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Dr Andy Gregory

SOIL SCIENTIST

Soil Health and Management

PUBLICATIONS
Location
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ
Tel
+44 (0) 1582 938 482
Email
andy.gregory@rothamsted.ac.uk
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Biography

Andy Gregory is a soil scientist who leads the world-renowned Rothamsted Long‑Term Experiments, ensuring that nearly two centuries of field experimentation continue to drive new research and innovation in tackling challenges in sustainable agriculture, food security and climate change. His work, as Deputy Lead of the Soil Health and Management team, supports farmers and researchers by revealing how soil structure, carbon, and management practices shape long‑term productivity and environmental outcomes. Andy treats soil systems as a living archive, analysing how decades of different farming practices influence carbon storage, water movement, compaction, and resilience, in both the field and the laboratory. He is responsible for maintaining and developing the vast datasets and sample archives at Rothamsted that support global research.

Key topics:

  • Soil management
  • Soil physical functions
  • Soil organic carbon
  • Long-term experiments

Strategic Programme

  • Designing Future Wheat (DFW)
  • Soil 2 Nutrition (S2N)

Awards

  • 2002 - PhD Soil Science, Cranfield University
  • 1999 - MSc Natural Resource Management, University of Leicester
  • 1997 - BSc (2:1 Hons.) Geography, University of Leicester

Measures of Esteem

  • 2017: Member of the Local Organising Committee and Scientific Committee for the 6th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter, Rothamsted Research, 3-8 September 2017
  • 2016 (and 2012): Co-author of one of the top 25 downloaded articles in Global Change Biology (Dungait et al., 2012, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02665.x)
  • 2014 - Convenor and co-chair of ELS10 session 'Soil organic carbon dynamics in both agricultural and natural ecosystems' with the Soil Science Society of America at ELS2014 conference
  • 2017 - Member of the Rothamsted self-assessment team for successful Athena SWAN Bronze Award application
  • Present: Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Geoderma
  • Present - Invited reviewer for the main soil science journals including Eur. J. Soil Sci., Geoderma, Plant Soil, Soil Biol. Biochem., Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J., Soil Tillage Res., SOIL
  • Present - Member of British Society of Soil Science (M.I.SoilSci.)