IAPETUS2 Doctoral Training Partnership

Please go to the IAPETUS2 page for information on these studentships.  The deadline for prospective students to apply is - 5pm, 8 January 2021.

• How does submarine melting affect marine-terminating glaciers?

Supervisory team - Dr Tom Cowton (University of St Andrews), Dr Stewart Jamieson (Durham University) and Prof Doug Benn (University of St Andrews).

• Valuing neo-native species. Is naturalised Scots pine a threat or benefit for climate resilience?

Supervisory team - Dr Althea Davies (University of St Andrews), Prof Alistair Jump (University of Stirling) and Prof Rob Wilson (University of St Andrews).

• Temporal ecology in the Anthropocene

Supervisory team - Dr Althea Davies (University of St Andrews), Dr Lindsay Maskell (United Kingdom Centre for Ecology & Hydrology), Prof Anne Magurran (University of St Andrews) and Prof Simon Smart (United Kingdom Centre for Ecology & Hydrology).

• Iceberg Calving in West Antarctica

Supervisory team - Prof Doug Benn (University of St Andrews), Dr Robert Larter (British Antarctic Survey) and Dr Anna Crawford (University of St Andrews).

• Sonar or Magnetism: exploring bat migration using a data science approach

Supervisory team - Dr Urska Demsar (University of St Andrews), Prof Ana Basiri (University of Glasgow) and Dr Ciaran Beggan (British Geological Survey).

• Tropical peatland ecosystems through time: a joint biomarker-pollen approach

Supervisory team - Dr Katherine H Roucoux (University of St Andrews), Prof Jaime Toney (University of Glasgow) and Dr Ian T Lawson (University of St Andrews).

The following projects include supervisors from the School of Geography and Sustainable Development, but are based in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences:

• Dendrochronological investigations of Scottish Oak trees and their response to climate and disturbance

Supervisory team - Prof Rob Wilson (University of St Andrews), Prof Alistair Jump (University of Stirling) and Dr Althea Davies (University of St Andrews), Dr Coralie Mills (University of St Andrews) and Dr Eileen Tisdall (University of Stirling).

• People or Environment: Elucidating the causal factors of the Scottish pine decline in the mid-Holocene

Supervisory team - Prof Rob Wilson (University of St Andrews), Prof Erin McClymont (Durham University), Dr Althea Davies (University of St Andrews) and Prof Keith Bennett (University of St Andrews).