Bridget Emmett

Bridget Emmett is a British ecologist, professor and science area head for the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. She is the president of British Ecological Society from 2024.

Early life and education Emmett studied plant sciences at the University of Aberdeen. She moved to the University of Exeter as a doctoral researcher, where she studied the impact of harvesting on soil nitrogen transformation.

Research and career Emmett believes that soils is one of the “most underrated and little understood wonders on our fragile planet,”. Since 2001 Emmett has led the Solis and Land Use Science Area at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Her research considers soils, ecology and biogeochemistry.

From 2024 Emmett served as President of the British Ecological Society. She is one of the nine experts that advised the British Ecological Society on the future of ecological research. In 2025 Emmett was elected a Fellow of the British Ecological Society.

Awards and honours

2015 Elected Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales 2016 Marsh Award for Climate Change Research 2022 Appointed to the Order of the British Empire

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