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Professor Steven Banwart holds the Leadership Chair in Integrated Soil / Agriculture / Water Research at the University of Leeds, where he serves as Director of the Global Food and Environment Institute and is a Co-Investigator of the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation (LC3M). His work focuses on the Earth's Critical Zone—the dynamic layer from bedrock to atmosphere that sustains human life through essential resources.
His research integrates laboratory experimentation, mathematical modeling, and field studies to investigate reactive soil and groundwater processes. Key areas include mineral weathering for CO2 removal, soil functions for crop production and water filtration, contaminant dynamics (metals, antimicrobials, pathogens), and biogeochemical cycling of carbon and nutrients. This interdisciplinary approach quantifies how geological, biological, and chemical processes interact in natural systems.
Professor Banwart has secured over £50 million in research funding since 1995, with £13 million as Principal Investigator. He led major initiatives including the SCOPE project on Soil Carbon, EU FP7 SoilTrEC, and NERC's Biological Weathering Large Grant, focusing on scalable greenhouse gas removal via enhanced rock weathering across UK field sites (Plynlimon, North Wyke, Harpenden).
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He directs the Global Food and Environment Institute and leads the UK Enhanced Rock Weathering GGR Demonstrator project, coordinating multidisciplinary teams measuring weathering rates, CO2 sequestration, and socio-ethical implications of large-scale climate mitigation.
