Students from Cohort 2023 Katie AbsonPhD Project title: Predicting adaptive potential from genomic data and its implications for conservationSupervisors: Jarrod Hadfield (School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Evolutionary Biology) and Susan Johnston (School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Evolutionary Biology)Isaac Kwame BaduPhD Project title: Does competition with honeybees (Apis mellifera) adversely affect wild pollinator populations?Supervisors: Gail Jackson (UoE School of GeoSciences), Fiona Highet (Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture), Alexander P Reid (Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture) and Stace Fairhurst (UoE School of GeoSciences)External Collaborative Partner: Science and Advice for Scottish AgricultureStudent ProfileAninda BhattacharyaPhD Project title: Electricity capacity risk assessment and procurement against a background of uncertain climateSupervisors: Chris Dent (UoE School of Mathematics), Gabriele Hegerl (UoE School of GeoSciences) and Amy Wilson (UoE School of Mathematics) External Project Partner: Royal Botanic Garden EdinburghStudent ProfileGalen CostomirisPhD Project title: Muddy Waters, Africa’s uncharted forest ecosystem.Supervisors: David Harris (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh) and Kyle Dexter (UoE School of GeoSciences)Alys Daniels-CreaseyPhD Project title: A green gold rush? Natural capital investments and implications for communities in the Scottish uplandsSupervisors: Janet Fisher (UoE School of GeoSciences) and Mark Metzger (UoE School of GeoSciences)CASE Project Partner: Scottish Land CommissionChristopher DudleyPhD Project title: Roadside halophytes as a model for Anthropocene range shiftsSupervisors: Richard Milne (School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Molecular Plant Science), Alex Twyford (School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Evolutionary Biology) and Markus Ruhsam (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh)External Collaborative Partner: Royal Botanic Garden EdinburghRachael EgglestonPhD Project title: Ecological and population genomics of the British FloraSupervisors: Pete Hollingsworth (Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh) and Alex Twyford (School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Evolutionary Biology)External Collaborative Partner: Royal Botanic Garden EdinburghClaudia Elijas ParraPhD Project title: The dynamics of pyroclastic flows at active volcanoes : high mobility and bulking through substrate entrainmentSupervisors: Eric Breard (UoE School of GeoSciences), Eliza Calder (UoE School of GeoSciences), Mattia de'Michieli Vitturi (Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia) and Samantha Engwell (British geological Survey)External Collaborative Partners: Instituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia and British geological SurveyFelipe EspinozaPhD Project title: Assessing and explaining the per-unit effects of non-native plant speciesSupervisors: Guillaume Latombe (School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Ecology and Evolution) and Ally Phillimore (School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Ecology and Evolution)Francesca FehlbergPhD Project title: Voices of Restoration: A Bioacoustic Approach to Biodiversity Monitoring in Western Africa’Supervisors: Hannah Wauchope (UoE School of GeoSciences), Pietro Caprena, (Tree AID) Matthew Ashpole (Tree AID) , Gabriel Marcacci (Vogelwarte)Amelia Penny, UofE School of GeoSciences)CASE Partner: Tree AIDExternal Collaborative Partner: Landscapes and Livelihoods GroupStudent ProfileAnnie GregoirePhD Project title: Food and dietary trends: social media drivers and consequences for environment and societySupervisors: Mark Rounsevell (UoE School of GeoSciences) and Peter Alexander (UoE School of GeoSciences) Niamh GurrinPhD Project title: Connecting soils and streams: understanding the impact of peatland restoration on catchment scale biogeochemistrySupervisors: Nicholle Bell (School of Chemistry) and Amy Pickard (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology) External Collaborative Partner: Centre for Ecology and HydrologyGina HendersonPhD Project title: Evolutionary genomics of immune responses in a wild mammalSupervisors: Susan Johnston (School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Evolutionary Biology) and Dan Nussey (School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Evolutionary Biology)Melany HenotPhD Project title: Sexual conflict in a fly with unusual sex determinationSupervisors: Laura Ross (School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Evolutionary Biology) and Simon Martin (School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Evolutionary Biology)Elspeth HorrocksPhD Project title: Understanding micronutrients provision in a changing global food systemSupervisors: Vera Eory (Scotland's Rural College) and Peter Alexander (UoE School of GeoSciences) External Collaborative Partner: Scotland's Rural CollegeStudent ProfileAlice JonesPhD Project title: Assessing the principal ecological strategies of trees in African woodlands and their implications for ecosystem dynamics and functionalitySupervisors: Kyle Dexter (UoE School of GeoSciences), John Godlee (UoE School of GeoSciences), Claudia Colesie (UoE School of GeoSciences) and Vera de Cauwer (Namibian University of Science and Technology)CASE Partner: Ongava Research CentreExternal Project Partner: Namibian University of Science and TechnologyStudent ProfileBehjat KaripayhanPhD Project title: Advancing hydrogen storage through in-situ wettability characterisationSupervisors: Katriona Edlmann (UoE School of GeoSciences), Xianfeng Fan (School of Engineering - Institute For Materials and Processes) and Ali Hassanpouryouzband (UoE School of GeoSciences) Adam ManningPhD Project title: The evolution of dinosaur brains, senses, and intelligenceSupervisors: Steven Brusatte (UoE School of GeoSciences), Lawrence Witmer (Ohio University), Ornella Bertrand (UoE School of GeoSciences) and Mathias Osvath (Lund University)External Project Partners: Ohio University and Lund UniversitySamantha MarchbankPhD project title: Towards a carbon-free future: Using underground storage of hydrogen in porous rocks to enable grid-scale energy storageSupervisors: Ian Molnar (UoE School of GeoSciences), Niklas Heinemann (UoE School of GeoSciences) and Mark Wilkinson (UoE School of GeoSciences)Philippe MongeauPhD Project title: Controls on precious and critical metal enrichment in VMS deposits of the Caledonian-Appalachian orogenSupervisors: Steven Hollis (UoE School of GeoSciences), Mark Cooper (Geological Survey of Northern Ireland / Department for the Economy), Stephen Piercey (Memorial University of Newfoundland) and Ian Butler (UoE School of GeoSciences)CASE Partner: Geological Survey of Northern Ireland / Department for the EconomyExternal Collaborative Partner: Memorial University of NewfoundlandStudent ProfileSesilia NiehausPhD Project title: Neolithic lake sites, fossil insects and the spread of agricultureSupervisors: Eva Panagiotakopulu (UoE School of GeoSciences), Amy Bogaard (University of Oxford), Alfy Gathorne-Hardy (UoE School of GeoSciences / GAAFS) External Collaborative Partner: University of OxfordStudent ProfileClara NyqvistPhD Project title: Stability of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet from radar-sounded englacial structuresSupervisors: Rob Bingham (UoE School of GeoSciences), Sohan Seth (School of Informatics), Andy Hein (UoE School of GeoSciences) and Martin Siegert (UoE School of GeoSciences) Student ProfileRowan PatersonPhD Project title: Using myco-centric techniques to increase tree growth in reforested broadleaf woodlands native to ScotlandSupervisors: Lorna Street (UoE School of GeoSciences), Andy Taylor (James Hutton Institute) and Kyle Dexter (UoE School of GeoSciences)External Collaborative Partner: James Hutton InstituteLisa PilkintonPhD Project title: Mechanisms and implications of climate-induced shrub expansion in the ArcticSupervisors: Claudia Colesie (UoE School of GeoSciences), Isla Myers-Smith (University of British Columbia), Kevin Newsham (British Antarctic Survey) and Lorna Street (UoE School of GeoSciences)External Collaborative Partner: British Antarctic SurveyJack Andrew SmithPhD Project title: Tomographic imaging of New Zealand's Southern Alpine Fault to study seismic hazard and earthquake triggeringSupervisors: Andrew Curtis (UoE School of GeoSciences), Karen Lythgoe (UoE School of GeoSciences), Brian Baptie (British geological Survey) and John Townend (University of Victoria, Wellington)External Collaborative Partners: British geological Survey and University of Victoria (Wellington, New Zealand)Student ProfileSarah StewartPhD Project title: Understanding Preservation of Potential Biosignatures by Martian SoilsSupervisors: Valentina Erastova (UoE School of Chemistry), Sean McMahon (UoE School of Physics and Astronomy) and Charles Cockell (UoE School of Physics and Astronomy)Katherine TaylorPhD Project title: Heat, drought and fire: Risk from compound extreme weather and climate eventsSupervisors: Gabriele Hegerl (UoE School of GeoSciences), Michael Evans (University of Mariland), Andrew Schurer (UoE School of GeoSciences) and Mat Williams (UoE School of GeoSciences)External Collaborative Partner: University of MarilandArthur TaylorPhD Project title: Networks of influence: how soil microbial communities respond to land useSupervisors: Thorunn Helgason (School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Evolutionary Biology) and Joe Taylor (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology) External Collaborative Partner: Centre for Ecology and HydrologyEliana Toro PazPhD Project title: Sediment mobility in Himalayan rivers recorded by seismic monitoring with implications for flood risk under a changing climateSupervisors: Hugh Sinclair (UoE School of GeoSciences), Mark Naylor (UoE School of GeoSciences) and Mikael Attal (UoE School of GeoSciences)External Collaborative Partner: Centre for Ecology and HydrologyLindsay YoungPhD Project title: The petrogenesis of Virgin Island granitoids: Implications for continental growth on the early EarthSupervisors: Alan Hastie (UoE School of GeoSciences), Godfrey Fitton (UoE School of GeoSciences), Richard Palin (University of Oxford) and Marc-Alban Millet (Cardiff University)External Collaborative Partners: University of Oxford and Cardiff UniversityStudent Profile This article was published on 2024-02-26