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for fieldwork in South America. Training and Skills Development This PhD will provide comprehensive training in: Molecular techniques: DNA extraction, PCR, and next-generation sequencing library preparation
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Primary Supervisor - Dr Marius Somveille Background Seabirds are highly mobile organisms connecting distant regions across the world’s oceans and seas. While being important contributors to marine ecosystems, seabirds are also particularly threatened by human activity. To design effective...
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Primary Supervisor - Prof Jacob Malone Scientific Background Soil contamination with plastics and other pollutants causes significant challenges in terms of environmental containment and restoration. For example, the food-safe plastic PET is found throughout the terrestrial ecosystem, where it...
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Primary Supervisor - Dr Lidong Be Scientific Background One of the key challenges in volcanology is understanding changes in volcanic activities during crises, such as transitions from effusive to eruptive activity. These transitions pose significant challenges to hazard management (1). Physical...
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evolutionary ecology and conservation. The long-term study of Seychelles warblers Acrocephalus sechellensis, on Cousin Island provides an excellent system for this PhD. Our database contains data on survival and
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Primary Supervisor: Prof Kate Hendry Scientific background: Meltwater fluxes from glaciers and ice shelves are increasing across West Antarctica as a result of oceanic warming as well as an increase in atmospheric temperatures. The increase in freshwater inputs into the ocean are likely linked...
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Primary Supervisor - Prof Diane Saunders Scientific background Bhutan is well-known for its extraordinarily high species richness and endemism rate. With only ~8% of Bhutan’s land being arable, wheat is a staple crop of significant importance. It is among one of the few crops cultivated at high...
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Primary Supervisor -�Dr Gabrielle Davidson BACKGROUND� Wildlife gut microbiomes are critical for host biology and health, yet are highly variable and environmentally responsive, especially in birds. There�s now a pressing need to understand how these symbionts affect development and fitness....
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Primary Supervisor: Prof Dorothee Bakker Scientific background: The Southern Ocean takes up about 10% of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by human activity, thus slowing down climate change. Investigation of the unique year-round Rothera CO2 timeseries (2010-2020) has highlighted how wintertime...
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Primary Supervisor - Dr Xiaoming Zhai Scientific background The Arctic Ocean has undergone rapid changes in recent decades, with far-reaching impacts on both the Arctic region’s environment and the global climate system. An increased intrusion of the warm, saline Atlantic Water has led to the...