Newcastle University

Past Postgraduate Students and their Research Projects

For details of research project, supervisor and student e-mail address, click on the student's name:

• Mr Murad Aburas - Assessment of soil erodibility, soil loss and its relation to soil degradation in Aljabal Alakhdar region, Libya .
• Mr Saad Alabdulwahed - Influence of irrigation regime on quality and quantity of date palm production.
• Mr Eleftherios Alamanos - Attitudes and perceptions of wine consumers in the United Kingdom with special reference to wine from Greece.
• Mr Abdulaziz Alkhubaizi - Environmental resource assessment: the impact of intensive quarrying activities on the fragile ecosystem of Al-Liyah desert, and the development of applicable rehabilitation strategies for analogous land areas in the state of Kuwait .
• Mr Mohamed Al-Zarah - The effect of grazing management on the efficiency of utilisation of a grass/clover sward.
• Mr Samuel Arkle - Developing a vaccine against red mites in chickens.
• Mr Richard Austin - Exploring the Sustainable Development Partnerships in Northumberland National Park.
• Miss Emma Baxter - Neonatal mortality in pigs.
• Miss Victoria Bell - Tourism and local participative rural development.
• Mr Gary Bosworth - Entrepreneurial in-migrants and economic development in rural England.
• Mrs Liz Charles - Community supported agriculture in North East England.
• Miss Dimitra Chormova - Effect of sustainable fertigation practices on greenhouse vegetables (tomato) under different soil climatic conditions in relation to plant growth, yield and fruit quality.
• Mr Nikolaos Dafermos - Integration of fertility management, hybrid selection and alternative spray treatments for the control of powdery mildew ( Leveillula taurica ) in organic greenhouse tomato crops.
• Miss Caroline Docking - Environmental Enrichment, Behavioural Development and welfare of pigs.
• Miss Emma Giles -Young adults and healthy lifestyles : food, alcohol and exercise – a total lifestyle approach.
• Dr David Harrington - Innate and adaptive immunological responses tin Dermanyssus Gallinae infected chickens.
• Mrs Sally Hewitt - Rural and regional development.
• Mr Mohammad Khan - Supplementation to improve utilization of low quality forages by ruminants.
• Mr Krailas Kiyothong - Impact assessment of micro finance in improving quality of life of rural poor: A Case study of Ailkot-Pakistan
• Mr Suresh Kumar - To evaluate the role of medicinal plants for their neuroprotective effects in Alzheimer's Disease.
• Mr Richard Lee - A comparative study of international institutions and the agri-food system.
• Miss Berta Miro - Identification of traits for nitrogen utilisation efficiency in oilseed rape (Brassica napus).
• Mr Taro Murao - Competition between wheat and chenopodium album.
• Helio Lima Neto - Solanum lycocarpum different extracts as rumen additive.
• Mr Robert Newbery -Local business associations in rural towns and districts.
• Mr Rafael Olea Perez - Sustainability in the pig meat production chain.
• Mr David Jakinda Otieno - Technical efficiency of beef cattle farms and preferences for disease free zones in Kenya.
• Mr Matthew Partington - Probe design and evaluation for the development of a pathogen genotyping
• Miss Ahlam Rashed - Variation in bioactive constituents in carrots.
• Miss Graciela Silva Rocha- Pain relief properties of Hyptis crenata Pohl (medicinal plant).
• Miss Yolande Seddon -Cost benefit analysis of health management strategies in finishing pigs.
• Mrs Gillian Rodriguez - Understanding nostalgia based migrant markets and opportunities for UK regional foods.
• Mrs Eva Salmon - Multi disciplinary aspects of finishing pigs to heavier weights
• Miss Emer Scott-Baird - Alternative methods of prevention and control of gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep.
• Mr Abdel Shirif - The upgrading of wheat straw by using physical and chemical treatments in sheep.
• Mr Qandelihle Simelane - The effects of termite activity on soil and vegetation variability in semi-arid ecosystems in East Africa.
• Mr Kittikorn Soontaranurak -The supply response of natural rubber production in Thailand.
• Miss Ruth Starr-Keddle - Grassland Management of Roadside Verges.
• Mr Sokratis Sterigadis - Influence of management system on milk quality.
• Mrs Kulapa Supongpan - An economic analysis of the Thailand Tuna Fish Industry.
• Mr Narut Thanantong - Molecular screening of lactic-acid bacteria in pigs. Correlation with food diet
• Miss Afroditi Theodoropoulo - Pest Management in Organic Greenhouse Tomatoes
• Mr Nikolaos Volakakis - Development of an integrated approach for olive fly control and fertility management in organic olive production
• Mr Nichol Watson - A holistic investigation into the relationship of factors and motivations contributing to the recommended daily intake of fruit and vegetables.
• Mr Andrew Wilkinson - Improvement of organic wheat production systems.
• Miss Kathryn Wilkinson - The role of advice and expertise in animal disease management
• Miss Ruth Williams - Changing constructions of identity : Fisher households and industry restructuring.