School of Ocean Sciences

PhD opportunities in the School of Ocean Sciences 2012

NEW: NERC-funded PhD studentships

The School of Ocean Sciences expects to be awarded two or three NERC-funded PhD studentships for an October 2012 start. The nine projects shown below are our 2012 NERC allocated studentship topic areas. From these, the two or three studentships will be offered based on the excellence of individual candidate applications. Please apply directly to the LEAD supervisor in the form of a covering letter and CV, including the names and contact details of two referees. Referees will not be contacted until candidates have been shortlisted for interview. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 1 February 2012.

Further information on NERC eligibility criteria

Dr Jaco Baas	Towards understanding sediment processes in estuarine environments
Dr Tom Rippeth & Prof. James Scourse	The role of physical processes in driving the continental shelf sea CO2 pump
Dr Stephanie Wilson & Dr Luis Gimenez	Feeding ecology and grazing of mesozooplankton from the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica
Dr Jan Hiddink	Effects of soft-sediment invertebrates on marine biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
Dr Yueng-Djern Lenn & Dr Tom Rippeth	How do wind and eddies drive intermittent mixing in the Southern Ocean?
Dr Anna Pieńkowski & Prof. James Scourse	Climate feedbacks in the Arctic during the last deglacial transition
Dr Hilary Kennedy	An investigation of mineral dynamics at sub-zero temperatures in cryogenic brines
Dr John Turner	Predicting the impact of change in subtidal benthic community structure
Dr Martin Skov, Dr Andrew Davies & Dr Jaco Baas	Ecological resilience to climate change: does species composition regulate coastal protection by salt marshes?

All PhD students in the School of Ocean Sciences are enrolled on the College of Natural Science Graduate School, which has core courses, an annual report, a postgraduate forum conference and a formal requirement for recorded supervisor-student meetings. The core modules are credit rated (60 credits). In each year the student gives a presentation (a talk or a poster) on their PhD. Students are encouraged to network, attend internal and external conferences, workshops and training courses throughout their PhD. They are also encouraged to give presentations at internal and external conferences and meetings beyond their obligatory PhD conference presentations. In addition, there are specific technical courses, such as GIS, run for the postgraduates, by expert staff.