Steering Committee
Professor David Manning
- Steering Committee Member School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences
- Email: david.manning@ncl.ac.uk
- Telephone: +44 (0) 191 222 6610
Professor David Manning is interested in how soils and plants interact in response to climate change, and how we can exploit soil processes to minimise the effects of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.
He uses his research-based understanding of how soils and their constituent minerals interact with the biosphere in two contexts: 1) carbon capture (through carbonate precipitation or biochar addition), and 2) plant nutrient supply (especially novel sources of K).
He uses his earlier work on granites and petroleum systems to develop novel sources of carbon-neutral geoenergy, including deep geothermal power generation in northern England