{"id":33,"date":"2026-02-21T13:39:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T13:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/amazon-pyrocarbon\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:50:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:50:40","slug":"amazon-research-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/amazon-forest-to-field\/amazon-research-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A Global Interdisciplinary Collaboration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Amazon Forest to Field<\/strong> project unites world-class experts from the UK, Brazil, and Australia. Our team spans the fields of soil science, ecology, and climate modeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UK Project Coordinators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/amazon-forest-to-field\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2026\/02\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/amazon-forest-to-field\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2026\/02\/image-6.png 180w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/amazon-forest-to-field\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2026\/02\/image-6-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ted-feldpausch\/\">Prof. Ted R. Feldpausch<\/a>, Principal Investigator, University of Exeter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/amazon-forest-to-field\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2026\/02\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-591\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/amazon-forest-to-field\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2026\/02\/image-5.png 180w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/amazon-forest-to-field\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2026\/02\/image-5-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/experts.exeter.ac.uk\/3261-iain-hartley\">Prof. Iain Hartley<\/a>, Co-Investigator, University of Exeter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/amazon-forest-to-field\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2026\/02\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-589\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/amazon-forest-to-field\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2026\/02\/image-4.png 180w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/amazon-forest-to-field\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2026\/02\/image-4-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/experts.exeter.ac.uk\/26068-kees-jan-van-groenigen\">Assoc. Prof. Kees Jan Van Groenigen<\/a>, Co-Investigator, University of Exeter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UK Research Co-Investigator<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/amazon-forest-to-field\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2026\/02\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/amazon-forest-to-field\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2026\/02\/image-3.png 180w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/amazon-forest-to-field\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2026\/02\/image-3-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/experts.exeter.ac.uk\/40422-oscar-kennedyblundell\">Dr. Oscar Kennedy-Blundell<\/a>, University of Exeter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">UK Partners<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Eleanor Burke, UK Met Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Prof. Philippa Ascough, Univ of Glasgow, NEIF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brazil &amp; Australia Partners<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Prof. Plinio Camargo<br>Prof. Ben Hur Marimon Jr<br>Dr. Carlos Quesada<br>Prof. Beatriz Schwantes Marimon<br>Dr Leonardo M. dos Santos<br>Prof Michael Bird<\/td><td>Dr Simone Reis<br>Dr Willian Flores de Melo<br>Dr Judson Ferreira Valentim<br>Dr Raimundo C. de Oliveira Junior<br>Dr Ana Carolina Fran\u00e7a Bogo<br>Dr Carlos Frederico de Angelis<br><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coordinating Institutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Amazon Forest to Field Project is coordinated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exeter.ac.uk\/\">University of Exeter<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/cena.usp.br\/\">CENA<\/a>-Brazil, in collaboration with partners from Brazil, UK and James Cook University, Australia. Brazil partners include <a href=\"https:\/\/novaxavantina.unemat.br\/\">UNEMAT<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.br\/inpa\/pt-br\">INPA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ipam.org.br\/en\/\">IPAM<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufac.br\/\">UFAC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embrapa.br\/en\/international\">Embrapa<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ouroverde.org.br\/\">Instituto Ouro Verde<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Funding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This project was funded by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/councils\/nerc\/\">UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Header image credit: Ted Feldpausch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Global Interdisciplinary Collaboration The Amazon Forest to Field project unites world-class experts from the UK, Brazil, and Australia. Our team spans the fields of soil science, ecology, and climate modeling. UK Project Coordinators Prof. Ted R. 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