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PhD studentships associated with the soil sustainability programme. These are listed below in order of their starting date.
Title | Student | Period |
---|---|---|
Above and belowground ecological linkages in temperate forest soils | Olivia Azevedo, University of Stirling | 2019-2022 |
Exploring the role of deadwood in the forest soil carbon cycle | Victoria Shannon (née Struthers), University of Reading | 2016-2019 |
Forest management and below-ground litter: carbon dynamics of UK forest soils | Mauro Lanfranchi, University of Cumbria | 2016-2020 |
Organic amendments in land regeneration: impacts on trees, soil fauna and long term carbon sequestration | Martin Lampert, University of Central Lancashire | 2016-2020 |
Soil organic carbon changes in UK forest soils | Rita Razauskaite, University of Aberdeen | 2015-2018 |
Microbial communities and belowground biodiversity under different tree species growing on different soil types | Garazi Benito, Basque Institute of Agricultural Research and Development (NEIKER) | 2015-2018 |
The difference in roots traits under different tree species as influenced by soil type in forest ecosystems in Bulgaria and the UK | Lyudmila Lozanova, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria | Short-term research visit |
Using chronosequences to investigate how afforestation influences soil microbial community processes, soil carbon dynamics and soil sustainability | Aisha Cogan, University of Essex | 2014-2017 |
Woodland Restoration on Landfill Sites: Earthworm Activity and Ecosystem Service Provision | Frank Ashwood, University of Central Lancashire |
2013-2016 |
Multi-scale investigation of soil water DOC dynamics with respect to long-term trends | Katarzyna Sawicka, University of Reading | 2013-2016 |
Nutrients budget of forest ecosystems in Great Britain | Emile Mwenge, University of Reading |
2010-2015 |
Soil fauna diversity under Short Rotation Forestry: Impacts and Responses | Nalika Rajapaksha, University of Central Lancashire |
2009-2012 |
Evaluation of tree species x soil type interactions for their potential for long term C sequestration | Antia Villada, University of Reading |
2009-2012 |
Carbon turnover in forest and grassland soils – will global warming turn carbon sinks into sources? | Eleanor Swain, University of Newcastle |
2008-2011 |
Impact of nitrogen deposition on the microbial activity and composition in forest soils | Emma Thorpe, University of Essex |
2007-2011 |
An investigation into the prokaryotic diversity of UK forest soils using high throughput sequencing | Theresa Hudson, University of Exeter |
2006-2010 |
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