Cohort 3

 

Name

Project Title

Host Organisation

Supervisory Team

Website

David Bett

The effect of Amundsen Sea freshwater on melting of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

British Antarctic Survey

Dr. Paul Holland (British Antarctic Survey, Prof. Adrian Jenkins (British Antarctic Survey), Prof. Alberto Naveira Garabato, (UoS), Dr. Pierre Dutrieux (University of Washington)

 

Jessica Cartwright

Sea Ice Characterisation and Monitoring using GPS-Reflectometry data from TechDemoSat-1

National Oceanography Centre Southampton

Paolo Cipollini, Chris Banks (NOC), Maria-Paola Clarizia (University of Michigan), Jadu Dash (UoS/Geography & Env)

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Camilla Cassidy

The effects of environmental change on species functional traits

University of Southampton

Dr Jasmin Godbold (UoS), Dr Laura Grange (UoS), Dr Clement Garcia (CEFAS), Dr Stefan Bolam (CEFAS)

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Emma Chambers

Using seismology to image magma generation and migration pathways beneath rift valley volcanoes in East Africa and Afar

University of Southampton

Derek Keir (UoS), Nick Harmon (UoS), Kate Rychert (Uos), Mike Kendall (Bristol)

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Ben Chichester

Seismic Imaging of Volatiles and Melt in the Antilles Subduction Zones

University of Southampton

Kate Rychert (UoS), Nicholas Harmon (UoS)

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Paul Hackett

Estuarine Cycling of Oxygenated Volatile Organic Compounds (OVOCs)

Plymouth Marine Laboratories

Dr Joanna Dixon (PML),  Dr Rachael Beale (PML),  Professor Duncan Purdie (UoS)

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Samantha Hallam

North Atlantic storminess and variability of the meridional overturning circulation

National Oceanography Centre Southampton

Dr. Joel Hirschi (NOC), Dr. Aurélie Duchez (NOC), Prof. Sybren Drijfhout (UoS), Dr Pat Hyder (Met Office)

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Anita Hollingsworth

Benthic Microbial Diversity in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

National Oceanography Centre Southampton

C R Young (NOC), HA Ruhl (NOC), Phyllis Lam (UoS/OES)

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Luke Holman

Environmental DNA and the study of marine biological invasions

University of Southampton

Dr. Marc Rius, OES, UoS,   Dr. Simon Creer, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Dr. Mark de Bruyn, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University, Prof. Gary Carvalho, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University

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Sarah Howarth

Geological and oceanographic controls on the variation in concentration  of E-tech elements (REE, cobalt and  tellurium) in seafloor Fe-Mn crusts

National Oceanography Centre Southampton

Bramley Murton (NOC), Chrisotpher Pearce (NOC), Paul Lusty (BGS), Rachel James (UoS)

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Rebecca Huggett

Modelling the impact of macronutrients on the eutrophication status of small estuaries

University of Southampton

Prof Duncan A. Purdie (OES UoS), Dr Ivan Haigh (OES UoS)

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Roseanna Mayfield

Detecting Tipping Points in Lake Ecosystems

University of Southampton

Prof. Pete Langdon (Geography), Prof. John Dearing (Geography), Prof. Patrick Doncaster (Biology), Dr James Dyke (Geography)

 

Ella McKnight

The influence of environmental variability on the ecological performance of native and non-native marine organisms

Marine Biological Association

Dr Dan Smale (Marine Biological Association), Dr Marc Rius (UoS), Dr Amanda Bates (UoS)

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Gwen Owen Jones

North American climate history of the early Icehouse

University of Southampton

Dr Steve Bohaty (UoS), Prof Paul A. Wilson (UoS), Dr Peter C. Lippert (University of Utah), & Dr Dennis O. Terry (Temple University) Collaborators: Dr Hemmo Abels (Utrecht University), Dr Chuang Xuan (UoS), & Dr Diederik Liebrand (UoS)

 

Tabitha Pearman

Cold-water coral habitats in submarine canyons

National Oceanography Centre Southampton

Dr. Veerle A.I. Huvenne (NOC), Dr. Claudio Lo Iacono (NOC), Dr. Robert Hall (University of East Anglia), Dr. Alex Callaway (CEFAS), Dr Amanda Bates (UoS OES)

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Frances Perry

Impact of rapid climate change on Antarctic krill and the Southern Ocean food web

Plymouth Marine Laboratories

Angus Atkinson (Main supervisor, PML), Geraint Tarling (co-supervisor, BAS), Dan Mayor (co-supervisor NOC), Sevrine Sailley (PML), Cathy Lucas (UoS OES)

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Cathryn Quick

Mechanisms of extreme temperature tolerance of reef corals revealed by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy

University of Southampton

Dr. Cecilia D’Angelo, OES/UoS;  Dr. Joern Werner, Centre for Biological Sciences, UoS; Professor Joerg Wiedenmann, OES/UoS

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Saskia Ruhl

“Mixing it up” - the ecological and biogeochemical consequences of seabed resuspension in shallow coastal ecosystems

Plymouth Marine Laboratories

Prof. Steve Widdicombe (PML), Dr Charlie Thompson (OES), Dr Ana M Queirós (PML)

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Rachael Sanders

Sea ice controls on Southern Ocean water mass formation

British Antarctic Survey

Dr. Andrew Meijers, British Antarctic Survey Polar Oceans programme Co supervisors:  Prof. Alberto Naveira-Garabato, UoS, School of OES Dr. Paul Holland, British Antarctic Survey Polar Oceans programme Dr. Daniel Jones, British Antarctic Survey Polar Ocea

 

Rachael Shuttleworth

Testing the “Iron Hypothesis” and determining the causes of glacial-interglacial CO2 change

University of Southampton

Gavin Foster (OES), Mathis Hain (OES), Jessica Whiteside (OES)

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Dafydd Stephenson

A New Generation of Climate Predictions System

University of Southampton

Florian Sévellec (UoS), Sybren Drijfhout (UoS)

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Victoria Taylor

Global climate teleconnections and the onset of Antarctic glaciation

University of Southampton

Prof. Paul A. Wilson (UoS) & Dr Steve Bohaty (UoS)

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Rebecca Wilson

Analysis of body size trends of molluscs and butterflies

University of Southampton

Phillip Fenberg: OES. UoS; Jasmin Godbold: OES and Department of Biological Sciences UoS; Judith Lock: Department of Biological Sciences. UoS; Steve Brooks: Department of Life Sciences. Natural History Museum

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