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Professor Nancy Dise

Nancy Dise Professor (Room E401a)
E-mail: n.dise@mmu.ac.uk; Tel:+44 (0)161-247 1593

Academic Interests
  • Biogeochemistry of terrestrial ecosystems
  • Controls on trace gas emission from wetlands
  • Regional modelling of catchment water chemistry
Teaching Specialisms
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Global cycles of carbon, nitrogen, sulphur
  • Ecosystem ecology
Professional Highlights
  • Research finding: Species richness depleted by nitrogen pollution (Science 2004)
  • Research finding: Forbs most damaged by nitrogen pollution (Global Change Biology 2006)
  • Research finding: Nitrogen leaching from forest ecosystems across Europe shows 'thresholds' of response to nitrogen pollution (Forest Ecology and Management 1995; over 200 citations)
  • Research finding: Sulphate in acid rain suppresses methane emission from wetlands (Biogeochemistry 2001; PNAS 2004)
Management Responsibilities
  • EGS Laboratory refurbishment coordinator
  • Postgraduate and postdoctoral supervision
Recent External Roles
  • NERC College
Selected References

Stevens, C.J., Dise, N.B. Gowing, D.G. and Mountford, J.O. 2006. Loss of forb diversity in relation to nitrogen deposition in the UK: regional trends and potential controls. Global Change Biology 12: 1823-1833.

Gauci, V., Dise, N.B. and Blake, S. 2005. Long-term suppression of wetland methane flux following a pulse of simulated acid rain. Geophysical Research Letters 32:L12804, 10.1029/2005GL022544.

Machefert, S.E. and Dise, N.B. 2004. Hydrologic controls on denitrification in riparian ecosystems. Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences 8: 686–705.

Gauci, V., Matthews, E., Dise, N.B., Walter, B., Koch, B., Granberg, G and Vile, M. 2004. Sulfate suppression of the wetland methane source in the 20th and 21st centuries. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the US 101: 12,583-12,587.