invasive species PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Predicting impacts of freshwater invasions: from the individual to ecosystems

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

Research Group: School of Biology

OVERVIEW. Biological invasions are a key driver of global change, causing irreversible ecosystem change, biodiversity loss and enormous economic burden. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J South, Assoc Prof E.J. Duncan

26 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Understanding extinction risk in the Anthropocene

University of Reading Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

We live in a humanized world in which even the most remote areas have been affected by the actions of our species. Human impacts have caused a widespread loss of biodiversity, to the point that we have likely entered the sixth mass extinction event on Earth, the first primarily caused by humans. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Gonzalez-Suarez

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

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PhD in Food Web Networks and Environmental Change: Exploring how natural and anthropogenic stress influence the structure and dynamics of communities.

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

The interactions among species define a food web network. In these networks, species have dynamics (e.g. numbers and biomass), the community has structure (e.g. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Beckerman

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

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Multi-stressor interactions in the context of beaver-mediated recovery of natural processes within riparian habitats

University of the Highlands and Islands UHI Inverness

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Hänfling, Dr C Howe, Prof M Jackson, Ms S Mackenzie

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Linking Oceanographical Connectivity pathways and Environmental Pollution Pressures to the Genetic Structure of Planktonic Biota in Coastal Embayments

Atlantic Technological University Research

This PhD project is part of the Postgraduate Research Training Programme COASTAL CONNECTIVITY, which offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr NT Touzet, Dr rn Nash, Dr FK Kavanagh

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Self-funded PhD - Fish, predator and collective behaviour

University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences

How do animals interact in groups? What benefits and costs can this bring? What are the ecological effects of social living? How do differences between… Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Ioannou

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

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Self-funded MSc R- Fish, predator and collective behaviour

University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences

How do animals interact in groups? What benefits and costs can this bring? What are the ecological effects of social living? How do differences between… Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Ioannou

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

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Ocean Diagnostics: Development of a detection system for ocean biology monitoring using integrated silicon nitride fluorescence spectroscopy

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Thalia Dominguez Bucio, Frederic Gardes, Rand Ismaeel, Matthew Mowlem . Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Dominguez Bucio

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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An assessment of the effects of healthy ageing and transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on human foraging cognition

University of Leicester School of Psychology and Vision Sciences

Identifying cognitive markers of human heathy ageing is of extreme importance considering that global population over age 65 is expected to increase by 120% by 2050. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C De Lillo, Prof E B. Mukaetova-Ladinska

23 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Modelling the bioelectrochemical response of biofilms linked to microbiologically-influenced corrosion

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof Julian Wharton & Prof Jeremy Webb. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Wharton

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Beam gas curtain monitor for the High Luminosity LHC

University of Liverpool Department of Physics

The QUASAR Group, based at the Cockcroft Institute, has pioneered the development of a supersonic gas jet as a non-invasive beam profile monitor. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Welsch, Dr H Zhang

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Generative learning-enabled digital twins and predictive modelling for ocean sustainability

Atlantic Technological University Research

The Postgraduate Research Programme COAST offers 12 PhD research scholarships to commence in 2024. Each project will include an enterprise placement of minimum 12 weeks duration. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Henna, Dr S Gharbia, Dr EF Furey

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Integrated indicators of ecological health for rivers based on riverbed biofilms - PhD

Cranfield University School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE)

Pollution has resurfaced as a critical issue for the health of river ecosystems. Persistent and emerging water quality problems are being highlighted regularly by the media and community groups, pressuring regulators to reassess monitoring and assessment approaches. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Grabowski

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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4-year PhD Studentship: A novel, bacterial quorum sensor-infused nanocarrier drug delivery system to tackle antimicrobial resistant fungi

University of Bristol Bristol Dental School

Healthcare associated infections (HAI) remain an unresolved clinical issue that significantly impacts patients’ lives and global economies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Bandara, Dr A Nobbs

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

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Nature-Based Solutions for Mitigating Landslide Hazard

University of Sheffield Department of Civil and Structural Engineering

Landslides, particularly long-runout landslides like debris flows, pose a significant and often devastating threat to communities worldwide. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Leonardi

29 September 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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We have 16 invasive species PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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