Lisa enjoys an active research role in Europe, developing methodologies for use within the UNECE LRTAP Convention. This research focus continues from her PhD studies and investigates the biological, economic and social impacts of ground-level ozone on agriculture and forests. This research has lead to the revision of methods to estimate both the deposition and impacts of tropospheric ozone using flux based Critical Levels as a policy tool across Europe. She is currently chair of UNECE CLRTAP’s sub-group of forest scientists from across Europe charged with the task of developing models to assess the risks caused by ground level ozone to dominant European forest species.
She has authored over 25 referred journal papers and many book contributions, articles and reports. She is also co-editor of a book and journal special issue. She has sat on review and advisory panels for international projects, organized and hosted international workshops, chaired and rapporteured at a many international meetings having been invited to give key note presentations and seminars at a number of international conferences.
She is also a member of the Institute of Biology Agriculture, Environment and Land Use Committee and a theme leader for IUFRO, the Global Network for Forest Science.
Work experience
- 1996–1999: Postdoctoral research assistant at Imperial College Centre for Environmental Technology (ICCET).
Education
- PhD (Air pollution, ICCET, Imperial College, London) and BSc (Environmental Biology, University of Manchester).
Publications by Lisa Emberson
- Manufacturing pollution in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: implications for the environment, health and future work
- Call for comments: climate and clean air responses to Covid-19
- Impacts of tropospheric ozone and climate change on Mexico wheat production
- New insights into leaf physiological responses to ozone for use in crop modelling
- Estimating on-road vehicle fuel economy in Africa: a case study based on an urban transport survey in Nairobi, Kenya
Perspectives by Lisa Emberson
Featured stories with Lisa Emberson
- Tackling air pollution and climate change together - an impact case study
- International Day of Clean Air for blue skies 2022
- Major new study quantifies health and environmental impacts of excess nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel vehicles
- SEI’s new home in York is built for innovation and collaboration
- Q&A: Steph Osborne on soybean crops and ozone pollution
Projects and tools with Lisa Emberson
- Sustainable manufacturing and environmental pollution programme
- SEI Initiative on Low Emission Development Pathways
- Remote Sensing for Air Quality Impact Assessment
- Earth observation and modelling agri-tech to understand Chinese agricultural and forest fires in relation to management practice and climate drivers
- Quantifying the impact of ground level O3 on soil carbon (C) sequestration