Michelle Jackson

Dr. Michelle Jackson is an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford, affiliated with Somerville College. Her research focuses on individual-to-ecosystem responses to environmental change, including warming, pollution, and habitat loss. She investigates stressor interactions and their cascading effects on food webs, using field studies, experiments, and meta-analyses across global freshwater systems from Arctic to tropical regions. Major contributions include developing predictive frameworks for multiple stressor effects and advancing understanding of climate-driven biodiversity shifts.

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Research interests encompass ecosystem resilience, invasion biology, and the interplay between human-induced stressors and natural systems. Her work bridges ecological theory and applied policy, e.g., carbon storage safety assessments. Over 150 publications span topics like microplastic impacts, trophic diversity loss, and invasive species management.

Advising includes graduate students like Adriana Mordente (Jackson Lab), Buntu Fanteso (Rhodes Scholar), and Ramesh Wilson (NERC DTP scholar). She leads the Jackson Aquatic Lab and collaborates with global networks through initiatives like the Seascape Ecology Lab. Active in biomonitoring innovation, her IsoFresh and StoichLife datasets are influential resources for ecological research.

Labs/Teams: Jackson Lab (Oxford Mosaic-supported), Jackson Aquatic Lab, and collaborations with the Seascape Ecology Lab. Current projects address climate adaptation strategies and freshwater biodiversity conservation.