Dr Kalu Davies ~ Postdoctoral Research Fellow

 

I completed my BA/BSc in environmental studies and earth sciences at James Cook University before going on to do my Honours and PhD with Professor Michael Bird. My PhD examined carbon cycle processes in tropical savannas of far north Queensland, with a particular emphasis on the spatial distribution of soil carbon and soil respiration. I have also worked on projects examining the use of soil amendments in tropical agricultural soils, tropical vegetation structure in natural and intensively managed ecosystems, as well as soil carbon sequestration and modelling. My research interests include biogeochemistry, stable isotopes, and the terrestrial carbon cycle. My current research as part of the Leverhulme Centre for Climate Change Mitigation investigates how the enhanced weathering of basalt applied to soil under sugarcane could enhance production, improve runoff water quality, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions alongside carbon sequestration benefits.

Teaching

• EA2007: Soil Properties and Processes for Management (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• EA3207: Soil Properties and Processes (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
• EA5017: Soil Properties and Processes (Level 5; CNS & TSV)
• EA5018: Field Studies in Tropical Land and Water Science (Level 5; CNS)

Research Disciplines

• Climate change impacts and adaptation (4101)
• Soil sciences (4106)
• Geology (3705)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Mitigation of climate change (1903)
• Environmentally sustainable mineral resource activities (2501)
• Terrestrial systems and management (1806)

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Journal Articles

• Lewis A, Sarkar B, Wade P, Kemp S, Hodson M, Taylor L, Yeong K, Davies K, Nelson P, Bird M, Kantola I, Masters M, DeLucia E, Leake J, Banwart S and Beerling D (2021) Effects of mineralogy, chemistry and physical properties of basalts on carbon capture potential and plant-nutrient element release via enhanced weathering. Applied Geochemistry, 132, Article: 105023, DOI:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2021.105023.
• Bloomfield K, Hien F, Gignoux J, Fyllas N, Diallo A, Davies K, Lloyd J, Arroyo L, Johnson M, Affum-Baffoef K, Compaore H, Mougin E, Hiernaux P, Killeen T, Metcalfe D, Miranda H, Steininger M, Sykora K, Bird M, Grace J, Philips O, Nardoto G, Lewis S, Kemp J, Ceca G, Gilpin M, Veenendaal E, Torello-Raventos M, Feldpausch T, Domingues T, Gerard F, Schrodt F, Saiz G, Quesada C, Ford A, Marimon B, Marimon-Junior B, Lenza E, Ratter J, Maracahipes L, Sasaki D, Sonké B, Zapfack L, Villarroel D, Schwarz M, Ishida F and Djagbletey G (2015) Structural, physiognomic and aboveground biomass variation in savanna-forest transition zones on three continents: how different are co-occurring savanna and forest formations? Biogeosciences Discussions, 11, pp. 2927-2951, DOI:10.5194/bg-12-2927-2015.
• Zimmermann M, Davies K, Peña de Zimmermann V and Bird M (2015) Impact of temperature and moisture on heterotrophic soil respiration along a moist tropical forest gradient in Australia. Soil Research, 53 (3), pp. 286-297, DOI:10.1071/SR14217.
• Munksgaard N, Davies K, Wurster C, Bass A and Bird M (2013) Field-based cavity ring-down spectrometry of δ13C in soil-respired CO2. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 49 (2), pp. 232-242, DOI:10.1080/10256016.2013.750606.
• Steininger M, Bowman D, Compaore H, Taedoumg H, Davies K, Diallo A, Fyllas N, Gilpin M, Hien F, Johnson M, Killeen T, Miranda H, Thomson J, Sykora K, Mougin E, Hiernaux P, Bird M, Grace J, Lewis S, Phillips O, Lloyd J, Arroyo L, Metcalfe D, Djagbletey G, Schwarz M, Affum-Baffoe K, Feldspausch T, Veenendaal E, Schrodt F, Domingues T, Torello-Raventos M, Ford A, Kemp J, Marimon B, Marimon Junior B, Yoko Ishida F, Saiz G, Nardoto G, Lenza E, Quesada C, Villarroel D, Zapfack L, Sonké B, Sasaki D, Maracahipes L and Ratter J (2013) On the delineation of tropical vegetation types with an emphasis on forest/savanna transitions. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 6 (1), pp. 101-137, DOI:10.1080/17550874.2012.762812.

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• Davies, K. (2015) Soil respiration measurements for savanna and forest vegetation types in the Wet Tropics and Atherton Tablelands region. James Cook University