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Lettice Hicks is a Researcher at Lund University's Department of Biology, specializing in microbial ecology and biogeochemistry. She serves as Principal Investigator for the BECC (Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate) program and leads multiple research projects related to soil microbial responses to global environmental change.
Her research focuses on understanding how soil microorganisms regulate carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling across diverse ecosystems from tropical to Arctic regions. Hicks employs radio- and stable-isotope based methods to measure microbial processes, with particular interest in how climate warming, drought, and other global change factors affect microbial communities. Her work has examined soil responses across gradients in the Peruvian Andes, Ethiopia, Texas, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the Subarctic.
Recent research highlights include studies on microbial 'nutrient mining' in nitrogen-poor subarctic soils, microbial drought resilience in Ethiopian ecosystems, and the impacts of winter warming on freeze-thaw cycles in subarctic regions. Her publications span high-impact journals including Global Change Biology, Soil Biology and Biochemistry, and Ecology.
Scientific Recognition:
- The Swedish King's 50th anniversary foundation award (2022)
Hicks actively supervises BSc and MSc student projects and has contributed to science communication through Twitter (@LetticeHicks). She has organized significant academic events including the BECC annual meeting (2022) and the DRI-MEE workshop on drying-rewetting cycles (2019).
