Bridget Anne Emmett
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Bridget Emmett OBE is a British ecologist, Professor and Science Area Head for the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. She is the President of British Ecological Society from 2024.
Emmett studied plant sciences at the University of Aberdeen.[1] She moved to the University of Exeter as a doctoral researcher, where she studied the impact of harvesting on soil nitrogen transformation.[2]
Research and career
Emmett believes that soils is one of the “most underrated and little understood wonders on our fragile planet,”.[3] Since 2001 Emmett has led the Solis and Land Use Science Area at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. Her research considers soils, ecology and biogeochemistry.[1] She worked as an advisor to the Government of the United Kingdom, providing insight on soil health.[4][5]
From 2024 Emmett served as President of the British Ecological Society.[6] She is one of the nine experts that advised the British Ecological Society on the future of ecological research.[7] In 2025 Emmett was elected a Fellow of the British Ecological Society.[8]
