Agriculture
Black and Blue Fertilisation
Crop nutrition is controlled by soil environment, biology and agronomic practices. Biochar (black) and seaweed (blue) organic fertilisers improve plant micro- and macro-nutrients.
Field of Expertise
Stable isotopes, geochemistry, environmental monitoring, agricultural science, marine science, pollution tracing, biochar, seaweed, crop science, nutrient cycles, carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, isotopic tracing, field experiments, lab experiments, greenhouse experiments, biogeochemistry, forestry
Expertise
Prof Darren Gröcke is a stable-isotope geochemist and is Director of the Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry Laboratory (SIBL) at Durham University. Darren obtained his PhD (DPhil) from the University of Oxford in 2001, after which he worked as a lecturer at the University of London and McMaster University (Canada) before joining Durham in 2007. Darren has published over 200 international publications and supervised over 40 MScR/MSci students, 28 PhD students and 8 post-doctoral research fellows. Darren’s current research focuses on using elemental and stable isotope geochemistry to understand modern biogeochemical processes in marine and terrestrial environments. He has a particular interest at present on tracer nutrient pathways and pollution, agricultural sustainability and enhancement, and field/lab experimentation.