Potential PhD topics in the areas of Soil Science and Geoarchaeology.
3-D visualisation of the dynamics of soil structure and carbon distributions
Funding will be sought from the School’s NERC studentship quota
Contact Dr Clare Wilson
Climate change and biodiversity in Scotland’s montane habitats: cascade effects of changes in plant community composition on soil invertebrate assemblages
Funding for this project may be available from NERC or SNH
Contact Prof. Phil Wookey
Developing spatially explicit predictive capabilities in erosion, sediment flux and storage modelling within subcatchments of the Tay
This project will be funded by SAGES; SEPA is an additional CASE partner
Contact Dr. Andrew Tyler
Historical ecology of fuel resource utilization in Sahelian Africa
Funding will be sought from the School’s NERC studentship quota
Contact Dr Paul Adderley
Micro-chemical analysis of grave soils: unlocking the hidden archive of archaeological human burials
This project will start in spring 2010 and is ERC funded in collaboration with University of York
Contact Dr. Clare Wilson
Modelling landscape sensitivities: Are future human-induced landscape changes quantifiable?
Funding is available through SAGES in collaboration with University of Aberdeen and University of Glasgow
Contact Dr Paul Adderley
Scottish soils and the C cycle: How will climate change and ‘re-wilding’ affect soil organic matter dynamics and C fluxes?
Funding will be sought from the School’s NERC studentship quota
Contact Prof. Phil Wookey
Soil disturbance as a result of tree stump extraction practices
In collaboration with Forest Research, funding is being sought from the Scottish Forestry Trust
Contact Dr Clare Wilson
Temperature responses of soil N transformations
Joint SCRI / University of Stirling PhD Studentship
Contact Prof. David Hopkins or Prof. Phil Wookey
The role of mineral interactions in soil organic carbon stabilisation
Funding will be sought from the School’s NERC studentship quota
Contact Dr Clare Wilson
Use of trace elements as tracers of soil – sediment relationships and identification of source areas in eroding catchments: A tool for validating catchment scale modelling of soil and sediment flux
Funding will be sought from the School’s NERC studentship quota and / or a NERC CASE studentship
Contact Dr. Andrew Tyler
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