A fully funded PhD scholarship is available with Dr. Bing Guo at Civil and Environmental Engineering, the University of Surrey, UK, in collaboration with James Hutton Institute.
The fund covers student tuition fees, plus a stipend of £15285 per year. The scholarship is SCENARIO programme, Natural Environment Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership with University of Reading, the University of Surrey, and other institutes.
Deadline: 22 January 2021.
Topic: Understanding risks and optimising anaerobic digestion to minimise pathogen and antimicrobial resistance genes entering the environment
The project aims to:
evaluate pathogen/ARG content of common AD feedstocks
understand the role of feedstock type and process conditions on pathogen/ARG persistence
compare persistence of pathogens/ARG in traditional organic waste-amended soils vs. digestate-amended soils.