Emily Leyden
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
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.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2022 - 2023 Research Fellow University of Adelaide 2009 - 2013 Scientific Officer SA Environment Protection Authority -
Awards and Achievements
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 - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2018 - 2022 The University Of Adelaide Australia PhD in Science University of Adelaide Australia Honours Bachelor of Social Science -
Research Interests
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Journals
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2025 Wong, V. N. L., Mosley, L. M., & Leyden, E. (2025). Wetland Soils. In Routledge Handbook of Wetlands (pp. 79-93). Routledge.
DOI2024 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 Scopus22022 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.
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Report for External Bodies
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.
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of 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
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2021 - 2022 Member Soil Science Australia South Australian Branch Soil Science Australia Australia
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