Research Group:
CENTA - Central England NERC Training Alliance
Project Highlights. 1. This project addresses the critical environmental concern of textile pollution, emphasizing the significance of natural fibers in freshwater environments. Read more
Microbial natural products have diverse chemical structures and bioactivities, which range from cell-cell signalling, nutrient acquisition, antifungal and antibacterial activity to stress resistance (1). Read more
This project aims to manufacture sustainable textiles from renewable/natural polymers such as cellulose, chitin, alginate, chitosan which derived from most abundant natural resources like agricultural biomass and sea food waste (crab shell, shrimp shells etc.). Read more
Woodland expansion is the focus of many restoration efforts because of its potential to aid biodiversity recovery and mitigate climate change. Read more
Our research seeks to understand the impact of social, environmental, and economic changes on society, drawing on this understanding to contribute to the better design and planning of spaces and places. Read more
Summary. You will develop a new Bayesian framework for forecasting the occurrence and evolution of natural hazards by adapting a cutting edge spatio-temporal modelling package, originally developed for ecological systems. Read more
Cities around the world and in the UK develop local climate plans (Salvia 2021). Climate actions require large amounts of natural resources (e.g. Read more
Natural products are a vital source of medicines and agrichemicals. For example, over 70% of the antibiotics on the World Health Organisation’s list of essential medicines are derived from natural sources (plants, bacteria or fungus). Read more
Natural Flood Management (NFM) techniques are being implemented throughout the UK in response to the increasing frequency and magnitude of flood events. Read more
**SCHOLARSHIP IS AVAILABLE UNTIL FILLED BY A SUITABLE CANDIDATE**. Whenever there is a large flood, bushfire, drought or other climate-related hazard, inevitable questions arise over the causes of the event—for example, whether climate change contributed to or exacerbated the hazard. Read more
Unless human behaviour changes, many primates are at risk of extinction, including all great apes. Great apes that have been confiscated from the pet trade and are now living in sanctuaries across Africa and SE Asia, and those in zoos across the world, are central to the survival of the species. Read more
Co-supervisor. Barbara Silva, Natural England. The Natural England Long Term Monitoring Network (LTMN) aims to track environmental change, and understand the causes of change, across a range of habitats. Read more
The project is located at the intersection of philosophy and poetics, between the conceptual labor of exploring and the poetic labor of inventing the idea of nature. Read more
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