Jacqueline Horswell | |
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| Born | |
| Other names | Jacqui Horswell |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Environmental microbiology, forensic science |
| Institutions | Institute of Environmental Science and Research |
| Thesis | Investigation of approaches to accelerate atrazine mineralisation in soil (1997) |
Jacqueline Horswell is an English-born New Zealand environmental microbiologist who specialises in research into the waste society produces, its effect on the environment, and how it can be managed. Her work focuses particularly on measuring the effect of microbial and chemical contaminants in sewage sludge and the safe reuse of biosolids as fertilizer by the planting of native trees to filter and inactivate pollutants from the sludge and the use of vermiculture. Horswell is involved in consultation with communities in New Zealand and has contributed to official guidelines for the management of biosolids. Her research has also provided information about soil microbial communities for forensic science using microbial cultures and DNA sequencing. Since 2018, Horswell has been a lecturer at Massey University.