Richard Bardgett#
| Membership Number: | 3958 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2015 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ls.manchester.ac.uk/people/profile/?personid=29343 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2025 - present Centre for Sustainable Soils, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK
- 2013 - 2024 Professor of Ecology, The University of Manchester, UK
- 2002 - 2013 Professor of Ecology, Lancaster University, UK
- 1999 - 2002 Senior Lecturer Ecology, Lancaster University, UK
- 1995 - 1999 Lecturer Environmental Biology, University of Manchester, UK
- 1991 - 1995 Research Scientist, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Aberystwyth, UK
- 1990 - 1991 Scientific Officer, Nature Conservancy Council, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Soil biodiversity
- Soil ecology
- Plant-soil interactions
- Ecosystem ecology
- Community ecology
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 2020 ERC Advanced Grant
- 2020 Guest Professor University Innsbruck
- 2024 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
- 2023 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
- 2022 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
- 2021 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
- 2020 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
- 2019 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher
- 2015 Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Hasselt, Belgium
- 2014 ISI Highly Cited Researcher, Environment/Ecology
- 2011 Elected Fellow of the Society of Biology, UK
- 2006 Elected Honorary Fellow Royal Society of New Zealand
- 2006 Marsh Ecology Book of the Year Award, British Ecological Society
- 2003 Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
