Dr Elizabeth Baggs
Senior Lecturer
Personal Details
| Telephone: | +44 (0)1224 272691 |
| Fax: | +44 (0)1224 272703 |
| E-mail: | e.baggs@abdn.ac.uk |
| Address: | Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Aberdeen Cruickshank Building St Machar Drive Aberdeen AB24 3UU |
Web Links
http://www.nitrousoxide.org/
Research Interests
Development and application of stable isotope techniques to quantify greenhouse gas emissions from soils and to distinguish between different microbial sources.
Linking emissions to microbial diversity and gene expression.
Plant-soil and plant-microbe interactions.
Soil fertility in tropical and temperate agricultural systems.
Current Research
Current Research Grants
BBSRC: Understanding nitrous oxide emission from denitrifying bacteria: integrating chemostat and soil studies. April 2010-March 2013. In collaboration with Prof David Richardson (UEA).
NERC: Are tropical uplands regional hotspots for methane and nitrous oxide? March 2010-February 2013. In collaboration with Dr Yit Arn Teh (Uni St Andrews), Prof Pete Smith (Uni Aberdeen), Dr Patrick Meir (Uni Edinburgh).
NERC: Is it root- or soil-derived carbon that drives denitrification? October 2007 - September 2010. In collaboration with Dr Eric Paterson (Macaulay Institute).
NERC EHFI: The present and future greenhouse gas budget of bioenergy crops in the UK. April 2008- March 2011. In collaboration with Dr Ute Skiba (CEH Edinburgh), Prof Andy Whiteley (CEH Oxford), Prof Pete Smith (Uni Aberdeen).
BBSRC USPA: A microarray for rhizosphere soil, a key driver of climate change. April 2008-March 2012. In collaboration with Prof Mary Firestone (UC Berkeley) and Prof Josh Schimel (UC Santa Barbara).
BBSRC: The mycorrhizal hyphosphere: a key driver of biogeochemical cycles? April 2007-March 2011. With Dr Angela Hodge (Uni York), Prof Jim Prosser (Uni Aberdeen), Dr Gary Bending (Uni Warwick). Project partner: Prof Mary Firestone, UC Berkeley and Dr Jennifer Pett-Ridge, LLNL.
BBSRC: Contribution of ammonification to N2O emissions from soils. September 2006-February 2010. In collaboration with Prof David Richardson (UEA).
Recently Completed Research Grants:
NERC Advanced Fellowship: 'Linking N2O production in soils with microbial diversity and active microbial populations'. October 2004- September 2009.
NERC SOLAS: 'Bergen Mesocosm Experiment'. January –December 2008. In collaboration with Prof Colin Murrell, (Uni Warwick), Prof Rob Upstill-Goddard (Uni Newcastle), Dr Angela Hatton (SAMS).
BBSRC: 'Contribution of nitrifier denitrification to N2O and N2 emissions from soils.' November 2003-November 2007. In collaboration with Prof Jim Prosser (Uni Aberdeen).
BBSRC REI: 'Multicollector isotope ratio mass spectrometry: New frontiers in soil microbiology and biogeochemistry.' In collaboration with SerCon Ltd.
Research group
Post-doctoral researchers
Dr Marta Streminska. BBSRC. 'Contribution of ammonification to N2O and N2 emissions from soils'.
Dr Nick Morley. NERC. 'The present and future greenhouse gas budget of bioenergy crops in the UK.'
Dr Katherine Chadwick. NERC. 'Is it root- or soil-derived carbon that drives denitrification?'.
Dr Thomas Freitag. BBSRC. 'The mycorrhizal hyphosphere: a key driver of biogeochemical cycles?'
Dr Cathy Dandie. OCE Postdoctoral Fellowship, CSIRO Land and Water, Adelaide. 'Nitrous oxide emission from soil- identification of source quantification of fluxes and derivation of predictive relationships.' International partner in collaboration with Jeff Baldock, CSIRO.
Technician
Janet Woo. Isotope ratio mass spectrometry.
Research students
Rachel Marshall: NERC CASE studentship (with Drs Nick Ostle and Niall McNamara, CEH Lancaster):
'Climate sensitivity of organic soil greenhouse gas fluxes'. October 2009-September 2012.
Marcin Skiba. SCRI/University of Aberdeen (with Drs Tim Daniell and Tim George, SCRI):
'Biological nitrification inhibition in the rhizosphere of temperate arable plants'. October 2009-September 2012.
Robert Hobkirk. BBSRC CASE studentship (with Dr Braj Singh, Macaulay Enterprise Ltd, Aberdeen): 'Methanotroph-dependent denitrification: The key to mitigating both CH4 and N2O emissions from soils?' October 2008-September 2011.
Maddy Giles. NERC Open CASE studentship (with Dr Tim Daniell, SCRI): 'Where does denitrification occur in the rhizosphere?' October 2008-September 2011.
Jakub Olewski. SAC studentship (with Drs Christine Watson and John Baddeley, SAC): 'Using legumes to improve the nitrogen use efficiency of cropping systems'. October 2008-September 2011.
Miriam Herold. SCRI/University of Aberdeen (with Dr Tim Daniell, SCRI). 'Plant roots as drivers of denitrification'. October 2007-September 2010.
Loic Nazaries. Macaulay Trust studentship (with Drs Braj Singh and Pete Millard, Macaulay Institute, and Prof Colin Murrell, Uni Warwick): Impact of land-use changes on the diversity of methanotrophic bacteria'. October 2007-September 2010.
Anne-Marie Dean: NERC studentship (with Dr Graeme Nicol, Uni Aberdeen): 'Molecular ecology of non-thermophilic ammonia oxidising crenarchaea'. August 2006- July 2010.
Marie-Therese Moore: NERC SOLAS CASE studentship (with Commercial Microbiology Ltd, Aberdeen, and Prof Ursula Witte, Uni Aberdeen). Denitrification in the bacterioneuston: The role of algal C in driving N2O reduction. October 2006 – September 2010.
Sarah Richardson: NERC UKPopNet Studentship (with Prof Phil Ineson, Uni York, and Prof Jim Prosser, Uni Aberdeen) : 'Does increased plant productivity drive soil processes involved in global warming?' October 2006 – September 2010.
Gaynor Barrett: NERC Open CASE Studentship (with SerCon Ltd): 'A new approach for determining N2O production in soil during nitrifier denitrification'. October 2006 – September 2010.
Kwame Frimpong: Ghana Government. Project title 'Effect of combined application of organic and inorganic sources of N on soil nitrogen availability and nitrous oxide emission'.October 2006 – September 2010.
External Responsibilities
BBSRC Agri-food Committee (Nov 2008, Feb 2009), and core member of Committee B 2009-2012.
NERC Peer Review College, 2005 - 2008; 2009 - 2012.
Steering Committee Member for UK Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility.
Editor for FEMS Microbiology Letters.
Subject Editor for Plant and Soil.
Editorial Board for Soil Biology and Biochemistry.
Subject Editor for Journal of Environmental Quality.
Editorial Advisory Board member for Global Change Biology.
Editorial Advisory Board member for Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment.
Selected Publications
Baggs EM, Philippot L (2009) Microbial terrestrial pathways to N2O. In Smith KA (ed) Nitrous Oxide and Climate Change. Earthscan Publications.
Rooney DC, Killham K, Bending GD, Baggs EM, Hodge A, Weih M (2009). Mycorrhizas and biomass crops: links to a sustainable future. Trends in Plant Science (in press).
Richardson D, Felgate H, Watmough N, Thomson A, Baggs EM (2009) Mitigating release of the potent greenhouse gas N2O from the nitrogen cycle: Could enzymic regulation hold the key? Trends in Biotechnology 27, 388-397.
Yasmin K, Cadisch G, Baggs EM (2009) The significance of below-ground fractions when considering N and C partitioning within chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Plant & Soil Doi 10.1007/s11104-009-0051-9.
Philippot L, Hallin S, Borjessen G, Baggs EM (2009) Biochemical cycling in the rhizosphere having an impact on global change. Plant & Soil DOI 10.1007/s11104-008-9796-9.
Morley N, Baggs EM,Dörsch P, Bakken L (2008) Production of NO, N2O and N2 by extracted soil bacteria; regulation by NO2- and O2 concentrations. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 65, 102-112.
Baggs EM (2008) A review of stable isotope techniques for N2O source partitioning in soils: Recent progress, remaining challenges and future considerations. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 22, 1664-1672.
Standing D, Baggs EM, Smith P, Wattenbach M, Killham K (2007) Meeting the challenge of scaling up processes in the plant-soil- microbe system. Biology & Fertility of Soils 44, 245-257.
Garcia-Ruiz R, Baggs EM (2007) N2O emission from soil following combined application of fertiliser-N and weed residues. Plant & Soil 299, 263-274.
Garcia-Ruiz R., Baggs EM (2007) 15N-N2O emissions from decomposition of plant residues in olive oil orchards. In Ángela D. Bosch Serra, M. Rosa Teira Esmatges and Josep M. Villar Mir (eds) Towards a better efficiency in N use. Editorial Milenio, Lleida (Spain). ISBN: 978-84-9743-247-4.
Garbeva, P, Baggs EM, Prosser JI (2007). Phylogeny of nitrite reductase (nirK) and nitric oxide reductase (norB) genes from Nitrosospira species isolated from soil. FEMS Microbiology Letters 266, 83-89.
Baggs EM (2006) Partitioning the components of soil respiration: A research challenge. Plant and Soil 284, 1-6.
Baggs EM, Chebii J, Ndufa JK (2006) A short-term investigation of trace gas emissions following tillage and no-tillage of agroforestry residues in western Kenya. Soil and Tillage Research 90, 69-76.
Yasmin K, Cadisch G, Baggs EM (2006) Comparing 15N-labelling techniques for enriching above- and below-ground components of the plant-soil system. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 38, 397-400.
Shaw LJ, Nicol GW, Smith Z, Fear J, Prosser JI, Baggs EM (2006). Nitrosospira spp. can produce nitrous oxide via a nitrifier denitrification pathway. Environmental Microbiology 8, 214-222.
Wrage N, van Groeningen JW, Oenema O, Baggs EM (2005). Distinguishing between soil sources of N2O using a new 15N- and 18O-enrichment method. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 19, 3298-3306.
Bateman EJ, Baggs EM (2005) Contributions of nitrification and denitrification to N2O emissions from soils at different water-filled pore space. Biology & Fertility of Soils 41, 379-388.
Khalil MI, Baggs EM (2005) CH4 oxidation and N2O emissions at varied soil water-filled pore spaces and headspace CH4 concentrations. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 37, 1785-1794.
FrominN, TarnawskiS, Roussel-Delif L, HamelinJ, BaggsEM, AragnoM (2005) Nitrogen fertilisation rate alters the frequency of nitrate-dissimilating Pseudomonas spp. in the rhizosphere of Lolium perenne grown under elevated pCO2 (Swiss FACE). Soil Biology & Biochemistry 37, 1962-1965.
Promsakha na Sakonnakhon S, Toomsan B, Cadisch G, Baggs EM, Vityakon P, Limpinuntana V, Jogloy S, Patanothai A (2005) Dry season groundnut stover management practices determine nitrogen cycling efficiency and subsequent maize yields. Plant & Soil 272, 183-199.
Xie Z, Cadisch G, Edwards G, Baggs EM, Blum H (2005) Carbon dynamics in temperate grassland soil after 9-year exposure to elevated CO2 (Swiss FACE). Soil Biology & Biochemistry 37, 1387-1395.
Millar N, Baggs EM (2005) Relationships between N2O emissions and water-soluble C and N contents of agroforestry residues after their addition to soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry 37, 605-608.
Millar N, Baggs EM (2004) Chemical composition, or quality, of agroforestry residues influences N2O emissions after their addition to soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 36, 935-943.
Baggs EM, Blum H (2004) CH4 oxidation and CH4 and N2O emissions from Lolium perenne swards under elevated atmospheric CO2. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 36, 713-723.
Millar N, Ndufa JK, Cadisch G, Baggs EM (2004) Nitrous oxide emissions following incorporation of improved-fallow residues in the humid tropics. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 18, GB 1032, doi: 10.1029/2003GB002114.
Verchot LV, Mosier A, Baggs EM, Palm C (2004) Soil-atmosphere gas exchange in tropical agriculture: Contributions to climate change. In M van Noordwijk, G Cadisch, C Ong, (eds) Belowground Interactions in Tropical Agroecosystems: Concepts and Models with Multiple Plant Components. CAB International pp. 209-225.
Harrison R, Baggs EM (2004) Controlling gaseous N emissions – what is achievable? In DJ Hatch, DR Chadwick, SC Jarvis, JA Roker (eds) Controlling nitrogen flows and losses. Wageningen Academic Publishers. pp. 594-599.
Sarkodie-Addo J, Lee HC, Baggs EM (2003) Nitrous oxide emissions after application of inorganic fertiliser and incorporation of green manure residues. Soil Use and Management 19, 331-339.
Baggs EM, Stevenson M, Pihlatie M, Regar A, Cook H, Cadisch G (2003) Nitrous oxide emissions following application of residues and fertiliser under zero and conventional tillage. Plant and Soil 254, 361-370.
Baggs EM, Richter M, Hartwig UA, Cadisch G (2003) Nitrous oxide emissions from grass swards during the eighth year of elevated atmospheric pCO2 (Swiss FACE). Global Change Biology 9, 1214-1222.
Baggs EM, Richter M, Cadisch G, Hartwig UA (2003) Denitrification in grass swards is increased under elevated atmospheric CO2. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 35, 729-732.
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