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Nichola Austen

University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignORCID 0000-0002-4873-5861Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioengineering· 1 Plant Biology· 1

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Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:metabolism & bioenergetics· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1

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Alan Beesley· 1 shared Duncan Drummond CameroniD· 1 shared Elizabeth Short· 1 shared Helen TheakeriD· 1 shared Ian P. ThompsoniD· 1 shared Irene JohnsoniD· 1 shared Jonathan R. LeakeiD· 1 shared Nicholas A. TenciiD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Plant BiologySoil and Tillage ResearchPeer-reviewedJan 7, 2026

Regenerative agriculture effects on biomass, drought resilience and 14C-photosynthate allocation in wheat drilled into ley compared to disc or ploughed arable soil

Nichola Austen, Elizabeth Short, Stefanie Tille…·Jonathan R. Leake

This study examines how regenerative agriculture practices affect wheat biomass, drought resilience, and 14C-photosynthate allocation in different soil treatments.

DOI 10.1016/j.still.2025.107016

experimental assayecology & biodiversity

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BioengineeringBioEnergy ResearchPeer-reviewedMay 14, 2025

A combination of Mechanical, Chemical, and Thermal Pretreatments of Agricultural Feedstocks Enhances Biomethane Yields in Advanced Anaerobic Digestion

Nichola Austen, Helen Theaker, Nicholas A. Tenci…·Ian P. Thompson

This study shows that combining mechanical, chemical, and thermal pretreatments increases biomethane yields from lignocellulosic feedstocks in anaerobic digestion.

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metabolomicsexperimental assay

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