Biography
Dr Matthew Saunders' background is in Environmental Science, where from his undergraduate days he has had a strong interest in the fields of climate change, sustainable development and role that plants play in the mitigation and adaptation to climate change. He has worked on the tolerance of commercial crop cultivars to salt stress, the impacts of land use, management intensity and land use change on food, fuel and fiber production, in addition to investigating the role of terrestrial ecosystems in atmospheric warming and/or cooling by assessing the carbon and greenhouse gas dynamics of these systems.
Role
- Funded Investigator
Institution
- TCD
Research Area
- Earth System Change
Expertise
- Climate and Environment