A new blog post from the LegumeLegacy project explored the international research secondments undertaken by doctoral researchers across the consortium, highlighting their academic and personal impact.
Last year, several LegumeLegacy PhD researchers completed research stays at partner institutions as part of the project’s interdisciplinary training programme. These secondments offered opportunities to develop advanced skills, experience different scientific cultures, and work in diverse research environments, from a Canadian winter to an Irish spring. Further secondments are planned in the coming months.
Julian Nyaga described her research stay at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) in Quebec, where she focused on nutrient leaching processes involving nitrogen, phosphorus, and carbon, and how these are affected by crop type, fertilisation practices, and ley termination.
Ellen Baekelmans reflected on her secondment at Teagasc Johnstown Castle in Ireland, where she worked on applying Diversity-Interactions (DI) models to data from a field experiment in the Netherlands, strengthening her expertise in modelling approaches.
The full blog post is available on the LegumeLegacy blog.
LegumeLegacy is a Marie-Curie Doctoral Network funded under the Horizon-MSCA-DN-2021 programme and consists of 33 people across 14 institutions in academia and industry. With this programme the team aims to train their cohort of Doctoral Researchers to be the next generation of leaders in sustainable agri-ecosystems.
