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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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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 - 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: 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 Ian Renfrew Scientific background Arctic climate change and the associated sea-ice retreat are having significant impacts on both the atmosphere, the ocean and their interactions. Atmosphere-ocean surface heat exchange is highest during cold-air outbreaks and high...
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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: Dr Zoja Vukmanovic Scientific background: Layered intrusions represent natural laboratories frozen in time that provide us an opportunity to study how magma cools and differentiates, and how precious metals concentrate to form ore deposits. The ore deposits found in these...
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Primary Supervisor -Prof Michal Mackiewicz Scientific background Marine litter is a key threat to the oceans health and the livelihoods. Hence, new scalable automated methods to collect and analyse data are needed to enhance our understanding of sources, pathways and impact of litter. Cefas is...
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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 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...