Research Degrees

Geoscience

The priority PhD projects below represent the most scientifically pressing and topical areas of our research and although not currently funded are the most likely to attract funding. The other PhD projects listed are relevant to our current research interests and may present students with alternative research opportunities. If you have your own specific project in mind that clearly aligns with our research interests you may wish you contact relevant members of staff directly to discuss possible supervisory support.

Priority PhD projects

CI-576 Mechanisms of carbon losses in water from peat uplands

CI-577 Exploring the relationship between climate and carbon cycling in boreal (Sweden), temperate (Germany) and tropical (Brazil) peatland carbon pools

  • Supervisors: Dr Geoff Abbott, Judith Schellekens (Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

CI-579 Calculating normal background contaminant concentrations in the North East of England

CI-580 Biogeochemistry and microbial ecology of petroleum systems

CI-581 Molecular and physiological studies of the petroleum reservoir microbiome

CI-582 Mineralogical interactions in soil systems – integrated assessment and optimization of carbon capture and nutrient supply

CI-583 Organic geochemistry and paleoenvironment of oil shale

CI-584 Current sorting of organic matter in the marine environment: a multi-molecular, isotopic and radiocarbon approach

CI-585 Evolution of the nitrogen cycle during the Great Oxidation Event

CI-586 Calibrating stable isotopes biosignatures for elemental cycling on Earth and beyond

Other PhD projects

CI-540 Developing the full potential of novel biohopanoid biomarkers as molecular tools in palaeoclimate research

CI-578 The structure and function of asphaltenes