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tropical PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 22 tropical PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
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PhD in tropical conservation: Quantifying the impacts of land-use change on tropical biodiversity across scales
Tropical land-use change is a core driver of the global extinction and climate change crises. Key questions remain about how land-use change drives species losses and changing composition across the tropics, from local to regional spatial scales. Read more
PhD in tropical conservation: Quantifying the impacts of wildlife trade on tropical biodiversity
Wildlife trade is a core driver of the global extinction crisis, with the epicentre of traded species diversity in the tropics. Key questions remain about how wildlife trade impacts species populations and, in turn, the long-term sustainability of trade. Read more
PhD in tropical conservation: Quantifying the impacts of mining on tropical biodiversity
Mining is the most luctrative industry globally, with rapid expansion of mines predicted accross the tropics. This expansion will drive deforestation within the mine itself and through interaction with socio-economic development outside of the mine. Read more
Inga agroforestry to enhance soil regeneration and carbon sequestration in degraded tropical soils.
Extensive tracts of land in the tropics have already been cleared of forest, used first to grow crops and then as pasture. The removal of the tropical forest severely diminishes the capacity of the ecosystem to retain nutrients and carbon in the soil. Read more
Understanding Historical and Contemporary Forces Shaping Tropical Biodiversity for Future Conservation
The large amount of environmental change that has occurred during the Pleistocene, in which tropical forests and grasslands have repeatedly contracted and expanded, has dramatically shaped the biodiversity of tropical ecosystems. Read more
Oceanographic drivers of habitat use in tropical atoll lagoons: a hydrodynamic numerical modelling approach
Applications are invited for four-year PhD studentship. The studentship (funding) is available for 3.5 years and will aim to start on 1 October 2022. Read more
Research opportunities in the Department of Environment and Geography
We offer an outstanding, dynamic and interdisciplinary environment in which to carry out PhD research in all aspects of human geography and environmental science, including lab-based, field-based, desk-based and policy-oriented research. Read more
The genetics/genomics of adaptive evolutionary change
The basic process of evolution by natural selection involves genetic changes that confer an advantage in survival or reproduction. Read more
Roles for “persister” cells in drug treatment failure in Leishmania
It has become clear in recent years that bacterial pathogens, within their mammalian hosts, can enter a quiescent state where metabolism is partially switched… Read more
EN & MN Lindsay Scholarship: Computer-aided drug discovery (CADD) methodologies for the identification and optimisation of bioactive compounds
We invite applications to this project for a fully funded four-year EN & MN Lindsay Endowed PhD studentship. . Read more
Project at Cranfield University: Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils through silicate weathering
One of the most promising ‘geo-engineering’ methods to mitigate climate change is to capture CO. 2. from the air and react it with silicate rocks to form carbonate rocks, so permanently sequestering the CO. Read more
Unlocking the relationship between host metal distribution and pathogen phenotype in tuberculosis
Research Group:
Biochemistry
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb) is the leading cause of death by a bacterial pathogen, with 1.5 million deaths estimated in 2020. Read more
Using microfluidics and flow cytometry to develop novel diagnostics for Leishmaniasis
The Leishmaniases are a group of neglected tropical diseases caused by >20 species of Leishmania parasites that are spread by >90 species of phlebotomine sand flies. 1 billion people in Africa, Asia, the Americas and the Mediterranean are at risk, with the poor and malnourished being disproportionately affected. Read more
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