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Professor David W. HopkinsProfessor of Environmental BiogeochemistryPhD - University
of Newcastle upon Tyne, Soil Science, 1988 School
of Biological & Environmental Sciences tel: +44 1786 467755 |
Research Interests
Soil biology and biochemistry - the transformations
of C and N in soils; nutrient dynamics in soils of the Antarctic
dry valleys, decomposition of residues from genetically-modified
crops
Current Projects (actually showing
currently/recently funded projects)
- Carnegie Trust - Subsidies of nutrients in Antarctic soils
- Royal Society - Subsidies of nutrients in Antarctic soils
- British Council - Soil quality and function
- BBSRC – Underwood fund - Support for senior visiting scientist from Canada
- Royal Society Edinburgh - Decay of GM plant residues
- BBSRC - Rhizosphere interactions involving mutant plants
- NERC - Decay and survival of pollen in soil
- NERC - Microbial diversity and function in Antarctic soils
External Activities
- Associate Editor of European Journal of Soil Science
- Subject Editor of Soil Biology and Biochemistry
- Regional Editor of Biology and Fertility of Soils
- President-Elect of the British Society of Soil Science
- Erskine Visiting Fellow, Department of Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2002
- Royal Society of Edinburgh Research Fellow, 2002
Teaching
BSc Teaching
- 30MI Microbiology
- 36E4 The Biosphere
- 25P1 Field and laboratory skills
- 36SS Soil Quality and Protection (co-ordinator)
MSc Teaching
- a little bit
Recent Publications
Hopkins, D.W. (2003) Soil biodiversity and nature conservation. In: Bruneau, P.M.C. (ed) Current issues in soils and nature conservation: review papers. Scottish Natural Heritage Commissioned Report F00AC 105. pp. 5-13.
Meli, S.M., Badalucco, L., Hopkins, D.W., English, L.C. (2003) Respiratory responses of soil microorganisms to simple and complex organic substrates. Biology and Fertility of Soils 37, 96-101.
Pilate, G., Guiney, E., Holt, K., Petit-Conil, M., Lapierre, C., LepléJ-C., Pollet, B., Mila, I., Webster, E..A., Marstorp, H.G., Hopkins, D.W., Jouanin, L., Boerjan, W., Schuch, W., Cornu, D. and Halpin, C. (2002) Field and pulping performances of transgenic trees with altered lignification. Nature Biotechnology 20, 607-612.
Turner, B.T., Hopkins, D.W., Ostle, N. & Haygarth, P.M. (2002) -Glucosidase activity in pasture soils. Applied Soil Ecology 20, 157-163.
Š imek, M., Jisova, L.. & Hopkins, D.W. (2002) What is the so-called optimum pH for denitrification in soil? Soil Biology & Biochemistry 34, 1227-1234.
Dundee, L. and Hopkins, D.W. (2001) Different sensitivities to oxygen of nitrous oxide production by Nitrosomonas europaea and Nitrosolobus multiformis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 33, 1563-1565.
Hopkins, D.W., Webster, E.A., Chudek, J.A. and Halpin, C. (2001) Decomposition in soil of tobacco plants with genetic modifications to lignin biosynthesis. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 33, 1455-1462.
Webster, E.A., Hopkins, D.W., Chudek, J.A., Haslam, S.F.I., Šimek, M. and Picek, T. (2001) The relationship between the size of the soil microbial community and the resource quality of soil organic matter. Journal of Environmental Quality 30, 147-150.
Haslam, S.F.I., Hopkins, D.W. and J.A. Chudek, J.A. (2001) Carbon dynamics in upland soils after serious fires. In: Sustainable Management of Soil Organic Matter. (R.M. Rees, B.C. Ball, C.D. Campbell and C.A.Watson, editors) CAB-International, Wallingford. Pp. 337-342.
Hopkins, D.W., Chudek, J.A., Haslam, S.F.I. and Webster, E.A. (2000) Application of solid-state NMR to investigate organic biogeochemistry in soils. In: NMR in Microbiology: Theory and Applications (J-N. Barbotin and J.C. Portais, Editors). Horizon Scientific press, Wymondham, Norfolk. Pp. 435-455
Hopkins, D.W., Wiltshire, P.E.J. and Turner, B.D. (2000) Microbial characterisation of soils from graves: An investigation at the interface of soil microbiology and forensic science. Applied Soil Ecology 14, 283-288.
Hopkins, D.W. (2000) Interfaces of Soil Biology with Archaeological Investigations. In: Soil Biochemistry volume 10 (J-M. Bollag and G. Stotzky, Editors), Marcel Dekker, New York. Pp. 483-512.
Lawson, T., Hopkins, D.W., Chudek, J.A., Janaway, R.C. & Bell, M.G. (2000) Interactions of the soil organisms with materials buried for up to 33 years in the Wareham archaeological experimental earthwork. Journal of Archaeological Science 29, 273-285.
Webster, E.A., Chudek, J.A. and Hopkins, D.W. (2000) Carbon transformations during decomposition of different components of plant leaves in soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 32, 301-314.
