The Department of Geology at the University of Leicester has a number of fully funded PhD studentships on offer starting in 2012. In particular, we are looking for geophysics students or Earth Science students with a strong numerical background for the following funded topics:
Determining Lithospheric Anisotropy from Joint Inversion of Magnetotelluric, Surface Wave, and Receiver Function Data: Supervised by Dr Max Moorkamp and Dr Stewart Fishwick
Or
Neogene Uplift of Scandinavia: A Seismic Study of the Crust: Supervised by Dr Richard England, Dr Max Moorkamp, and Dr Alex Brisbourne
And
Modelling Mantle Dynamics Back in Time: Finding the Most Likely Scenario: Supervised by Dr Tiffany Barry and Dr Manolis Georgoulis
Further details can be found at http://www2.le.ac.uk/study/research/funding/geology
or at http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/geology/postgraduate-study
To apply: Interested students should submit an online application form before the closing date of Friday 10th February, 2012.
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