Previous NERC Research Experience Placements
The projects listed below have been previously funded by EnvEast. They are now complete, and are not open to applications.
Paid Summer internships at EnvEast partners for Home/EU undergraduates from any university studying Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Computing, and other quantitative disciplines - See more at: https://lred.uea.ac.uk/web/env_east/research-experience-placements/about1#sthash.PkPr4Xjp.dpuf
Accurate measurement and prediction of biotic responses to global warming
School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex
Main supervisor: Dr Etienne Low-Decarie
Main supervisor: Dr Etienne Low-Decarie
Acoustic monitoring biodiversity over a human-modified tropical landscape
Lead supervisor: Dr Matthew Struebig
Location: Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent
Location: Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent
Antarctic Extreme Temperature Events and Related Meteorological Patterns
Lead supervisors: Dr Hua Lu and Professor John Turner.
Location: British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge.
Background of the project
Antarctica is a region of extremes with the coldest temperature on Earth in winter and possible melting of ice shelfs in summer. These extreme...
Computer model to study the Gaia hypothesis and the evolution of Daisyworld
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Main supervisor: Prof van Oosterhout
Main supervisor: Prof van Oosterhout
Computer simulations to test a new theory of immune gene evolution
Lead supervisor: Dr Cock van Oosterhout
Location: School of Environmental Sciences, UEA, Norwich
Location: School of Environmental Sciences, UEA, Norwich
Data Visualisation of Trends in Greenhouse Gases and Air Pollutants
Centre for Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences , School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA).
Supervisors: Prof Claire Reeves , Dr Dave Oram , Dr Grant Forster .
We make continuous measurements of important greenhouse gases and pollutants critical for climate...
Deriving reflectance measures from hyperspectral UAV imagery using a modelling approach
Lead supervisor: Dr France Gerard , Earth Observation, Climate System group.
Location of the Internship: Centre for Ecology and Hydrology , Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxfordshire.
Duration (start date TBC and by arrangement with the supervisors): 10 weeks
The objective is to...
Do Positive Population Level Effects of Mortality (PEMs) persist in Variable Environments?
Lead supervisors: Dr Tom C Cameron and Prof Edward Codling
Location: School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester *
Duration: 8-10 weeks (duration and start date TBC)
Background of the...
Do Positive Population Level Effects of Mortality (PEMs) persist in Variable Environments?
Lead supervisors: Dr Tom C Cameron and Dr Edd Codling
Location: School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester
Location: School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester
Does sexual selection create superior invaders?
Lead supervisor: Prof Matthew Gage .
Co-supervisors: Dr Lewis Spurgin and Dr Ram Vasudeva.
Location: School of Biological Sciences, UEA, Norwich.
Project background
Invasive species can have major influences on ecosystems, and their impacts are growing as many...