Senior Research Associate: Soil Carbon Dynamics
Lancaster University - Lancaster Environment Centre
| Location: | Lancaster |
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| Salary: | £39,906 to £48,882 |
| Hours: | Full Time |
| Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
| Placed On: | 16th December 2025 |
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| Closes: | 31st December 2025 |
| Job Ref: | 0971-25 |
Location: Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK
Interview date: Friday 23rd January 2026
Recent work has shown that soil carbon concentrations in forests depends on whether trees associate with either ectomycorrhizal or arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on their roots. In this exciting project, we seek to test the mechanisms underpinning these observations, and how global climate change factors, notably elevated atmospheric CO2, may affect them.
The project will use a suite a cutting-edge technologies (e.g. stable and radioisotope tracers) applied to field, greenhouse and laboratory experiments, including the use of the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research FACE experiment, and surrounding managed forests.
The Senior Research Associate, and associated technician, will be based at Lancaster University within the research group led by Prof David Johnson, in the newly formed Centre for Sustainable soils. The project is in collaboration with Birmingham and Liverpool Universities, offering superb opportunities for training and development, and interaction with a large team of scientists across institutions.
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