Extreme Environements (Advert Reference: RDF21/MDRT/EE)

As part of our continued commitment to research excellence, Northumbria University is offering studentships aligned to each of our Multidisciplinary Research Themes (MDRTs). The Extreme Environments MDRT brings together a broad, multi-disciplinary research community from across the University to tackle some of the greatest challenges facing our planet. Our research extends from the depths of the oceans and the beds of the ice sheets to the outer reaches of the atmosphere and beyond, while encompassing scales from micro-meteorology and microbial biodiversity to climate dynamics and space weather. Our guiding vision is to understand and harness physical / biological environments that operate under extreme conditions / stresses, and to develop research that will have tangible impacts on an environmental, technological, economic and social basis at regional, national and international levels.

While we have major research strengths in space weather forecasting, and in cold and palaeo-environments, including the evolution of the Earth’s great ice sheets and their interaction with the ocean and broader climate system, our range of expertise includes: geophysical analysis, subglacial processes, environmental monitoring, atmospheric circulation, snow modelling, polar/alpine fieldwork, fluid dynamics, 3D & 4D modelling/visualisation, nonlinear and dynamical systems analysis, machine learning, observational solar physics, space plasma physics, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, geomicrobiology, biogeochemistry, geochemistry/mineralogy, microbial community analyses, human-environment interactions, effects of environmental change on society.

Extreme Environments now invites applications for a funded PhD scholarship starting in October 2021. This project may be in any of the areas listed above. Further details of the MDRT, including a list of affiliated staff members, with links detailing their individual research interests can be found at: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/changing-challenging-world/extreme-environments/

General enquiries should be directed to Professor Adrian Jenkins (adrian2.jenkins@northumbria.ac.uk).

Eligibility and How to Apply:

Home and International (including EU) students are eligible to apply. The studentship includes a full stipend, paid for three years at RCUK rates (for 2020/21, this is £15,285 pa) and full tuition fees.

Please note eligibility requirement:

• Academic excellence of the proposed student i.e. 2:1 (or equivalent GPA from non-UK universities [preference for 1st class honours]); or a Masters (preference for Merit or above); or APEL evidence of substantial practitioner achievement.
• Appropriate IELTS score, if required.
• Applicants cannot apply for this funding if currently engaged in Doctoral study at Northumbria or elsewhere.

For further details of how to apply, entry requirements and the application form, see:

https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/postgraduate-research-degrees/how-to-apply/