PhD: Decoding Soil Acoustics for Healthy Soils

University of East Anglia; Norwich; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded

UKRI funded

Job summary

The University of East Anglia invites applications for ARIES PhD studentships focusing on soil acoustics and biodiversity. The successful candidate will sample and quantify soil acoustic properties across sites to link biodiversity with acoustic signals, contributing to understanding soil health and carbon cycling.

Training will cover field and lab data collection, statistical modelling, scientific writing and science communication, with opportunities to work with R and GIS.

Qualifications

• Degree in Ecology, Environmental Sciences or a related subject.
• Experience of acoustic monitoring and biodiversity surveys is advantageous.
• Familiarity with R and GIS is beneficial.
• Training includes statistical modelling, scientific writing and science communication.

Responsibilities

• Parameterise and calibrate the relationship between soil biodiversity and acoustic characteristics.
• Determine the influence of soil texture/structure and properties such as carbon stocks, moisture content and compaction on this relationship.
• Establish the links between soil acoustic characteristics and land management practices and above-ground biomass.

Skills

Acoustic monitoring

Biodiversity surveys

Statistical modelling

Scientific writing

Education

Ecology or Environmental Sciences degree

Tools

R

GIS

Job description

The University of East Anglia invites applications for ARIES PhD studentships focusing on soil acoustics and biodiversity. The successful candidate will sample and quantify soil acoustic properties across sites to link biodiversity with acoustic signals, contributing to understanding soil health and carbon cycling.

Training will cover field and lab data collection, statistical modelling, scientific writing and science communication, with opportunities to work with R and GIS.