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Good morning, This posting is to advertise an EPSRC-funded, near-surface geophysics PhD studentship entitled: Forensic geophysics and pathology at crime scenes. The student would need at least a good first degree in a relevant discipline, be keen and be able to start in a month or two. There will be a lot of fieldwork involved. The project outline is detailed below. This will be supervised jointly between Keele and Staffordshire Universities and a commercial partner. If you could forward to anyone you think may be interested and get them to email me ([log in to unmask]), then that would be great. Best Regards, Jamie. Outline proposal: Near-surface applied geophysical investigations at forensic crime scenes have the potential to rapidly locate buried material for subsequent site investigation. However, due to obvious sensitivity issues and possible criminal proceedings, there is a lack of published results and research. It is proposed that a series of geophysical and pathology experiments are undertaken over a variety of simulated crime scenes on different sites. Using the existing ‘crime scene burial facility’ at Staffordshire University, research will firstly use a suite of geophysical surveys over a simulated crime scene in this urban setting. Repeat surveys will also be conducted over time. Contemporary pathology sampling of buried material will also be undertaken that may determine if fat and water content or putrefactive processes differ, in order to understand why geophysical data may change. Such data will be invaluable to the forensic scientist and geophysicist when searching for human remains, especially in complex ground conditions. Chemically sampling putrefaction products over time specific periods will also allow a closer correlation between geophysical results and chemical nature/decomposition of products. These experiments will then be repeated in a variety of different environments (urban, rural, woodland and marshland, for example).