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Selva Dhandapani

Specialism

Selva in interested in research involving all components of the environment and global change, from biodiversity, biogeochemistry to human livelihood. Selva has extensive experience in impacts of anthropogenic land-use changes and different oil palm cropping systems on biodiversity, peat biogeochemistry, microbial communities, and greenhouse gas emissions, and their complex interactions in tropical peatlands. Selva has fieldwork experience in 4 different countries covering different tropical and temperate ecosystems. Selva is interested in ecological, social and biodiversity impacts of global land-use changes and how scientific evidence can inform long term management of both natural and agricultural ecosystems around the world.

Please refer to my following online profiles for up-to-date publications

 
  • Researcher in a joint UKRI and NSF joint funded project- Decoding Nitrogen Dynamics in Soil through Novel Integration of in-situ Wireless Soil Sensors with Numerical Modeling.
  • Researcher in a joint GCRF NERC-BBSRC funded project- Translating Research Opportunities to enhance Pollination benefits to economically Important Crops And improve Livelihoods (TROPICAL).

Areas of interest

  • Forest Biogeochemical Cycling and Ecology
  • Global Environmental Change (Biodiversity and Biogeochemistry)
  • Conservation and Society
  • Agro-ecology and Sustainability
  • Climate Change

Research centres and groups

Research projects

Current projects:

  • Decoding Nitrogen Dynamics in Soil through Novel Integration of in-situ Wireless Soil Sensors with Numerical Modeling- UKRI and NSF joint funded project, University of Reading. Collaborators: University of Southampton and University of Connecticut.
  • Translating Research Opportunities to enhance Pollination benefits to economically Important Crops And improve Livelihoods (TROPICAL)- Joint GCRF BBSRC-NERC funded project, University of Reading. Collaborators: M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) and Reddiyarchatram Seed Growers Association (RSGA).

Past Projects:

  • Quinquennial (half-decadal) carbon and nutrient dynamics in temperate forests: Implications for carbon sequestration in a high carbon dioxide world (QUINTUS)- NERC large grant project, Birmingham Institute of Forest Research. Collaborators: University of Exeter and Bangor University.
  • Peatland Assessment in SE Asia by Satellite (PASSES)- UK Space Agency large grant project, Liverpool John Moores University. Collaborators: UK Centre of Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor, University of Nottingham, University of Leicester, and Global Environment Centre.
  • Soil Microbial Communities and GHG emissions under different land-use types in Malaysian peatlands- Crops For the Future (CFF) Doctoral Training Program Studentship, University of Nottingham.

Academic qualifications

PhD (Environmental Science), University of Nottingham.

MSc (Ecology and Conservation), Lancaster University.