Cohort 4

 

Name

Project Title

Host Organisation

Supervisory Team

Website

Sarah Alewijnse

Is metabolism a red herring when predicting fish responses to climate change?

UoS/Ocean & Earth Science

Natalie Cooper (NHM), Clive Trueman, (UoS\NOCS),  Ewan Hunter (Cefas), Oliver Crimmen (NHM) 

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Lewis Bailey

From little flows to large landslides – the first field-scale test of frequency-magnitude relationships for turbidity currents

UoS/Ocean & Earth Science

Mike Clare (NOC; 40%), Ivan Haigh (UOS 20%), Matthieu Cartigny (NOC, 20%), Mark Vardy (NOC, 20%) 

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Connor Bamford

Patterns of marine habitat use by higher predators in the South Atlantic

British Antarctic Survey

Phil Trathan (BAS; 30%), Amanda Bates (NOCS, Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton; 30%), Jen Jackson (BAS; 20%), Iain Staniland (BAS; 20%) Advisors to the project: Jaume Forcada (BAS), Mark Belchier (BAS), Peter Fretwell (BAS), Alex Zerbini (NOAA), Tim Smith (World Whaling Project), Nat Kelly (Australian Antarctic Division), Paul Brickle (SAERI) 

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Matthew Brown

Climate change in space: the threat from space debris

UoS/FEE

Dr Hugh Lewis (University of Southampton, 65%), Dr Andrew Kavanagh (British Antarctic Survey, 35%) 

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Matthew Chadwick

Reconstructions of Antarctic sea-ice at the peak of the last interglacial (marine isotope stage 5e)

British Antarctic Survey

Claire Allen (BAS, 70%); Louise Sime (BAS; 20%), Kevin Oliver (OES; 10%) 

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Rebecca De Leij

Impacts of rapid environmental change on the reproduction and fertilisation dynamics of marine invertebrates, using an urchin model

UoS/Ocean & Earth Science

Dr Laura Grange (University of Southampton (UoS)) ~ 60%, Prof Lloyd Peck (British Antarctic Survey (BAS)) ~ 40% 

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Aled Evans

Seafloor or uplift-related serpentinisation of the Troodos Massif, Cyprus?

UoS/Ocean & Earth Science

Damon A.H. Teagle (UoS, 50%), Gavin Foster (UoS, 20%), Rachael James (UoS, 20%), and Dave Craw (Otago, 10%) 

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Nina Faure Beaulieu

Microplastic distribution, fate and effects in UK waterways

UoS/Ocean & Earth Science

Martin Solan, Dan Mayor, Katsiaryna Pabortsava 

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Stacey Felgate

Quantifying biogeochemical links between land and ocean: closing a major gap in the global carbon cycle

UoS/Ocean & Earth Science

Daniel Mayor (NOCS; 40%), Chris Evans (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology; 20%), Barry Barry Thornton (James Hutton Institute; 20%), Rawlins (British Geological Survey; 10%), Godbold (UoS, 10%) 

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Nathan Fox

Socio-ecological mapping of ecosystem services

UoS/FEE

Dr Kate Parks (FEE – 50%), Dr Felix Eigenbrod (Geography, FSHMS – 40%), Patrick Osborne (10%), Ind advisor - Prof James Bullock (CEH Wallingford) 

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Holly Jenkins

The role of zooplankton in ocean biogeochemistry

UoS/Ocean & Earth Science

Richard Lampitt (NOCS; 40), Dan Mayor (NOCS; 30), Geraint Tarling (BAS; 10), David Pond (SAMS; 10), and Martin Solan (UoS) 

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Amy Jewell

African rainfall variability: Palaeo insights into the climate history of our hominid ancestors and the monsoon response to a warmer future

UoS/Ocean & Earth Science

"Paul Wilson (OES 55%), Rachel James (OES 15%), Xuan Chuang (OES 15%) Pike A (Archaeology 15%), Anya Crocker(Post doc; Sheffield & Southampton)

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Lorna Kearns

Inferring early warning signals of ecosystem collapse at the end of the Eocene greenhouse

UoS/Ocean & Earth Science

Thomas Ezard (OES, FNES) 30%, Steve Bohaty (OES, FNES) 30%, Sandra Nogue (Geography, FHMS) 20%, Kirsty Edgar (University of Birmingham) 20% 

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Alexandra Loveridge

What drives jellyfish population cycles? Influence of climate and environment on the complex life histories of scyphozoans

UoS/Ocean & Earth Science

Dr Cathy Lucas (OES 60%), Dr Robert Condon (UNCW, USA 20%), Dr Daniel Mayor (NOC 20%) 

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Abigail Mabey

Identifying characteristics that enable species to become invasive across aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems

UoS/FNES/Biological Sciences

Dr Jane Catford (Biological Sciences, FNES, UoS 70%), Dr Marc Rius (OES, FNES, UoS 30%) 

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Erik Meilak

Modelling the leaping capabilities of feathered theropods and the implications for a novel theory of the evolution of powered flight

UoS/FEE

Prof. Dr. Markus O. Heller (FEE/ UoS 40%), Dr. Neil Gostling (FNES, Biological Sci 30%), Dr. Colin Palmer (UoS & Uni of Bristol 30%) 

 

Evie Morris

How will greening the desert affect bats and the ecosystem services they provide?

UoS/FNES/Biological Sciences

Dr Orly Razgour, (Bio Sci, FNES, 50%),  Dr Kelvin Peh (IfLS/Bio Sci, FNES, 30%), Prof Carmi Korine (Mitrani Dep of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University, Israel 20%) 

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Kathryn Pack

Physiologically based shifts in species distributions under global climate change

Marine Biological Association

Dr Nova Miszkowska (MBA 80%), Dr Marc Rius (OES, UoS 20%) 

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David Price

How does the aurora affect the temperature of the upper atmosphere?

UoS/FPSE/Physics

 

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Alice Pullen

Variation in predation by soft bodied predators from the tropics to the poles

British Antarctic Survey

Professor Lloyd S Peck (BAS 50%), Dr Laura Grange (OES, UoS, 20% co-ord sup),  Dr Simon Morley (BAS 20%) Dr Elizabeth Harper (Uni of Cambridge 10%) 

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Rachel Rayne

Oiling the Microbial Carbon Pump: lipids in refractory dissolved organic matter

UoS/Ocean & Earth Science

Dr Claire Evans (OBE, NOC 40%), Dr Joost Brandsma (Faculty of Medicine, UoS  30% co-ord sup), Prof John Langley (FNES Chemistry,  UoS 20%), Prof Tony Postle (Faculty of Medicine, UoS 5%), Prof Richard Sanders (OBE, NOC 5%)

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Kelly Reynolds

Improving and extending flood frequency estimation for the UK using lake sediment archives in support of flood risk management.

UoS/FSHSM/Geog & Env

Professor David Sear (Geog & Env, UoS 50%), Professor Ian Croudace (NOC 35%), Dr Sean Longfield (Environment Agency 15%)

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Ben Robinson Disturbance, Diversity and Depth: Antarctic Marine Benthic Ecology Ocean & Earth Science, NOCS, BAS Simon Morley (BAS),
David Barnes (BAS),
Laura Grange (NOCS),
Martin Solan (NOCS)
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Elisabeth Robinson

Rapid climate change and bacterial blooms in deep time

UoS/Ocean & Earth Science

Dr. Jessica Hope Whiteside (OES, UoS 40%), Professor Richard Twitchett (Natural History Museum, London 40%), Dr. Samantha Gibbs (OES, UoS 20%)

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Duncan Stevens

How faults interact within active rift zones (East Africa, Central Greece) at ultra high resolution

UoS/Ocean & Earth Science

Lisa McNeill (OES, UoS 40%), Derek Keir (OES, UoS 20%), Jon Bull (OES, UoS 20%), Tim Henstock (OES, UoS 20%)

 

Juliet Wilson

Developing a forensic test for geographic origin of seafood products

UoS/Ocean & Earth Science

Clive Trueman, Maeve Lohan

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Emma Worthington

Deep ocean circulation: boundary density gradients, their representation in numerical models and relationship to the MOC

UoS/Ocean & Earth Science

Dr Gerard McCarthy (NOC 60%), Professor Sybren Drijfhout (OES, UoS 40% Co-ord Sup)

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