Research Assistant, Centre for Forestry and Climate Change
Email: sylvia.cowdry@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1420 22255
Tel direct: +44 (0)1420 526270
Fax: +44 (0)1420 23653
Address:
Forest Research
Alice Holt Lodge
Farnham
Surrey GU10 4LH
UK
Sylvia joined Forest Research in 1990 working with the chemical analysis laboratory. In 1996 she moved to the Soils Laboratory then subsequently the Land Reclamation and Urban Greening research group as a research assistant.
Current role
Research Assistant, Centre for Forestry and Climate Change
Supporting Project Leaders in contaminated land research projects and advisory services.
Assisting in the analysis of forestry research samples from Forestry Commission and the forestry industry.
Current programmes
Contamination and integrated remediation
Research areas
- Use of soil amendments to reduce metal uptake and toxicity
- Improving knowledge of pollutant movement and receptor interactions
Main recent publications
Hutchings, T.R., Bochereau, F. and Cowdry, S. (In press). The Development of an Ecotoxicological Method for Determining the Suitability of Contaminated Land for Supporting Trees. Chemosphere.
