Geobiology
Co-Evolution of life and Earth​
​Microbial ecology

Extreme environments
Limits of life
Arctic & Antarctica

Deep biosphere
Organic carbon degradation
Global biogeochemical cycles

Polar microbiology
Growth, dormancy, maintenance

Microbial & bio-energetic modelling
​Biogeochemical modelling

Arctic soils & permafrost
Climate change

Funding

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO)
Svalbard Integrated Observing System
INTERACT (Horizon 2020)

Humboldt Foundation
Centre for Dark Energy Biosphere Investigations (C-DEBI)
Scott Polar Research Institute
John Muir Trust

Research in the news

PHOTO CREDIT
Top middle: Thomas Boothby; top right: Geoff Wheat; bottom left: Gary Barker; bottom right: Birgit Sattler.