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Dr

Megan Purchase

Research Fellow

Life Sciences

Orcid identifier0000-0002-4340-8685
  • Research Fellow
    Life Sciences
  • University of Warwick, School of Life Sciences, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom

ABOUT

My previous research for my PhD focused on identifying the effectors of soil biogeochemical processes that lead to natural and anthropogenically sourced environmental gas fluxes, primarily reactive nitrogen gases, due to their importance in climate change and air quality. I also worked on a collaborative project with Indiana University investigating the effects of periodical cicada emergence on soil microbiology and subsequent soil-sourced gas emissions.

 

Outside of my research, I am a keen conservationist, and I volunteer for Warwickshire Wildlife Trust as the Communications Ambassador for their Youth Committee, getting young people aged 18-30 involved in wildlife and conservation.

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom2021 - 2025
  • MBio, Biological Sciences
    University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom2017 - 2021

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Associate Fellowship
    Advance HE, United Kingdom2024 - present
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Transferable Skills in Science
    University of Warwick, United Kingdom2025 - present

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 13 Climate Action
  • 15 Life on Land
  • 2 Zero Hunger

FIELDS OF RESEARCH