Tom Sizmur
@tomsizmur
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Professor in Environmental Chemistry at the University of Reading. Tweeting about Soil Science, Biogeochemistry, Earthworms, Pollution and Biochar
Reading, UK
Joined August 2011
Fancy carrying out a PhD in Analytical Environmental Chemistry and Food Safety? Check out this opportunity @SCCESurrey with my colleagues Monica Felipe-Sotelo, @tomsizmur and I https://t.co/QEh9jqkSET
https://t.co/H1gpBoPeFA
research.reading.ac.uk
We are now advertising one four-year fully funded PhD studentship for a project to start no later than March 2026. Applications for 2026 studentships will open in December 2025.
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Take care when preparing your answers to the various questions asked in the application form and read the selection criteria
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Applications should be made via the FoodBioSystems web portal by 3rd Feb 2025. I strongly recommend that applicants read the guidance on the webpage and PDF Applicant Guide, including guidance on international student eligibility:
research.reading.ac.uk
We are now advertising one four-year fully funded PhD studentship for a project to start no later than March 2026. Applications for 2026 studentships will open in December 2025.
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"Biochar Interventions to Improve Soil Health Under Oil Palm : Ensuring Agronomic and Environmental Sustainability of the Fastest Expanding Equatorial Crop" led by Dr Paul Williams, Queen's University Belfast (looking for a tropical soil biogeochemist)
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"Translocation pathways of gadolinium from wastewater into the food chain: accumulation, distribution and speciation in crops" led by : Dr Monica Felipe-Sotelo, University of Surrey (looking for an environmental chemist to investigate Rare Earth Elements)
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"Multi-omics analysis of nitrogen metabolism by the soil microbial community" led by Dr Alexey Larionov, Cranfield University (looking for a student with bioinformatics experince to apply long read sequencing to soil microbial ecology)
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I'm delighted to be a co-supervisor on three PhD studentships that are currently open for applications as part of the BBSRC FoodBioSystems DTP
research.reading.ac.uk
We are now advertising one four-year fully funded PhD studentship for a project to start no later than March 2026. Applications for 2026 studentships will open in December 2025.
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Our Paul tech soil sensors were installed today on our compost extract trial in conjunction with @KentWildlife @tomsizmur Interested to see what they tell us over the next year.
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Looking forward to tomorrow's @LEAF_Farming workshop on cover crops. @MillieSCHood & @tomsizmur will be discussing our codesigned research from the @SHOWCASE_H2020 project & I will be discussing citizen science biodiversity monitoring. @IFarmers wrap up with a codesign session 👍
Getting to the roots of cover crops: unlocking their potential through farmer-led research 🌱🚜🌻 Don't miss out on this exciting workshop with @SHOWCASE_H2020 & @IFarmers 📅22nd Nov 2024 ⌚10:00 - 15:30 📍Manor Farm, Marlborough Secure your spot! 👇 https://t.co/Oe36Evbopj
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Interested in #intercropping? Check out this article in @FarmersWeekly where Senior Farming Advisor @jerryalford123 answers some frequently asked questions and shares some of this season’s @Leguminose_EU #fieldlab results👇 https://t.co/HY4viqLHE6
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I recently saw a lot of posts like this one notifying users that they have moved to https://t.co/COC9umWWYV so I decided to make the jump myself and was encouraged to see that I'm actually late to the party. Come joine me! https://t.co/BRCe8d9y1i
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The Soil Functions and Trajectories (SOFT) Lab at the University of Maine is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Soil Biogeochemistry; details in link:
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The University of Maine is a community of more than 11,900 undergraduate and graduate students, and 2,500 employees located on the Orono campus, the regional campus in Machias, and throughout the...
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Here’s our new open access paper with @UniRdg_Cocoa @tomsizmur on remediation of cocoa soils. You can scroll down to watch a video too on composting on farm waste.
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📢Looking for a job!📢 With the PhD defense in my rearview I am throwing my hat in the academic job market. I specialize in crop-soil-microbe interactions, N biogeochem, cereal-legume intercropping, etc. Would prefer a post-doc or other research postings, remote or hybrid!
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Great day today @alvanblanch talking about the benefits and challenges of #intercropping with @i_uwase @jerryalford123 @Hodmedods and Dougal Hosford as part of our @Leguminose_EU project🫘🌾🫘🌾🫘
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Join the @SHOWCASE_H2020 team from @UniofReading at this @LEAF_Farming cover crop workshop in collaboration with @IFarmers🌾☘️🚜 22nd November - The Manor Farm, Wilton, Marlborough. Further details & registration here: https://t.co/oJxnG2loNB
@MillieSCHood @tomsizmur @OakbankGame
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Plant diversity influences positive microbial positive associations enhancing microbial #CUE in agricultural soils! Check out these results! Empirical evidence showing the importance of #ecological intensification of #agriculture!
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Nature Communications - The expansion and intensification of agriculture has led to a loss of soil carbon. Here the authors show that increasing plant diversity within an agricultural soil...
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Are you soon defending your PhD? 📢We are recruiting a "Junior" Postdoc on Plant-Soil Microbiome research in the @BiodiversaPlus Grass4Fun project Join the @Emersys_IRHS team in Angers, France with great partners @ManuDelBaq @PabloGarciaPal @frantecol @vandeHeijdenLab More👇
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Looking forward to joining this event later this month @Leguminose_EU
Growing and processing intercrops - a @Leguminose_EU event: Fri 25th Oct at @alvanblanch Factory with @SoilAssociation @IFarmers @i_uwase Dougal Hosford, and @Hodmedods focusing on groiwng, seperating, processing, and marketing cereal/legume intercrops
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Position opening: Research Scientist in Biogeochemistry in the Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment (ISEE) at @UofIllinois @sustainILLINOIS We are looking for a Research Scientist to lead multiple projects on soil-water P. Apps due Oct 18 https://t.co/ipaoSwbsOG
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