معرفی
Hilary Ford is a Lecturer in Environmental Science at Bangor University's School of Environmental & Natural Sciences, where her research enhances agricultural productivity and ecosystem service resilience in multi-functional landscapes with emphasis on hedgerows and soil dynamics. She teaches modules on ecosystem function, ecosystem services, and pollution while actively contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals for climate action and life on land.
Education
- PhD in Environmental Science, Bangor University (2012)
Research Interests
Dr. Ford specializes in climate regulation through soil-plant interactions in grazed pastures, demonstrating how hedgerows reduce compaction and enhance soil organic carbon storage. Her work reveals seasonal regulation of climate mitigation potential by flooding and drought events, while integrating nutrient cycling, livestock management, and agroforestry systems. She leads landscape-scale experiments under the Sêr Cymru NRN-LCEE Multi-Land project, collaborating with farming and animal health experts to develop resilient agricultural practices.
Publication Trends
Her 2019-2022 publications reveal consistent focus on soil carbon dynamics in agroecosystems, particularly hedgerow impacts on CO2 emissions and organic carbon stocks. She investigates root morphology effects on soil hydraulic properties and context-specific drivers of fungal communities, bridging soil physics, microbial ecology, and sustainable land management through interdisciplinary field experiments.
Scientific Awards
No scientific awards or fellowships are documented in the provided materials.
Advising and Grants
Dr. Ford collaborates on the Sêr Cymru NRN-LCEE Multi-Land project designing multi-disciplinary landscape experiments, though no current advisees are listed. Her research integrates farming expertise with ecosystem resilience studies, securing project-based funding for climate mitigation research in agricultural systems without documented independent grants.
Labs and Teams
Based at Bangor University's Environment Centre Wales, she operates within the School of Environmental & Natural Sciences research network, coordinating with specialists in agroforestry, animal health, and soil science for landscape-scale experimental design through the Multi-Land project consortium.
