Environmental Sciences
Environmental Sciences Research Institute
Institute Director:Prof Sandy Steacy
PhD Projects
| Project Title | Supervisors | Contact |
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Examination of airflow and sediment dynamics in dune fields using field and modelling approaches |
Prof Derek Jackson Prof Andrew Cooper Advisor: |
Investigating spatial variations in fuel poverty levels across Northern Ireland using Geographic Information Systems |
Dr Paul McKenzie Prof Christine Liddell |
Plant-soil-herbivore interactions and the carbon:nutrient balance of grazed and browsed ecosystems |
Dr Dario Fornara Prof Keith Day External Advisor: |
Linkages between extracellular enzyme activities and critical ecosystem processes |
Dr Dario Fornara Prof Geoffrey McMullan Dr Nigel Ternan |
Sedimentary geology and depositional mechanisms of tropical coarse clastic coastal deposits |
Prof Andrew Cooper Prof Derek Jackson |
Assessing the Role of Postseismic Deformations in Time-dependent Seismic Hazard Calculations |
Dr Suleyman Nalbant Prof Sandy Steacy |
Variability of the British-Irish Ice Sheet in the Rockall Trough (North Atlantic) through ice-rafted debris and micro-faunal record. |
Dr Sara Benetti Dr Rory Quinn External Advisors- |
Late Quaternary glaciation of the continental shelf offshore of west Ireland |
Dr Sara Benetti Dr Paul Dunlop External Advisor- |
The Canterbury earthquake sequence: Coulomb stress interaction and active faulting |
Prof Sandy Steacy Dr Suleyman Nalbant |
MRes Projects
| Project Title | Supervisors | Contact |
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Reconstructing the eastern sector of the former Irish Ice sheet off the Antrim coast using marine geophysical data |
Dr Paul Dunlop Dr Ruth Plets Dr Peter Wilson |
Microbial activity in eutrophic streams |
Dr Joerg Arnscheidt Prof Phil Jordan |
How eutrophic are Northern Ireland’s Drumlin streams? |
Dr Joerg Arncheidt Dr Katrina Macintosh |
The Archaeology of Salt-making in Ireland |
Dr Wes Forsythe Dr Colin Breen |
A historical record of changes in fisheries catches in Northern Ireland |
Dr Sara Benetti External Advisor- |
Intertidal harvesting in Northern Ireland |
Dr Sara Benetti External Advisor- |
What does the sea mean to people in Northern Ireland? |
Dr Sara Benetti External Advisor- |
Glacial processes on the Irish continental shelf |
Dr Sara Benetti Dr Paul Dunlop External Advisor – |
The Canterbury earthquake sequence: Coulomb stress interaction and active faulting |
Prof Sandy Steacy Dr Suleyman Nalbant |