Zoology (process) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 18 Zoology (process) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Digging into anthropogenic vibrations: investigating the impacts of noise on the physiology and behaviour of benthic and infaunal invertebrates

University of Liverpool Faculty of Science and Engineering

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Net Zero Maritime Energy solutions (N0MES) has a 4-year funded PhD place available for an exceptional researcher. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Thomson, Dr L Roberts

20 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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How do environmental cues affect reproduction?

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

This project is available to self funded candidates only. The School of Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2024/25. Read more

Supervisors: Assoc Prof E.J. Duncan, Prof A Bretman

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

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Social relationships and the evolution of complex cognition

Anglia Ruskin University ARU School of Life Sciences

Research Group: Behavioural Ecology Research Group (BEEC)

Research Group. Behavioural Ecology Research Group (BEEC). Proposed supervisory team. Dr Claudia Wascher. Theme. Cognitive abilities, Social relationships. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Wascher

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

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Revealing the genomic basis of reproductive mode evolution and speciation in Littorina snails

University of Sussex School of Life Sciences

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated PhD student to study the links between reproductive mode evolution and speciation in intertidal snails from the genus Littorina. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Stankowski

31 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Significance of acari as location and time makers of buried corpses and mass graves

University of Reading School of Biological Sciences

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Supervisor: Dr M A Perotti

21 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Evaluating the potential consequences of climate heating for Caspian seals and ecosystem services in the Caspian Sea

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

The School of Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2024/25. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Goodman, Prof M Beger

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

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Precision feeding strategies for finisher pigs

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

The School of Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2024/25. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A.T. Taylor

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

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Manipulation of neuroimmune responses and behaviour by infectious agents

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

This project is available exclusively to self-funded students who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2023/24. The project focuses on how infectious agents modify the individuals that they infect and how neuroimmune responses to infection moderate behaviour changes in warm-blooded animals and humans. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Mcconkey, Dr S Clapcote

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

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Muscle function during running

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

The anatomy of the legs is complex with multiple muscles that are (anatomically) capable of flexing and extending the limb joints. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G N Askew, Dr J Usherwood

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

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Investigating the impacts of environmentally relevant environmental stressor combinations on freshwater snails inhabiting mini-wetlands

Heriot-Watt University School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

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 F orton, Dr C Magill, Dr S Morris, Dr C Svendsen

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

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The effects of multiple stressors on waterbirds in the Flow Country

University of the Highlands and Islands Environmental Research Institute, UHI North, West and Hebrides

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: https://ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Masden, Ms A MacLennan, Dr S Patidar, Prof A Fox

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

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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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Avoiding extinction: natural and sexual selection in the wild

The University of Western Australia School of Biological Sciences

Wild populations are becoming smaller and more isolated; whilst simultaneously having to adapt to a rapidly changing environment and climate. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N. R. LeBas, Prof L Simmons

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

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Phylogeography of Caribbean Herpetofauna

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Biosciences

The Caribbean region consists of the Caribbean Sea that is enclosed by northern South America, the eastern cost of Central America and a range of islands from Cuba on the north until the lesser Antilles and Trinidad and Tobago on the East. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Orozco Ter Wengel, Dr F Hailer

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

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Pathways to a healthy lifespan: investigating the exceptional fertility of Naked Mole Rats

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

As women age, their reproductive system undertakes significant changes that impact on their fertility and overall health. Despite its importance to society, research that could delay or limit these impacts on women’s health is held back by a lack of suitable models. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Nicholls, Dr G Helfer

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

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We have 18 Zoology (process) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Zoology (process) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 18 Zoology (process) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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