Biogeosciences

Aisling Moffat

Aisling is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Agriculture and Food Science at University College Dublin (UCD). Her research focuses on soil ecology, biodiversity, and sustainable agriculture. For her PhD, Aisling developed an integrated pest management (IPM) toolbox for leatherjacket pests, introducing alternative strategies to mitigate crop yield loss while maintaining sufficient larval populations to support bird and bat predation. From 2023 to 2025, she was the lead Postdoctoral Researcher on the EPA-funded TellSoilBio Project, which mapped the structural links between soil geochemistry and biodiversity (specifically mites, collembola, nematodes, and enchytraeids) across Ireland. Expanding her expertise in agroecological practices, she now works with the UCD Stanley Ecology Lab Group on the SAFER project, funded by the AgroEcology Partnership, evaluating how specific farming practices enhance biodiversity and its associated ecosystem services.

The beauty of Soil!

Aisling Moffat and Saule Akhmetkaliyeva May 29, 2026

The Life Beneath Our Feet Where would we be without healthy soil? A lot of our research live would be in turmoil I’m here today to spread some soil appreciation, Which may require some thought transformation. Soil Is the base of our beautiful landscapes, Often where we go for some restorative escapes, Some key reasons to save soils from destruction They support 95% of global food production, And a ...[Read More]