David Pearce is Professor of Environmental Microbiology at Northumbria University, Newcastle, with 34-years’ experience investigating the role that microorganisms play in the environment, including ecosystem function, climate change and human health. After graduating with a BA in Natural Sciences (Ecology) from the University of Cambridge and completing a PhD in Microbiology at King’s College London, David’s career moved into Polar research at BAS with a focus on microorganisms in the environment and sustainability. He has also held various positions at the Open University, been a guest lecturer at Warwick University and organised and taught the Arctic Microbiology course at UNIS in Svalbard. He has broad interests in environmental microbiology and is currently involved in interdisciplinary and diverse research areas focussing on Polar environments, including climate change, air quality, life at extremes, disease transmission, bioprospecting, bioremediation, space exploration, ecosystem resilience and the impact of environmental change.

Research interests: environmental microbiology; polar microbiology; microbial ecology

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• Hodson, A., Pearce, D., Sabacka, M., & Convey, P. (2017). Seasonal changes in snow water equivalent and chemical properties on Gourlay Snowfield and Tuva Glacier, Signy Island, Antarctica, 2012-2013 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00928

• Convey, P., Hodson, A., Pearce, D., & Sabacka, M. (2017). Ecosystem production on Gourlay Snowfield and Tuva Glacier, Signy Island, Antarctica, 2012-2013 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00989

• Convey, P., Sabacka, M., Hodson, A., & Pearce, D. (2017). Bacterial diversity on Gourlay Snowfield and Tuva Glacier, Signy Island, Antarctica, 2012-2013 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre. https://data.bas.ac.uk/full-record.php?id=GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/00933

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