2016 Starters
Charlotte Allen
School of Earth and Environment, Leeds
Evolution, processes and deposits of high latitude submarine fans
Alexander Chambers-Ostler
School of Geography, Leeds
How does vulnerability to drought vary across the Amazonian forest?
Jordan Chetcuti
School of Biology, Leeds and Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), Wallingford
Corridors of uncertainty: do ecological corridors benefit communities and ecosystem services?
Johan Fruh
School of Biology, Leeds
Niches, neutrality and species-richness: exploring the links between community structure and diversity patterns.
Huw Goodall
School of Earth and Environment, Leeds
Reconciling discrepancies between long- and short-term rates of tectonic deformation
Ruth Jeavons
School of Biology, Leeds
Individual foraging strategies of far-ranging marine predators: efficiency, effort and success
Alexander Krause
School of Earth and Environment, Leeds
Evolution of a habitable planet: An integrated modelling and geochemical study of the rise of oxygen to modern levels
Josephine McSherry
School of Earth and Environment, Leeds
Origin and fate of nitrate contamination in chalk groundwater
Partner: Environment Agency (CASE)
Siobhan Prise
School of Earth and Environment, Leeds
Subglacial Aquifers: Characterisation with Geophysical Techniques
Eloise Slater
School of Chemistry, Leeds
Chemical oxidation processes studied in a Chinese megacity during AIRPRO and evaluation of the UK chemical-climate model over Asia
Linas Svolkinas
School of Earth and Environment, Leeds
Biological and socio-political factors affecting the conservation of the Caspian Seal
Thomas Thorp
School of Earth and Environment, Leeds
Unravelling arctic climate change: short-lived pollutant, forest fires, and man-made sources
Adam Woodhouse
School of Earth and Environment, Leeds
Death in the Oceans: extinction risk in the marine realm
Michael Charters
School of Biology, Leeds
Climate change impacts on interactions between crops, insects and mycorrhizal fungi
Shane Daly
School of Chemistry, Leeds
Study of the global Nickel (Ni) and Aluminium (Al) layers in the upper atmosphere
Niall Gandy
School of Earth and Environment, Leeds
Collapse of the British - Irish Ice Sheet: the role of climate and sea level changes
Partner: British Geological Survey (CASE)
Samuel Greenwood
School of Earth and Environment, Leeds
Boundary Controls on Convection from the Top and Bottom of Earth’s Fluid Core.
Laura Kiely
School of Earth and Environment, Leeds
Interactions and feedbacks between deforestation, fire and rainfall over Borneo
Partner: United Bank of Carbon (CASE)
Luke Marsden
School of Earth and Environment, Leeds
Using seismic and tilt measurements to forecast eruptions of silicic volcanoes
Zara Mir
School of Chemistry, Leeds
Direct Observations of Criegee Intermediates and Reaction Products
Jenna Sutherland
School of Geography, Leeds
Control of large proglacial lakes on past outlet glacier dynamics in New Zealand
Stefan Swift
Department of Chemistry, York
Air Quality and Particle Pollution in Beijing, China: Investigating the role of organic nitrogen
Thomas Wood
School of Earth and Environment, Leeds
Novel climate feedbacks in the Earth System and their contribution to future global change