2702
Environmental Science and Technology
Current activities
Currently involved in the following research projects:
- Marketable Sludge Derivatives from Sustainable Processing of Wastewater in a Highly Integrated Treatment Plant (EU); Project Manager and Research Fellow researching Phosphorous retrieval from sewage sludge, application and its impacts on soil microbiology.
- Transatlantic Initiative for Nanotechnology and the Environment (NERC); Researching the impact of nanoparticles in sewage sludge on soil microbiology
- Development of a resistance and resilience assay appropriate to assess the impacts of climate change on soil biota (DEFRA). Collaborator Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen
- Scale behaviour of environmental process models (NERC)
Other research interests: organic farming, environmental impact of nanoparticles, wastewater treatment systems, life in extreme environments.
Other responsibilities: supervision of research students, co-ordination of soil biology activities, laboratory method developments, data analysis and synthesis, report preparation, training and support of other research and technical staff.
Clients
- BBSRC
- DEFRA
- EA
- EPSRC
- NERC
Background
Dr Mark Pawlett is a Research Fellow of Soil Microbial Ecology.
Mark’s education includes a PhD, MSc and BSc (Hons). PhD research involved an investigation of the effects of manipulating earthworm diversity and pH (and their interactions) on soil microbial community dynamics (NERC Soil Biodiversity Initiative). After the PhD research, he became employed by Cranfield University in 2002, and has subsequently been involved in a number of research projects with a focus on microbial community dynamics in terms of phenotypic and functional profiles in soil and wastewater treatment systems. Recent research has involved: improvement of soil microbial health using organic farm management techniques, the impact of nanoparticles on soil microbiology, Dutch heathland restoration, manipulation of microbial communities in wastewater treatment filtration systems, and methodological developments and scoping of soil biological indicators. Member of the Institute of Environmental Science.
