BSc University of Sheffield (2000)

MSc Sheffield Hallam University (2002)

Marine GIS Officer - Countryside Council for Wales (2001-2003)

PhD Manchester Metropolitan University (2007)

EPSRC Postdoctoral Research Associate (2015)

NERC Researcher Co-investigator (2016)

EPSRC Early Career 'Living with Environmental Change Challenge' Fellow (present)

I am an ecologist and a soil scientist. My research focuses on the interactions between soils and the provision on ecosystem services in urban and agricultural ecosystems, this includes:

Soil and vegetation carbon budgeting The potential for own-grown food and biofuel production in urban areas, and urban/agricultural land-use trade-offs The mechanisms driving soil-to-own-grown food crop transfer of soil pollutants The mechanisms driving soil carbon storage in urban areas - the importance of black carbon Engaging the public, through the use of citizen science methodologies, and policy-makers with scientific research

Edmondson JL, Stott I, Davies ZG, Gaston KJ & Leake JR (2016) Soil surface temperatures reveal moderation of the urban heat island effect by trees and shrubs.. Scientific Reports, 6. View this article in WRRO Allinson D, Irvine KN, Edmondson JL, Tiwary A, Hill G, Morris J, Bell M, Davies ZG, Firth SK, Fisher J, Gaston KJ, Leake JR, McHugh N, Namdeo A, Rylatt M & Lomas K (2016) Measurement and analysis of household carbon: The case of a UK city. Applied Energy, 164, 871-881. Mchugh N, Edmondson JL, Gaston KJ, Leake JR & O'Sullivan OS (2015) Modelling short-rotation coppice and tree planting for urban carbon management - a citywide analysis. Journal of Applied Ecology, 52(5), 1237-1245. View this article in WRRO Edmondson JL, Stott I, Potter J, Lopez-Capel E, Manning DAC, Gaston KJ & Leake JR (2015) Black Carbon Contribution to Organic Carbon Stocks in Urban Soil. Environmental Science & Technology, 49(14), 8339-8346. View this article in WRRO Edmondson JL, Gaston KJ & Leake JR (2015) Soil and the city. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 13(5), 241-241. Edmondson JL, O'Sullivan OS, Inger R, Potter J, McHugh N, Gaston KJ & Leake JR (2014) Urban tree effects on soil organic carbon.. PLoS One, 9(7), e101872. View this article in WRRO Payne RJ, Caporn SJM, Field CD, Carroll JA, Edmondson JL, Britton A & Dise NB (2014) Heather moorland vegetation and air pollution: A comparison and synthesis of three national gradient studies. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 225(7). Edmondson JL, Leake JR, Davies ZG & Gaston KJ (2014) Urban cultivation in allotments maintains soil qualities adversely affected by conventional agriculture. Journal of Applied Ecology. View this article in WRRO Edmondson JL, Davies ZG, McCormack SA, Gaston KJ & Leake JR (2014) Land-cover effects on soil organic carbon stocks in a European city.. Sci Total Environ, 472, 444-453. View this article in WRRO