Projects

Applications for the main Panorama DTP studentship competition (for October 2020 entry) are now closed. Applications for October 2021 will open in September 2020, the projects list below are those from the 2020 competition and will be updated in due course.

Sedimentation and invasive species in rivers: Investigation and trialling of mitigation options relevant to invasive non-native species related sediment inputs to rivers

Theme(s): Sedimentology, geomorphology and basin analysis
Primary Supervisor: Dr Megan Klaar <m.j.klaar@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Geography)

Dry lake patterns

Theme(s): Earth Processes, Hydrology
Primary Supervisor: Dr Cedric Beaume <c.m.l.beaume@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Mathematics)

Using high resolution SAR imagery for volcano monitoring in SE Asia

Theme(s): Tectonics, volcanology and solid Earth geophysics
Primary Supervisor: Dr Susanna Ebmeier <s.k.ebmeier@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics (School of Earth & Environment)

Physics informed deep learning for groundwater prediction

Theme(s): Earth Processes
Primary Supervisor: Dr Xiaohui Chen <X.Chen@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Civil Engineering)

The evolution of functional disparity in the avian skull

Theme(s): Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change
Primary Supervisor: Jen Bright <jen.bright@gmail.com>
Institution: University of Hull

Remote sensing of recent changes in northern peatlands

Theme(s): Climate, Ecosystem processes, dynamics and functioning, Hydrology
Primary Supervisor: Paul Morris <p.j.morris@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Geography)

Resolving the limitations on plant growth and biomass

Theme(s): Physiology, development and ecological genetics
Primary Supervisor: Dr Tom Bennett <t.a.bennett@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)

Measuring and modelling greenhouse gas fluxes between agricultural soils and the atmosphere

Theme(s): Aquatic/terrestrial/soil biogeochemistry, Living World
Primary Supervisor: Prof Pippa Chapman <p.j.chapman@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Geography)

Learning to communicate: How do pheromones work in social and solitary bees and how did they evolve?

Theme(s): Evolution, palaeontology and biotic change, Physiology, development and ecological genetics, Population, community and behavioural ecology
Primary Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Duncan <e.j.duncan@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: University of Leeds (School of Biology)

Integrating climate and species modelling to predict movements of migratory and nomadic birds in sub-Saharan Africa

Theme(s): Applied ecology, ecosystem services and conservation, Climate
Primary Supervisor: Martin Dallimer <m.dallimer@leeds.ac.uk>
Institution: Sustainability Research Institute (School of Earth and Environment)

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