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A Late Glacial and Holocene tephrostratigraphy for Antarctica |
Gill Plunkett (Primary Supervisor) g.plunkett@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Matteo Spagnolo (Secondary Supervisor) m.spagnolo@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Andrew Newton (Additional Supervisor) A.Newton@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Additional Supervisor: Dr Joseph McConnell (Desert Research Institute) will provide access to ice core data and samples, and will advise on the interpretation of associated ice core geochemistry. |
Accessing the inaccessible: Defining marine connectivity and environmental history of sharks to aid conservation |
Catherine Jones (Primary Supervisor) c.s.jones@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Andrew Meharg (Secondary Supervisor) aa.meharg@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Kara Layton (Additional Supervisor) kara.layton@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences |
Analysing past biodiversity in North-eastern Scotland using DNA metabarcoding and metagenomics |
Linus Girdland Flink (Primary Supervisor) linus.girdlandflink@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Gill Plunkett (Secondary Supervisor) g.plunkett@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Tim Mighall (Additional Supervisor) t.mighall@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Additional Supervisor: Dr Sam Jones University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences, Department of Archaeology & Geography Profile: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/geosciences/people/profiles/samantha.jones#about |
Applications of Near Surface Geophysics to Forestry and Arboriculture (CASE) |
Iraklis Giannakis (Primary Supervisor) iraklis.giannakis@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Alastair Ruffell (Secondary Supervisor) a.ruffell@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Michelle Pinard (Additional Supervisor) m.a.pinard@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Additional Supervisor: Dr Antonios Giannopoulos
University of Aberdeen, School of Engineering
Online Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0GKjYwQAAAAJ&hl=el
Email address: a.giannopoulos@ed.ac.uk
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Arctic peatland response to climate change: carbon bomb or self-repair? |
Graeme Swindles (Primary Supervisor) g.swindles@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Dmitri Mauquoy (Secondary Supervisor) d.mauquoy@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Donal Mullan (Additional Supervisor) D.Mullan@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Additional Supervisor: Professor Angela Gallego-Sala, University of Exeter Professor of Ecosystems and Biogeochemical Cycles
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Biodegradable micro and nanoplastics as emerging environmental pollutants (CASE) |
Gary Hardiman (Primary Supervisor) g.hardiman@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Stuart Piertney (Secondary Supervisor) s.piertney@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Jaimie TA Dick (Additional Supervisor) j.dick@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Additional Supervisor: Dr. Tim Mackie Senior Scientific Officer at DAERA Marine & Fisheries Division |
Biogeochemical cycling in paddy soils: Impact of climate-smart water management |
Gareth Norton (Primary Supervisor) g.norton@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Paul N. Williams (Secondary Supervisor) p.williams@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Adam Price (Additional Supervisor) a.price@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences |
Biological control of mosquitoes: optimising the efficacy of native macroinvertebrate predators |
Jaimie TA Dick (Primary Supervisor) j.dick@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Thomas Bodey (Secondary Supervisor) thomas.bodey@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Gary Hardiman (Additional Supervisor) g.hardiman@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Additional Supervisor: Dr Ross Cuthbert, formerly Humboldt Research Fellow, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, currently QUB Leverhulme Fellow, Expert Advisor on Mosquito Biocontrol; Dr Dan Barrios-O’Neill, Leverhulme Research Fellow, University of Exeter, Expert Advisor on Multi-Species Interactions; Prof Ryan Wasserman, Professor of Zoology, Rhodes University, Makhanda (Grahamstown),South Africa, Supervisor for South African Field and Laboratory Mosquito Studies; Dr Archie Murchie, AFBI, Expert Advisor on Integrated Pest Management and Mosquito Surveillance. |
Catastrophe or Opportunity? Investigation of the impact of Climatic events and changes on First Millennium AD Britain and Ireland |
Gordon Noble (Primary Supervisor) g.noble@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Maarten Blaauw (Secondary Supervisor) maarten.blaauw@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Charlotta Hillerdal (Additional Supervisor) c.hillerdal@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences |
Comparative glaciology: reconstructing glaciers on Earth and Mars to understand landscape evolution with respect to climate change |
Lydia Sam (Primary Supervisor) lydia.sam@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Donal Mullan (Secondary Supervisor) D.Mullan@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Brice Rea (Additional Supervisor) b.rea@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Additional Supervisor: The co-supervisory/advisory team may also consists of: Dr. Anshuman Bhardwaj, Senior Lecturer, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen Dr. Shaktiman Singh, Lecturer, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen Prof. Matteo Spagnolo, Personal Chair, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen |
Conservation implications of variation in reproductive traits among fragmented populations of tropical forest trees (CASE) |
David Burslem (Primary Supervisor) d.burslem@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Paul Caplat (Secondary Supervisor) p.caplat@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Justin Travis (Additional Supervisor) Justin.travis@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Greta Bocedi (Additional Supervisor) greta.bocedi@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Natalie Pilakouta (Additional Supervisor) natalie.pilakouta@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Additional Supervisor: External supervisors in CASE partner:
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Determining Buffalo behaviour, movement, disease and energy costs to assist their management and conservation |
Michael Scantlebury (Primary Supervisor) m.scantlebury@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Catherine Hambly (Secondary Supervisor) c.hambly@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Nikki Marks (Additional Supervisor) N.Marks@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Additional Supervisor: Dr Craig Tambling Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Fort Hare, South Africa https://www.ufh.ac.za/departments/zoology/dr-craig-j-tambling https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Craig-Tambling |
Developing an Innovative System for Sustainable and Erosion Mitigation Sustainable Resilience to Coastal Erosion: A Demonstration Project for Coastal Golf Courses (CASE) |
David R. Green (Primary Supervisor) d.r.green@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Jennifer McKinley (Secondary Supervisor) j.mckinley@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Dmitri Mauquoy (Additional Supervisor) d.mauquoy@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Additional Supervisor: Dr. Brian Burnham – Senior Remote Sensing Scientist – APEM Ltd (https://www.apemltd.com/) (GIS, Visualisation, Data, Geology) |
Development of a land surface temperature index glacio-hydrological model |
Shaktiman Singh (Primary Supervisor) shaktiman.singh@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Donal Mullan (Secondary Supervisor) D.Mullan@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Lydia Sam (Additional Supervisor) lydia.sam@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Additional Supervisor: Dr. Anshuman Bhardwaj, Senior Lecturer, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen Prof. Brice Rea, Personal Chair, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen Prof. Matteo Spagnolo, Personal Chair, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen |
Did earthworms change the world? Investigating how animals and plants revolutionised carbon cycling in calcareous soils through deep time |
Alex Brasier (Primary Supervisor) a.brasier@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Neil Ogle (Secondary Supervisor) n.ogle@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Additional Supervisor: Dr Stephen Bowden University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Profile: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/geosciences/people/profiles/s.a.bowden Email: s.a.bowden@abdn.ac.uk Additional Supervisor: Dr Neil Davies University of Cambridge, Department of Earth Sciences Profile: https://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/directory/neil-davies Email: nsd27@cam.ac.uk Additional Supervisor: Dr Jakob Vinther University of Bristol, School of Earth Sciences Profile: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/people/person/Jakob-Vinther-c20784b6-d4a2-4d48-849b-57f899bddaef/ Email: Jakob.Vinther@bristol.ac.uk |
Eco-evolutionary responses of soil microbes to drought stress in Mediterranean ecosystems |
Ashish Malik (Primary Supervisor) ashish.malik@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Deepak Kumaresan (Secondary Supervisor) D.Kumaresan@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Cécile Gubry-Rangin (Additional Supervisor) c.rangin@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences |
Ecological and evolutionary processes associated with environmental change in microbial populations |
Cécile Gubry-Rangin (Primary Supervisor) c.rangin@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Chris Creevey (Secondary Supervisor) chris.creevey@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Paul Hallett (Additional Supervisor) paul.hallett@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences |
Enhanced rock weathering – solution or problem? Potential human health risks from Ni and Cr accumulation in soils following repeated amendment with basalt dust. |
Siobhan Cox (Primary Supervisor) s.cox@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Alex Brasier (Secondary Supervisor) a.brasier@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Rory Doherty (Additional Supervisor) r.doherty@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Jennifer McKinley (Additional Supervisor) j.mckinley@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Additional Supervisor: Dr Mark Cooper Geological Survey of Northern Ireland Profile: https://www.bgs.ac.uk/people/cooper-mark/ Email: mrco@bgs.ac.uk |
Evolution and consequences of mating systems for range dynamics and species’ responses to environmental changes |
Greta Bocedi (Primary Supervisor) greta.bocedi@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Isabella Capellini (Secondary Supervisor) I.Capellini@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Lesley Lancaster (Additional Supervisor) lesleylancaster@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences |
Functional ‘omics for assessing resilience to environmental stress in the intertidal beadlet anemone Actinia equina |
Marius Wenzel (Primary Supervisor) marius.wenzel@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Sarah Helyar (Secondary Supervisor) s.helyar@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Stuart Piertney (Additional Supervisor) s.piertney@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Additional Supervisor: Dr Craig Wilding Liverpool John Moores University, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences Email: C.S.Wilding@ljmu.ac.uk |
Genome-wide diversity and demographic history of relict island populations of rodents |
Stuart Piertney (Primary Supervisor) s.piertney@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Sarah Helyar (Secondary Supervisor) s.helyar@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Alex Douglas (Additional Supervisor) a.douglas@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences |
How do host dynamics and environment impact infection patterns in fragmented host populations? |
Sandra Telfer (Primary Supervisor) s.telfer@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Eric Morgan (Secondary Supervisor) eric.morgan@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Xavier Lambin (Additional Supervisor) x.lambin@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Additional Supervisor: Dr Chris Sutherland, University of St Andrews. Chris is a long-term collaborator on the water vole metapopulation study and will provide advice on the use of hierarchical models to account for uncertainty in detection across the sampling process. |
How does the holobiome respond to climate change? Discovering how microbe-host interactions promote or hinder natural range shifts in damselflies |
Lesley Lancaster (Primary Supervisor) lesleylancaster@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Chris Creevey (Secondary Supervisor) chris.creevey@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Cécile Gubry-Rangin (Additional Supervisor) c.rangin@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Greta Bocedi (Additional Supervisor) greta.bocedi@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Additional Supervisor: Mr Craig Macadam Buglife – The Invertebrate Conservation Trust Email: craig.macadam@buglife.org.uk |
How much of the wildfire record are we seeing in the fossil record? |
David Muirhead (Primary Supervisor) dmuirhead@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Maarten Blaauw (Secondary Supervisor) maarten.blaauw@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Dmitri Mauquoy (Additional Supervisor) d.mauquoy@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Sarah Woodin (Additional Supervisor) s.woodin@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences |
How multispecies grassland swards affect soil food web functioning and resilience in response to climate change (CASE) |
Mark Emmerson (Primary Supervisor) m.emmerson@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Paul Hallett (Secondary Supervisor) paul.hallett@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Neil Reid (Additional Supervisor) neil.reid@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Additional Supervisor: Dr. Aurélie Aubry CASE Partner, The Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute E-mail address: Aurelie.aubry@afbini.gov.uk |
Human-Animal-Environmental Interactions at Late Medieval Religious Foundations in Ulster |
Eileen Murphy (Primary Supervisor) eileen.murphy@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Kate Britton (Secondary Supervisor) k.britton@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Additional Supervisor: Dr Colm Donnelly Queen’s University Belfast, School of Natural & Built Environment Staff Profile: https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/colm-donnelly Email: c.j.donnelly@qub.ac.uk Additional Supervisor: Ms Jacqueline McDowell, Historic Monuments Division, Department for Communities – Jackie will assist the student with gaining access to pertinent collections in the HED stores. She will also provide access to excavation archives. |
Ice on Fire: exploring the relationship between glaciers and volcanoes (CASE) |
Matteo Spagnolo (Primary Supervisor) m.spagnolo@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Donal Mullan (Secondary Supervisor) D.Mullan@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Brice Rea (Additional Supervisor) b.rea@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Additional Supervisor: Dr Iestyn Barr – Manchester Metropolitan University, https://www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profile/dr-iestyn-barr Prof. Társilo Girona (CASE Partner supervisor) – Alaska Volcano Observatory |
Identifying Environmental Factors for Soil Transmitted and Food Borne Helminth Diseases in Border Regions of Northern Thailand |
Geoffrey Gobert (Primary Supervisor) g.gobert@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Sandra Telfer (Secondary Supervisor) s.telfer@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Mark Emmerson (Additional Supervisor) m.emmerson@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences |
Impacts of anthropogenic environmental change on Southern Rockhopper Penguin demography and behaviour (CASE) |
Thomas Bodey (Primary Supervisor) thomas.bodey@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Paul Caplat (Secondary Supervisor) p.caplat@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Ana Payo-Payo (Additional Supervisor) ana.payo-payo@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Additional Supervisor: Dr Alastair Baylis South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI) https://albaylis.wordpress.com https://www.south-atlantic-research.org/people-saeri/leadership-team/ |
Insect fast food? Impact of urban areas on the dietary choices of insects (CASE) |
Juliano Morimoto (Primary Supervisor) juliano.morimoto@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Paul Caplat (Secondary Supervisor) p.caplat@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences David Burslem (Additional Supervisor) d.burslem@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Marius Wenzel (Additional Supervisor) marius.wenzel@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences |
Just how hot? Exploring the ability to quantitatively reconstruct post-fire intensity |
Dmitri Mauquoy (Primary Supervisor) d.mauquoy@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Maarten Blaauw (Secondary Supervisor) maarten.blaauw@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment David Muirhead (Additional Supervisor) dmuirhead@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Additional Supervisor: Dr. Rory Hadden, School of Engineering (Fire Safety Engineering), University of Edinburgh Email: R.Hadden@ed.ac.uk Profile: https://www.eng.ed.ac.uk/about/people/dr-rory-hadden |
Multi-omics characterization of metabolic and signaling pathways involved in Harmful algal bloom toxin production – applicable for the development of diagnostic kits |
Katrina Campbell (Primary Supervisor) katrina.campbell@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Lenka Mbadugha (Secondary Supervisor) lenka.mbadugha@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences |
Multiscale movement of bird pollinators and bird seed dispersers: implications for tropical ecosystem responses to environmental changes |
Justin Travis (Primary Supervisor) Justin.travis@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Isabella Capellini (Secondary Supervisor) I.Capellini@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Lesley Lancaster (Additional Supervisor) lesleylancaster@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences |
Northern Ireland Soil Carbon Initiative (NiSCI) – Towards Carbon Zero (CASE) |
Nigel Scollan (Primary Supervisor) Nigel.Scollan@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Pete Smith (Secondary Supervisor) pete.smith@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Paul N. Williams (Additional Supervisor) p.williams@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Additional Supervisor: Professor John Gilliland (QUB). PI- ArcZero. Accelerating Ruminant Farming Towards Carbon Zero (www.arczeroni.org) John is currently Director of Agriculture & Sustainability at Devenish Nutrition. He chaired the Sustainable Agriculture Land Management Strategy Northern Ireland (on behalf of DAERA) and has held many other appointments including Director of the Oxford Farming Conference, Chair of the UK’s Rural Climate Change Forum and an Expert Industry Advisor (agriculture) on the EU Commission’s Soil Health & Food Mission Board Assembly. Dr Ryan McGuire: Ryan is a senior research fellow with the Food Futures project, where he has been leading the development of informatics modelling (machine-learning) derived single-indicator metrics for farm sustainability focusing on carbon balancing, farm gross margin and farm-family wellbeing. |
Novel Assessment Tools for Wave Dampening by Marine and Coastal Vegetation |
Primary Supervisor:Pal SchmittInstitution: Queen’s University Belfast Email: p.schmitt@qub.ac.uk School: School of Natural and Built Environment
David R. Green (Secondary Supervisor) d.r.green@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Louise Kregting (Additional Supervisor) l.kregting@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Additional Supervisor: Adam MellorInstitution: Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute School / Discipline: Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems Branch Institutional email address: Adam.Mellor@afbini.gov.uk Additional Supervisor: Christian WilsonInstitution: Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute School / Discipline: Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems Branch Institutional email address: Christian.wilson@afbini.gov.uk |
Pastoral Peripheries: Human-animal relationships and pastoral economies on the agricultural fringe of Late Iron Age/Early Medieval Northern Europe |
Primary Supervisor: University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences, Archaeology Email: c.hillerdal@abdn.ac.uk
Patrick Gleeson (Secondary Supervisor) p.gleeson@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Kate Britton (Additional Supervisor) k.britton@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences |
Post-weaning dispersal behaviour of fallow deer fawns: investigating the roles of behaviour, growth and stress |
Dómhnall Jennings (Primary Supervisor) d.jennings@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Greta Bocedi (Secondary Supervisor) greta.bocedi@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Isabella Capellini (Additional Supervisor) I.Capellini@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences |
Quantitative environmental risk assessment of binary and tertiary heavy metal mixtures in agricultural soils |
Lenka Mbadugha (Primary Supervisor) lenka.mbadugha@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Paul N. Williams (Secondary Supervisor) p.williams@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Gareth Norton (Additional Supervisor) g.norton@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences |
Resilience and Adaptation of the Northern Ireland Water Sector to Climate Change |
Donal Mullan (Primary Supervisor) D.Mullan@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment David Haro Monteagudo (Secondary Supervisor) david.haromonteagudo@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Ulrich Ofterdinger (Additional Supervisor) U.Ofterdinger@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Additional Supervisor: Prof. Conor Murphy (Maynooth University) – https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/faculty-social-sciences/our-people/conor-murphy. Conor is an expert on hydroclimatology and climate adaptation, and has extensive contacts in the Irish water sector. His input would therefore be highly valuable for this project. The lead supervisor, Dr Donal Mullan, has collaborated with Prof. Murphy on a range of projects, with an established working relationship. |
Soils as an effective carbon sink? Rates of carbon sequestration and long-term storage in soils across Northern Ireland (CASE) |
Maarten Blaauw (Primary Supervisor) maarten.blaauw@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Dmitri Mauquoy (Secondary Supervisor) d.mauquoy@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Additional Supervisor: Dr Jonathan Holland AFBI, Agri-Environment Branch Email: Jonathan.Holland@afbini.gov.uk |
Supraglacial ponding in the Indian Himalaya: a population-scale spatiotemporal analysis |
Anshuman Bhardwaj (Primary Supervisor) anshuman.bhardwaj@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Donal Mullan (Secondary Supervisor) D.Mullan@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Matteo Spagnolo (Additional Supervisor) m.spagnolo@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Brice Rea (Additional Supervisor) b.rea@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Lydia Sam (Additional Supervisor) lydia.sam@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Shaktiman Singh (Additional Supervisor) shaktiman.singh@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences |
Sustainable management of fresh groundwater resources in coastal East Africa – Using lessons from the past to build future resilience to climate and environmental change |
Jean-Christophe Comte (Primary Supervisor) jc.comte@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Will Megarry (Secondary Supervisor) w.megarry@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Joshua Wright (Additional Supervisor) Joshua.wright@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Additional Supervisor: Dr Elgidius Ichumbaki – University of Dar Es Salaam (Archaeology), Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Dr Simon Melchioly – University of Dar Es Salaam (Hydrogeology), Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Dr Edward Pollard – The Discovery Programme, Centre for Archaeology and Innovation Ireland Dr Alan MacDonald – British Geological Survey (Hydrogeology), Edinburgh, UK |
Testing The Validity of Emerging Methods for Reconstructing Late Holocene Climate Changes from Peatlands |
Tim Mighall (Primary Supervisor) t.mighall@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Graeme Swindles (Primary Supervisor) g.swindles@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Dmitri Mauquoy (Additional Supervisor) d.mauquoy@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Ed Schofield (Additional Supervisor) j.e.schofield@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Gill Plunkett (Additional Supervisor) g.plunkett@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Additional Supervisor: Antonio Martinez Cortizas Institutional Email Address: antonio.martinez.cortizas@usc.es
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The evolution of sociability in subsocial animals |
David N. Fisher (Primary Supervisor) David.fisher@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Gareth Arnott (Secondary Supervisor) g.arnott@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Lesley Lancaster (Additional Supervisor) lesleylancaster@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences |
The future of irrigated agriculture in Europe’s mountainous regions; exploring trade-offs and synergies for climate adaptation |
David Haro Monteagudo (Primary Supervisor) david.haromonteagudo@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Martina Bozzola (Secondary Supervisor) m.bozzola@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Josie Geris (Additional Supervisor) j.geris@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences |
The Low Enthalpy Geothermal Potential of Shallow Aquifers in Northern Ireland and Northern Scotland |
Adrian Hartley (Primary Supervisor) a.hartley@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Ulrich Ofterdinger (Secondary Supervisor) U.Ofterdinger@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Clare Bond (Primary Supervisor) clare.bond@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Additional Supervisor: Dr. Rob Raine – Geological Survey of Northern Ireland has considerable experience in the assessment and understanding of geothermal systems (both deep and shallow) and will provide valuable access to data for mapping and assessment of resource. Dr. David Cornwell – University of Aberdeen has considerable experience of the application of shallow geophysical techniques to define parameters that will be important in assessing groundwater potential (e.g. resistivity, passive seismic, gravity, magnetics) which will help to determine depth to bedrock and heterogeneity within potential aquifers. |
Trees for flood mitigation in managed environments |
Paul Caplat (Primary Supervisor) p.caplat@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Chris Soulsby (Secondary Supervisor) c.soulsby@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Jennifer McKinley (Additional Supervisor) j.mckinley@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Additional Supervisor: Dr Carla Washbourne, UCL (policy science) |
Trophic interactions and the ecology of emerging lungworm infections under global warming |
Eric Morgan (Primary Supervisor) eric.morgan@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Sandra Telfer (Secondary Supervisor) s.telfer@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Sarah Helyar (Additional Supervisor) s.helyar@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences |
Understanding and predicting the success of alien invasive freshwater fish worldwide and on the island of Ireland (CASE) |
Isabella Capellini (Primary Supervisor) I.Capellini@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Greta Bocedi (Secondary Supervisor) greta.bocedi@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Paulo Prodöhl (Additional Supervisor) P.Prodohl@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Additional Supervisor: Dr Damian McFerran, Records Centre Manager, Centre for Environmental Data & Recordingg (CEDaR), National Museums NI. |
Understanding the controls on cyanobacteria blooms in Northern Ireland lakes: a palaeolimnological perspective |
Helen Roe (Primary Supervisor) h.roe@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Vasilis Louca (Secondary Supervisor) v.louca@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Maarten Blaauw (Additional Supervisor) maarten.blaauw@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Additional Supervisor: Professor Peter Leavitt – Honorary Professor at QUB Biol. Sci. and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change and Society, University of Regina, Canada. Peter is an internationally regarded limnologist who will provide specialist training in algal pigment analysis. He spends several months in NI each year. Professor Tim Patterson – former Hon Research Fellow, GAP, QUB and Lead, Carleton Climate and Environment Research Group, Global Water Institute, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Professor David McMullan, Dept of Chemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa. Tim and David will provide training in sediment-based microcystin analysis and End Member Mixing analysis – specialist techniques that have great potential in cyano-impacted lakes. We have budgeted for a 3-4 wk visit to Canada/Carleton in Year 1 where the student will learn these techniques. Further support will be provided remotely. |
Understanding the effects of climate change on nature’s undertakers (burying beetles) and the ecosystem services they provide (CASE) |
Natalie Pilakouta (Primary Supervisor) natalie.pilakouta@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Isabella Capellini (Secondary Supervisor) I.Capellini@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Ashish Malik (Additional Supervisor) ashish.malik@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Additional Supervisor: Dr Sheena Cotter, University of Lincoln Profile: https://staff.lincoln.ac.uk/scotter Email: SCotter@lincoln.ac.uk Ainoa Pravia, Forest Research (CASE Partner) Profile: https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/staff/ainoa-pravia/ Email: ainoa.pravia@forestresearch.gov.uk |
Unearthing the secrets of hill-fort vitrification in early European history |
Malcolm Hole (Primary Supervisor) m.j.hole@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Maarten Blaauw (Secondary Supervisor) maarten.blaauw@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Natural and Built Environment Gordon Noble (Additional Supervisor) g.noble@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences David Muirhead (Additional Supervisor) dmuirhead@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Dmitri Mauquoy (Additional Supervisor) d.mauquoy@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Additional Supervisor: Mr. Thomas Theurer University of Aberdeen, School of Geosciences Email: t.theurer.19@abdn.ac.uk Profile: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/people/t.theurer.19#about |
Unravelling the evolutionary and ecological drivers of parasite virulence to mitigate proliferative kidney disease emergence and spread |
Jason Holland (Primary Supervisor) j.holland@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Caroline Meharg (Secondary Supervisor) caroline.meharg@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Marius Wenzel (Additional Supervisor) marius.wenzel@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences |
Unveiling the environmental and genetic drivers of continuous colour variation in the European sea lemon (Doris pseudoargus) |
Kara Layton (Primary Supervisor) kara.layton@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences Sarah Helyar (Secondary Supervisor) s.helyar@qub.ac.uk Queen's University, Belfast, School of Biological Sciences Lesley Lancaster (Additional Supervisor) lesleylancaster@abdn.ac.uk University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences |
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Queen's University, Belfast
School of Natural and Built Environment
- A Late Glacial and Holocene tephrostratigraphy for Antarctica
- Arctic peatland response to climate change: carbon bomb or self-repair?
- Enhanced rock weathering – solution or problem? Potential human health risks from Ni and Cr accumulation in soils following repeated amendment with basalt dust.
- Human-Animal-Environmental Interactions at Late Medieval Religious Foundations in Ulster
- Resilience and Adaptation of the Northern Ireland Water Sector to Climate Change
- Soils as an effective carbon sink? Rates of carbon sequestration and long-term storage in soils across Northern Ireland (CASE)
- Understanding the controls on cyanobacteria blooms in Northern Ireland lakes: a palaeolimnological perspective
School of Biological Sciences
- Biodegradable micro and nanoplastics as emerging environmental pollutants (CASE)
- Biological control of mosquitoes: optimising the efficacy of native macroinvertebrate predators
- Determining Buffalo behaviour, movement, disease and energy costs to assist their management and conservation
- How multispecies grassland swards affect soil food web functioning and resilience in response to climate change (CASE)
- Identifying Environmental Factors for Soil Transmitted and Food Borne Helminth Diseases in Border Regions of Northern Thailand
- Multi-omics characterization of metabolic and signaling pathways involved in Harmful algal bloom toxin production – applicable for the development of diagnostic kits
- Northern Ireland Soil Carbon Initiative (NiSCI) – Towards Carbon Zero (CASE)
- Post-weaning dispersal behaviour of fallow deer fawns: investigating the roles of behaviour, growth and stress
- Trees for flood mitigation in managed environments
- Trophic interactions and the ecology of emerging lungworm infections under global warming
- Understanding and predicting the success of alien invasive freshwater fish worldwide and on the island of Ireland (CASE)
University of Aberdeen
School of Biological Sciences
- Accessing the inaccessible: Defining marine connectivity and environmental history of sharks to aid conservation
- Biogeochemical cycling in paddy soils: Impact of climate-smart water management
- Conservation implications of variation in reproductive traits among fragmented populations of tropical forest trees (CASE)
- Eco-evolutionary responses of soil microbes to drought stress in Mediterranean ecosystems
- Ecological and evolutionary processes associated with environmental change in microbial populations
- Evolution and consequences of mating systems for range dynamics and species’ responses to environmental changes
- Functional ‘omics for assessing resilience to environmental stress in the intertidal beadlet anemone Actinia equina
- Genome-wide diversity and demographic history of relict island populations of rodents
- How do host dynamics and environment impact infection patterns in fragmented host populations?
- How does the holobiome respond to climate change? Discovering how microbe-host interactions promote or hinder natural range shifts in damselflies
- Impacts of anthropogenic environmental change on Southern Rockhopper Penguin demography and behaviour (CASE)
- Insect fast food? Impact of urban areas on the dietary choices of insects (CASE)
- Multiscale movement of bird pollinators and bird seed dispersers: implications for tropical ecosystem responses to environmental changes
- Quantitative environmental risk assessment of binary and tertiary heavy metal mixtures in agricultural soils
- The evolution of sociability in subsocial animals
- Understanding the effects of climate change on nature’s undertakers (burying beetles) and the ecosystem services they provide (CASE)
- Unravelling the evolutionary and ecological drivers of parasite virulence to mitigate proliferative kidney disease emergence and spread
- Unveiling the environmental and genetic drivers of continuous colour variation in the European sea lemon (Doris pseudoargus)
School of Geosciences
- Analysing past biodiversity in North-eastern Scotland using DNA metabarcoding and metagenomics
- Applications of Near Surface Geophysics to Forestry and Arboriculture (CASE)
- Catastrophe or Opportunity? Investigation of the impact of Climatic events and changes on First Millennium AD Britain and Ireland
- Comparative glaciology: reconstructing glaciers on Earth and Mars to understand landscape evolution with respect to climate change
- Developing an Innovative System for Sustainable and Erosion Mitigation Sustainable Resilience to Coastal Erosion: A Demonstration Project for Coastal Golf Courses (CASE)
- Development of a land surface temperature index glacio-hydrological model
- Did earthworms change the world? Investigating how animals and plants revolutionised carbon cycling in calcareous soils through deep time
- How much of the wildfire record are we seeing in the fossil record?
- Ice on Fire: exploring the relationship between glaciers and volcanoes (CASE)
- Just how hot? Exploring the ability to quantitatively reconstruct post-fire intensity
- Supraglacial ponding in the Indian Himalaya: a population-scale spatiotemporal analysis
- Sustainable management of fresh groundwater resources in coastal East Africa – Using lessons from the past to build future resilience to climate and environmental change
- Testing The Validity of Emerging Methods for Reconstructing Late Holocene Climate Changes from Peatlands
- The future of irrigated agriculture in Europe’s mountainous regions; exploring trade-offs and synergies for climate adaptation
- The Low Enthalpy Geothermal Potential of Shallow Aquifers in Northern Ireland and Northern Scotland
- Unearthing the secrets of hill-fort vitrification in early European history