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

Extreme environments
Limits of life
Arctic & Antarctica

Global biogeochemical cycles
Carbon burial and preservation
The deep biosphere

Polar microbiology
Glacial ecosystems

Microbial & bio-energetic modelling
​Biogeochemical modelling

Arctic soils & permafrost
Climate warming and global 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 Council of Norway

Research in the news

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