Opportunities

PhD OPPORTUNITIES

Three NERC funded PhDs are available - deadline is 3rd of January 2024. You can apply here: https://inspire-dtp.ac.uk/

Project 1: Does organic carbon burial explain the ‘greenhouse’ to ‘icehouse’ transition?

Supervisory team: Gordon Inglis, Tom Gernon, Alexandra Auderset and Richard Stockey

The Cenozoic (66-0 Ma) is characterised by a shift from a warm, ‘greenhouse’ climate to a cold, ‘icehouse’ climate.  However, the mechanisms responsible remain poorly understood. This project will combine organic geochemistry and Earth system modelling to assess the importance of organic carbon burial in modulating climate during the Cenozoic.

project 2: Does temperature drive enhanced carbon cycling in Holocene lake sediments?

Supervisory team: Pete Langdon, Gordon Inglis, Ash Abrook and Celia Martin-Puertas (RHUL)

This project will use annually laminated (varved) lake sediments to reconstruct Holocene sub-decadal summer temperature and carbon cycling. These records can evaluate: (a) different driver-response mechanisms at different timescales; (b) new temperature (including seasonal bias) and carbon cycling proxies; (c) whether past warmer periods enhanced carbon cycling in lakes.

Project 3: Controls on organic carbon transport and burial in deep-sea basins in the Atlantic Ocean

Supervisory team: James Hunt (NOCS), Mike Clare (NOCS) and Gordon Inglis

This PhD will quantify the frequency and volumes of sediment delivered to deep-sea basins from high-to-low latitudes along the Eastern Atlantic and determine underpinning controls. this will help establish geological fluxes of carbon from hinterland to abyssal plains, and whether there is a long-term climate influence.

PDRA OPPORTUNITIES

There are currently no PDRA opportunities within the group. However, please reach out if you are interested in applying for independent fellowships, such as Royal Society and NERC.