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Brian Scannell

PhD: Mixing in the surface mixed layer of temperate shelf seas Room CM203 Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences Craig Mair Building Menai Bridge Isle of Anglesey LL59 5AB Tel: +44 (0) 1248 382891…

Connor McCarron

PhD: Bedload transport of sediment mixtures in shelf seas School of Ocean Sciences Bangor University Menai Bridge Anglesey LL59 5AB Tel: +44 (0) 1248 382891 Email Connor McCarron LinkedIn profile Rese…

David Foster

PhD: Adaptation to environmental stress by evolution of non-genotypic heterogeneity within microbial populations Room B45 Life Sciences Building University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7…

James Hicks

PhD: Dragons Feel the Heat: the Thermal Vulnerability of Malaysian Agamid Lizards in a Human Altered Landscape Room B26E School of Geography Sir Clive Granger Building University Park Nottingham NG7 2…

Nick Primmer

PhD: Mid-Low Latitude Holocene Climate Change using Varve Analysis Room B26e Clive Granger Building University Of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD Tel: Email Nick Primmer Twitter profile …

Abby Wallwork

PhD: Linking functional diversity with soil carbon dynamics in secondary tropical forests (Primary) PhD student room CEH Edinburgh Tel: 0131 445 8439 Email Abby Wallwork at CEH Room – A29 Lancaster …

Alex Vierod

PhD: Ecological Tipping Points in Mangrove Ecosystems Thoday F2 School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography Bangor University Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2UW UK Email Alex Vierod ResearchGate Profi…

Chloe Brown

PhD: Remote sensing investigation of how oil palm cultivation is degrading Malaysia’s tropical peatland ecosystem services B26e Sir Clive Granger Building University of Nottingham University Par…

Edward Lockhart

PhD: Glacial sculpting and post-glacial drowning of the Celtic Sea School of Ocean Sciences Bangor University Email Edward Lockhart ORCiD Profile Changing climate, due to increasing concentrations of …

Luke Sibbett

PhD: Early warning of landslide events using computer vision and geophysical image analysis Email Luke Sibbett My background is in Physics, having obtained my undergraduate MSci in Physics from the Un…

Sam Robinson

PhD: Logging impacts on forest soil biodiversity and function in Borneo Room A524 LEC 1 Building Lancaster University Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4YW Email Sam Robinson I completed a Masters in Ecology and…

Sarah Goertz

PhD: Causes and consequences of Immune variation in rodents B109 University of Nottingham Email Sarah Goertz Researchgate Profile Linkedin Profile I am an enthusiastic and dedicated postgraduate resea…

Savannah Worne

PhD: Investigating Bering Sea oceanographic controls on the Milankovitch orbital cycle climatic shift during the middle Pleistocene B26e Sir Clive Granger Building University of Nottingham University …

Tim Peters

PhD: The role of soil microbes and rhizodeposition in forest ecosystem carbon cycling 2nd Floor Environment Centre Wales Deiniol Road Bangor Gwynedd LL57 2UW United Kingdom Email Tim Peters Linkedin P…

Anna Woodhead

PhD: Capturing ecosystem service delivery from coral reefs Room A54, LEC 3 Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University Lancaster United Kingdom LA1 4YQ Email Anna Woodhead Google scholar profile…

Beth Francis

PhD: Biological signals of the Island Mass Effect) Room: Nautilus 327 Westbury Mount School of Ocean Sciences Bangor University Menai Bridge LL59 5AB Tel: 01248 388196 Email Beth Francis at Bangor Lin…

Briony Jones

PhD: Whole genome metagenomics to determine land use effects on soil ecosystem services NF.16, CEH Wallingford Maclean Building Benson Ln, Crowmarsh Gifford Wallingford OX10 8BB Tel: 01491 692261 Emai…

Charlotte Briddon

PhD: Assessing the impacts of aquaculture in the Philippines using palaeolimnology B26e Sir Clive Granger Building University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD Email Charlotte Briddon a…

Chris Chandler

PhD: Spatial and temporal patterns of liana success in Malaysia Room B26e, Sir Clive Granger Building University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD Email Chris Chandler at Nottingham Twi…

Chris Kneale

PhD: Investigating tectonic-climate interactions using sedimentary records in the Tarim Basin, China Room: A54 University of Lancaster Lancaster Environmental Centre Email Chris Kneale at Lancaster Li…

Dan Blumgart

PhD: Investigating the mechanisms behind moth declines: plants, landscape, pollution and climate Bawden Building Rothamsted Research Email Dan Blumgart at Rothamsted Research I am an ecologist mainly …

Fiona Sach

PhD: Are Land Use Decisions of African Elephants Based on Environmental Geochemistry British Geological Survey Email Fiona Sach at British Geological Survey Read Fiona’s blog I have been working for…

Jack Garnett

PhD: Ice enrichment of chemical pollutants: a significant phenomenon in a warmer arctic Room B31a, LEC 1 Lancaster Environment Centre Library Avenue Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP Email Jack Garnett at La…

Simon Karythis

PhD: An interdisciplinary approach to understanding predator modification of prey behaviour Room – Nautilus Suite Westbury Mount School of Ocean Sciences Bangor University Menai Bridge Isle of A…

Thomas Mondain-Monval

PhD: Understanding population declines in Afro-Palearctic migrant birds Room LG 504 Lancaster Environment Centre LEC 1 Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YQ Email Thomas Mondain-Monval at Lancaster U…

William Perry

PhD: From morphology to microbiome: integrated common garden-genomic studies in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Environmental Centre Wales (ECW) 3rd floor Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Labora…

Abdullah Rafiq

PhD: Exploring the ecology of airborne pollen biodiversity using environmental DNA analysis and identifying links to hay fever 3rd Floor School of Environment Natural Resources and Geography Deiniol R…

Amy Withers

PhD: Interactions between migration and disease in an invasive crop pest Lancaster University Email Amy Withers I completed my undergraduate degree in biological sciences at the University of Birming…

Anita Weissflog

PhD: Assessing the role of fungus-mediated plant-soil feedbacks during secondary succession of tropical forests Room S1 School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography Bangor University Bangor,…

Charlotte Smith

PhD: A multi-scale assessment of the regrowth potential of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon Room A29a, LEC1 Lancaster University Tel: 07918 110348 Email Charlotte Smith Twitter LinkedIn My a…

Clare Brewster

PhD: Impact of ozone on nitrogen dynamics of grassland vegetation Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Environment Centre Wales Deiniol Road Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW United Kingdom Tel: +441248 374536 Em…

Eilidh Forster

PhD: Developing environmentally sustainable forestry value chains Bangor University Email Eilidh Forster Twitter LinkedIn My first degree was a MEng in Chemical Engineering from Strathclyde University…

Freya Olsson

PhD: Working with natural processes to restore lake habitats Room A42 CEH Lancaster Tel: 01524 595885 Email Freya Olsson at CEH Email Freya Olsson at Lancaster University Twitter I graduated from Dur…

Giles Exley

PhD: Sunny waters: meeting our energy, water and climate mitigation needs with floating solar Email Giles Exley Room A29a, LEC 1 Lancaster Environment Centre Library Avenue Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP …

Helen Ford

PhD: Widening our view of the reef: the landscape ecology of disturbance and recovery on Pacific coral reefs Nautilus PhD Suite Room 327 Bangor University I completed a Bsc in Biology at the Universit…

Jade Bowling

PhD: The role of supraglacial lakes in ice sheet change and sea level rise Room A29a Lancaster University Email Jade Bowling I completed my undergraduate studies at Northumbria University, where I stu…

James Boyd

PhD: Coupled hydrogeophysical and geomechanical modelling of slope stability for improved early warning of landslides Email James Boyd British Geological Survey Environmental Science Centre Nicker Hil…

Jeneen Hadj-Hammou

PhD: Functional changes in coral reef marine protected areas Room B46, LEC 3 Lancaster University Tel: 07508 120024 Email Jeneen Hadj-Hammou Twitter LinkedIn ReseachGate I moved to the UK in 2011 for…

Matt Amos

PhD: Understanding long term climate and atmospheric composition change over Antarctica Email Matt Amos Room LG505, LEC 1 Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University My work begins with analysis…

Sarah Bond

PhD: Demographic consequences of variation in individual foraging strategies of northern fulmars Room Nautilus 327 Westbury Mount School of Ocean Sciences Bangor University Email Sarah Bond I studied …

Vanessa Cutts

PhD: Evolutionary dynamics in changing environments: oceanic islands as natural experiments Sir Clive Grainger Building University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD Email Vanessa Cutts …

Amy Gresham

Environment Centre Wales (3rd floor) Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW Email: myg18xqd@bangor.ac.uk Twitter account: @amygresham48 LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amygresham48/ As someone …

Andrea Sartorius

B31, Vet School Clinical Building, Sutton Bonington Campus andrea.sartorius@nottingham.ac.uk @aisartorius For my undergraduate degree I studied biology, with a focus in ecology, at Pomona Colle…

Bede West

CEH Lancaster, C74 01524 595804 Email: bwest@ceh.ac.uk Twitter: @bede_west https://twitter.com/bede_west I am interested in how land management impacts affect ecosystems and their relationship with na…

Bradley Reed

Room: CM203, Bangor University, School of Ocean Sciences, Craig Mair Building, Menai Bridge, Isle of Anglesey, LL59 5AB Tel: +44 (0) 1248 382891 Email: bradley.reed@bangor.ac.uk Twitter: https://twi…

Cyan Turner

2nd Floor, Environment Centre Wales, Deiniol Road, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW. Email cyt18dyb@bangor.ac.uk Linked In https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyan-turner-a70450147/ I spent four years at the Univers…

Hattie Roberts

Location: Lancaster University, Room LG504/Environment Centre for Wales, Bangor CEH Email Hattie Roberts Phone: 01248 374575 Twitter As a Plant Biology graduate from Aberystwyth University, I am an en…

Holly Unwin

Room A54, Lancaster Environment Centre LEC 3, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YQ. Email: h.unwin@lancaster.ac.uk I am a volcanology PhD student at Lancaster University investigating the formation…

Iain Hill

Room B109, Life Sciences Building, University of Nottingham, University Park Campus. Email: iain.hill@nottingham.ac.uk After the completion of BSc (Hons) Zoology, I spent over 7 years working in medi…

Laura Hunt

Location: British Geological Survey, Keyworth and School of Geography, University of Nottingham (B26E) Email: laura.hunt@nottingham.ac.uk /lhun@bgs.ac.uk Twitter: @laura_hunt7 Lake systems in Africa p…

Oliver Baines

B26e, Sir Clive Granger Building, University of Nottingham. Email: Oliver.Baines@nottingham.ac.uk Twitter handle: @oabaines I first completed at BA in Geography at the University of Cambridge and it w…

Rachel Gunn

LEC3 B46, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, LA1 4YQ. Tel: 07896028182 Email: rlgunn1@gmail.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachellouisegunn/ Twitter: @RachelGunn5 I complet…

Tom Oliver

Location: Rothamsted Research Email: thl18nrz@bangor.ac.uk Twitter: @Tomoliverbees I have a lifelong love of bees thanks to my grandparents. They were beekeepers for more than fifty years, becoming he…

Zoe Melvin

Bangor University Zzm18fls@bangor.ac.uk https://uk.linkedin.com/in/zoe-melvin-186a22108 @Zoe_Melvin on twitter PhD: Living with human disturbance: conservation physiology and genetics in a wild Africa…

Alex Billings

PhD: Plasticiser in the UK terrestrial environment: occurrence and bioaccumulation? CEH Wallingford / CEH Lancaster Email Alex Billings Twitter I am interested in the environmental fate and ecotoxicol…

Alison Clayson

PhD: Geochemical controls on the dermal absorption of organic soil contaminants Location: I am hosted at the British Geological Survey in Keyworth and enrolled at the University of Nottingham Email Al…

Calum Ramage

PhD: Assessing the impact of environmental contaminants in the Kruger National Park, South Africa: From sediments to crocodiles Room B31, School of Veterinary Sciences and Medicine University of Notti…

Daniel Fishburn

PhD: Investigating the feedbacks between abiotic and biotic processes of litter decomposition in tropical dry forests Location: Room S1, Thoday Building, School of Natural Sciences, Bangor University,…

Hannah Kemp

PhD: Bloomin’ Blanket Weed: managing nuisance algae at National Trust water bodies B26e, School of Geography Sir Clive Granger Building University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 …

Hannah Markham

PhD: Sensitivity of aquatic insect eggs to elevated fine sediment and phosphate concentrations in rivers Environmental Sciences C Floor – Gateway Building University of Nottingham Sutton Boningt…

Hollie Ball

PhD: Sources, transfer and fate of microplastics in the Arctic marine environment Room B46, LEC 3 Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University Email Hollie Ball Twitter I completed my undergradua…

Hollie Blaydes

PhD: Solar parks: refuges for pollinators and boosting pollination services Room B159a, LEC 1 Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University Email Hollie Blaydes Twitter I completed my undergraduat…

Katie Sieradzan

PhD: Impacts of sea level rise on atmospheric CO2 concentration during deglacial – glacial periods Room CM203 School of Ocean Sciences Bangor University Email Katie Sieradzan I am a first year p…

Laura Turner

PhD: An experimental and macroecological investigation of precipitation effects on Arctic plant root traits Sir Clive Granger Building University of Nottingham University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD Email…

Mark Hamilton

PhD: Implications of coral reef degradation for fisheries Room B46, LEC 3 Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University Email Mark Hamilton Twitter LinkedIn Mark is an Envision DTP funded PhD stud…

Nia Jones

PhD: Dispersal of microplastics in the marine environment Room Nautilus Suite School of Ocean Sciences Bangor University Askew Street Menai Bridge LL59 5AB Email Nia Jones Twitter LinkedIn I was first…

Ruth Carter

PhD: Complementary strategies for the sustainable management of an invasive pest in Africa Email Ruth Carter Twitter LinkedIn Current Research: Throughout my PhD, I will investigate if the Fall Armywo…

Sophie Young

PhD: Why does C4 photosynthesis rarely evolve in trees? Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University Email Sophie Young Twitter Current Research: Throughout my PhD, I will investigate why C4 phot…

Stuart Sopp

PhD: Extending global forest carbon models based on LIDAR from tropics to other bioregions F5, Thoday School of Natural Sciences Bangor University Email Stuart Sopp I am PhD student at the University …

Dan Potter

PhD: Flow modification in a tidal farm and potential effects on marine habitats Room B46 LEC 3 Building Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4NY Tel: Email Dan Potter ResearchGate profile LinkedIn profi…

Emma Gray

PhD: Measuring and Modelling the Effects of Climate Change on Cyanobacteria in Lakes Room A44 Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Lancaster Environment Centre Library Avenue Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP …

Jane Hosegood

PhD: Novel genetic tools for conservation and management of vulnerable manta rays Environment Centre Wales 3rd Floor Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory Bangor University UK Tel: Email…

Laura Dean

PhD: Sea Level, Salinity, Sympatry and Speciation in Sticklebacks NERC ENVISION PhD Research Student Room B26E School of Life Sciences University of Nottingham Nottingham Tel: Email Laura Dean Project…

Laura Deeprose

PhD: Speleothem climate capture of the Neanderthal demise Room B46 LEC 3 Building Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4NY Tel: Email Laura Deeprose Twitter profile Project Link I studied undergraduate …

Nathan Magnall

PhD: Towards a Universal Model for Lava Emplacement Room A54 LEC 3 Building Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4NY Tel: Email Nathan Magnall Website profile Twitter profile Project Link About me: I’…

Nick Girkin

PhD: Tropical Forest Methane Emissions: Root Regulation of Soil Processes and Fluxes Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Gateway Building University of Nottingham Sutton Bonington Campus Sutton Bo…

Paul McLachlan

PhD: Revealing hydrological and biogeochemical heterogeneity at the groundwater-surface water interface using geophysics Room LG506 LEC 1 Building Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YQ Email Paul McL…

Simon Tarr

PhD: Predicting climate change effects on Anolis lizards using physiological models and ecological traits Room B26E School of Geography Sir Clive Granger Building University Park Nottingham NG7 2RD Em…

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