Applications to the EnvEast Doctoral Training Partnership are now closed.
Below you can browse some of the PhD projects we have previously funded; if you would like to be informed when applications open, or if you have any questions about EnvEast and our application process, please email us.
Projects previously funded by EnvEast
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Prof David S Richardson
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Offspring or survival: Antagonistic effects and the maintenance of genetic variation in an isolated island population of Seychelles warblers -
Prof Andrew Bourke
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Social organisation of the Tree Bumblebee Bombus hypnorum -
Dr Richard G Davies
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Effects of farmland management on functional traits and pollination ecology of bee and hoverfly assemblages (CASE award with Conservation Grade) -
Dr Johannes Laube
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
New threats to the ozone layer: Exploring ozone-depleting substances in the upper troposphere and stratosphere -
Dr Corinne Whitby
School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex
Feedback/Feedforward interactions between plant root exudates and rhizosphere communities under water stress (WHITBY_EBS15EE) -
Dr Martin Taylor
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Metagenetic approaches to studying marine food webs: support for ecosystem based fisheries management. -
Dr Jonathan Todd
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
The making and breaking of dimethylsulfide by pelagic microorganisms – revealing the populations, the genes and the pathways used. -
Dr Parvadha Suntharalingam
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Southern Ocean uptake of atmospheric CO2: Where should we measure it? (SUNTHARALINGAM_UENV15EE) -
Dr Glen Wheeler
Marine Biological Association of the UK
Exploring the micro-environment around marine algae – impacts on photosynthesis and response to ocean acidification (WHEELER_EMBA15EE) -
Dr Rachel Warren
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
An integrated assessment of policies for sustainable management of climate change and land use -
Dr Trevor Tolhurst
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
The effects of wading birds on intertidal mudflats: sediment dynamics, biogeochemical properties and ecosystem services. (TOLHURST_UENV15EE) -
Dr Matthew Struebig
Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent
Understanding covariation between biodiversity and ecosystem functions across a modified tropical landscape (CASE award with the Royal Society South East Asia Rainforest Research Programme) -
Dr Michael Steinke
School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex
Developing novel tools to explore the marine volatile metabolome (STEINKE_EBS15EE) -
Mr Peter Simmons
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Societal recovery and adaptation following volcanic eruptions -
Dr Hayder Salman
School of Mathematics, University of East Anglia
The Southern Ocean: Barrier or Blender? -
Prof Corinne Le Quéré
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Impact of climate change on Jellyfish occurrence (CASE award with the Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science) -
Prof David S Richardson
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Evolving with pathogens: how pathogens drive genetic diversity over space and time in an endemic island bird -
Dr Terry McGenity
School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex
Unlocking the microbial cycle of isoprene, an abundant climate-altering hydrocarbon -
Dr Tracy Lawson
School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex
Stomatal-based systems analysis of water use efficiency (CASE award with Forest Research) -
Dr Matthew Hutchings
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Leafcutter ants and their antibiotic-producing bacteria (HUTCHINGS_UBIO15EE) -
Prof Kevin Hiscock
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Determination and control of nitrate leaching losses in intensive arable farming -
Prof Karen Heywood
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Ocean-ice interaction in the Amundsen Sea Embayment, Antarctica -
Dr Helen He
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Modelling future flood risk for adaptation planning of coastal and inland flooding: a case study of the Broads (CASE award with the Broads Authority) -
Prof Matthew Gage
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Does male-specific infertility explain butterfly range shifts under climate warming? -
Dr Geraint Tarling
British Antarctic Survey
Determining the active flux of carbon within the Southern Ocean and its sensitivity to climate change -
Dr Clara Manno
British Antarctic Survey
Winners and losers in a more acidified ocean: polar against sub-polar pteropods -
Dr Jim Groombridge
Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent
Measuring the effects of supplementary-feeding for recovering threatened populations (CASE award with the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and Wildlife Vets International) -
Dr Michael Cunliffe
Marine Biological Association of the UK
Marine microbial biogeochemistry of carbon monoxide -
Dr Aldina Franco
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Mechanisms driving changes in migratory behaviour of long lived birds in response to global environmental change (FRANCO_UENV15EE) -
Prof Tracey Chapman
School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia
Mate recognition in insect control (CHAPMAN-T_UBIO15EE) -
Dr Mark Chapman
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Quantifying Ice Age temperature changes using clumped isotopes (CHAPMAN-M_UENV15EE) -
Dr Thomas Cameron
School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex
Predation, Competition and Harvesting: The roles of species interactions and traditional harvesting for the sustainability of the native oyster (Ostrea edulis) fishery and its international conservation status (CAMERON_EBS15EE) -
Prof Bill Sturges
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Isotopic signatures of atmospheric gases in ice cores (CASE award with the British Antarctic Survey)