🎓 Ecology PhDs

Lead research exploring how window collisions impact bird populations across North America. Model species vulnerability and evaluate mitigation strategies to inform policy and conservation actions.

This research addresses the critical but understudied problem of bird mortality due to window collisions, informing effective conservation …

Explore the genetic and phenotypic impacts of inbreeding in a large wild mammal population. Use advanced data analysis and interdisciplinary approaches to uncover evolutionary consequences. Join a collaborative, interna…

This research addresses the urgent issue of inbreeding effects in fragmented and declining wild populations, providing insights important f…

Explore how ocean carbon fluxes influence climate systems by applying advanced models to the Northwest Atlantic. Join interdisciplinary workshops and collaborate internationally to reduce uncertainties in ocean carbon c…

This research is vital for improving predictions of the Earth’s climate trajectory because the ocean absorbs significant amounts of atmosph…

Explore the dynamics of invasive insect pests transported by wind to Great Britain. Develop and apply quantitative models combining ecology and atmospheric sciences to predict pest spread and strengthen forest biosecuri…

This research addresses critical biosecurity challenges by quantifying the role of wind in dispersing invasive tree pests, a pathway often …

Explore how environmental DNA can transform biodiversity monitoring by integrating it with traditional data sources. Investigate data coverage and ecological responses to improve ecosystem health assessment across spati…

This research addresses critical gaps in biodiversity monitoring by incorporating environmental DNA data, thus providing a more comprehensi…

Explore how wild meerkats use and interact with complex burrow structures using advanced geophysical methods and behavioural data. Address key questions on the impact of burrow design on survival, thermoregulation, and …

This research is critical to understanding how burrow architecture provides shelter, impacts survival, and supports thermoregulation in mam…

Explore how rapid evolution shapes ecological communities by combining experimental evolution and genomics. Study host-parasite interactions using Drosophila and parasitoid model systems to understand genetic and ecolog…

Understanding rapid eco-evolutionary processes helps clarify how species interactions and genetic diversity respond to environmental change…

Explore the effectiveness of southern Africa's conservation areas in meeting global biodiversity targets. Develop skills in GIS, ecology, and policy analysis to assess monitoring data and support conservation policy dev…

This research contributes vital knowledge to improving conservation strategies in a biodiversity hotspot, supporting the Global Biodiversit…

Explore how economic factors shape rhino conservation on private lands. Develop integrative bioeconomic models to address the impact of trade policies on conservation incentives and population recovery.

This research addresses urgent conservation challenges by assessing how economic incentives affect rhino populations on private lands amids…

Fully funded PhD at the University of Galway investigating lobster welfare, survival, and stress biology in live export systems using genomics and physiology.

Competition funded PhD at Heriot-Watt University investigating how pollutant mixtures and heat waves affect threatened freshwater species using field and mesocosm approaches.

Funded PhD at the University of Bristol combining mathematical modelling and empirical data to study animal movement and behavioural interactions in changing environments.