Studentships

Modelling coral survival in a warming world

University of Glasgow Dr Ben Swallow IAP2-20-028

Ecology and conservation of pangolin using stable isotope forensics

University of Glasgow Dr. Jason Newton IAP2-20-023

Tracking element transfer during subduction initiation using the isotopic composition of ‘chalcophile’ elements

Durham University Dr. Julie Prytulak IAP2-20-044

Developing a nested, multiscale framework for modelling animal movement processes from long-term tracking data

University of Glasgow Prof Janine Illian IAP2-19-102

Applying social network and personality trait analyses to understanding and managing human-macaque sympatry in urban Singapore

Durham University Dr Amanda Tan IAP2-20-038

Linking Phanerozoic carbon cycle perturbations, mass extinctions and large igneous provinces using novel geochemical proxies

University of St Andrews Dr. James Rae IAP2-19-036

Snowguns, seesaws, and CO2: million-year to millennial climate and productivity change in the Arctic

University of St Andrews Dr James Rae IAP2-19-096

Climate-changing volcanic eruptions from magma source to ice core archives: a sulphur isotope perspective

University of St Andrews William Hutchison IAP2-19-055

A call to ARMS: Monitoring polar biodiversity

British Antarctic Survey Professor Melody Clark IAP2-20-030

Arrival of the fittest: examining the underlying mechanisms of morphological plasticity in an adaptive radiation

University of Glasgow Dr. Kevin Parsons IAP2-20-027

Epigenetics of local adaptation

University of Glasgow Dr Jelle Boonekamp IAP2-20-048

How does landscape evolution control ice-sheet dynamics?

Durham University Dr Stewart Jamieson IAP2-20-037

How soil characteristics affect the efficiency of energy geostructures?

Newcastle University Dr Sadegh Nadimi IAP2-19-138

Convergence or cryptic evolution: the origins of the cephalopod body plan

Durham University Dr. Martin R. Smith IAP2-20-052

Transforming fractures – coupling deformation, heat and fluid flow within the Earth’s evolving oceanic lithosphere

Durham University Professor Christine Peirce IAP2-20-054

Salt-marsh based records of Common Era relative sea-level changes from the Mediterranean

Durham University Dr Simon Engelhart IAP2-19-111

Genetic mechanisms of amphibian colour pattern and toxicity in the natural environment

University of Glasgow Dr Kathryn R Elmer IAP2-19-085

Understanding coral bleaching using multi-proxy bleaching reconstruction

University of Glasgow Dr Nick Kamenos IAP2-20-025

Time, light and sound: nocturnal predators in landscapes of the anthropocene

University of Glasgow Davide Dominoni IAP2-19-128

Critical metals and deep time: decoding the interplay of magmatism, structure and mineralization

University of Glasgow Dr Iain Neill IAP2-19-124

Investigating the geomicrobiology of mercury methylation in northern peatlands

University of Glasgow Dr John Moreau IAP2-20-032

Environments of Early Agriculture: Where and When did Cultivation take place in Neolithic Catalhoyuk, Turkey?

Durham University Prof. John Wainwright IAP2-19-039

Reproductive interference across continental scales: combining citizen science and behavioural experiments to test reproductive character displacement hypotheses

Durham University Dr Jonathan Drury IAP2-20-047

Quantifying CO2 storage in the glacial ocean

University of St Andrews Dr James Rae IAP2-19-104

Fanning the flames: past and future links between climate change and fire activity across Siberia

British Antarctic Survey Dr Gareth Marshall IAP2-20-034

Using metal stable isotopes to investigate chemical weathering of anthropogenic deposits

Durham University Dr. Julie Prytulak IAP2-20-049

Coral osteoporosis: how does seawater phosphate affect the calcification of tropical marine corals?

University of St Andrews Dr Nicola Allison IAP2-19-006

Novel reconstructions of seawater chemistry and CO2 over the last 100 Myr

University of St Andrews Dr James Rae IAP2-19-103

The Southern Ocean’s role in CO2 change

University of St Andrews Dr James Rae IAP2-19-094

Rivers on ice: do supraglacial streams evolve like bedrock rivers?

Durham University Dr Rebecca Hodge IAP2-20-040

Healthy peat microbiota

University of Glasgow Dr Karen Cameron IAP2-20-045

Exploring the genetic and dietary mechanisms of urban/rural divergence in a potentially self-domesticating animal

University of Glasgow Dr. Kevin Parsons IAP2-20-026

THE UNIQUE TEESDALE FLORA IN A TIME OF CLIMATE WARMING: THREATS OF AN INVASION FROM THE SOUTH?

Durham University Dr Robert Baxter Dr Jens-Arne Subke Dr Wayne Dawson IAP2-20-046

Shrubification in a changing High Arctic

British Antarctic Survey Dr Kevin Newsham IAP2-20-036

Experimental Analysis and Modelling of Landslides and its Impacts on Infrastructure

University of Glasgow Manousos Valyrakis IAP2-19-030

Microbial thiocyanate biodegradation: an unexplored nexus for the sulphur, nitrogen and carbon biogeochemical cycles

University of Glasgow Dr John W Moreau IAP2-20-031

Achondrite meteorites as snapshots of Earth’s earliest history

University of St Andrews Paul Savage IAP2-19-067

Mandrills and microbes: The role of the skin microbiome in primate communication

Durham University Prof Jo Setchell IAP2-20-021

Future Biofouling and anti-biofouling strategies

British Antarctic Survey Professor Lloyd Peck IAP2-20-029

Flowpath identification in a Swiss mountain catchment using natural solutes and stable water isotopes

Durham University Dr Julia Knapp IAP2-20-051

Assessing the role of submarine volcanism in driving biogeochemical cycles on the early Earth

University of St Andrews Eva Stueeken IAP2-20-041

Coupled CO2 and oxygen change over the last 100 Myr

University of St Andrews Dr James Rae IAP2-19-095

Deep beneath the Ice: Seismic Imaging of the Antarctic mantle

Durham University Dr. Jennifer Jenkins IAP2-20-053

Valuing neo-native species. Is naturalised Scots pine a threat or benefit for climate resilience?

University of St Andrews Dr Althea Davies IAP2-19-070

Maximising greenhouse gas sequestration in the UK uplands

Durham University Fred Worrall IAP2-20-043

Pink salmon invasions in the UK: origins and impacts

University of Glasgow Dr Kathryn Elmer IAP2-19-108

People or Environment: Elucidating the causal factors of the Scottish pine decline in the mid-Holocene

University of St Andrews Prof. Rob Wilson IAP2-19-098

Iceberg Calving in West Antarctica

University of St Andrews Prof Doug Benn IAP2-19-065

From molecules to populations: the genomic legacy of historic pollution on freshwater fish

University of Glasgow Dr Kathryn R. Elmer IAP2-19-083

Exploring adaptive microbiome variation in sticklebacks from geothermally-heated populations

University of Glasgow Dr. Kevin J Parsons IAP2-20-024

Tracking past sea level and environmental changes via novel isotope geochemistry

Durham University Dr David Selby IAP2-20-050

Natural atmospheric CO2 mineralisation in unexpected places

University of Glasgow John MacDonald IAP2-20-033

Continental heatwaves in a changing climate

University of St Andrews Dr Michael Byrne IAP2-20-035

Dissecting the evolutionary ecology of a unique secondary endosymbiosis.

University of Glasgow Dr. Martin Llewellyn IAP2-20-022