UCD School of Biology and Environmental Science
Dr. Olaf Schmidt

 
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Academic Qualifications

  • Diplom-Agraringenieur (German University degree in Agriculture), Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, 1992
  • M.Sc. (Taught) in Soil Science, University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, 1993
  • Ph.D., National University of Ireland, Dublin, 1999

Research Interests
  • Stable isotope ratio techniques in animal ecology, agriculture and food science

  • Carbon, nitrogen and sulphur cycling in terrestrial soil–plant–animal systems

  • Population dynamics, species diversity, feeding ecology and functions of soil macro-invertebrates, in particular earthworms and slugs

  • Soil ecological effects of land use and management

  • Bioindication of biological soil health and productivity