Professor
Geography, University of Exeter
Angela Gallegos-Sala is a biogeochemist with expertise in climatic regulation of carbon fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems. Her particular area of expertise is peatlands: she conducts targeted research on peatlands situated in different climatic zones to build a global perspective.
This research focuses on the role peatlands play in the C cycle, and also in the management of these ecosystems in order to preserve all of the ecosystem services and invisible benefits they provide.
Her current projects span the whole globe from the poles (Arctic, Antarctic) to the tropics (S America, SE Asia, Africa, Australia), using variety of different methods, ranging from palaeo-biogeochemistry to present-day fluxes and future forecasting using models.