EDUCATION PROFILE

Courses Taught

• Convenor BSc module HR306 Climate Change and Ecosystem Services
• Course Director BSc Environmental Biology
• Director Of Undergraduate Studies, Warwick HRI
• Convenor MSc module HR902 Soil, Water and Plant Mineral Nutrition

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Influence of non-UV light on microbial degradation of pesticides: BBSRC CASE Studentship (Lawrence Davies), 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, NERC, 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, Unilever UK Central Resources Limited, Project Start Date: 01/10/2009 Project End Date: 31/03/2013
• IF0158 Vegetable Genetic Improvement Network (VeGIN): Per-breeding research to support sustainable farming of carrot and onion, with Prof David A Pink, Warwick HRI, Dr John P Clarkson - Warwick HRI Dr Charlotte J Allender - Warwick HRI Dr Gary D Bending - Warwick HRI, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Project Start Date: 01/04/2009 Project End Date: 31/03/2012
• IF0138 How Does Change in land-use Between Set-aside and Cropping Impact Soil Biodiversity and Function, with Chandler, Dave, Warwick HRI, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Project Start Date: 01/04/2008 Project End Date: 31/03/2011
• The mycorrhizal hyphosphere: a key driver of biogeochemical cycles, BBSRC, Project Start Date: 01/04/2007 Project End Date: 31/03/2011
  
  

  Further Research Projects

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• M Sonia Rodríguez-Cruz, Jacob Bælum, Liz J. Shaw, Sebastian R. Sørensen, Shengjing Shi, Thomas Aspray, Carsten S. Jacobsen and Gary D. Bending (2010) 'Biodegradation of the herbicide mecoprop-p with soil depth and its relationship with class III tfdA genes' Soil Biology And Biochemistry (0038-0717) [article]
• Rahn, C.R., Bending, G.D., Lillywhite R.D., and Turner, M.K. (2009) 'Co-incorporation of biodegradable wastes with crop residues to reduce nitrate pollution of groundwater and decrease waste disposal to landfill' Soil Use And Management 25 (2), 113 - 123 (0266-0032) [article]
• Dr Gary Bending,Joanisse, G. D., Bradley, R. L., Preston, C. M. (2009) 'Sequestration of soil nitrogen as tannin-protein complexes may improve the competitive ability of sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia) relative to black spruce (Picea mariana).' New Phytologist 181 187 - 198 (0028-646X)
• Dr Gary Bending,Whipps, J. M., Hand, P., Pink, D., and Bending, G. D. (2008). Journal of Applied Microbiology, 105, 1744-1755., (2008) 'Phyllosphere microbiology with special reference to diversity and plant genotype.' Journal Of Applied Microbiology 105 1744 - 1755 (1364-5072)
• Dr Gary Bending,Whipps, J. M., Hand, P., Pink, D. A. C. (2008) 'Human pathogens and the phyllosphere.' Advances in Applied Microbiology 64 183 - 221 (0065-2164)

Further Publications