Current opportunities for graduate study in APS

Projects for PhD Studentships Commencing October 2010

The department currently has around 100 PhD students. These students are funded mainly by the UK Research Councils, University Scholarships, Industry and from overseas. We are currently seeking applications see (Applications and Admissions) for studentships in all areas of the department's research interests see (link on right). Those projects listed below are for candidates to Research Council and University Studentships commencing in October 2010.

NEW STUDENTSHIPS AVAILABLE 2010
Project TitleSupervisorCo-Supervisor/s
Bio-engineering: In vivo analysis of plant mechanics using AFM
* This project will commence early 2010		Professor Andrew Fleming Dr Jamie Hobbs (Physics)
The following projects will commence in OCTOBER 2010
What mechanisms drive avian demographic and population responses to climatic changeProf Ben Hatchwell Dr Karl Evans
Cascading extinctions and the design of ecological risk indicatorsDr Owen PetcheyDr Phil Warren
Computational modelling of the collapse of ecological communities
Dr Owen PetcheyDr Rich Williams (Microsoft Research Ltd.), Dr Gustav Delius (York), Dr Nick Worsfold (York)
Ecological speciation in aphids: behaviour, physiology and genetics of host-plant choiceProfessor Roger Butlin
Evo-Devo of tooth replacement mechanisms in fishDr Gareth Fraser
Kinship and group dynamics in a cooperatively breeding birdProfessor Ben Hatchwell
Stress, reproduction and ageing in Asian ElephantsDr Virpi Lumma
Social chemical communication in ants and waspsDr Steve MartinProfessor Roger Butlin
Environmental Controls on Bacterial Nitrogen CyclingDr Mark Osborn
Evolution of ecological diversity in grassesDr Colin Osborne, and Professor Rob Freckleton CASE Supervisor: David Simpson (Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew)
Co-supervisor: Pascal-Antoine Christin (University of Lausanne)
Better than T. rex: insect evolution against pathogenic bacteriaDr Jens Rolff
Sexual selection and the evolution of chemical communicationDr Rhonda Snook
Reconnecting floodplains – just add water?Dr Phil WarrenProfessor Lorraine Maltby
The genetics of behaviourDr Penny WattDr Henry Roehl (BMS)
The role of species-level biology in ocean-scale patterns of marine biodiversityDr Tom WebbProfessor Rob Freckleton (Sheffield)
Dr Paul Somerfield (Plymouth Marine Laboratory)

Students interested in these studentships should apply as soon as possible. Please click here for instructions on how to apply.



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