We have two PhD opportunities as part of the FDRI project:
1. Weathering vs. climate change: Quantifying recent silicate weathering using novel isotope tracers
Closing date: 3 January 2025
The project will develop and apply methodologies to assess if there are any long-term climate change-driven trends in water supply, storage, and routing, and how these changes are impacting weathering rates and rock-derived nutrient supply to ecosystems. The project will thus be utilising and developing cutting-edge scientific approaches to understand and predict carbon storage through silicate weathering.
Supervisors:
- Dr Jotis Baronas, Durham University
- Dr Jade Hatton, UKCEH
- Dr Maud van Soest, UKCEH
- Dr Julia Knapp, Durham University
The project is part of the NERC-funded IAPETUS2 Doctoral Training Partnership.
2. Developing novel tracer-based methods to investigate how pressures on upland wetlands alter flood and drought resilience
Closing date: 9 January 2025
The project will investigate how land use and climate change pressures on upland wetland and floodplain systems, alter their role in modulating floods and droughts.
Supervisors:
- Dr Leo Peskett, Heriot Watt University
- Ms Sarah Collins, BGS
- Mr Nick Everard, UKCEH
The project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD.
Plus ... two other opportunities
These PhDs are strategically aligned with FDRI: