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Environmental Sciences

Project Title	Supervisors	Contact
Landscape scale effects of ungulate grazing on critical ecological processes	Dr D Fornara Dr A Cooper	d.fornara@ulster.ac.uk a.cooper@ulster.ac.uk
The Intertidal Archaeology of Lough Swilly	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	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	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	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	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	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	Dr M Hope Dr P McKenzie	mj.hope@ulster.ac.uk sjp.mckenzie@ulster.ac.uk
Better bioassessment methodologies	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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 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