reptiles PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 6 reptiles PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

The evolution of reproductive strategies from dinosaurs to modern birds

University of Bath Department of Life Sciences

This project will study dinosaurs and modern birds to examine patterns in the evolution of reproduction from 250 million years ago to the modern day. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Longrich, Prof T Szekely

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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QUADRAT DTP: Trait-based and cultural dimensions of the global vertebrate pet trade

Aberdeen University School of Biological Sciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. The vertebrate wildlife trade is worth billions of pounds per year, and the volume and diversity of traded species has increased substantially over the past few decades. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Sheard, Dr I Capellini

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The microstructure and biomechanics of pterosaur wing bones

University of Portsmouth School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences

Applications are invited for a fully-funded three-year PhD to commence in October 2024. The PhD will be based in the Faculty of Science, and will be supervised by Dr Roy Smith, Professor David Martill and Dr Charles Wood. . Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Smith, Dr C Wood

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Filtration System for Harvested Water in Sub-Saharan Africa – Against Water Nexus (Ref: IDRT24/EE/EXEN/ZABIEGAJ)

Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment

In Ethiopia only 38% had access to basic water and 13% had access to safely managed water sanitation services in 2020 according to WHO and UNICEF. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Zabiegaj, Dr L Dodd

26 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Assessing biodiversity change on islands through time: a multiscale approach

University of Birmingham School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Islands have long fascinated ecologists given the large amounts of diversity they support (>20% of global species in ~5% of the land), including large numbers of unique endemic species found nowhere else. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Matthews

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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