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Dr Ashish Malik

Lecturer

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Telephone: work +44 (0)1224 273985
Email: ashish.malik@abdn.ac.uk
Address: The University of Aberdeen Room 1.22, Cruickshank Building
School of Biological Sciences
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, AB24 3UU

Biography

Since 2019: Lecturer in Biogeochemistry at University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.

2017-2019: US-Department of Energy Genomic Sciences Program Postdoctoral Scholar at University of California, Irvine, USA.

2015-2017: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford and University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

2014-2015: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany.

2011-2014: Doctoral student at Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany and NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, UK.

Research

Research Overview

My research interest lies in understanding soil microbial processes and the underlying mechanisms. More specifically, my aim is to link microbial physiology and biodiversity to element cycling with a focus on soil carbon. A key question is also to determine how environmental change affects these linkages and thus ecosystem functioning.

Publications

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Towards a microbial process-based understanding of the resilience of peatland ecosystem service provisioning – A research agenda
2021
Ritson, J. P., Alderson, D. M., Robinson, C. H., Burkitt, A. E., Heinemeyer, A., Stimson, A. G., Gallego-Sala, A., Harris, A., Quillet, A., Malik, A. A., Cole, B., Robroek, B. J., Heppell, C. M., Rivett, D. W., Chandler, D. M., Elliott, D. R., Shuttleworth, E. L., Lilleskov, E., Cox, F., Clay, G. D., Diack, I., Rowson, J., Pratscher, J., Lloyd, J. R., Walker, J. S., Belyea, L. R., Dumont, M. G., Longden, M., Bell, N. G., Artz, R. R., Bardgett, R. D., Griffiths, R. I., Andersen, R., Chadburn, S. E., Hutchinson, S. M., Page, S. E., Thom, T., Burn, W., Evans, M. G.

Science of the Total Environment, vol. 759, 143467

Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143467

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Drought and plant litter chemistry alter microbial gene expression and metabolite production
2020
Malik, A., Swenson, T., Weihe, C., Morrison, E., Martiny, J., Brodie, E., Northen, T., Allison, S.

The ISME Journal, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 2236-2247

Contributions to Journals: Articles

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-020-0683-6

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http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/32444813

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Defining trait-based microbial strategies with consequences for soil carbon cycling under climate change
2020
Malik, A. A., Martiny, J. B., Brodie, E. L., Martiny, A. C., Treseder, K. K., Allison, S. D.

The ISME Journal, vol. 14, pp. 1-9

Contributions to Journals: Articles

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0510-0

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14845/1/malik_etal_ISME_Defining_trait_VOR.pdf

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Soil microbial communities with greater investment in resource acquisition have lower growth yield
2019
Malik, A. A., Puissant, J., Goodall, T., Allison, S. D., Griffiths, R. I.

Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 132, pp. 36-39

Contributions to Journals: Articles

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2019.01.025

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Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes
2018
Malik, A. A., Puissant, J., Buckeridge, K. M., Goodall, T., Jehmlich, N., Chowdhury, S., Gweon, H. S., Peyton, J. M., Mason, K. E., van Agtmaal, M., Blaud, A., Clark, I. M., Whitaker, J., Pywell, R. F., Ostle, N., Gleixner, G., Griffiths, R. I.

Nature Communications, vol. 9, 3591

Contributions to Journals: Articles

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05980-1

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13294/1/Malik_Land_use_driven_NatComm_VOR.pdf

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Bacterial physiological adaptations to contrasting edaphic conditions identified using landscape scale metagenomics
2017
Malik, A. A., Thomson, B. C., Whiteley, A. S., Bailey, M., Griffiths, R. I.

mBio, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 1-13

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00799-17

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/15058/1/Malik_et_al_MBIO_bacterial_physiological_adaptations_VOR.pdf

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Linking molecular size, composition and carbon turnover of extractable soil microbial compounds
2016
Malik, A. A., Roth, V. N., Hébert, M., Tremblay, L., Dittmar, T., Gleixner, G.

Soil Biology and Biochemistry, vol. 100, pp. 66-73

Contributions to Journals: Articles

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2016.05.019

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Soil fungal: Bacterial ratios are linked to altered carbon cycling
2016
Malik, A. A., Chowdhury, S., Schlager, V., Oliver, A., Puissant, J., Vazquez, P. G., Jehmlich, N., von Bergen, M., Griffiths, R. I., Gleixner, G.

Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 7, 1247

Contributions to Journals: Articles

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https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01247

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13228/1/Malik_et_al_FrontMicro_Soil_fungal_VoR.pdf

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Rhizosphere bacterial carbon turnover is higher in nucleic acids than membrane lipids: Implications for understanding soil carbon cycling
2015
Malik, A. A., Dannert, H., Griffiths, R. I., Thomson, B. C., Gleixner, G.

Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 6, 268

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00268

Open Access

http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16447/1/Malik_et_al_Rhizosphere_bacterial_frontiers_in_Microbiology_vor.pdf

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Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage
2015
Lange, M., Eisenhauer, N., Sierra, C. A., Bessler, H., Engels, C., Griffiths, R. I., Mellado-Vázquez, P. G., Malik, A. A., Roy, J., Scheu, S., Steinbeiss, S., Thomson, B. C., Trumbore, S. E., Gleixner, G.

Nature Communications, vol. 6, pp. 1-8

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https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7707

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Research Overview

Publications

Towards a microbial process-based understanding of the resilience of peatland ecosystem service provisioning – A research agenda

Drought and plant litter chemistry alter microbial gene expression and metabolite production

Defining trait-based microbial strategies with consequences for soil carbon cycling under climate change

Soil microbial communities with greater investment in resource acquisition have lower growth yield

Land use driven change in soil pH affects microbial carbon cycling processes

Bacterial physiological adaptations to contrasting edaphic conditions identified using landscape scale metagenomics

Linking molecular size, composition and carbon turnover of extractable soil microbial compounds

Soil fungal: Bacterial ratios are linked to altered carbon cycling

Rhizosphere bacterial carbon turnover is higher in nucleic acids than membrane lipids: Implications for understanding soil carbon cycling

Plant diversity increases soil microbial activity and soil carbon storage