Teagasc PhD Walsh Fellowship: Soil Science 1302 views

Teagasc, The Agriculture and Food Development Authority invite applications from highly motivated and able candidate to pursue a PhD project in soil microbiology that will build on an existing research programme addressing questions around the release of nutrients from soil organic matter (SOM).

This project brings together the corresponding resources and expertise sets of the 3 participating institutes (Teagasc (Ireland), the James Hutton Institute (Scotland) and NUI Galway (Ireland)), and will provide valuable multidisciplinary training and research opportunities in soil microbiology, soil chemistry, environmental science, agronomy and bioinformatics.

The selected fellow will join a successful research group, and graduate training communities, and will also receive training in other aspects of scientific work, e.g. result dissemination, writing for publication and conference presentations.

Supervisiors: Dr Fiona Brennan (Teagasc), Dr David Wall (Teagasc), Dr Eric Paterson (The James Hutton Institute) and Dr Florence Abram (NUI Galway).

Project title: “Linking microbially mediated soil organic matter turnover to N availability in agricultural soils”

Requirements

• Applicants must be graduates holding at least a 2.1 class honours degree or M.Sc. in Microbiology, Soil Science or related discipline.
• Applicants having prior experience in molecular ecology or soil microbiology would be advantageous.
• Applicant must hold full driving licence
• Applicant must possess fluency in English.

Award:

• annual stipend of €22,000; University fees are paid from this stipend

Duration: 4 years

Application Procedure:

• Applicants must submit a CV (including the names of 2 referees) and covering letter describing qualifications, research experience and motivation to: Fiona Brennan (fiona.brennan@teagasc.ie)