DoctorMaria Gutierrez Gines

I am an Environmental Scientist with research focus on:

• Transdisciplinary research on organic waste management and resource recovery: nutrient recovery, plant and soil heath, insect bioconversion, greenhouse gas emissions, water quality, microbial and chemical contamination, cultural appropriateness and community engagement.
• Phytomanagement. Use of NZ native plants for restoring soil and water affected by excess of nutrients and pathogenic organisms. Beneficial reuse of biowaste for growing taonga native plants. Biogeochemical cycles under different plant populations and plant communities.
• Ecological restoration. Factors affecting establishment and development of restoration projects.