PhD: Understanding long term climate and atmospheric composition change over Antarctica Email Matt Amos Lancaster Environment Centre Lancaster University My work begins with analysis of ice core records which provide a fascinating and continuous record of atmospheric composition as far back as 100000 years ago. The records of reactive gases trapped within the cores could […]

PhD: Sunny waters: meeting our energy, water and climate mitigation needs with floating solar Email Giles Exley Lancaster Environment Centre I am a full-time student at Lancaster University studying for a PhD in Environmental Science. My undergraduate dissertation completed at the University of Birmingham assessed the suitability of a solar farm microclimate for an Agrivoltaic […]

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 Birmingham where I focused on ecology and microbiology. My undergraduate dissertation used molecular biology techniques to investigate how fungal parasites (Cryptococcus spp.) can manipulate the immune system to […]

PhD: Evolutionary dynamics in changing environments: oceanic islands as natural experiments University of Nottingham Email Vanessa Cutts Twitter I completed a BSc in Zoology at the University of Reading followed by an MSc in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation at Imperial College. For my masters project I studied an asexual class of microscopic animals: Bdelloid rotifers in […]

PhD: The role of soil microbes and rhizodeposition in forest ecosystem carbon cycling Environment Centre Wales Bangor University Email Tim Peters Linkedin Profile ResearchGate Profile My background is in the horticultural industry working in domestic gardens, commercial production and landscape scale projects, including planning and planting traditional orchards as part of an EU funded agri-environment […]

PhD: Investigating Bering Sea oceanographic controls on the Milankovitch orbital cycle climatic shift during the middle Pleistocene University of Nottingham Email Savannah Worne I recently graduated from BSc Geography at the University of Nottingham, completing my dissertation research using the sedimentary diatom assemblage and photosynthetic pigments to assess environmental change over the last hundred years […]

PhD: Causes and consequences of Immune variation in rodents University of Nottingham Email Sarah Goertz Researchgate Profile Linkedin Profile I am an enthusiastic and dedicated postgraduate research student. Previous work includes research on the utility of captive breeding and release programmes in conservation, a subject I feel very strongly about, as well as ecological changes […]

PhD: Logging impacts on forest soil biodiversity and function in Borneo Lancaster University Email Sam Robinson I completed a Masters in Ecology and Conservation at Lancaster Environment Centre, through which I developed a particular interest in effects of tropical land-use change on biogeochemical cycling and ecosystem services, including global climate systems. My dissertation focussed on […]

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 McLachlan I studied Geology at the University of Edinburgh for my undergraduate degree. During this time I also had the opportunity to complete environmental science placements at the University of […]