Sarah Buckingham

Sarah Buckingham is a Senior Consultant at Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), focusing on soil science, climate change mitigation, and agricultural sustainability. She holds a PhD from Lancaster University and leads the MSc Soils and Sustainability program, teaching courses on soil protection, ecology, and applications. Her research examines land management impacts on soil carbon and nitrogen, greenhouse gas emissions, and UK net-zero targets. Buckingham collaborates on projects like Hempcrete carbon analysis and Farming for Net Zero, supported by Scottish Government grants. She is affiliated with the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and contributes to national policy initiatives on soil health and emissions reduction.

Education: PhD in Soil Science (Lancaster University, 2008)
Key Projects: Includes RESAS-funded research on climate-smart agriculture and Healthy Soils for a Green Recovery. She leads consultancy projects on carbon footprinting and land-use policy impacts.
Teaching: Programme Director of SRUC's MSc Soils and Sustainability, organizing courses and supervising student research projects.

Research Focus: Her work bridges biogeochemical processes in soils, GHG mitigation strategies, and sustainable land management. Recent studies address carbon sequestration, ammonia emissions, and agri-food system carbon footprints.

Grants & Funding: Multiple Scottish Government grants (e.g., RESAS 22-27) totaling millions support her interdisciplinary projects. She collaborates widely with universities and institutes across the UK.

Labs/Teams: Active in SRUC’s Agricultural and Environmental Research groups, leading multidisciplinary teams on soil health, climate policy, and land-use modeling.