BACKGROUND

Member, BBSRC Pool of Experts

TEACHING PROFILE

Courses Taught

• Convenor BSc module HR306 Climate Change and Ecosystem Services
• Associate Course Director, BSc Biological Sciences and BSc Environmental Biology
• Convenor MSc module HR902 Soil, Water and Plant Mineral Nutrition

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

• NERC CASE Studentship - Interactions between river bed morphology, water chemistry and microbial diversity and its impact on pollutant biodegradation, with Dr Jonathan M Pearson - Engineering Prof Ian Guymer - Engineering, Funded by: Unilever Research (Colworth Laboratory), Project Start Date: 01/10/2010 Project End Date: 30/09/2014
• Influence of non-UV light on microbial degradation of pesticides: BBSRC CASE Studentship (Lawrence Davies), Funded by: Syngenta, Ltd, Project Start Date: 05/10/2009 Project End Date: 04/10/2013
• Sandpit - Understanding processes determining soil carbon balances under perennial bioenergy crops CARBO-BIOCROP, Funded by: NERC, Project Start Date: 01/10/2010 Project End Date: 30/09/2013
• Collaboration Agreement for BBSRC project CARBO-BIOCROP "Understanding processes determining soil carbon balances under perennial bioenergy crops" see 25475 RHRGB3040, Funded by: University of Southampton, Project Start Date: 01/10/2010 Project End Date: 30/09/2013
• Role of Microbial adaption in the biodegradation of chemical pollutants: Extrapolation from laboratory to rivers, Funded by: Unilever UK Central Resources Limited, Project Start Date: 01/10/2009 Project End Date: 31/03/2013
  
  

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Espana Mingrelia; Rasche Frank; Kandeler Ellen; et al.(2012) 'Identification of active bacteria involved in decomposition of complex maize and soybean residues in a tropical Vertisol using (15)N-DNA stable isotope probing' Pedobiologia 54 (3), 187 - 193
• España, M., Rasche, F., Kandeler, E., Brune, T., Rodriguez, B., Bending, G. D. and Cadisch, G.(2011) 'Assessing the effect of organic residue quality on active decomposing fungi in a tropical Vertisol using 15N-DNA stable isotope probing' Fungal Ecology 4 (1), 115 - 119 (1754-5048) [article]
• van der Gast, C., Gosling, P., Tiwaril, B. and Bending, G.D.(2011) 'Spatial scaling of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal diversity is affected by farming practice' Environmental Microbiology 13 (1), 241 - 249 (1462-2912) [article]
• Hunter, P. J., Hand, P., Pink, D., Whipps, J. M. and Bending, G. D.(2010) 'Both leaf properties and microbe-microbe interactions influence within-species variation in bacterial population diversity and structure in the lettuce (lactuca species) phyllosphere' Applied and Environmental Microbiology 76 (24), 8117 - 8125 (0099-2240) [article]
• Gosling, P., Ozaki, A., Jones, J., Turner, M., Rayns, F. and Bending, G. D.(2010) 'Organic management of tilled agricultural soils results in a rapid increase in colonisation potential and spore populations of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi' Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 139 (1-2), 273 - 279 (0167-8809) [article]

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