Will will evaluate the importance of atmospheric trace gases as drivers of climate change in Artic newly exposed soils and determine how bacteria can oxidise climate-active gases in glacier forefields in Svalbard - a glaciated archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole which is at the forefront of climate change. 

 

His supervisory team members are:

Vincent Moulton (University of East Anglia, UK)

James Bradley (Queen Mary University of London, UK)

Marc Dumont (University of Southampton, UK)