Leo Condron

Biography

Prof Leo Condron is a Senior Research Scientist in the Bio-Protection Research Centre, with responsibility for soil biology. He develops and guides the strategic direction of research that is linked to the impacts of soil biological properties and processes on the fate and efficacy of natural and introduced biocontrol and bioprotection agents in managed ecosystems. Leo's major research interest is biogeochemistry of soil organic carbon and phosphorus in natural and managed ecosystems. This research has an emphasis on the nature, dynamics and bio-availability of organic and mineral forms of nutrients in the soil-plant system in relation to soil management and land use.

Research Interest

Biogeochemistry of organic carbon and major nutrients in natural and managed ecosystems, with an emphasis on the nature, dynamics and bioavailability of organic and mineral forms of nutrients in the soil-plant system in relation to soil management and land use. Project areas include organic matter and nutrient dynamics in grassland and forest soils, soil chronosequence dynamics, rhizosphere processes, relationships between soil microbial diversity and function, and the nature, mobility and fate of phosphorus in terrestrial environments