See our student's contributions to Earth Sciences.
Name | Topic | Supervisors | Grant Body | |
Lucia Andreuttiova | 4-dimensional Evolution of Fault Zones. | Dr Pieter Vermeesch & Dr Tom Mitchell | NERC -DTP | |
Abdulkadir Abdulkadir | Investigation on potential sources of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) in Loch Borralan, Northwest Highlands, Scotland. | Prof Adrain Jones & Dr Andy Beard | ||
Nicholas Backhouse | Research Theme: Solid Earth Dynamics | Dr Andy Thomson & Prof John Brodholt | Impact Studentship | |
Thomas Baird | Sahara Dune Sands: Quantifying Celerity, Dust Production, and Provenance. | Dr Pieter Vermeesch | NERC - DTP | |
Geoffrey Baron | Mineral physics of planetary ices. | Prof Lidunka Vocadlo & Ian Wood | STFC | |
Fuencisla Canadas | Paleoceanographic context of organic matter deposition on the Yangtze Craton, South China, during the Ediacaran Period. | Dr Dominic Papineau & Prof Graham Shields | NERC - DTP | |
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 | |
Matteo Desiderio | The Seismic Signals of the Heterogeneous Earth Mantle. | Dr Maxim Ballmer & Dr Ana Ferreira | NERC - DTP | |
Todd Downing | Investigating novel metasomatic processes at the Ilímaussaq Complex, South Greenland. | Prof Adrian Jones | NERC - DTP | |
Bobby Elsigood | Measuring and modelling anisotropic crack damage and permeability evolution in rocks. | Prof Phillip Meredith & Dr Tom Mitchell | NERC - DTP | |
Lisa Fuellenbach | Iron (oxy)hydroxide aided heavy metal decontamination. | Prof Eric Oelkers | MSCA-ITN (EU) | |
Christopher Garrison | The Great Dry Fog of 1831: re-appraisinghistorical volcanic eruptions and their effects. | Dr Chris Kilburn & Dr Steven Edwards | Self-funded | |
William Gregory | Using Complex Networks to Advance our Understanding of the Polar Climate System. | Dr Michel Tsamados & Professor Julienne Stroeve | NERC - DTP | |
Rachel Hunt | Integrating Traditional and Scientific Knowledge for Tsunami Education: Cross-cultural Hazard Communication in New Zealand | Prof Mark Muslin, Dr Carina Fearnley & Dr Simon Day, | NERC - DTP | |
Tomos Kempley | Is Earth’s topography controlled by mantle thermodynamics? | Prof Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni | NERC | |
Mohamed Ismail | The initial condition for the long-term evolution of terrestrial planets. | Dr Maxim Ballmer | Self-funded | |
Robert Mansergh | Research Theme: Past Life and Environments | Prof. Paul Upchurch & Dr. Susannah Maidment (Natural History Museum). | NERC - DTP | |
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 | |
Chunyao Liu | Examining the role of estuarine particles in silicate weathering. | Dr. Philip Pogge Von Strandmann | 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 | China Council -UCL | |
Kate Laxton | Monitoring degassing behaviour and eruption precursors at Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, Tanzania. | Prof Adrian Jones, Dr Emma Liu & Dr. Sudeshna Basu-Gupta | NERC - DTP | |
Giulia Magnarini | The formation mechanism of long runout landslides on planetary bodies. | Dr Tom Mitchell & Dr Peter Grindrod | STFC | |
Robbie Mallett | Detecting and Modelling Snow and its Effects on Arctic Sea Ice. | Prof Julienne Stroeve & Dr Michel Tsamados | NERC - DTP | |
Augustin Marignier | From Dark Matter to the Earth’s Deep Interior - There and Back Again. | Dr Ana Ferreira & Dr Thomas Kitching (MSSL) | STFC | |
Jonathan Mille | Vulnerability to hydro-meteoroloigcal hazards : Interactive mapping solutions and enhanced data analysis and visualisation. | Dr Stephen Edwards | NERC - DTP | |
Paul Minton | Late Middle Miocene climatic and biotic evolution: a high-resolution record from the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Site U1338 | Prof Bridget Wade | NERC - DTP | |
Lily Moore | Mechanical properties and processes of large volcanic collapses. | Prof Hilary Downes, Dr Tom Mitchell | NERC - DTP | |
Fieke Mulders | Elucidating mineral dissolution and precipitation mechanisms. | Prof Eric Oelkers | EU Funding (EC Marie Curie Research Student) | |
Carmen Nab | Data assimilation of satellite snow thickness products in the Arctic Ocean | Dr Michel Tsamados & Prof Julienne Stroeve | NERC - DTP | |
Cecily Nicholl | The Evolution and Biogeographic History of Notosuchian Crocodylomorphs. | Dr Philip Mannion | Royal Society | |
Claire Routledge | Plankton evolution and the Paleogene/Neogene transition. | Prof Paul Bown & Dr Jeremy Young | NERC - DTP | |
Almudena Sanchez De La Muela Garzon | Understanding the tectono-magmatic relevance of transverse faults in the Andes, Chile from seismicity and seismic imaging. | Dr Tom Mitchell & Dr James Hammond | NERC - DTP | |
Ashley Stanton-Yonge | Tridimensional stress and the development of structural permeability. | Dr Tom Mitchell | CONICYT (Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica y Tecnologica), Becas Chile | |
Becca Strachan | Structural Controls on Fluid Pathways and Alteration in the Seismic Cycle of Porphyry Deposits in Chile. | Dr Pieter Vermeesch, Dr Tom Mitchell & Dr Jamie Wilkinson (NHM) | NERC - DTP | |
Sarah-Jane Strachan | Ankylosaur Palaeohistology and Life History Traits. | Prof Paul Upchurch & Prof Anjali Goswami | Self-funded | |
William Sturgeon | 3D global seismic attenuation tomography and geodynamical implications. | Dr Ana Ferreira | NERC - DTP | |
Sarmin Sultana | Investigations of hydrological loading influences on the Bengal Basin Aquifer System. | Dr William Burgess & Dr Richard Taylor | Commonwealth Commission, UK | |
Isaac Taschimowitz | Research Theme: Solid Earth Dynamics | 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 | |
Jac Van Driel | Understanding the role of Grain Boundaries in Lower Mantle: From the atom to the continuum. | Prof John Brodholt | UCL Studentship / NERC | |
Maria-Jose Vera Gonzalez | Multiscale characterisation of seismic scattering, diffraction and anisotropy in the lithosphere/asthenosphere system. | Dr Alex Song | CONICYT Becas-Chile | |
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. | |
Marisa Wood | Birch’s Law: does it work for iron and iron alloys in planetary cores. | Prof Lidunka Vocadlo | STFC | |
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 | ||
Kun Zhang | The History of Mid-Proterozoic Oceanic Redox Conditions: Implications for Early Eukaryote Evolution. | Prof Graham Shields | China Council -UCL | |
Tian Jerry Zheyu | Understanding the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian boundary on the North China craton. | Prof Graham Shields | China Council -UCL |