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Professor of Plant-Soil Interactions, University of Sheffield

Jonathan has interests in sustainable agriculture, especially focused on sustainable management of soils and soil resources, regenerative agriculture and collaborative research between farmers and academic researchers. He has interests in sustainable urban food production. He teaches sustainable agriculture at the University of Sheffield, and has been conducting long-term trials of effects of reintroducing leys into arable rotations to regenerate soil health via the recovery of key functional groups of soil organisms. He has a PhD in Plant-Soil Interactions and has published over 130 papers, and supervised / co-supervised more than 20 PhD students.

Experience

  • 2012–present
    Professor of Plant-Soil Interactions, The University of Sheffield

Education

  • 1988 
    University of Sheffield, PhD
  • 1984 
    University of Bristol, BSc Botany and Geography

Grants and Contracts

  • 2021
    Healthy soil, Healthy food, Healthy people (H3)
    Role:
    Lead Workpackage 2
    Funding Source:
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
  • 2020
    Harnessing and integrating disease suppressive microbes and synthetic soils for sustainable, low input horticulture
    Role:
    Co-investigator
    Funding Source:
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
  • 2019
    Restoring soil quality through re-integration of leys and sheep into arable rotations
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow of the Institute of Soil Science