Emily Leyden

Research Interests

Environmental Science and Management Environmental Sciences Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience Quaternary Environments Soil Biology Soil Chemistry Soil Degradation Soil Physics Soil Sciences

Ms Emily Leyden

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (B) (with PhD)

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

College of Science

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr. Emily Leyden is a post-doctoral researcher in the Biogeochemical Research Group at the University of Adelaide, which aims to understand and help solve complex environmental issues across the soil and water ecosystems. Her research focuses mainly on the geochemical effects on coastal soils from climate change and sea level rise, coastal acid sulfate soil management, water chemistry and environmental resource management. She is dedicated to ensuring the protection and resilience of blue and teal carbon ecosystems, working on numerous coastal tidal restoration projects within South Australia.Emily is active in the soil science community and is passionate about promoting soil education and training, contributing regularly to teaching through Soil Science Australia and the Young in Soil and Earth Science Society.

Date Position Institution name
2022 - 2023 Research Fellow University of Adelaide
2009 - 2013 Scientific Officer SA Environment Protection Authority

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2023 Award LJH Teakle Medal Soil Science Australia Australia -
2022 Award Deans Commendation for Thesis Excellence The University of Adelaide Australia -
2012 Award CSIRO Land and Water and Australian Society of Soil Science Inc. Jane Gillooly Memorial Award CSIRO and Soil Science Australia Australia -
2008 Award Environment Medal 2008 for Most Outstanding Honours Project University of Adelaide Australia -

Date Institution name Country Title
2018 - 2022 The University Of Adelaide Australia PhD in Science
University of Adelaide Australia Honours Bachelor of Social Science

Year Citation
2023 Leyden, E., Farkaš, J., Hutson, J., & Mosley, L. M. (2023). Controls on sulfide accumulation in coastal soils during simulated sea level rise. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 347, 88-101.
DOI Scopus13 WoS11
2022 Leyden, E., Farkas, J., Hutson, J., & Mosley, L. M. (2022). Short-term seawater inundation induces metal mobilisation in freshwater and acid sulfate soil environments. Chemosphere, 299, 1-13.
DOI Scopus11 WoS9 Europe PMC7
2021 Leyden, E., Farkas, J., Gilbert, S., Hutson, J., & Mosley, L. M. (2021). A simple and rapid ICP-MS/MS determination of sulfur isotope ratios (<sup>34</sup>S/<sup>32</sup>S) in complex natural waters: A new tool for tracing seawater intrusion in coastal systems. Talanta, 235, 1-8.
DOI Scopus19 WoS20 Europe PMC3
2016 Leyden, E., Cook, F., Hamilton, B., Zammit, B., Barnett, L., Lush, A. M., . . . Mosley, L. (2016). Near shore groundwater acidification during and after a hydrological drought in the Lower Lakes, South Australia. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 189, 44-57.
DOI Scopus19 WoS15 Europe PMC5
2014 Mosley, L., Palmer, D., Leyden, E., Cook, F., Zammit, B., Shand, P., . . . Fitzpatrick, R. (2014). Acidification of floodplains due to river level decline during drought. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 161, 10-23.
DOI Scopus44 WoS40 Europe PMC7
2014 Mosley, L., Fitzpatrick, R., Palmer, D., Leyden, E., & Shand, P. (2014). Changes in acidity and metal geochemistry in soils, groundwater, drain and river water in the Lower Murray River after a severe drought. Science of the Total Environment, 485-486(1), 281-291.
DOI Scopus78 WoS68 Europe PMC16
2012 Mosley, L., Zammit, B., Leyden, E., Heneker, T., Hipsey, M., Skinner, D., & Aldridge, K. (2012). The impact of extreme low flows on the water quality of the lower Murray River and lakes (South Australia). Water Resources Management, 26(13), 3923-3946.
DOI Scopus131 WoS118
2011 Leyden, E., Tibby, J., Garcia, A., & Zawadzki, A. (2011). Unexpected post-settlement freshening and increase in charophytes in Bombah Broadwater (Myall Lakes, New South Wales, Australia). Journal of Paleolimnology, 46(4 Sp Iss), 637-647.
DOI Scopus6 WoS7

Year Citation
2025 Wong, V. N. L., Mosley, L. M., & Leyden, E. (2025). Wetland Soils. In Routledge Handbook of Wetlands (pp. 79-93). Routledge.
DOI
2024 Farkaš, J., Wallmann, K., Mosley, L., Staudigel, P., Zheng, X. Y., Leyden, E., . . . Eisenhauer, A. (2024). Alkalinity and elemental cycles in present and past ocean: Insight from geochemical modeling and alkali and alkaline earth metal isotopes. In A. Anbar, & D. Weis (Eds.), Treatise on Geochemistry, Third Edition, 8 Volume Set (Vol. 5, pp. V5:33-V5:87). Elsevier.
DOI Scopus2
2022 Hawken, S., Zhou, K., Mosley, L., & Leyden, E. (2022). Scenario-Based Thinking to Negotiate Coastal Squeeze of Ecosystems: Green, blue, grey, and hybrid infrastructures for climate adaptation and resilience. In A. Rastandeh, & M. Jarchow (Eds.), Creating Resilient Landscapes in an Era of Climate Change: Global Case Studies and Real-World Solutions (pp. 231-250). London: Routledge.
DOI Scopus2

Year Citation
2022 Priestley, S., Mosley, L., Farkas, J., Tyler, J., Shao, Y., Shanafield, M., . . . Leyden, E. (2022). Sources and transport of nutrients in the Coorong.
2020 Jones, A. R., Russell, S., Asanopoulos, C., Dittmann, S., Mosley, L., Beaumont, K., . . . Gillanders, B. (2020). Mapping coastal wetland blue carbon indicators in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resource Management Region. Adelaide: The University of Adelaide.
2020 Dittmann, S., Beaumont, K., Mosley, L., Jones, A., Leyden, E., Raja Segaran, R., . . . Clarke, B. (2020). A Blue Carbon future through introducing tidal flow to salt ponds and stranded saltmarsh for Dry Creek and the Samphire Coast. Adelaide.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Scenario-based study of the mechanism of land use and land cover change and its impact on flooding in urbanizing coastal megacities Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Guanhua Tao

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2021 - 2022 Member Soil Science Australia South Australian Branch Soil Science Australia Australia

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