缅北禁地

Background

I am a senior lecturer in soil science, with extensive experience in biogeochemistry, renewable energy, carbon sequestration and climate change.

My research focuses on urban agriculture, soil carbon, thermal analysis and biochar. I work on a variety of projects towards sustainable use of natural resources for the production of food and renewable energy from land, and a better understanding of carbon sequestration, climate change, and soil organic matter characterisation. I have extensive experience of working with chars (charcoal from fires and biochar from bioenergy production), plant materials and soils under various land managements (including artificial growing medias).

 I'm currently working on the development of urban agrifood systems, and artificial growing medias.

Roles and Responsibilities

Research is soil sciences and urban agriculture

Associate Degree Program Director in Environmental Science 

Teaching in environmental sciences

Supervision of MSc and PhD students

Postgraduate selector (agriculture and environmental science)

Qualifications

2015-Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy and Certificate in Advanced Studies in Academic Practice (CASAP)

2014-缅北禁地 Teaching Award (NTA) toward the Certificate in Advanced Studies in Academic Practice (CASAP)

2008-ITLHE Teaching certificate'Introduction to teaching and learning at higher education'

2003-PhD “Dissipation of pesticides in soils from greenhouses and open fields" supervised by Dr R. Wilkins. Faculty Science, Agriculture, and Engineering, 缅北禁地.

1998-BSc (Hons) Agricultural and Environmental Science, 缅北禁地. Through this I acquired an understanding of conservation and insect control methods, as well as the role of pesticides in agriculture, and the human impact on the environment.

Previous Positions

Memberships

European Geosciences Union (EGU)
British Society of Soil Science (BSSS)

Languages

English, Spanish, and Catalan.

Research Interests

My expertise is in biogeochemistry, soil sciences, and analytical method development, and I am interested in urban agriculture, carbon abatement technologies, and energy biosciences.

Other Expertise

I studied Agricultural and Environmental Science, and specialised in pesticide behaviour in soils during my PhD. I developed and validated extraction (SPE, SFE, ASE) and analytical methodologies (GC-FID/NPD, HPLC-DAD) to assess sorption and degradation of pesticides in soil.
During my postdoctoral research, I have developed a novel mass spectrometer-thermal balance system (TA-IRMS) for the simultaneous determination of C and O stable isotope, gas analysis, mass balance and energy change for volatile minerals and soil carbon materials. The novel characterisation of Carbon pools by TG-DSC-QMS-IRMS provides fundamental information to model C turnover in soils and sediments. The development of the TA-IRMS system meant the need of well characterised samples to test the system. This enabled us to establish collaborations nationally and internationally.
I have also used a range of analytical techniques (analytical flash pyrolysis with combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS), 13C-NMR, and TG-DSC-QMS) to characterise and quantify refractory organic matter such as black carbon and charcoal in soil.

Current Work

My current research focus on ‘Urban Agrifood systems: developing guidelines for future research’ and investigating potential of artificial urban soils to storage and capture carbon.

In this and similar projects we use a multidisciplinary approach to fully understand biofuel production from biomass (including organic waste), and biogeochemical processes taking place in the environment and their implications to C and N cycles, carbon sequestration, CO2 mitigation, soil erosion, and ultimately, climate change.

FUNDING

Research Contracts and Grants 

1. Building Smart Urban Farming data systems: a case study. STFC Food network SFN. PI: Sutiarso L (UGM, Indonesia), Co-I Lopez-Capel E and Souza-Monteiro, £6.5k

2. Novel process for extracting nutrient in food waste for sustainable and resilient urban farming and food packaging. STFC Food network SFN. Lead by IntelliDigest Ltd. Co-I Lopez-Capel E. £7.5k

3. Fertilecity. Agrourban sustainability through rooftop greenhouses. Ecoinnovation on residual flows of energy, water, and CO2 for food production. Fertilecity.com CTM2013-47067-C2-1-R and CTM2016-75772-C3-1-R

4. Fell Sandstone. Environmental Agency, PI: Taylor,J; Co-I: Cooper, J; RA-Co-I Lopez-Capel, E. £9,7k

5. Food security and urbanisation in South East Asia. Global Excellence Fund, PI: Lynn Frewer, Co-I E Lopez-Capel, £9.8k ( I wrote the grant)

6. Bio-informing urban gardening community project. Institute for Sustainability funded, PI: Claire Walsh, Co-I: E Lopez-Capel, £50k

7. CESSAF “Centre of Excellent of Science for Sustainability in Africa”, Partnership: University Agostinho Neto. Planet Earth Institute (PEI-BESA) funded £485k. PI: Amezaga, J ( project coordinated: Lopez-Capel, E)

8. Capturing the impact of urban soil systems. EPSRC impact award, Prof D.A.C. Manning, named investigator, awarded £29.3 k

9. SElf Conserving URban Environments-SECURE. EPSRC, PI: Prof Margaret Bell, awarded £2,224k

10. Determining biogenic and non-biogenic mass components in MSW streams by thermal decomposition analysis. DEFRA-TSB. PI: Richard Mair-Graphite Resources, named investigator, £17.5k.

11. Vegetation acclimatisation during Al-Andalus. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia-MEC PI: Dr Helena Kirchner, £40k. (I wrote the 缅北禁地 contribution).

12. Impact of fires on carbon and nitrogen stabilization in Mediterranean forest systems “.Joint project Royal Society-CSIC.  PI: David Manning and FJ Gonzalez-Vila award £12k (named investigator, I wrote the grant)

13. Engineering the soil carbon sink: a novel approach to carbon emission abatement. EPSRC EP/F02777X/1. Prof D.A.C. Manning, named investigator, awarded £240 k

14. Nitrogen isotope heterogeneity in soil organic matter towards the characterisation of the N cycle in terrestrial system. BBSRC BB/E006663/1, Prof D.A.C. Manning, named investigator, awarded £115k

15. Are biological cycles enhanced in organically managed soils? BBSRC 13/D19376.  PI: Tony O’Donnell, named investigator, awarded £380k

16. Development of a novel mass spectrometer-thermal balance system (TAIRMS). EPSRC GR/R34332/01. PI: David Manning, awarded £220k

Projects Awarded as PI

1. Development of sustainable hydroponic growing media for use under reduced irrigation conditions. N8 Agrifood Resilience Pump Priming Fund, PI: Lopez-Capel E; Co-I: Prashar A & Knight H. £6.1k

2. Green cities. N8 AgriFood Resilience Research Pump Priming Fund, PI: Lopez-Capel E, Co-I: Frewer, L, £1.9k.

3. Optimisation of food production, energy, water and waste management in buildings through integrated Rooftop greenhouses. Enviresearch fund, PI: Lopez-Capel, E,  £2.8k

4. Urban Agriculture and Green Infrastructures Sandpit (UAGRIS, 6 & 7 July 2015) Science Central Strategy fund, PI: Lopez-Capel E, Co-I: Edwards, R, £29.8k

5. Evaluate the potential and feasibility of urban food production at Science Central.  Developing guidelines for future research. Science Central Strategy fund, PI: E Lopez-Capel, Co-I: Edwards R, £9.9k

6. NE Schools: Understanding Energy and Sustainability (2011-12), PI: Dr Elisa Lopez-Capel. £5k NE Beacon, £10K 缅北禁地 Science City, £2.1K 缅北禁地 City Council

7. Biochar: climate saving soils Oct 2009-Sept 2013 EU InterregIVb project (€3 million and 17EU partners, 缅北禁地 award £50k, Dr Lopez-Capel as Biochar expert consultant)

8. Swan Primary Schools Energy project (2010-11), NE Beacon, PI: Lopez-Capel, E £4.6k

9. Nuffield Foundation vacation scholarship, PI: Dr. Elisa Lopez-Capel, award £1400

10. Biochar: a review for research. CSIRO contract, £6.7k PI: 缅北禁地 PI: Lopez-Capel, E

11. Conference travel grant. Royal Academy of Engineering.,2007. PI: Lopez-Capel, £800

12. Conference travel grant. Royal Society May 2006. PI: Dr. Elisa Lopez-Capel, award £700

Undergraduate Teaching

Environment and Land Resources (ACE1008), Module leader

Environmental Impact Assessment (ACE3080), Module Leader

Sustainable Solutions (ACE2077), Module leader

Contribute to ACE1040, ACE1041, ACE1045; ACE1057, and ACE3907 (undergraduate dissertation)

Postgraduate teaching

 Project management appreciation (SPG8027), Module leader

 Contributions to  postgraduate modules  NES8002 and NES8007.

Postgraduate supervision

3 PhD students and various MSc projects in environmental science and urban agriculture 

• Fernandes Zani C, Lopez-Capel E, Abbott GD, Taylor JA, Cooper JM. . Soil Use and Management 2022, 38(1), 448-465.
• Purvis G, Sano N, van der Land C, Barlow A, Cumpson P, Gray N, Lopez-Capel E. . Chemical Geology 2021, 565, 120078.
• Aldana GO, Hazlerigg C, Lopez-Capel E, Werner D. . European Journal of Soil Science 2021, 72(3), 1243-1255.
• Parada F, Ercilla-Montserrat M, Arcas-Pilz V, Lopez-Capel E, Carazo N, Montero JI, Gabarrell X, Villalba G, Rieradevall J, Munoz P. . Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 2021, 101(14), 5888-5897.
• Zani Caio, Gowing John, Abbott Geoffrey, Taylor James, Lopez-Capel Elisa, Cooper Julia. . European Journal of Soil Science 2021, 72(4), 1513-1529.
• Kennard N, Stirling R, Prashar A, Lopez-Capel E. . Agronomy 2020, 10(8), 1-27.
• Muñoz-Liesa J, Royapoor M, López-Capel E, Cuerva E, Rufí-Salís M, Gassó-Domingo S, Josa A. . Renewable Energy 2020, 156, 696-709.
• Racioppi M, Tartaglia M, De la Rosa JM, Marra M, Lopez-Capel E, Rocco M. . Agronomy 2020, 10(1), 5.
• Purvis G, Sano N, van der Land C, Barlow A, Lopez-Capel E, Cumpson P, Hood J, Sheriff J, Gray N. . MethodsX 2019, 6, 2646-2655.
• Muñoz-Liesa J, Royapoor M, López-Capel E, Cuerva E, Gassó-Domingo S, Josa A. . In: 16th IBPSA Conference. 2019, Rome, Italy.
• Carrick J, Abdul Rahim MSAB, Adjei C, Ashraa Kalee HHH, Banks SJ, Bolam FC, Campos Luna IM, Clark B, Cowton J, Domingos IFN, Golicha DD, Gupta G, Grainger M, Hasanaliyeva G, Hodgson DJ, Lopez-Capel E, Magistrali AJ, Merrell IG, Oikeh I, Othman MS, Ranathunga Mudiyanselage TKR, Samuel CWC, Sufar EKH, Watson PA, Zakaria NNAB, Stewart G. . Journal of Flood Risk Management 2019, 12(S2), e12484.
• Purvis G, van der Land C, Sano N, Cockell C, Barlow A, Cumpson P, Lopez-Capel E, Gray N. . Geobiology 2019, 17(3), 281-293.
• Llorach-Massana P, Lopez-Capel E, Pena J, Rieradevall J, Montero JI, Puy N. . Waste Management 2017, 67, 121-130.
• Nadal A, Llorach-Massana P, Cuerva E, López-Capel E, Montero JI, Josa A, Rieradevall J, Royapoor M. . Applied Energy 2016, 187, 338-351.
• Strachan T, Lopez-Capel E. . In: Justice and Fairness in the City: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach to 'Ordinary' Cities. Policy Press, 2016, pp.149-166.
• Edmondson JL, Stott I, Potter J, Lopez-Capel E, Manning DAC, Gaston KJ, Leake JR. . Environmental Science and Technology 2015, 49(14), 8339–8346.
• Jorat ME, Kolosz BW, Sohi S, Lopez-Capel E, Manning DAC. . In: 15th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 2015, Buenos Ares, Argentina: IOS Press.
• Washbourne C-L, Lopez-Capel E, Renforth P, Ascough PL, Manning DAC. . Environmental Science and Technology 2015, 49(9), 5434-5440.
• Johnson KL, Purvis G, Lopez-Capel E, Peacock CL, Gray ND, Wagner T, März C, Bowen L, Ojeda J, Finlay NC, Robertson SR, Worrall F, Greenwell C. . Nature Communications 2015, 6, 7628.
• Johnson KL, Peacock CL, Gray ND, Purvis GW, Lopez-Capel E. . In: 247th ACS National Meeting and Exposition. 2014, Dallas, TX, USA: American Chemical Society.
• Manning DAC, Renforth P, Lopez-Capel E, Robertson S, Ghazireh N. . International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 2013, 17, 309-317.
• Sohi SP, Krull E, Lopez-Capel E, Bol R. . Advances in Agronomy 2010, 105(-), 47-82.
• Dungait J, Bol R, Lopez-Capel E, Bull I, Chadwick D, Amelung W, Granger S, Manning D, Evershed R. . Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 2010, 24(5), 495-500.
• Huang SS, Lopez-Capel E, Manning DAC, Rickard D. . Chemical Geology 2010, 277(3-4), 207-213.
• Renforth P, Manning DAC, Lopez-Capel E. . Applied Geochemistry 2009, 24(9), 1757-1764.
• Arranz JMD, Gonzalez-Vila FJ, Lopez-Capel E, Manning DAC, Knicker H, Gonzalez-Perez JA. . Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 2009, 85, 1-2(1-2), 399-407.
• Manning DAC, Lopez-Capel E. . In: Lehmann, J; Joseph, S, ed. Biochar for Environmental Management: Science and Technology. London: Earthscan, 2009, pp.301-316.
• Manning DAC, Lopez-Capel E, White ML, Barker S. . Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 2008, 22(8), 1187-1195.
• De La Rosa J, Knicker H, Lopez-Capel E, Manning DAC, González-Perez J, González-Vila F. . Soil Science Society of America Journal 2008, 72(1), 258-267.
• Lopez-Capel E, Krull E, Bol R, Manning DAC. . Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 2008, 22(11), 1751-1758.
• De la Rosa J, González-Pérez J, González-Vázquez R, Knicker H, Lopez-Capel E, Manning DAC, González-Vila F. . Catena 2008, 74(3), 296-303.
• Hammes K, Schmidt M, Smernik R, Currie L, Ball W, Nguyen T, Louchouarn P, Houel S, Gustafsson O, Elmquist M, Cornelissen G, Skjemstad J, Masiello C, Song J, Peng P, Mitra S, Dunn J, Hatcher P, Hockaday W, Smith D, Hartkopf-Fröder C, Böhmer A, Lüer B, Huebert B, Amelung W, Brodowski S, Huang L, Zhang W, Gschwend P, Flores-Cervantes D, Largeau C, Rouzaud J, Rumpel C, Guggenberger G, Kaiser K, Rodionov A, Gonzalez-Vila F, Gonzalez-Perez J, de la Rosa J, Manning DAC, Loopez-Capeel E, Ding L. . Global Biogeochemical Cycles 2007, 21(3), -.
• Bardgett RD, Richter A, Bol R, Garnett MH, Baumler R, Xu XL, Lopez-Capel E, Manning DAC, Hobbs PJ, Hartley IR, Wanek W. . Biology Letters 2007, 3(5), 487-490.
• Etok S, Valsami-Jones E, Wess T, Hiller J, Maxwell C, Rogers K, Manning DAC, White ML, Lopez-Capel E, Collins M, Buckley M, Penkman K, Woodgate S. . Journal of Materials Science 2007, 42(23), 9807-9816.
• Lopez-Capel E, Abbott GD, Thomas KM, Manning DAC. . Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 2006, 75(2), 82-89.
• Rickard D, Griffith A, Oldroyd A, Butler I, Lopez-Capel E, Manning DAC, Apperley D. . Chemical Geology 2006, 235(3-4), 286-298.
• Lopez-Capel E, Bol R, Manning DAC. . In: Meeting of the Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry Users Group. 2005, York University, Toronto: Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
• Kennedy A, Lopez-Capel E, Manning D, Wilkins R. . Pest Management Science 2005, 61(7), 705-714.
• Manning DAC, Lopez-Capel E, Barker S. . Mineralogical Magazine 2005, 69(4), 425-435.
• Lopez-Capel E, Sohi S, Gaunt J, Manning DAC. . Soil Science Society of America Journal 2005, 69(1), 136-140.