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We have 23 Soil Science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK
Soil Science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK
We have 23 Soil Science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK
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Impacts of environmental climate change on plant and ecosystem carbon and nutrient cycling, and biodiversity
Climate change is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Read more
Fully-funded White Rose BBSRC DTP Biology project: Understanding the drivers of viral lifestyles in the soil microbiome
Lead supervisor. Dr Sean Meaden. Co-supervisors. Prof James Chong. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
Fully-funded White Rose BBSRC DTP Biology project: Chemical warfare in the rhizosphere: unlocking the defensive roles of plant root exudates against the bacterial pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum
Lead supervisor. Dr Andrea Harper. Co-supervisors. Dr Federico Sabbadin. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
Thermal energy from embedded retaining walls in challenging ground conditions
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School of Civil Engineering
Heating and cooling of buildings is a key priority for decarbonisation due to the scale of the demand and the tendency for direct use of fossil fuels. Read more
Understanding the Resilience of Restored Peatlands to New Climate Extremes
We have an exciting opportunity for a PhD student to develop cutting edge experiments with an experienced peatland research team and translate their findings across a variety of policy-relevant platforms. Read more
Vegetation-based climate change adaptation measures for earth infrastructure
Climate change will affect the performance of existing earth infrastructure. Read more
Micro-Bio-Mechanical Modelling of root growth in soils
The extent and the way roots grow in the ground is known to have a fundamental impact on the growth of crop plants as well as on the resistance to lodging induced by storms. Read more
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Unravelling the true climate effect of peatland restoration
This is an exciting project, linking science to policy, and with lots of fieldwork, including the option to do some sampling in Sweden. Read more
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Disentangling land use and climatic roles in sediment delivery to upland British lakes
Changes to agricultural land use practices and climate represent serious challenges to the future management of rural landscapes, as humans have dramatically altered the European landscape over thousands of years. Read more
GW4 BioMed2 MRC DTP PhD project: How are changing environments on our farms driving antifungal resistance in clinical fungal pathogens?
This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the GW4 BioMed2 MRC Doctoral Training Partnership which is offering up to 20 studentships for entry in September 2024. Read more
Nonequilibrium two-phase flow in disordered media: Memory, hysteresis and energy dissipation
The displacement of a fluid by another in a disordered porous material, for example migration of water and gases in soils and rocks, is often out-of-equilibrium. Read more
The influence of particle characteristics on the field-scale geomechanical behaviour of soils
It is well recognised that many geotechnical phenomena, such as liquefaction, crushing, dissolution effects and failure are affected by macro-scale properties such as initial density, anisotropy, permeability and compressibility, amongst others. Read more
Unsaturated soil hydrology – Soil water retention technology for agricultural production improvement
WATER retention and nutrient recycling in soils and streams for improved AGRIcultural production (WATERAGRI) is a H2020 Research and Innovation project that aims to re-introduce and enhance sustainable solutions for water retention and nutrient recycling to enable agricultural production that can sustain growing populations and cope with present and future climate change challenges. Read more
Where has all of the carbon gone? Understanding the molecular mechanisms of long-term soil carbon capture
Soils, while unglamorous, form the basis of the terrestrial biosphere and are ultimately the source of the majority of the food that we eat, yet fundamental aspects of how soils form and how they store carbon are poorly understood. Read more
Sustainable products & processes - help industry ditch the plastic and toxic chemicals
Material and energy used for making products can have significant adverse environmental, health and safety and or socioeconomic impacts. Read more
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