Contact Dr Lynda Deeks
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 750111
- Email: l.k.deeks@cranfield.ac.uk
Areas of expertise
- Carbon, Climate and Risk
- Environmental Policy
- Monitoring and Environmental Informatics
- Soil
- Soil Resources
- Sustainable Land Systems
Background
Lynda graduated in Geography from the University of Plymouth and subsequently studied for a PhD in Physical Geography at the University of Plymouth. Her PhD, which investigated preferential and matrix flow in a mole drained soil block lead on to a Post Doctoral position based at the University of Plymouth and Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research at North Wyke, Devon. Following on from this Lynda was based at the Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, know part of the James Hutton Institute, where she was responsible for coordinating an experimental program relating to hydro/chemical modelling across a range of physical scales from sub 1 cm 2 to 1 km 2. She joined ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ in May 2003 as a Research Scientist based at the North Wyke office in Devon. Lynda still remains a Devon based member of ÂãÁÄÖ±²¥.
Current activities
Current research interests include:
Causes, consequences and remediation of soil compaction
Visual soil assessment
Soil erosion and its mitigation
Sustainable soil management
Use of Polyacrylamide (PAM) to prevent soil capping and soil splash
Alleviation of subsoil compaction using selective cover crops
Soil management advice for tea growers in Kenya
Clients
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Energy Institute
- Environment Agency
- Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
