See our student's contributions to Earth Sciences.
Name | Topic | Supervisors | Grant Body | |
Abdulkadir Abdulkadir | Investigation on potential sources of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) in Loch Borralan, Northwest Highlands, Scotland. | Prof Adrain Jones & Prof Andy Beard | ||
Mira Adhikari | The response of the Antarctic ice sheet to stratospheric aerosol geoengineering and carbon dioxide removal. | Dr Tamsin Edwards (KCL) & Dr Pete Irvine | NERC - DTP | |
Lucia Andreuttiova | 4-dimensional Evolution of Fault Zones. | Dr Pieter Vermeesch & Prof Tom Mitchell | NERC - DTP | |
Alex Austin | Ceramic property variation as a function of water corrosion at interfaces | Katharina Marquardt, Imperial College & Prof David Dobson | CDT in Advanced Characterisation of Materials | |
Nicholas Backhouse | Research Theme: Solid Earth Dynamics | Dr Andy Thomson & Prof John Brodholt | Impact Studentship | |
Shambhu Bhandari Sharma | Accurate prediction of the melting curves of alloys with quantum molecular dynamics. | Prof Dario Alfe | AWE-EPSRC | |
Ewan Bodenham | Phylogenetic Relationships and Ecomorphological Diversification of Early Crocodylomorphs. | Dr Phil Mannion, Prof Paul Upchurch, Susannah Maidment (NHM) | NERC - DTP | |
Katie Brown | Testing the interactions between chemical weathering and glaciation cycles using novel isotope tracers. | Dr David Wilson & Dr Heather Ford (QMUL) | NERC - DTP | |
Paul Burke | Using computed tomography to investigate gavialoid neuroanatomy to aid crocodylian phylogeny. | Dr Phil Mannion & Dr Ryan Felice | Self-funded | |
Helen Xi Chen | Geochemical study on Precambrian hydrocarbons in the Xiamaling Formation, North China Craton. | Prof Graham Shields | China Council -UCL | |
Adam Cotterill | A comprehensive assessment of volcanic hazard and mitigation strategies at remote volcanoes: Manam and Ulawun, Papua New Guinea. | Dr Emma Liu, Prof Christopher Kilburn | NERC - DTP | |
Lauren Cox | Understanding melt distribution beneath volcanoes using experimental and seismic techniques. | Dr James Hammond and Prof David Dobson | NERC - DTP | |
Alistair Duffey | Could high latitude geoengineering refreeze the arctic? | Dr Peter Irvine, Prof Jullienne Stroeve & Dr Michel Tsamados | NERC - DTP | |
Matteo Desiderio | The Seismic Signals of the Heterogeneous Earth Mantle. | Dr Maxim Ballmer & Prof Ana Ferreira | NERC - DTP | |
Todd Downing | Investigating novel metasomatic processes at the Ilímaussaq Complex, South Greenland. | Prof Adrian Jones | NERC - DTP | |
Christopher Garrison | The Great Dry Fog of 1831: re-appraisinghistorical volcanic eruptions and their effects. | Prof Chris Kilburn & Dr Steven Edwards | Self-funded | |
Joel Heath | The role of tectonics and environment on the distribution of dinosaur diversity. | Dr Phil Mannion & Prof Paul Upchurch | NERC - DTP | |
Yue He (Maisie) | The prospect of carbon capture, utilisation and storage in China to reduce CO2 emissions: Environmental impacts and related risks. | Dr Sudeshna Basu-Gupta & Dominic Papineau | self - funded | |
Katrina Harris | Prof Ana Ferreira | ERC | ||
Zarina Hewett | North Atlantic circulation during past abrupt climate events in the Holocene. | Prof. David Thornalley (Geography) and Dr David Wilson | NERC - DTP | |
Rachel Hunt | The Role of Communication and Public Education in Tsunami Early Warnings and Responses in New Zealand | Prof Mark Muslin, Dr Carina Fearnley & Dr Simon Day, | NERC - DTP | |
Ashraf Khan | tbc | Dr Susan Little & Dr Emma Nicholson | NERC - DTP | |
Mohamed Ismail | The initial condition for the long-term evolution of terrestrial planets. | Dr Maxim Ballmer | Self-funded | |
Sarah Jamison-Todd | The influence of large vertebrate nekton falls on marine biodiversity and evolution. | Prof Paul Upchurch & Dr Phil Mannion | self-funded | |
Thomas Johnson | Fusion of CryoSat-2, ICESat-2, and MISR remote sensing data for sea ice surface characterisation. | Dr Michel Tsamados, Prof Julienne Stroeve & Prof Jan-Peter Muller | ||
Miranta Kouvari | Climatic constraints on the distribution of terrestrial Neogene eutherian mammal diversity. | Dr Philip Mannion | Royal Society | |
Marcin Latas | Recalibration and revised biochronology of Pliocene - Pleistocene tropical planktonic foraminifera datums – IODP Expedition 363. | Prof Bridget Wade & Prof Paul Bown | NERC - DTP | |
Jack Lovegrowe | Early evolutionary history of Dinosauria. | Dr Paul Barrett and Prof Paul Upchurch | NERC - DTP | |
Chunyao Liu | Examining the role of estuarine particles in silicate weathering. | Dr. Philip Pogge Von Strandmann, Dr Susan Little & Dr David Wilson | China Council - UCL | |
Xianyi Liu | Use lithium isotopes to investigate the role of vegetation in mediating present and past silicate weathering | Dr. Philip Pogge Von Strandmann & Dr David Wilson | China Council -UCL | |
Keyu Lu | The importance of micronutrient cycling in glaciated environments for the global carbon cycle – a case study from Greenland | Dr Susan Little & Dr David Wilson Prof Tina van de Flierdt (Imperial College) | China Council - UCL Scholarship | |
Ziqi Ma (Maggie) | New Insights into Global Plume Buoyancy and Heat Fluxes from Numerical Models of Plume-Lithosphere Interaction. | Dr Maxim Ballmer | ||
Robert Mansergh | Dinosaur Biogeography and the Implications of Fossil Record Bias. | Prof. Paul Upchurch & Dr. Susannah Maidment (Natural History Museum). | NERC - DTP | |
Jonathan Mille | Vulnerability to hydro-meteoroloigcal hazards : Interactive mapping solutions and enhanced data analysis and visualisation. | Dr Stephen Edwards | NERC - DTP | |
Lily Moore | Mechanical properties and processes of large volcanic collapses. | Prof Hilary Downes, Prof Tom Mitchell | NERC - DTP | |
Cassius Morrison | The palaeoneurology and palaeoecology of British theropod dinosaurs: behavioural and phylogenetic implications. | Dr Phil Mannion & Paul Barrett (NHM) | Self-funded | |
Wasim Mustafa | Implications of variable initial water content for mobilising magmatic metals in arc volcanoes. | Dr Emma Nicholson & Chiara Petrone, NHM | NERC - DTP | |
Carmen Nab | Data assimilation of satellite snow thickness products in the Arctic Ocean | Dr Michel Tsamados & Prof Julienne Stroeve | NERC - DTP | |
Connor Nelson | Investigating the Arctic sea ice snowpack and modelling its interaction with microwave radiation. | Prof Julienne Stroeve & Dr Michel Tsamados | NERC - DTP | |
Cecily Nicholl | The Evolution and Biogeographic History of Notosuchian Crocodylomorphs. | Dr Philip Mannion | Royal Society | |
Bethany Pittard | tbc | Dr Philip Mannion | Royal Society | |
Elias Rugen | Understanding Earth’s carbon cycle through the Proterozoic | Prof Graham Shields & Imran Rahman, NHM | NERC - DTP | |
Alex Saoulis | Prof Ana Ferreira | STFC Data intensive science | ||
Adam Smith | The Influence of Surface Processes on Continental Deformation: Extension and Erosion in the Basin and Range. | Prof. Andrew Carter and Dr Matthew Fox | NERC - DTP | |
Sarah-Jane Strachan | Ankylosaur Palaeohistology and Life History Traits. | Prof Paul Upchurch & Prof Anjali Goswami | Self-funded | |
Isaac Taschimowitz | Investigating the Density of a Chondritic Melt Under High Pressure, and Implications for Earth Formation | Dr Andy Thomson & Prof John Brodholt | NERC - DTP | |
Ze Tao | Late Miocene climatic and biotic response: high-resolution records from the IODP Site U1338. | Prof Bridget Wade | China Scholarships Council - UCL Studentship | |
Evangelia K. Tripoliti | The Thermoelastic Properties of Garnets. | Dr Andrew Thomson & Prof Ian Wood | NERC - DTP | |
Maria-Jose Vera Gonzalez | Multiscale characterisation of seismic scattering, diffraction and anisotropy in the lithosphere/asthenosphere system. | Dr Alex Song | CONICYT Becas-Chile | |
Li Wang | Temporal variations of magma movement beneath Axial Seamount. | Dr Alex Song | China Scholarship Council | |
Blaise Winnard | Long-term performance of a geological disposal facility in response to permafrost and climatic variation. | Dr Tom Mitchell, Prof Phil Meredith | Industrial CASE Studentship: EPSRC & RWM Limited, in partnership with BGS. | |
Ferhat Yilmaz | Regional Climate Modelling and Analysis of Observed and Modelled Trends in Extreme Weather Events in Turkey: An Assessment of the Relative Roles of Global and Regional Climate Drivers in Any Changes. | Ministry of National Education of The Republic of Turkey | ||
Lin Yuan | Understanding the sedimentary authigenesis during the Cryogenian glaciations. | Prof Graham Shields | China Council -UCL | |
Elena Zaharia | "Can a basal magma ocean survive in a super-Earth? | STFC (Science and Technology Facilities Council) – UKRI. | ||
Kun Zhang | The History of Mid-Proterozoic Oceanic Redox Conditions: Implications for Early Eukaryote Evolution. | Prof Graham Shields | China Council -UCL | |
Yu Zhang | The potential influence of marine sulphate deposition on long-term climate. | Prof Graham Shields | UCL Overseas Research Scholarship & UCL Graduate Research Scholarship. | |
Tian Jerry Zheyu | Understanding the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian boundary on the North China craton. | Prof Graham Shields | China Council -UCL |