EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training, The Scottish Doctoral Training Centre for Condensed Matter Physics Doctoral Training Centres • About Doctoral Training Centres • Related Centres The Scottish Doctoral Training Centre for Condensed Matter Physics 10+ PhD places available - starting September 2012 Condensed Matter Physics Overview Dynamic tri-university Doctoral Training Centre.
Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh are jointly offering an innovative 4 year PhD training programme, drawing on our extensive experience with postgraduate teaching and research supervision in the area of robotics and autonomous systems.
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Institute for Infrastructure & Environment
Prof Q Zou, Dr T Balke
Application Deadline:
18 January 2019
Coastal vegetations are vital natural defences against severe storms, flooding and coastal erosion. They increase coastal resilience and offer ecosystem services such as carbon storage, biohabitat and water-quality.
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Institute of Life and Earth Sciences
Dr H Burdett, Dr N Kamenos
Application Deadline:
18 January 2019
Industrial activity and land use change has increased the input of nutrients, organic carbon and toxins into coastal oceans around the world over the past several decades and is of major ecological concern.
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Institute for Infrastructure & Environment
Dr S Arthur, Dr V Glenis, Prof T Fernandes, Dr V Krivtsov
Application Deadline:
18 January 2019
SUDS ponds are an important part of Blue\Green Infrastructure. They help to alleviate flood risk and provide a number of further benefits, including e.g.
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Institute of Life and Earth Sciences
Prof T Wagner, Dr S Flynn, Dr E Hough, Dr R Pereira
Application Deadline:
18 January 2019
Shale gas is a major new energy source but is yet to be commercially exploited in Europe. Depending on how this opportunity develops, the new source of gas could contribute to decarbonising of energy with the potential to support the transition to a localised hydrogen economy.
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Institute of Life and Earth Sciences
Dr P C Morris, Dr J Thompson, Dr R Alexander
Application Deadline:
18 January 2019
Abiotic stress tolerance in plants is a critical attribute and a key objective for plant breeders. The world is experiencing unprecedented increases in average global temperatures and extreme weather events leading to intermittent periods of drought and waterlogging (water stress).
Research Group:
Institute of Life and Earth Sciences
Dr H Burdett, Dr K Whitbread, Dr H Bosner, Dr A Miller
Application Deadline:
18 January 2019
Geodiversity is defined as the assemblages of, and processes within, the geological, geomorphological and soil / sediment features of a landscape – factors which fundamentally underpin biologically-based ecosystem services such as biodiversity.
