PostDoc
Dr Emma Blanka Kovács
kovacseb@tcd.ie
PostDoc on the ERC-funded TERRAFORM project.
Blanka is a postdoctoral research fellow co-funded by the ERC-funded TERRAFORM project at the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin, working across the disciplines of Botany and Geology.
Her research explores past climate change events and how shifts in palaeoatmospheric conditions have influenced the biosphere. Currently, she focuses on soil–plant interactions—specifically, how evolutionary differences between plant groups impact soil chemistry and the weathering of rocks.
Blanka earned her PhD in 2024 from Trinity College Dublin, where she studied sedimentary and foliar mercury sequestration. She holds an MSc in Geology (2020) and a BSc in Earth Sciences (2017) from Eötvös University, Hungary.