Cécile
Dr. Cécile Girardin is a Tropical Ecologist who focuses on carbon cycling in tropical forest ecosystems. Her work focuses on above and below ground carbon cycling and provides key insights on the carbon fluxes of tropical rainforests. Following her PhD at Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute (ECI), Cécile worked for the UN-REDD team of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. She is currently a James Martin Fellow in the Ecosystems Lab of the ECI.
Cécile is founding director of Oxford Biochar Ltd., a not-for-profit organisation that aims to promote the sustainable deployment of biochar. Oxford Biochar is a team of scientists passionate about the potential biochar presents as a solution to several environmental problems our planet faces in the 21st Century. Her experience, dynamism and determination will ensure the success of this project.
Cécile is founding director of Oxford Biochar Ltd., a not-for-profit organisation that aims to promote the sustainable deployment of biochar. Oxford Biochar is a team of scientists passionate about the potential biochar presents as a solution to several environmental problems our planet faces in the 21st Century. Her experience, dynamism and determination will ensure the success of this project.
Dan
Dr. Dan Bebber joined the Earthwatch Institute, a leading citizen science organization, as Head of Climate Change Research in 2007. He is responsible for scientific research at five climate change field centres, in the UK, USA, Brazil, China and India, where the relationship between forest management and climate change is being investigated. His doctorate considered the influence of El Nino-related droughts on forest regeneration in Borneo. His professional interests are the ecology and management of forests, and experimental design and statistics. He has research experience in reduced-impact silviculture in Canada, sustainable harvesting of medicinal plants in India and Nepal, the biology of woodland fungi in the UK, and monitoring community forestry in Cambodia. His extensive experience of working with volunteers through Earthwatch is essential to the success of this project. Dan’s experience in working with volunteer-driven data collection will ensure adequate data gathering and data quality control measures are in place.
Abbie
Abbie recently graduated from Oxford University’s MSc in Environmental Change and Management, completing her dissertation fieldwork on the success and scalability of biochar for smallholders in Western Kenya. She is now building on this work through a PhD at the UK Biochar Research Centre in Edinburgh, from where she is excited to be coordinating the Big Biochar Experiment for interested parties in the North.
Bill
Bill is a physicist and keen organic gardener. He has designed and manages beautiful gardens in North Wales. Bill is coordinating the Big Biochar Experiment in Wales.