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Class of 2011/12
- TonyHANCY – 'Life and Death in the First Complex Ecosystems: the ecology and evolution of the Ediacara Biota'. Supervisor: Dr. Jonathan Antcliffe, Prof. Phil Donoghue, Dr. Graham Shields (UCL), Prof. Martin Brasier (Oxford). (NERC)
Class of 2010/11
- Charles BACON – ‘Complexation of heavy metals by mineral surfaces: controls on pollution in soil and groundwater.’ Supervisor: Prof. David Sherman. (NERC / CASE, Golder Associates (UK) Ltd.)
- Andrew CUFF – ‘Functional morphology and biomechanics of ornithomimid and other theropod dinosaurs.’ Supervisor: Dr Emily Rayfield. (Self funded)
- Brioch HEMMINGS – ‘Hydrogeophysics of restless volcanoes.’ Supervisors: Dr Joachim Gottsmann, Dr Fiona Whitaker, Dr Andrew Hughes (British Geological Survey). (NERC, BGS)
- Emma JOHNSTON – ‘The impacts of large-scale volcanic eruptions on prehistoric civilizations: The Bronze Age eruption of Santorini as a case study.’ Supervisors: Dr Jeremy Phillips, Dr Nicoletta Momigliano. (Self funded)
- Stephan LAUTENSCHLAGER – ‘Skull form and function in therizinosaur dinosaurs, and the convergent evolution of herbivory in theropods.’ Supervisors: Dr Emily Rayfield, Prof Larry Witmer (Ohio University) & Dr Oliver Rauhut (Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Munich). (Volkswagen Foundation funded)
- Jamie LEWIS – ‘Lying Through Your Teeth, Strontium Uptake in Archaeological Enamel.’ Supervisors: Dr Chris Coath, Dr Alistair Pike. (University of Bristol Tratman Scholarship)
- Sorcha McMAHON – ‘New Insights into Deep Mantle Melts and the Carbonatite-Melilitite Connection.’ Supervisors: Prof. Michael Walter, Prof. Ken Bailey. (NERC)
- Duncan MUIR – ‘Investigating magma storage conditions beneath Uturuncu volcano, Bolivia.’ Supervisors: Prof. Jon Blundy, Dr Alison Rust. (NERC)
- Elspeth ROBERTSON – ‘Volcanic deformation in Kenya, East African Rift.’ Supervisors: Dr. Juliet Biggs & Dr. Marie Edmonds (University of Cambridge) (NERC Funded)
- Anne SCHÖPA – ‘Building of large magma reservoirs associated with plutons incremental growth.’ Supervisors: Dr Catherine Annen, Dr Thierry Menand & Prof Steve Sparks (ERC funded)
- Charlotte STAMPER – ‘Differentiation of mantle-derived magmas beneath Grenada, Lesser Antilles.’ Supervisors: Prof Jon Blundy, Dr Elena Melekhova, Prof. Richard Arculus (Australian National University). (ERC funded)
Class of 2009/10
- Rose BURDEN – ‘Extracting palaeo-volcanological reconstructions of explosive eruptions from limited outcrops.’ Supervisors: Prof S Sparks & Dr T Hincks (ERC funded)
- Jeanette DI LEO – ‘Imaging the distribution of fluids and deformation above the active Indonesian subduction zone’ Supervisors: Prof. M Kendall and Dr J Wookey (Marie Curie Training Grant)
- Alex DUNHILL – ‘Sampling and Knowledge of the palaeontology of the British Triassic and Jurassic’ Supervisors: Prof M J Benton and Dr R J Twitchett (Plymouth) (NERC funded)
- Samantha ENGWELL – ‘Global rates of explosive volcanism with hazard, risk and climate change’ Supervisor: Prof S Sparks (Munich Re/ERC funded)
- Jennifer FROST – ‘Oceans of water in the Earth's interior? In situ studies of water in mantle minerals’ Supervisors: Dr M Walter & Dr S Kohn (NERC funded)
- Edward GASSON – ‘New Insights into future sea-level change from Palaeo-archives’ Supervisors: Dr M Siddall & Dr D Lunt (Geography) (NERC funded)
- Geoff KILGOUR - 'Gas-driven volcanic eruptions: towards predicting the unpredictable' Supervisors: Dr. Heidy Mader, Prof. John Blundy, Dr. Maggie Mangan (USGS), Dr. Gill Jolly (GNS Science, New Zealand) Funding: Foundation for Research, Science and Technology - administered by GNS Science, New Zealand
- Susan LITTLE – ‘Metal isotopes and life as part of the Earth system on the early planet’ Supervisors: Dr D Vance, Dr D Catling & Prof Donald Canfield (Nordic Centre for Earth Evolution) (NERC funded)
- Duncan MUIR - 'Magma Storage Conditions at Uturuncu Volcano, Bolivia'. Supervisors: Jon Blundy and Alison Rust (NERC funded)
- Fleur NOAILLES – ‘Interrelationships pf stylophorans’ Supervisors: Dr M Ruta & Dr P Donoghue (Self funded)
- Jenny RIKER – ‘The influence of CO2 on phase relations and crystallisation kinetics: a case study at Mount St.Helens.’ Supervisors: Prof J Blundy & Dr A Rust (ORS scholarship)
- Peter TOMIAK – ‘Skeletal Biomarkers of past coral bleaching’ Supervisors: Dr E Hendy & Dr K Penkman (York) (ERC funded)
- Rachel WARNOCK - 'Integrating palaeontological and molecular methods of telling evolutionary time'. Supervisors: Dr. Philip Donoghue, Prof. Mike Benton, Prof. Ziheng Yang (University College London) (NERC funded)
- Qi ZHAO – ‘Dinosaur Phylogeny’ Supervisor: Prof M Benton (DIUS funded)
Class of 2008/9
- Aude CAROMEL - 'The link between form and function in planktic foraminifers' Supervisors: Dr D Schmidt and Dr Emily Rayfield (NERC)
- Elena COUCE MOLINA - 'Modelling environmental thresholds of coral reef ecosystems' Supervisors: Dr Erica Hendy and Dr Andy Ridgewell (UoB Scholarship/Department/Faculty)
- Amy DABROWA - 'Mechanisms of generating acoustic and seismic oscillations at volcanoes' Supervisors: Dr Alison Rust, Dr J C Phillips (NERC)
- Katherine DANIELS - 'Modelling magma transport in the Afar rift, Ethiopia' Supervisors: Dr Thierry Menand and Professor Steve Sparks (NERC Tied Studentship).
- Jennifer GREENWOOD 'The developmental evolution of neural crest and the emergence of vertebrate complexity' Supervisor: Dr Phil Donoghue (UoB Scholarship/Department/Faculty)
- Andrew KEECH - 'Chemical weathering rates in an icehouse world: the record from soils' Supervisors: Dr Derek Vance, Dr Gavin Foster, Dr Corey Archer (NERC)
- Yi-Jen LAI - 'The role of crustal recycling assessed using Mg isotopes' Supervisor:Dr Tim Elliott (ORS/UoB/Faculty/Department)
- Duncan MURDOCK - 'Decoding the small shelly faunas and the origin of phyla' Supervisor: Dr Phil Donoghue (NERC CASE)
- Steven MURRAY - 'The effects of climate change upon future global water resources' Supervisors: Professor Colin Prentice and Dr Pru Foster (AXA)
- Andy NOWACKI - 'Dynamics of the core-mantle interface from seismic anisotropy' Supervisors: Prof Mike Kendall and Dr James Wookey (NERC)
- Rachael OGILVE-HARRIS - 'New insights into deep mantle melts and the kimberlite-carbonatite connection' Supervisors: Professor Steve Sparks
- Christopher STANDISH - 'The provenance of Irish Bronze Age gold artefacts using lead isotopes' Supervisors: Professor Chris Hawkesworth and Dr Alistair Pike (Archaeology) (NERC/Archaeology)
- Ye ZHAO - 'The carbon cycle and bioactive trace metals in the oceans' Supervisors: Dr Derek Vance (ORS/UoB/Faculty/Department)
Class of 2007/8
- Othman AL-HARASSI - 'Insight into the stress field at Yibal: how can passive seismic monitoring help guide reservoir production?' Supervisor: Prof Mike Kendall (Petroleum Development Oman LLC)
- Anwar AL-HELAL - 'Hydrostratigraphic control on early dolomitisation: new insights from process based modelling'. Supervisor: Dr Fiona Whitaker (Kuwait Govt.)
- Frances BECKETT - 'Persistent and explosive degassing of Stromboli'. Supervisors: Dr Heidy Mader and Dr Alison Rust (Teaching Assistant - Dept.)
- Jennie BRIGHT - 'Form and function in living and extinct mammals'. Supervisor: Dr Emily Rayfield (NERC)
- Stephen BRUSATTE - 'Basal tetanuran (dinosauria: therapoda) phylogeny and anatomy' - MSc by Research. Supervisor: Prof M J Benton (Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission)
- Iris BUISMAN - 'The origin and evolution of kimberlite melts' - Supervisors: Prof Steve Sparks and Dr Mike Walter (UoB scholarship)
- Angelo CASTRUCCIO 'Lava flow emplacement' supervisor: Dr Alison Rust (MIDEPLAN, University of Chile)
- Lorraine FIELD - 'Magmatic evolution of Dabbahu Volcano, Afar, Ethiopia'. Supervisor: Prof Jon Blundy (NERC Tied Studentship)
- Peter HOLLAND - 'Reading the signs II: relating high temporal resolution volcanic gas emission data and other geophysical data to conduit processes' Supervisors: Dr Matt Watson and Dr Jeremy Phillips (NERC)
- Emma HUMPHREYS - 'Using carbonate volcanism to understand mantle processes'. Supervisors: Prof Chris Hawkesworth, Prof Ken Bailey and Dr F Wall, Natural History Museum (NERC /NHM Open CASE)
- Emma KIDDLE - 'Modelling igneous processes at the Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat'. Supervisor: Prof Steve Sparks (NERC /BGS CASE)
- Helen KINVIG - 'Spatial and temporal variations in magma chamber-vent processes during caldera forming eruptions: an example from Nisyros, Greece'. Supervisors: Dr Jo Gottsmann and Prof Chris Hawkesworth (NERC)
- Penny LANCASTER - 'Crustal evolution processes revealed through the study of detrital zircons'. Supervisors: Prof Chris Hawkesworth and Dr Craig Storey (ORS /Dept/Faculty)
- Tom LEADBEATER - 'Controls on carbonate reservoir connectivity by permeability anisotropy'. Supervisor: Dr Fiona Whitaker (Exxon)
- Colin PALMER - 'The flight of Pterosaurs'. Supervisor: Dr E Rayfield (self-funded)
- Joe PICKLES - 'Trace element thermobarometry of clinopyroxene and garnet with applications to diamond exploration' - Supervisor: Prof Jon Blundy (Rio Tinto Diamond Exploration)
- James RAE - 'Changes in oceanic pH over glacial- interglacial cycles'. Supervisors: Dr Gavin Foster, Dr Daniela Schmidt and Dr Tim Elliott (NERC)
- Chiranjeeb SARKAR - 'Dating and fingerprinting kimberlite sources by in-situ isotope studies of accessory minerals: a mantle tracer?' Supervisors: Prof Chris Hawkesworth and Dr Craig Storey (ORS /Dept/Faculty)
- Robert STEELE - 'Identifying the meteoritic building blocks of Earth'. Supervisors: Dr T Elliott, Dr Chris Coath and Dr Sara Russell (NHM)(NERC/NHM final year)
- David THOMPSON - 'Mantle discontinuity structure beneath Hudson Bay (aka HuBLE)'. Supervisor: Prof Mike Kendall and Prof George Helffrich (NERC/ CASE with Rio Tinto)
Class of 2006/7
- Marco BRANDALISE DE ANDRADE - 'Phylogenetic analysis of "mesosuchians" from Gondwana and the evolution of Mesoeucrocodylia from Jurassic to Cretaceous'. Supervisor: Prof Mike Benton. Funding: CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico / National Council for Scientific and Technological Development), proc. no. 200381.
- Maria ANDRIANAKI - 'Photocatalytic reactions on Earth and Mars'. Supervisors: Prof Vala Ragnarsdottir, Prof Geoff Allen and Dr Terry McMaster. (MISSION, EU funded)
- Ben BUSE - 'Welding and metamorphic processes in the emplacement of kimberlites', Supervisors: Prof Steve Sparks, Dr John Schumacher and Matthew Field (NERC/CASE with DeBeers)
- James DARLING - 'Evolution of the melt sheet in the Sudbury igneous complex' Supervisor: Prof Chris Hawkesworth (NERC/CASE with INCO)
- Glenn JONES - 'Using microearthquakes to monitor stress patterns in reservoirs', with Prof Mike Kendall (NERC OPEN CASE with Schlumberger Cambridge Research)
- Dana KAPITULCINOVA - 'Microbial colonisation and degradation on mineral surfaces'. Supervisor: Prof Vala Ragnarsdottir and Dr Keith Hallam (MISSION, EU funded)
- Elliot SEFTON-NASH - 'The origin of large salt deposits on Mars'. Supervisor: Dr David Catling (NERC)
- Patrik STROMBERG - 'Remote sensing plankton size distribution and ecosystem metabolism' Supervisors: Prof Colin Prentice and Dr Sarah Cornell (Plymouth Marine Laboratory EC Metaoceans project)
- Ceri-Wyn THOMAS - 'Decoding the fossil record of early Metazoan development'. Supervisor: Dr Phil Donoghue (NERC)
- James VERDON - 'Seismic monitoring of greenhouse-gas sequestration in underground reservoirs'. Supervisor: Prof Mike Kendall (UK Energy Research Centre)
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