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Science
Dr William Whalley
SOIL SCIENTIST
Sustainable Soils and Crops
PUBLICATIONS
Email
richard.whalley@rothamsted.ac.uk
Location
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ
Tel
+44 (0) 1582 938 486
Professional Platforms
ResearchGate
Biography
William has expertise in quantifying abiotic stress environments in soil and their impact on whole plant growth, including root growth. He is interested in the effects of soil management on soil structure.
Strategic Programme
- Achieving Sustainable Agricultural Systems (ASSIST)
- Designing Future Wheat (DFW)
Science Projects
- NUCLEUS: a virtual joint centre to deliver enhanced Nitrogen Use effiCiency via an integrated soiL-plant systEms approach for the Uk & BraSil (NEWTON FUND)
- Modelling and managing critical zone relationships between soil, water and ecosystem processes across the Loess Plateau
PhD Projects
- INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCES OF SOIL TREATMENTS ON STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES USING ACOUSTIC-SEISMIC SENSING ALLIED WITH OTHER SENSING TECHNIQUES
Awards
- 1988 - PhD Soil Physics, Photosedimentation of clays University of Aberdeen, UK
- 1985 - MSc Agricultural Engineering, Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK
- 1983 - BSc 2(i) Agricultural Engineering, Cranfield Institute of Technology, UK
Measures of Esteem
- Associate Editor European Journal of Soil Science
- Associate Editor Soil Science Society of America Journal
- Editorial Board Soil and Tillage Research
- Section editor Plant and Soil
- Member of the BBSRC pool of experts to review grant applications. (2010-2013)