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

Marie Skldowska-Curie Individual Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry 2017-2019
Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry 2015-2022
PhD, School of Geosciences (University of Edinburgh), 2015
MRes Ecology and Environmental Management (University of York)

Phoebe Dibben-Dean

PhD Student (2025-, Root Dynamics)
email: dibbendp[@]tcd.ie

Mbiol Genetics (University of Leads)

Asrit Ganti

PhD Student (2025 - Sensor networks and scaling)
email: gantia[@]tcd.ie

MEng Electronic Information/Computional Engineering (Trinity College Dublin)

Ian Palk

PhD Student (2025-, Environmental Technology / Soil Respiration)
email: palkia[@]tcd.ie

BA Earth and Planetary Sciences (Harvard University)

Jason Schevelier

PhD Student (2025-, AI methods for root imagery)
email: schevelij[@]tcd.ie

MSc Algorithmics & Intelligent Systems (University of Caen)

Ryan Brennan

Research Assistant (2025 - ).
email: rybrenna[@]tcd.ie

BSc Botany (Trinity College Dublin)

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.

Former team, visitors, BSc/ MSc students

Visitors

Master students

Arthur Lartigue-Peyrou

Bachelor Students

Gordon Kestner

Julia Veres

Amelia Daly

Helena Brady

Alumni

Nadja Burkart

Role: Research Assistant (Belowground Ecology Specialist)

Arthur Lartigue-Peyrou

Role: Visiting Research Student