Dear All,
PhD studentships in urban river water quality issues at the University of Birmingham
Please forward this email to enthusiastic undergraduate or Masters students who are looking for a funded PhD reserach position in urban water quality issues ...
Of the 5 funded PhD studentships available in the School (three NERC and two School scholarships: see website), two are PhD projects available in urban river turbidity and water quality dynamics, with excellent further support from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH Wallingford, Oxfordshire).
These novel and timely projects seek to build on our recently published work on wet-weather storm-event dynamic responses in highly urbanised rivers, combining high-resolution data with newly developed methodologies at nested spatial scales (urban headwater and larger catchments), e.g.:
Lawler, DM, Petts, GE, Foster, IDL & Harper, S 2006. Turbidity dynamics and hysteresis patterns during spring storm events in an urban headwater system: the Upper Tame, W. Midlands, Science of the Total Environment, 360, 109-126
Baker A, Inverarity R, Charlton M, Richmond S. 2003. Detecting river pollution using fluorescence spectrophotometry: case studies from the Ouseburn, NE England, Environmental Pollution; 124: 57-70.
Old GH, Leeks GJL, Packman JC, Smith BPG, Lewis S, Hewitt EJ, Holmes M, Young A. 2003. The impact of a convectional summer rainfall event on river flow and fine sediment transport in a highly urbanised catchment: Bradford, West Yorkshire, Science of the Total Environment; 314/316: 495-512.
The two new PhD projects, both in collaboration with the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH Wallingford, Oxfordshire), are:
1. Urban river sediment pollution dynamics in storm events: challenging the 'first-flush' model
See webpage for project details:
http://www.gees.bham.ac.uk/research/postgradresearch/physical/Lawler%20Baker%20Old.pdf
This is supervised by Drs Damian Lawler and Andy Baker at the University of Birmingham, and Dr Gareth Old at CEH Wallingford. Please contact Damian Lawler [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] for more information or informal discussions.
The application deadline for (1) is Friday 16 March (or until all positions are filled). Whilst this particular funding scheme is restricted to UK/EU students only, we welcome applications from non-UK/EU students for other PhD positions (see below).
2. Turbidity events in urban river systems: using novel fluorescence techniques to elucidate turbidity sources and downstream translation
See webpage for project details closing date is Friday 16 March :
http://www.gees.bham.ac.uk/research/postgradresearch/physical/CEHTurbidity.pdf
This is based at CEH Wallingford, and will be supervised by Dr Gareth Old at CEH, and Drs Damian Lawler and Andy Baker at the University of Birmingham. Please Contact CEH [log in to unmask] or Damian Lawler [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] for more information or informal discussions.
The CEH funding scheme for (2) is limited to UK students.
Please pass on these details to strong and enthusiastic undergraduate or Masters students who are seeking a PhD position.
For further details of all other hydrological studentships available in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, please see:
http://www.gees.bham.ac.uk/research/postgradresearch/physical/
Non-EU/UK applicants
A number of our current and past PhD students are non-EU, and we actively encourage applications from overseas students. The majority of non-EU students within Physical Geography at Birmingham have brought their own funding with them (from a variety of sources including home government agencies and industrial sources). If you are non-EU and wish to apply to conduct PhD research within Physical Geography at Birmingham, please contact either the appropriate member of staff and/or the Physical Geography Postgraduate Tutor ([log in to unmask]) to discuss project and funding issues. Applicants who have their own funding are welcome to apply for any topic of their choice provided that we have the appropriate expertise and facilities to provide supervision. Please contact the appropriate member of staff for informal discussions about individual topics.
General enquiries and all applications should be made via the Postgraduate Administrator Gretchel Coldicott ([log in to unmask])
Thanks very much,
Damian
Dr DM Lawler
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
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