ecophysiology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

Functional ecophysiology of Atlantic mesopelagic fishes

University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

Project Overview. Mesopelagic fishes are the most abundant vertebrates on Earth and play important roles sustaining food webs and in the biological carbon pump. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Trueman, Dr T Horton, Dr CG Goatley

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

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NERC E4 Ecophysiology and biochemistry of starch metabolism in fungal members of the rumen microbiome

University of Edinburgh School of Biological Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Sustainable ruminant farming is required to ensure global food security while mitigating environmental impacts. Ruminant performance, including greenhouse-gas emission, is critically impacted by activity of the microbiome. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J van Munster, Dr M Wear

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

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Calming effect of group living in social fishes

University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

Project Overview. Over half of all species live in social groups (i.e., schools) at some point in their lives, in part due to the energetic benefits that they gain, known as the “calming effect”. Read more

Supervisors: Dr LN Nadler, Dr C Trueman, Dr S Killen

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

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Nature-based solutions for warming impacts on river ecosystems

University of Essex School of Life Sciences

Scientific background. Climate warming exerts immense pressure on ecosystems across multiple levels of biological organisation. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E O'Gorman, Dr M Wilkes, Dr AGF Gonzalez-Ferreras

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

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Forests on the edge: examining the vegetation’s recovery following climate extremes

University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences

Climate change is rapidly altering the growing conditions of terrestrial ecosystems, with widespread evidence of more frequent, more intense, and longer-duration droughts and heatwaves. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M De Kauwe

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

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OP2446 Effects of climate change and contaminants on oxygen availability for marine biota

Newcastle University Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering

Productive marine coastal ecosystems such as coral reefs, seagrass meadows, kelp forests and mangroves are characterised by circadian fluctuation of oxygen controlled by the photosynthesis and respiration of the primary producers. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MF Fusi

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

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Predicting vulnerability of coastal biodiversity to heat waves at management-relevant scales- a conservation physiology approach

University of Plymouth The School of Biological and Marine Sciences

DoS. Dr Manuela Truebano (manuela.truebanogarcia@plymouth.ac.uk). 2nd Supervisor. Dr Oliver Tills (oliver.tills@plymouth.ac.uk). 3rd Supervisor. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Truebano Garcia, Dr O Tills, Dr ER Rezende, Dr FL Limo

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

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Plant adaptation to low oxygen conditions

University of Oxford Department of Biology

In plants, cells are exposed to varying oxygen (O. 2. ) concentrations due to changes in environmental availability, metabolic activity, and organ anatomy (Weits et al., 20201; Loreti and Perata, 20202). Read more

Supervisor: Prof F Licausi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Ecohydrology and Ecosystem Function on the Fletcherview Savanna Rangeland and Cattle Station

James Cook University College of Science and Engineering

Almost all terrestrial life lives within the Earth’s thin ‘skin’, a 100-200m high zone, stretching from bedrock, through aquifers, soil and the biosphere to the top of plant canopies in the atmosphere. Read more

Supervisor: Dr JC Cleverly

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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