Dr Daniel Schillereff

Dr Daniel Schillereff is a physical geographer and environmental scientist working to better quantify human-environment interactions in the past, present and future. This has involved integrating palaeoenvironmental methods with environmental monitoring in a range of ecosystems (lakes, rivers, peatlands). Recently, he has been exploring more deeply the associations between environmental pollution and human health.

Daniel became a Senior Lecturer in Physical & Environmental Geography in August 2023. He previously held posts of Lecturer and Teaching Fellow since starting in the Department of Geograhy at King’s in 2015.

Prior to King's, Daniel was a post-doctoral research associate on the NERC-funded LTLS project exploring long-term macronutrient dynamics across the UK, jointly employed by the Centre of Ecology and Hydrology and the University of Liverpool. He completed his PhD in 2014 at the University of Liverpool, investigating records of historical floods preserved in lake sediment sequences across the UK.

Daniel places Equality, Diversity & Inclusion at the centre of his research, teaching and service. He has been Chair of the Department of Geography EDI Committee and led the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy workstream on attainment and awarding gaps. He actively promotes positive a working culture, showcased by recent publications on how success is evaluated and valued in academia. Daniel is also an advocate for Open Research principles.

Research

Daniel’s background encompasses geomorphology, biogeochemistry and (paleo)environmental science and he has used field, laboratory and computational methods to explore the multidirectional interactions between humans and the environment. Current research foci include:

• Integrating palaeoenvironmental data and innovative environmental monitoring using bespoke, low-cost sensors in lakes, rivers, and peatlands to inform restoration efforts
• Peatland biogeochemistry, especially long-term phosphorus dynamics
• The role of agricultural or urban dust in local-to-global nutrient cycling
• Associations between environmental pollution and human health, for example via drinking water or indoor conditions within the home
• Using the sedimentary archive to refine flood frequency analysis

PhD Supervision

Daniel is keen to work with PhD researchers across the broad field of human-environment interactions. He would particularly welcome interest in:

• Long-term carbon and nutrient cycling in lakes and peatlands, restoration pathways and implications for future climate
• Sources and transport pathways of environmental pollution and associations with human health
• Quantifying local- and regional-scale dust dynamics
• Designing novel, low-cost instrumentation for high-density environmental monitoring

Further details

See Daniel's research profile