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Soils Training and Research Studentships
Research Students
Beckie Draper
Project: Dynamics of metal nanoparticles in soil environments
Based: University of Nottingham and British Geological Survey (Keyworth)
James Edgerley
Project: Long-term climate change effects on soil microbial diversity and function.
Based: Lancaster University
Alex D Williams
Project: Antibiotic resistance on the farm: Evaluating the risks to soil, crop and human health
Based: University of Nottingham/James Hutton Institute (Aberdeen)
George Themistocleous
Project: Modelling plant variety dependent least limiting water range: assessing the limits to root elongation in field soil
John Beale
Project: Towards field-scale soil moisture measurement using SAR remote sensing and the COSMOS-UK network
Harry Barrat
Project: Influence of historical management and soil moisture on N2O emissions from grasslands
Martha Ledger
Project: Where has the peat gone? Determining regional scale carbon losses from tropical peatlands following drainage and deforestation.
Based: University of Nottingham
David Fidler
Project: Characterisingmicrobial lignocellulose degradation in soils using high-throughput in situcultivation and metagenomics
Based: Bangor University
Luke Hillary
Project: Reducing the risk of viral contamination of the UK’s food and water supply
Based: Bangor University
Anchen Kehler
Project: Soil Phosphine: The Missing Link in the Global Phosphorus Cycle
Based: Rothamsted Research and Lancaster University
Danielle Hunt
Project: On the pee! A mechanistic exploration of nitrogen and carbon cycling dynamics in the urine patch.
Based: Bangor University
Corina Lees
Project: Controlling soil erosion in a changing climate: evaluating suitable plant species in grassed waterway design.
Based: Cranfield University
Harry Harvey
Project: Impact of soil structure on microbial responses to environmental change.
Based: University of Nottingham
Andy Tweedie
Project: Soil macronutrient cycles beneathour feet: predicting how soil carbon and nitrogen manipulation regulatesphosphorus cycling for environmental benefits.
Based: James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen
Marta Cattin
Project:
Optimising the economic and environmental benefits of anaerobic digestion within UK agriculture
Based: Lancaster University
Sam Musarika
Project: Mitigating the impacts of intensive agriculture on lowland organic soils
Based: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (Bangor)
Rose Durcan
Project: Climate smart grazing to restore tropical soils
Based: Lancaster University
Jessica Potts
Project: Evaluating the long-term impact of neonicotinoids on the trophic cascade
Based: Bangor University
Leigh-Anne Kemp
Project: The role of soil fertility in the function of mycorrhizal associations.
Based: The University of Lancaster and the James Hutton Institute
Katy Wiltshire
Project: Tracing the origin of sediments and C across the terrestrial-aquatic continuum: A holistic approach to assess climate change and water quality threats
Based: Cranfield University
Alumni
Jasmine Burr-Hersey
Project: Breaking new ground: novel the remediation and conditioning of soil.
Emma (Bea) Burak
Project: Do root traits affects a plant’s ability to alter soil erosion?
Paul George
Project: Does soil biodiversity matter? Connecting diversity, function and the delivery of ecosystem services from soils
Lewis Rose
Project: Variability of gas diffusion in soils: what can we learn from a naturally-occurring tracer?
Malika Mezeli
Project: In-soil trophic interactions plants, rhizosphere bacteria and nematodes: availability of soil phosphoroous
Emily Dowdeswell-Downey
Project: Feedback mechanisms on soil susceptibility to erosion processes in a changing climate.
Mihai Cimpoiasu
Project: Combining geoelectrical imaging and X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) for improved hydraulic characterisation of soils
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