Leverhulme Grants for Science researchers

The Leverhulme Trust has awarded the University three prestigious Research Project Grants.

Each award lasts for three years. The lead investigators and the projects concerned are:

Dr Alexandre Anesio (School of Geographical Sciences)
'Are viruses major ecological and evolutionary drivers of microbial community change in low-temperature habitats?'

Professor Jens Eggers (School of Mathematics)
'Geometrical description of free-surface singularities and cusp universality.'

Professor Paul Valdes (School of Geographical Sciences)
'Assessing the tropical climate over the last glacial/interglacial.'