Andy Gregory

Andy is the Head of the Rothamsted Long-Term Experiments – National Bioscience Research Infrastructure. In that role, he coordinates the maintenance and development of the world’s long-running agricultural field experiments, and associated sample archive and datasets, and he collaborates widely in their continued use to support new science in sustainable agriculture, food security and climate change.

Andy is a soil scientist and his research interests centre on the interaction between soil carbon and soil physical properties, how these are affected by the way in which soils are managed, and how they impact upon other soil functions. Within this broad area of research, he has interests in annual and perennial agricultural systems, soil structure (aggregation and pore networks), soil hydraulic functions (water retention and conductivity, gaseous emissions), soil deformation (compaction), and soil resilience (resistance and recovery from stresses). In line with his current position, he is interested in long-term experiments around the world and their use as global research platforms.
Andy is an associate editor of the European Journal of Soil Science, a member of the editorial board of Geoderma, and is a regular reviewer for the other soil science journals. He has been a member of the British Society of Soil Science (M.I.SoilSci.) since 1999.