Projects

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Applications for the main Panorama DTP studentship competition are closed. All projects listed below are for October 2023 entry. For more more information, please see our How to Apply and associated FAQ pages.

Equal Opportunities:

Within our programme, we are dedicated to diversifying our community. As part of our ongoing work to improve Equality, Diversity and Inclusion within the NERC Panorama DTP, we hope to be able to ringfence 10% of our interviews and 10% of our full DTP studentships for the following identified underrepresented groups in our PhD programmes: UK Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, those from a disadvantaged socio-economic background, and disabled people. More detail on eligibility and how to apply for the studentships will be available soon – please watch this space!

Important information:

Application deadline: Wednesday 4th January 2023
We aim to contact candidates who have been shortlisted for interview during the week commencing 6th February 2023
Interviews will take place between Monday 20th February and Thursday 2nd March 2023.

Projects marked CASE have the possibility becoming an industry-partnered project which includes an external industry partner with additional research training and support grant (RTSG) funding and a placement.

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When the Rock Bursts – inverting true seismic source mechanisms using Full Waveform Inversion and Machine Learning

Theme(s): Applied geoscience, Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics
Primary Supervisor: Dr Mark Hildyard <m.hildyard@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)

Modelling the evolution of natural climate variability: from the last persistently warm period to the first glacial cycles

Theme(s): Climate, Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology
Primary Supervisor: Dr Daniel Hill <d.j.hill@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)

Developing and applying an assessment framework for climate services quality and maturity

Theme(s): Atmosphere and Climate, Climate, Climate Impacts
Primary Supervisor: Suraje Dessai <s.dessai@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth & Environment)

Rotten Rocks at the Heart of Black Smoker Systems –a home for life? An Investigation of Reaction Permeability in Oceanic Gabbro

Theme(s): Chemistry of the Earth, Earth Processes
Primary Supervisor: Dr Andrew McCaig <a.m.mccaig@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)

Localized hazardous weather events within extratropical cyclones

Theme(s): Atmospheric Physics, Climate, Meteorology
Primary Supervisor: Douglas John Parker <d.j.parker@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment / University of Leeds)

Understanding the biggest collapse of terrestrial vegetation in Earth’s history

Theme(s): Chemistry of the Earth, Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change, Palaeoenvironments and palaeontology
Primary Supervisor: Dr Benjamin Mills <B.Mills@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)

Developing a cost-effective and robust monitoring, measurement, and verification program for Carbon Capture and Sequestration

Theme(s): Applied geoscience
Primary Supervisor: Dr Sjoerd de Ridder <s.deridder@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Earth and Environment)

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