Hydrogeology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in the UK

We have 15 Hydrogeology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in the UK

Tree stability in high winds

University of Birmingham Department of Civil Engineering

Forests play a crucial role regulating the climate, providing a haven for biodiversity and, increasingly, are a source of income for many. Read more

Supervisors: Prof N Metje, Prof Mark Sterling

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

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QUADRAT DTP: Ecohydrological response of tropical peatlands to climate change and human impacts

Queen’s University Belfast School of Natural and Built Environment

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Globally, peatlands contain stored C equivalent to the amount that would be emitted to the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels at the 2007 annual global rate for the next 75 years. Read more

Supervisors: Prof G Swindles, Dr T Mighall

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

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QUADRAT DTP: Carbon dynamics in blanket peatlands

Queen’s University Belfast School of Natural and Built Environment

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. This research project will enhance our knowledge of rates of blanket peat accumulation, how these vary with physical setting and how they influence wider environmental processes across a range of scales. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Flynn, Dr D Mauquoy

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

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QUADRAT DTP: Developing Predictive Models of Microplastic Distribution and Accumulation in Sedimentary Systems.

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. This PhD project aims to understand the mechanisms and controls on the transport and accumulation of microplastics (MP) in sedimentary systems. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Hartley, Dr A Newton

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

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QUADRAT DTP: Environmental monitoring of peatlands with novel geophysical methods

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Blanket bogs are important carbon sinks, which also regulate stream flow and water quality, as well as contributing to biodiversity. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Gilligan, Dr R Flynn

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

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QUADRAT DTP: Sustainable management of fresh groundwater resources in coastal East Africa – Using lessons from the past to build future resilience to climate and environmental change

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. High coastal population growth rates, with associated water demand and environmental changes including climate change are putting enormous pressure on coastal groundwater resources. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J C Comte

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

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QUADRAT DTP: Mineral prospectivity of the Caledonide intrusions of the UK and Ireland.

Aberdeen University School of Geosciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. The Caledonide intrusions of Britain and Ireland remain largely underexplored, with significant potential for mineral enrichments in the shallow subsurface (Deady et al, 2023). Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Armstrong, Dr U Ofterdinger

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

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Global lahar model

University of Leeds Faculty of Environment

Summary. This project seeks to improve our understanding of the controls on the initiation, propagation, and impacts of lahars and other volcano-hydrologic hazards. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Manville, Prof N Mountney, Dr J Carrivick

Open Day(s) 5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Indigenous tracers for assessing karstic flow and risks to water quality in Chalk catchments

University of Leeds School of Earth & Environment

We invite applications for a fully funded NERC CASE PhD studentship to work on an opportunity for investigating the impacts of contaminants on water quality in the Chalk catchments of SE England. Read more

Supervisor: Prof SHB Bottrell

Open Day(s) 5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Nonequilibrium two-phase flow in disordered media: Memory, hysteresis and energy dissipation

Coventry University Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems

The displacement of a fluid by another in a porous material, for example migration of water and gases in soils and rocks, is often out-of-equilibrium. Read more

Supervisor: Dr RH Holtzman

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

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Multiphase flow in responsive media: Hydrate formation in Carbon Geosequestration

Coventry University Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems

Fluids moving through natural materials like sandstone can dissolve or precipitate solids as they travel. Read more

Supervisor: Dr RH Holtzman

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

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Towards Sustainable Peatland Management in the UK: An Integrated Study of Carbon Balance and Ecosystem Services (Ref: RDF24/EE/MCE/AGARWAL)

Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment

Peatlands are a significant component of the UK's natural landscape, covering about 15% of the country's land area. These ecosystems are not only vital for biodiversity but also act as significant carbon sinks. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Agarwal, Prof M Lim

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

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PhD in Geology - Ancient climate signals in supergene minerals

University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering

Earth’s climate has varied considerably over time and will continue to vary in the future. To understand our future climate, scientists look to past… Read more

Supervisors: Dr DB Barford, Dr A Pickersgill, Dr BC Cavazzin, Dr L Hepburn, Dr J Rae

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

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Improved solution algorithms for efficient and robust Computational Fluid Dynamics modelling

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation software is at the core of present-day engineering practice as well as academic research in virtually any… Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Giustini

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

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Understanding temporal fluctuations in nitrate in groundwater

British Geological Survey Envision DTP

Nitrate is the most pervasive pollutant in groundwater. High concentrations of nitrate in groundwater can contribute to degradation of surface water… Read more

Supervisors: Mr M Ascott, Dr D Gooddy

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

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We have 15 Hydrogeology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in the UK

Hydrogeology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in the UK

We have 15 Hydrogeology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in the UK

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