Research Graduate School

Environmental Sciences

Project Title Supervisors Contact
Landscape scale effects of ungulate grazing on critical ecological processes
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Dr D Fornara Dr A Cooper d.fornara@ulster.ac.uk a.cooper@ulster.ac.uk
The Intertidal Archaeology of Lough Swilly
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Dr W Forsythe Dr C Breen w.forsythe@ulster.ac.uk cp.breen@ulster.ac.uk
Mainstreaming Education for Sustainable Development: Organisational Culture & Change in a ’Late Adopting’ Higher Education Institution
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Dr M Hope Dr S Cook mj.hope@ulster.ac.uk s.cook@ulster.ac.uk
Inter-calibration of multi-source, multibeam sonar backscatter data for seafloor geological and biological mapping applications
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Dr Craig Brown (Fisheries and Oceans Canada – DFO/Canadian Hydrographic Service – CHS) Dr R Quinn Dr Ruth Plets rj.quinn@ulster.ac.uk r.plets@ulster.ac.uk
An Ecologically Coherent Network of Marine Protected Areas for Northern Ireland
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Dr D Schoeman Dr S Coulthard d.schoeman@ulster.ac.uk s.coulthard@ulster.ac.uk
Developing a hybrid physical/statistical model for time-dependent seismic hazard calculations
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Prof S Steacy Dr S Nalbant s.steacy@ulster.ac.uk ss.nalbant@ulster.ac.uk
Understanding mechanisms of plant species coexistence: the role of ecological stoichiometry
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Dr D Fornara Prof K Day d.fornara@ulster.ac.uk kr.day@ulster.ac.uk
The ’Production’ of Fuel Poverty in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland
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Dr M Hope Dr P McKenzie mj.hope@ulster.ac.uk sjp.mckenzie@ulster.ac.uk
Better bioassessment methodologies
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Prof B Rippey Dr J Arnscheidt Ken Irvine (School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin) bhrt.rippey@ulster.ac.uk j.arnscheidt@ulster.ac.uk
Establishing and managing risks to lake sediment from heavy metals deposited from the atmosphere
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Prof B Rippey Dr R Douglas Ken Irvine (School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin) bhrt.rippey@ulster.ac.uk rw.douglas@ulster.ac.uk]
The importance of macrophytes in the ecological functioning of Lough Erne
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Prof B Rippey Dr J Arnscheidt Yvonne McElarney (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute) bhrt.rippey@ulster.ac.uk j.arnscheidt@ulster.ac.uk
Hydrodynamic modelling of sediment transport and bedform formation on the Northern Irish shelf
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Dr Sara Benetti Prof. Derek Jackson s.benetti@ulster.ac.uk d.jackson@ulster.ac.uk
An evaluation of the fitness of marine habitat classification schemes - A case study in the Irish shelf to deep water environments
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Dr Sarah Benetti Dr Rory Quinn Dr Craig Brown (Bedford Institute of Oceanography) External advisors: Joe Breen (NIEA) Xavier Monteys(GSI) Matte Service (AFBI) s.benetti@ulster.ac.uk rj.quinn@ulster.ac.uk
Creating a geography of peace? A study of the re-branding of post-conflict Northern Ireland
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Dr Sara McDowell Dr Wes Forsythe sp.mcdowell@ulster.ac.uk w.forsythe@ulster.ac.uk
Estimation of historical seismic and aseismic slip on the Sumatran Megathrust using a new Monte Carlo technique
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Prof J McCloskey Dr S Nalbant j.mccloskey@ulster.ac.uk ss.nalbant@ulster.ac.uk
Drivers of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning on Sandy Beaches
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Dr David Schoeman Prof Derek Jackson Prof Andrew Cooper d.schoeman@ulster.ac.uk d.jackson@ulster.ac.uk jag.cooper@ulster.ac.uk
The impacts of climate change change on the cultural heritage of Northern Ireland
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Thomas McErlean Dr Wes Forsythe Studies Advisor:- Dr Colin Breen tc.mcerlean@ulster.ac.uk w.forsythe@ulster.ac.uk tc.mcerlean@ulster.ac.uk
Quantifying stress-induced earthquake rate changes using converged micro-earthquake sequences
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Dr S Nalbant Prof J McCloskey ss.nalbant@ulster.ac.uk j.mccloskey@ulster.ac.uk
Faecal indicator organisms (FIO) in coastal bathing waters - steps towards a prediction of short-term pollution events affecting beaches in Northern Ireland
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Dr Joerg Arnscheidt Prof Andrew Cooper Professor James Dooley j.arnscheidt@ulster.ac.uk jag.cooper@ulster.ac.uk jsg.dooley@ulster.ac.uk
Sensitive dependence of the temporal development of earthquake populations to weak interaction stresses
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Prof John McCloskey Dr Suleyman Nalbant j.mccloskey@ulster.ac.uk ss.nalbant@ulster.ac.uk

PhD studentship

Project Title Supervisors Contact
The influence of climate change on interaction between an invasive forest pest and its natural enemy. Summary
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  • The closing date for applications for this project ONLY, is 23rd April 2010.
Professor Keith Day and Forest Research Agency (UK) kr.day@ulster.ac.uk

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PhD Opportunities : Applications for PhD studentships commencing in September 2010 are now closed.