Aberdeen Mycorrhiza Research Group

Miranda Prendergast

Miranda Prendergast-Miller

PhD Student

University of Aberdeen

E-mail: m.t.prendergast@abdn.ac.uk

Greenhouse experiment

Research interests

Mycorrhizosphere interactions
Anthropogenic effects on soil ecology

Publication

Miranda Prendergast-Miller, Lisa Cole, Valerie Standen, Robert Rees, John Parker, Ian Leith and Lucy Sheppard (2007) Are enchytraeid worms (Oligochaeta) sensitive indicators of ammonia-N impactson an ombrotrophic bog? Eur. J. Soil Biol. DOI:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2007.08.039

Conference presentations

Prendergast, M.T., Baggs, E. and Johnson, D. (2006). Does ectomycorrhizal carbon flow stimulate denitrification in forest soils? 5th International Conference on Mycorrhiza (ICOM 5), Granada, Spain. [PDF 86 KB]

Education & Background

Present: PhD student ‘Ectomycorrhizal carbon flow and its role in denitrification in forest soils’ University of Aberdeen. NERC funded studentship. Supervisors: Dr Liz Baggs and Dr Dave Johnson.2001
2004 MSc. (with Distinction) Environmental Protection and Management. University of Edinburgh, UK.
2000 – 2004 BSc. (Hons) First Class, Environmental Biology and Geography. University of St Andrews, UK.