Group Members
Staff

Richard Nair
Group Leader (Assistant Professor in Plant Soil Ecology & Research Ireland Royal Society University Research Fellow)
email: richard.nair[@]tcd.ie
- Research Assistant Professor & SFI Royal Society University Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin 2023-2024
- Teaching Fellow, Trinity College Dublin 2022-2023
- Marie Skldowska-Curie Individual Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry 2017-2019
- Postdoctoral Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry 2015-2022
- PhD, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, 2015

Phoebe Dibben-Dean
PhD Student (2025-, Root Dynamics)
email:
- Mbiol Genetics (University of Leads)

Asrit Ganti
Research Assistant (Technology Specialist)
email: gantia[@]tcd.ie
- MEng Electronic Information/Computional Engineering (Trinity College Dublin)

Nadja Burkart
Research Assistant (Belowground Ecology Specialist)
email: nburkart[@]tcd.ie
- BSc Botany (Trinity College Dublin)

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Master and Bachelor Students
We host a number of Master and Bachelor students every year. Previous topics have included root exudates, endophytes and root phenotypes, sporocarp phenology and plant effects on weathering. Please get in touch if you are interested in a student project.
Visitors
Master students
Arthur Lartigue-Peyrou
Bachelor Students
Gordon Kestner