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Jack Atkin-Willoughby

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PhD: Restoring for a resilient future: Woodland community assembly trajectories in the face of multiple stressors Location: UKCEH Bangor Email Jack Atkin-Willoughby Twitter Research Gate Linkedin My academic studies began with an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Bristol. After graduating in 2018, I left the UK to live in western Canada […]

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Early warning of reservoir dam failure: harnessing machine learning and novel ground imaging for enhanced hazard assessment

Resistivity imaging of a large reservoir dam for condition assessment and leak detection

This is an exciting opportunity to explore deep learning (DL) methods, in combination with geophysical and hydro-mechanical models, to extract information on the stability of dams and other earthworks. The collapse of the auxiliary spillway of the Toddbrook Dam following heavy rain during summer 2019 brought significant public attention to potential hazards from failure of […]

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The vulnerability of soil carbon to extreme rainfall

There is a growing imperative to reverse global soil carbon losses and increase soil carbon stocks. This action could contribute to climate change mitigation and improve food security. While efforts to increase soil carbon are focused on enhancing soil carbon stabilisation and persistence, soil carbon can also be subject to destabilisation and loss through physical […]

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Drivers and demographic consequences of seabird foraging strategies in a changing environment

Coastal marine ecosystems are undergoing rapid change due to multiple anthropogenic impacts including overfishing, climate change, pollution and renewable energy generation. These changes have important impacts on marine organisms, including top predators such as seabirds, leading to increased concern for protected populations. Understanding how seabirds adjust their behaviour with respect to spatio-temporal variation in their […]

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Predicting soil microbial responses to environmental change

Predicting change in the soil microbiome

DNA sequencing has revolutionised our understanding of soil microbial biodiversity, uncovering the ecology of thousands of novel taxa and providing new opportunities for innovation within areas such as biomonitoring, forecasting, and sustainable agriculture. To harness these growing datastreams for applications operable at realistic landscape scales, there is an urgent need for predictive modelling linking environmental […]

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Jeronimo Cid

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PhD: Drought vulnerability of the date palm and its wild relatives Location: 3rd Floor, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology/Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University, Bangor and Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, London Email Jeronimo Cid Twitter ResearchGate: Jeronimo Cid I completed my Undergraduate degree in Forestry Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. My dissertation aimed to improve […]

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Catherine Walker

Catherine Walker

PhD: The War-torn Woodlands of Britain: Reconstructing the ecological impacts of historical disturbance Location: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), Lancaster Email Catherine Walker LinkedIn Twitter My drive to pursue a PhD in woodland ecology began after volunteering at my local woodland, Birchanger Wood, in Hertfordshire. Now a trustee of the wood, this experience has […]

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