Repairing Nature

Our research supports the grand challenge of repairing degraded nature to restore resilient and thriving ecosystems, especially through innovative methods and insights, such as microbial genomics and soil ecoacoustics.

Our research informs improved strategies for restoring damaged and degraded ecosystems, through better understanding plant-soil-microbe interactions. Soil biodiversity harbours nearly 60% of all life, performing critical roles in cycling nutrients, cleaning water, sequestering carbon, and underpinning plant-, animal- and ecosystem-food webs.  

Selected papers and projects

• The potential of genomics for restoring ecosystems and biodiversity (2019)

• Opportunities and challenges for microbiomics in ecosystem restoration (2023)

• Restoring soil biodiversity (2024)

• Practical applications of soil microbiota to improve ecosystem restoration: current knowledge and future directions (2024)

• Ecological phage therapy: Can bacteriophages help rapidly restore the soil microbiome? (2024)