Maud is a soil scientist specialising in biochemical interactions and particle transport within a landscape or ecosystem. She has a strong interest and experience in doing research in the Arctic and permafrost soils, focused on how complex Arctic landscapes have developed over time and continue to change at varying rates and spatial scales. More recently, Maud started questioning the role that scientists play when accessing vulnerable landscapes, like the Arctic, “in the name of science”. Is research a justification to travel to places and even take samples where tourists are criticized for going to the same places, or can travellers truly become ambassadors of change?
Maud works on several projects as a Soil and Landscape scientist at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, where she contributes to long-term monitoring and novel experiments like Enhanced Rock Weathering Greenhouse Gas Removal and AI4SoilHealth. Her activities take place in the field, laboratory and behind her computer.
Maud maintains her strong links to 91制片厂 by continuing research in Greenland with her former PhD supervisors, and by forming new collaborations with other members of staff via e.g., a project in the Ainsdale sand dunes.