PhD in Physical Geography
There are many opportunities for carrying out a PhD in Physical Geography in the School of Geographical Sciences, with several different funding routes.
A list of currently available projects is shown below. This list is not exhaustive, so if you have another idea or project in mind, please contact one of the supervisors listed below, other potential supervisors or the postgraduate admissions tutors to discuss and develop further.
Funded PhD projects
| Project title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|
| Modelling climate, oceanography, and carbonate production of corals in the Pliocene | Professor Dan Lunt
Project description and more info (PDF, 149kB) *Deadline 5th October 2019* (Please note our applications system is closed from 16th Sept - 1st October) |
Other PhD projects
These are suggested projects for which we currently have no funding. They would be ideal for holders of scholarships, or self-funded students.
| Project title | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|
| Closing the Ocean Carbon Cycle | Professor Paul Valdes |
| Caves as a window on land-atmosphere coupling in the carbon cycle | Dr David Richards |
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Evolution and diversity of novel marine nitrogen-fixing organisms and their impact on global climate |
Dr Fanny Monteiro |
| Developing regional scale hydrodynamic models | Dr Jeff Neal |
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Desert dust and ancient oceans: Implications for climate and atmospheric CO2 |
Professor Dan Lunt |
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The impacts of land use change on climate, data and model analysis |
Dr Jo House |
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Using observations from space and the deep ocean to uncover the ocean's role in climate change |
Dr Rory Bingham
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| Atmospheric methane on the rise: investigating the drivers of methane’s abrupt changes | Dr Anita Ganesan |
| Hydrology and hydraulics of the Amazon floodplain | Professor Paul Bates |
| Current and future European flood risk | Professor Paul Bates |
| Palaeoenvironmental controls on the accumulation of hydrocarbon source rocks in Paratethys | Dr Rachel Flecker |
| Developing regional scale hydrodynamic models | Dr Jeff Neal |
| Exploring the Subglacial Biogeochemical Reactor and its Role in Global Biogeochemical Cycles and Climate | Professor Martyn Tranter |