A Comparative Analysis of Gecko Toepad and Claw Morphologies, with regards to Body Weight, Locomotion and Habitat Occupancy.

Supervisor: Winder, I. (Supervisor) & Crandell, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

A Comparative Study of Phosphorus Based Fertilisers’ Performance: An Assessment on Plant Growth Parameters and Soil Health using Lolium Perenne

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

A Novel Assessment of the Temporal and Abiotic Factors Influencing Environmental DNA Derived from Freshwater Biofilms

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

A System for Visualising and Treating Early Stage Cancerous Nodules within the Lungs and Cavities of the Eat, Nose and Throat

Supervisor: Hancock, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

A long-term temporal comparison of ecological predictors on relative elephant presence within a forested environment

Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor), Georgiev, A. (Supervisor), Chapman, C. (External person) (Supervisor) & Sarkar, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

A multilocus phylogeny of the cobra clade elapids

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Aboveground biomass of a South West Florida mangrove stand

Supervisor: Fenner, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Activity Overlap and Risk of Mycobacterium bovis Transmission Between Wild European Mammals

Supervisor: Valle, S. (Supervisor) & Shannon, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

An Analysis of Wetland Habitat Restoration and Biodiversity

Supervisor: Dunn, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

An integrated approach to high-resolution modelling of a species range expansion using presence-only data: a case study on roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Analysis of genomic and transcriptomic studies of Alzheimer’s Disease to identify novel pathways for study in Drosophila melanogaster

Supervisor: Shepherd, D. (Supervisor) & Sivanantharajah, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Arthropod herbivory and fungal pathogen damage as determinants of distribution of tropical tree species Lacistema aggregatum across a Panamanian rainfall gradient

Supervisor: Markesteijn, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Assessing the Utility of Aqueous eDNA for Invertebrate Biodiversity Assessment in Reens and Ditches.

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor), Ellison, A. (Supervisor) & Perry, W. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Benefits of a Novel Bioplastic Coated Fertiliser on Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Turfgrass

Supervisor: Chadwick, D. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Bioremediation of Trifluralin via macroplastics in freshwater ecosystems compared to soil ecosystems

Supervisor: Chadwick, D. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Born to throw, climb, squat AND run. Biomechanical evolution within the human lineage and its inference for health and fitness

Supervisor: Winder, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Breaking down the effect of biotic and abiotic mechanisms of litter decomposition in drylands

Supervisor: Markesteijn, L. (Supervisor) & Rey, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Characterising Disease Suppressive Members Of The Oak Microbiome

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Consultancy in Higher Education: Tools and Practices for Achieving Impact

Supervisor: Winder, I. (Supervisor) & Walker, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Cultivation of Extremely Acidophilic Archaea from an Acid Mine Drainage Site

Supervisor: Golyshina, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Cultured Microbial Diversity Of Parys Mountain Acidic Site

Supervisor: Golyshina, O. (Supervisor) & Braig, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Detection of an invasive, semi-aquatic mammal: development of an environmental DNA assay and comparison to a conventional method

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor) & Shannon, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Determining the consequences of forest degradation on mangrove epifauna in South-East Kenya

Supervisor: Markesteijn, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Determining the effects of anthropogenic drainage structures on inanga (Galaxias maculatus) in the lowland waterways of Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.

Supervisor: Fenner, N. (Supervisor), Milner, N. (Supervisor) & Fake, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Does the Saw-Scaled Viper (Echis carinatus sochureki) show phenotypic plasticity of venom composition in response to dietary change?

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor) & Mulley, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Effects of tourist presence and activity on the behaviour of Zanzibar red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus kirkii) at Jozani-Chwaka Bay National Park

Supervisor: Georgiev, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

El Niño-induced upwelling variability in the central tropical Pacific Ocean.

Supervisor: Green, M. (Supervisor) & Williams, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Electrical Characterisation of Meso-Scale Biological Tissue for a Microwave Based Permittivity Identification Process

Supervisor: Palego, C. (Supervisor) & Hancock, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Evaluating damselfish distribution patterns and benthic habitat complexity associations using SFM-Photogrammetry

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Examining organo-mineral fertilisers for crop growth; the efficiency of a mineral fertiliser with the benefits of an organic product.

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Chadwick, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Experimental approaches comparing the magnetoreception capabilities of two sister storage mite species Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) and Tyrophagus longior (Gervais) (Acari: Acaridae)

Supervisor: Braig, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Female mate choice preference between three morphologically diverged sympatric cichlid fishes (Alcolapia spp.) from Lake Natron, Tanzania

Supervisor: Turner, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Habitat Modelling of the Amur Leopard and Siberian Tiger for Future Reintroduction. Using Conservation Priority Setting, Ecological Corridors and Carrying Capacities

Supervisor: Winder, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Habitat Selection of a Non-Native Snake: Implications for Future Management of Zamenis longissimus in Colwyn Bay, North Wales

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Habitat selection during movement pathways in the Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768)) in its introduced range in Colwyn Bay, North Wales.

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Have stripe patterns influenced the social behaviour and cohesion of the plains zebra (Equus quagga)?

Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor) & Hayward, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Here Be Dragons - Taxonomic Bias in Upper Palaeolithic Cave Paintings

Supervisor: Winder, I. (Supervisor) & Shaw, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

High Burnup Fragmentation in Uranium Oxide Fuels for Light Water Reactors

Supervisor: Rushton, M. (Supervisor), Middleburgh, S. (Supervisor) & Atkinson, K. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

High Entropy Alloys and Their Desirability For Novel First Wall Materials In Fusion Applications

Supervisor: Middleburgh, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Hotspots and Hot Moments of Amino Acid Nitrogen: Real-time Insights Using Continuous Microdialysis Sampling

Supervisor: Hill, P. (Supervisor), Jones, D. L. (Supervisor) & Paterson, E. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

If you feed them, they will come: How the availability of food and cover within a zoo enclosure increases the likelihood of free-living birds within.

Supervisor: Jones, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Impact of shelter on sheep behaviour during the neonatal period

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor), Smith, A. (Supervisor), Davies, P. (External person) (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Interspecific Differences in Treefrog Response to Artificial Light at Night and Spectral Manipulation

Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Investigating the potential susceptibility of selected Malagasy species to the toxins produced by Duttaphrynus melanostictus (Asian Common Toad)

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Investigating the relationship between tidal range power plant size and hydrodynamic impact

Supervisor: Robins, P. (Supervisor) & Austin, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Isolated to the internet: which Facebook posts from zoological collections generated greater community engagement during lockdown closures when society was isolated to their homes?

Supervisor: Jones, K. (Supervisor) & Georgiev, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Levels of ecological conservatism in African Guenons: a comparative study using MaxEnt modelling and ENMTools.

Supervisor: Winder, I. (Supervisor) & Shaw, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Mind the Monkeys: Road Ecology of the Zanzibar Red Colobus

Supervisor: Georgiev, A. (Supervisor), Healey, J. (Supervisor), Shannon, G. (Supervisor) & Davenport, T. R. B. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Novel Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Devices Delivering Microwave and RF Energy for Smart Surgery

Supervisor: Hancock, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Novel Methods of Microplastic Identification and Mitigation in Water

Supervisor: Dunn, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Parasitism and Reproductive Effort in Male Rhesus Macaques: A Test of the Immunocompetence Handicap Hypothesis and the Stress-linked Immunocompetence Handicap Hypothesis

Supervisor: Georgiev, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Population and conservation genomics of the adder (Vipera berus) in the UK

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor) & Barlow, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Re-examining the Systematics of Asian Pitvipers Via Multilocus Analysis

Supervisor: Malhotra, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Rensch’s Rule and the Drivers of Sexual Dimorphism in Ungulates

Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Response of Benthic Fauna to Merchant Vessel Anchoring in the Point Lynas Anchorage, Anglesey

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Reviewing the physio-chemical parameters associated with in-situ Austropotamobius pallipes populations and its application to the establishment of ark sites

Supervisor: Dunn, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Road noise alters foraging duration and vigilance behaviour of three common tit species

Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Route navigation in homing pigeons (Columba livia): the use of visual cues over a familiar area.

Supervisor: Holland, R. (Supervisor) & Bishop, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Sexual Dimorphism in the Common Hippopotamus

Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Size-spectra of reef fish assemblages within distinct coral habitats, before and after a mass coral bleaching event

Supervisor: Richardson, L. (Supervisor), Williams, G. (Supervisor) & Robinson, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Species delimitation in Bitis arietans – Are there any cryptic species present?

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Superlens-assisted anti-counterfeiting Laser Dot Code marking

Supervisor: Wang, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Survival of Brenneria goodwinii and Gibbsiella quercinecans, Associated with Lesion Formation in Acute Oak Decline, in Rainwater and Forest Soil

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Tauopathies in Drosophila: Do Tau isoforms have the same toxicity and can Neurexin rescue Tau induced neurodegeneration?

Supervisor: Shepherd, D. (Supervisor) & Sivanantharajah, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The Development of an Electrochemical DNA Hybridisation Biosensor for the Detection of Equine Hindgut Acidosis

Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The Effects of Changing Livestock Practices on the Breeding Performance of the Common Raven, Corvus corax, in Northwest Wales

Supervisor: Winder, I. (Supervisor) & Valle, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The Effects of Management on Biodiversity and Biogeochemistry of the Cors Goch Site, Anglesey

Supervisor: Dunn, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The Evolution of Defensive Strategies in Cobras

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The Origin of Zebra Stripes: Does Striping Provide a Fecundity Advantage?

Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor) & Hayward, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The Role of Apex Predators in Structuring the Spatial Behaviour of Mesopredators

Supervisor: Hayward, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The effect of observing trained conspecifics on the rate of spatial learning, navigation strategy and motivation in goldfish, Carassius auratus

Supervisor: Holland, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The influence of hydroclimatic and chemical variability on legacy contamination from historical metal mines.

Supervisor: Bird, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The precise release time of crustacean hyperglycaemic hormone (CHH) in response to environmental stressors in the shore crab Carcinus maenas

Supervisor: Webster, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The role of conservation organisations in the mitigation of ash dieback in Wales

Supervisor: Walmsley, J. (Supervisor) & Dandy, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

The toxins that time forgot: Characterisation of marine toxins with emphasis on the neglected status of marine toxinology.

Supervisor: Mulley, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Translocation of a Medically Important Snake: Russell’s Vipers (Daboia russelii) in Rural India

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Treatment of pharmaceutical pollution and the release of illicit drugs into the environment.

Supervisor: Dunn, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Use of passive samplers for the capture of SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses from wastewater

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Kevill, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Using Social Media for Conservation Monitoring of Rule-Breaking Behaviour in Provisioned Macaque Populations and the Effects of Eco-Tourism.

Supervisor: Georgiev, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Using an Agent based model (ABM) to predict fish interactions with a Tidal Stream Turbine

Supervisor: Waggitt, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Utilising Chronobiology For Sustainable Aquaculture Nutrition & Fish Health

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor) & Ellison, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Wastewater-based Epidemiology: Estimating the number of viral cases in a hospital setting using wastewater analysis

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Farkas, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Where did all these woodlice come from?: Armadillidium Brandt, 1833 (Isopoda: Oniscidea) diversifica@on in the Mediterranean

Supervisor: Papadopulos, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Which regions of European waters exhibit the highest risk for harbour porpoises from marine pollutants?

Supervisor: Waggitt, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Wind driven energy flows as a micro-renewable resource

Supervisor: Neill, S. (Supervisor), Robins, P. (Supervisor) & Lewis, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Zebra stripes, the ectoparasite hypothesis: using behavioural measures to determine ectoparasitic burdens in plains zebra (Equus quagga burchelli) in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa.

Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor) & Hayward, M. W. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Cycling of dissolved organic nitrogen in plant-soil systems

Supervisor: Jones, D. L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

Evaluation of Adaptive Traits in Rice for Low Phosphorus Environments

Supervisor: Steele, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

Investigations into the mineralogy and petrology of the artefacts and sediments from the Lower Palaeolithic site of Pontnewydd Cave, North Wales

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

Keratin from Human hair and Sheep wool: Characterisation and its uses in the Fabrication of Hydrogels

Supervisor: Tai, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

Organic electronic devices : advanced patterning and fabrication approaches

Supervisor: Mabrook, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

Phytoplankton dynamics in Maltese coastal waters (Central Mediterranean) using in situ, remote sensing methods, and modelling techniques

Supervisor: Bowers, D. (Supervisor) & Thomas, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

Sources of error in the estimation of aboveground biomass carbon stocks in mangrove ecosystems

Supervisor: Fenner, N. (Supervisor) & Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

A theoretical approach to aromatic-radical interaction

Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessment of the feasibility of stock enhancement of mud crabs, Scylla paramamosain, in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Supervisor: Jones, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Le Vay, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bio-physical interactions over cultured mussel beds : measured and modelled chlorophyll distributions in the Menai Strait

Supervisor: Simpson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution of Liocarcinus depurator along the western Mediterranean coast

Supervisor: Yule, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Evolution and molecular systematics of the Ovophis monticola species complex (Serpentes:Viperidae:Crotalinae)

Supervisor: Malhotra, A. (Supervisor) & Thorpe, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Microbial mats : a source of primary production on mudflats of the North-Western Arabian Gulf

Supervisor: Jones, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiological constraints on production of the Indian white prawn Fenneropenaeus indicus (H. Milne Edwards)

Supervisor: Yule, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Simulation of image guided needle puncture: contribution to real-time ultrasound and fluoroscopic rendering, and volume haptic rendering

Supervisor: John, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The sustainability of mussel cultivation

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

'Shake' defects and wood structure variations in British oaks (Quercus SPP.).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Lateral Flow Device for the 21st Century: The development of a flexible platform for the PoC detection of genes.

Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor) & Lahmann, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Novel Approach to Printed Arabic Optical Character Recognition

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Numerical Study of the Internal Tide in Upper Loch Linnhe

Supervisor: Simpson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Study in the Experimental Taxonomy of some British Sphagha (section Cuspidata),with observations of their ecology.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Study of the Geomicrobiology of Acid Mine Drainage-impacted Environments, with particular regard to the former Mynydd Parys Copper Mines, North Wales

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Universal Magnetic Carrier for use in Cancer Prodrug Therapy

Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A comparative study of morphology, behaviour and ecology of Chaetogaster Limnaei ( von Baer) from several host species

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A comparison between optical properties measured in the field and the laboratory, and the development of an optical model.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A comparison of methods for selecting untagged animals for breeding purposes

Supervisor: Ap Dewi, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A conceptual e-learning system for teaching mathematics

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A framework of services to provide a persistent data access service for the CORBA environment

Supervisor: Hope, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A knowledge-based systems approach to agroforestry research and extension.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A modelling approach to assessing the environmental impacts of harvesting marine bivalves from natural populations

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. (Supervisor) & Cordes, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A molecular modelling study of electron trapping in polythylene

Supervisor: Quirke, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A molecular study on the adaption and response of plants to windy habitats

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A moment approach to mixed quantum-classical dynamics

Supervisor: Hughes, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A multi-variant investigation of CdTe/CdS photovoltaic material

Supervisor: Irvine, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A new proxy for constraining Palaeotidal simulations for the Northwest European Shelf Seas

Supervisor: Neill, S. (Supervisor) & Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A novel miRNA cluster within the circadian clock gene NPAS2 and the implications of rs1811399, an autism enriched single nucleotide polymorphism

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A novel microwave transmission Line with Impedance matching structures for Haemostasis of upper Gastrointestinal bleeding.

Supervisor: Hancock, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A psychophysiological acquisition device for affective video games

Supervisor: Kuncheva, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A roll-to-roll compatible vacuum-evaporation route to organic circuit production

Supervisor: Taylor, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A scalable approach for efficient and comparable characterisation of smallholder farming systems: The Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey RHoMIS

Supervisor: Pagella, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study into the growth kinetics and properties of thin film zinc oxide deposited by MOCVD

Supervisor: Irvine, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study of electro-active properties of polymer/ceramic comosites

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study of excretion in the slug Agriolimax reticulatus

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study of microbial communities and interactions in extremely acidic environments.

Supervisor: Johnson, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study of neosporosis in cattle and sheep in Ireland

Supervisor: Lehane, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study of novel acidophilic Firmicutes and their potential applications in biohydrometallurgy

Supervisor: Johnson, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study of the geochemical and microbial interactions in acidic environments and their potential application for the bioremediation of acid mine drainage

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study of the microbiological populations of mine wastes

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study of the midgut (reservoir zone) and haemolymph lectins of the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A study on protein sugar interactions: implications for bioprotection

Supervisor: Bone, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A synthetic approach to C₂ symmetric guanidine bases and the synthesis of model compounds of ptilomycalin A

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A time domain description of large amplitude mode vibrations in small molecules

Supervisor: Macdonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A.C. electrokinetic bioassays development of electrorotation assay for analytes in water.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

AC electrokinetic bioassays: development of electrorotation assay for detection of viable and non-viable bacteria and macromolecules

Supervisor: Bone, S. (Supervisor) & Pethig, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

AFLP markers for the study of somatic recombination in Phytophthora infestans

Supervisor: Assinder, S. (Supervisor) & Shaw, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ab-initio and Experimental NEXAFS Spectroscopy Investigations of Graphene: growth and post-processing effects

Supervisor: Campo, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Abiotic Controls on Soil Enzyme Activity and Community Composition of Micro-eukaryotes: A Comparison of Arctic, Temperate and Tropical Peatlands

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Access to nature and its impact on peoples' wellbeing

Supervisor: Willcock, S. (Supervisor), Jones, J. (Supervisor) & Bullock, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Acclimation of cotton (Gossypium) to abiotic stress

Supervisor: Gorham, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Acetamiprid in the environment : The impact of commercial neonicotinoid formulations on soil function and ecology

Supervisor: Cross, P. (Supervisor), Jones, D. (Supervisor), Pywell, R. (External person) (Supervisor) & Hayward, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Acidophilic sulphate reducing bacteria : candidates for bioremediation of acid mine drainage pollution.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Adaptive Models of Chinese Text

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Adaptive models of Arabic text

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Adhesion in lepadomorph barnacles.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advanced Optical Fibre Grating Sensors for Biochemical Applications

Supervisor: Chen, X. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advanced Optical OFDM transceivers for Optical Access Networks

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advanced avalanche photodiode receivers in optical communications.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advanced materials for organic solar cells: influence of generation and pH on PAMAM-Based devices

Supervisor: Mabrook, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advanced study of pentacene-based organic memory structures

Supervisor: Mabrook, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advancing knowledge of microbiallymediated lignocellulose degradation in soil using metagenomics and high-throughput in situ cultivation

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor), McDonald, J. (Supervisor) & Griffiths, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advancing mitogenomics : a case study in the Araneae

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advancing the ecological knowledge base of the dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) off Southern Africa

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

African bamboos: an appraisal with special reference to Oxytenanthera abyssinica, the savanna bamboo

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Age, growth and reproductive assessment of the whelk, Buccinum undatum, in coastal shelf seas

Supervisor: Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Agent based modelling of Malaria

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Agroforestry in the buffer zone of Uganda's Budongo Forest.

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Alginate from brown seaweeds: extraction, characterisation, modification and the studies on its applications for hydrogels

Supervisor: Tai, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

All-dielectric superlens and applications

Supervisor: Wang, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aluminium tolerance in Brachiaria decumbens and Brachiaria ruzizenis

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Amino Acid Substituted Guanidines as Organocatalysts

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Amperometric biosensors for the detection of explosives

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An Advanced Virtual Environment for Rugby Skills Training

Supervisor: John, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An Integrated Low-Cost Agent-Based Environment for Simulating And Validating the Design of Interesting Behaviours for Robots

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor) & Ritsos, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An ecological study of Chaetogaster limnaei( von Baer)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An ecological study of the coral reefs of Kuwait islands

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An economic appraisal of forestry and the forest industries of Greece 1950-1990.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An economic approach to assessing the value of recreation with special reference to forest areas.

Supervisor: Price, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An economic evaluation of agroforestry, forestry and agriculture projects in Orissa, India : with particular reference to financial profitability and basic needs fulfilment.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An empirical study of stream-based techniques for text categorization

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An evaluation of perennial mobile green manures for climate change mitigation in agriculture

Supervisor: Hill, P. (Supervisor) & Chadwick, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An experimental study on the migration of the African armyworm moth, Spodoptera exempta (Walker) (Lepidoptera : Noctuidae).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An in vitro and in vivo study of the mechanical stress-controlling region of the extA extensin gene promoter from Brassica napus.

Supervisor: Shirsat, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An integrated geotechnical-geophysical procedure for the prediction of liquefaction in uncemented sands.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An integrated meteorological / hydrological model for the Mawddach catchment, North Wales

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An interdisciplinary approach to understanding predator modification of antipredator traits in prey

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor), Whiteley, N. (Supervisor), McCarthy, I. (Supervisor) & Gimenez Noya, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An interdisciplinary understanding of coastal resource collection in Wales

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor) & St John, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An investigation into cis and trans acting factors that may influence genomic rearrangements in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An investigation into the spatial scales of genetic and reproductive variation in the scallop Pecten maximus L.

Supervisor: Beaumont, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An investigation of internal mixing processes in a seasonally stratified shelf sea

Supervisor: Simpson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An investigation of microstrip antennas and their feeder structures.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An investigation of the process of microbial decomposition and the ‘enzymic latch’ mechanism in coastal wetland ecosystems

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Anaerobic digestion : its potential to improve the economic and environmental performance of organic farming systems

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysing and Correcting Dyslexic Arabic Texts

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysing the water-energy nexus: Benchmarking efficiency in water services

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor) & Styles, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis and design of organic semiconductor lasers

Supervisor: Shore, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis and synthesis of critical design-thinking for data visualisation designers and learners

Supervisor: Roberts, J. C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of Options by Context for Scaling Agroforestry in Northwest Vietnam

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor) & Pagella, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of biodiversity and soil C storage in the south Konkan coast of Maharashtra (India)

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of cylindrical semiconductor metal-clad nano-lasers

Supervisor: Shore, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of human germ lines genes for clinical applications

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of stem cell genome stability and cancer-associated developmental programmes

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of the Relationship between Pluripotency and DNA Damage Tolerance Recombination in Mammalian Stem Cells

Supervisor: Wakeman, J. (Supervisor) & Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of triglycerides using quantitative NMR techniques

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis, Design and Implementation of Multiple View Visualisations

Supervisor: Roberts, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Anisotropic Magnetic Nanoparticles as Reporters in a Magneto-optic Biodiagnostic System

Supervisor: Prabhakar, J. T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Anti-atherogenic effects of Schistosoma mansoni infection : modulation of host platelets and serum cholesterol

Supervisor: Doenhoff, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Application of DSP methods to sound reproduction.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Application of model based predictive control to a pumped storage hydroelectric plant

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Application of natural stable isotopes in aquaculture nutrition

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Applications of modified plant extracts in controlling parasites

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor) & Al-Dulayymi, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Appraising farm business financial performance indicators.

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Approaches for spacially explicit negotiation of impacts of land use change on ecosystem services

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Approaches to methylcyclopropanes and a new route to methylenecyclopropanes

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Approaches to single enantiomers of cyclopropanes

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Approaches to the synthesis of guanidine containing natural products

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Are we learning? : strengthening local people's capacities to facilitate the recuperation of degraded pasture lands in Central America

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of bacterial disease prevention and control in penaeid prawns

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of the biological and environmental processes affecting cockles in North Wales

Supervisor: Malham, S. (Supervisor), McCarthy, I. (Supervisor) & Birchenough, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of the biology of Sacculina carcini (Crustacea: cirripeda: rhizocephala), with particular emphasis on the larval energy budget.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of the biology of the little cuttlefish, Sepiola atlantica and the common European cuttlefish, Sepia officinalis (Mollusca: Cephalopoda)

Supervisor: Richardson, P. C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of the economics of transformation : harvesting productivity, a case study of different intervention types in the conversion of Welsh sitka spruce to continuous cover forestry

Supervisor: Price, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Aspects of the regulation of food intake in the dab, Limanda limanda (L.).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessing and sentencing illegal behaviours in conservation

Supervisor: Jones, J. P. G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessing high resolution climate data to inform landscape management of climate risk at different scales.: Environmental Science

Supervisor: Roberts, P. (Supervisor) & Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessing landscape-scale patterns of activity and habitat-use by fallow deer (Dama dama) in the Elwy Valley region of North Wales, UK

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor), Cordes, L. (Supervisor) & Shannon, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessing the Performance and Economics of Advanced Burnable Absorbers

Supervisor: Middleburgh, S. (Supervisor) & Lee, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessing the impacts of organic farming on domestic and exporting smallholder farming households in Tanzania : a comparative analysis

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessing the role of DON in semi natural and agricultural ecosystems

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessment of marine recreational fisheries using: social media, fisheries dependent data and image analysis

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (Supervisor), Vidal, F. P. (External person) (Supervisor) & Hyder, K. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessment of surface water quality and quantity in Great Zab river catchment, in the Kurdish region of Iraq

Supervisor: Bird, G. (Supervisor) & McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessment of water use efficiency in the flumen irrigation district, Aragon, Spain, through remote sensing and meteorological data: Repercussions and possibilities of new actions to improve water management strategies.

Supervisor: Cratchley, R. (External person) (Supervisor), Kay, J. (External person) (Supervisor), Hollington, P. (Supervisor), Isern, J. H. (External person) (Supervisor) & Mora, R. D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Automatic Emotion Recognition in English and Arabic text

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Availability, continuity, and selection of maritime DGNSS radiobeacons

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bacterial abundance and larval settlement in the rocky intertidal

Supervisor: Latchford, J. (Supervisor) & Yule, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bacterial degradation of linseed and sunflower oils in salt marsh sediments.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bacterial reservoirs in shellfish and shellfish harvesting waters

Supervisor: Malham, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bahrain marine habitats and some environmental effects on seagrass beds : a study of the marine habitats of Bahrain with particular reference to the effects of water temperature, depth and salinity on seagrass biomass and distribution.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Balanites aegyptiaca: A resource for Improving Nutrition and Income of Dryland Communities in Uganda

Supervisor: Teklehaimanot, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Baroclinic circulation in the Gareloch : a Scottish fjord

Supervisor: Elliott, A. (Supervisor) & Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Basic needs analysis of participants in social forestry projects in north-west Bangladesh.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Basic needs fulfilment and the evaluation of land use alternatives with special reference to forestry in Kerala State, India.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bedload Transport of Sand-Gravel Mixtures in Coastal and Shelf-Sea Environments

Supervisor: Van Landeghem, K. (Supervisor), Baas, J. (Supervisor) & Amoudry, L. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Behaviour and operation of pumped storage hydro plants.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Behaviour of endocrine disrupting chemicals and nitrate in the environment

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Behavioural responses of the shore crab Carcinus maenus to salinity variation.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Behind enemy lines: investigating suppression & coexistence between sympatric carnivores in Plitvice Lakes, Croatia

Supervisor: Hayward, M. W. (External person) (Supervisor) & Jones, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Beyond carbon accounting: A landscape perspective on measuring and monitoring tropical forest degradation

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor) & Klein, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bio-optical properties and its application for ocean colour algorithm in east coast of peninsular Malaysia water

Supervisor: Bowers, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bio-optical studies of coastal waters

Supervisor: Tett, P. (External person) (Supervisor), Bowers, D. (Supervisor) & Lucas, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bioactive carbohydrates: isolation, synthesis and conjugation

Supervisor: Lahmann, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bioaugmentation of oil and fat degradation in the laboratory

Supervisor: Latchford, J. (Supervisor) & Mudge, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biochemical aspects of fascioliasis in domestic and experimental animals.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity and biology of salt marsh and mangal Brachyura in Qatar.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity and colonisation of macrofauna in an artificial lagoon, Qatar

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in coastal marine communities: Towards predicting the consequences of extinction for ecosystem functioning in natural assemblages

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. G. (Supervisor) & Jenkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity and stress response to extremophilic prokaryotes isolated from the Escondida Copper Mine, Chile

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity of the invertebrate communities associated with intertidal mussel beds on rocky shores.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity of the invertebrate community associated with the turf-forming red alga Corallina officinalis in tide pools

Supervisor: Seed, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity, ecosystem function and ecosystem service provision in saltmarsh and sand dune grasslands

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biogeochemical Implications of Plant-Soil Interactions in Peatland Ecosystems

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biological and socio-economic implications of the inshore potting agreement.

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biology and fisheries management of king soldier bream, Argyrops spinifer and spangled emperor, Lethrinus nebulosus in the Arabian Sea, Oman.

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor) & Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biology of interspecies Wolbachia infections

Supervisor: Braig, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biomass production, nutrients and root characteristics of fallow species and the utilization of its biomass as a phosphorus source for the common bean (phaseolus vulgaris L.)

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bioreduction : an alternative strategy for storing fallen stock prior to disposal

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bioremediation of poly-aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contaminated soil by co-composting

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biosystematic and cytological studies of mosses and liverworts.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biotic and abiotic control of microbial community structure and activity in forest soils

Supervisor: Jones, D. L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Birds using a contemporary neotropical landscape: the effects of forest fragmentation and agricultural landscape structure on neotropical birds

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Building and verifying parallel corpora between Arabic and English

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Business data integration framework for small to medium enterprises (BDIFS) : a service-based framework to support eBusiness data interoperability for small to medium enterprises (SMEs)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Calcareous algae of the silurian of the Welsh border

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Can a woodland activity programme benefit participant wellbeing and change the way they use woods?

Supervisor: Morrison, V. (Supervisor), Wynne-Jones, S. (Supervisor) & Dandy, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon Allocation in Barley Plants

Supervisor: Farrar, J. F. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon and economic performance of coffee agroforestry systems in Costa Rica and Nicaragua

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon stocks and productivity in mangroves under climate change: regional and global perspectives

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor), Skov, M. (Supervisor) & Walton, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon storage in Orchards

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Catchment Influences on Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentration and Character; Implications for Potable Water Treatment and Trihalomethane Control

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Categorisation of Arabic Twitter Text

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cation Profiling in Normal Nasal Mucus

Supervisor: Murphy, L. (Supervisor) & Hill, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Causes of light backscattering by particles in the open ocean and the coastal zone

Supervisor: Mitchelson-Jacob, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cayman Islands Marine Protected Areas, their status, effects and future

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Changes in colour and contrast perception between day and night vision

Supervisor: Mantiuk, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Chaos synchronisation phenomena in semiconductor lasers

Supervisor: Spencer, P. (Supervisor) & Pierce, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation and applications of AC impedance biosensors

Supervisor: Bone, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation and lifetime studies of CPDT- and BT- based photovoltaic cells

Supervisor: Kettle, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of Hg-containing dental amalgam; a synergy between experiment and density functional theory

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of a novel role for the cancer-associated protein Translin in the regulation of genome stability

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of genes encoding peritrophins from the peritrophic matrix of Diptera : Drosophila and Glossina.

Supervisor: Lehane, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of human PRDM9 and TEX19 as potential oncogenic cancer testis genes

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of human TDRD12 and LKAAEAR1 as potential oncogenic cancer testis antigen genes with clinical potential

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of non-metal cation polyborate salts and silicate solutions

Supervisor: Beckett, M. A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of novel genome regulation functions of the cancer-associated proteins Translin and Trax

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of the acetate non-utilising mutant 1 of Arabidopsis.

Supervisor: Hooks, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of the interactions between amino acid derivatives and phenolic compounds

Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characteristics of cultivated Calamus Manan grown under rubber tree canopy and the properties of acetylated rattan

Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor) & Hill, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterizing the mechanical properties and behaviour of Gigantochloa scortechinii for structural applications

Supervisor: Breese, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Chemical modification of rubberwood (Hevea Brasiliensis Muell. Arg) with acetic anhydride and hexanoic anhydride

Supervisor: Hill, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Circulation, mixing and renewal in the Clyde Sea

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Climate change and Welsh catchments: Implications for hydrological regime, water quality and water abstraction

Supervisor: Patil, S. (Supervisor) & Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Climate change and dissolved organic carbon : impacts on drinking water supplies

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Climate-driven changes in the recruitment success of marine invertebrates: the role of food supply and temperature

Supervisor: Gimenez Noya, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Co-production of knowledge with Indigenous peoples for UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Higaonon Food Ethnobotany, and a discovery of a new Begonia species in Mindanao, Philippines

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor) & Mollee, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Coastal Area Modelling: Sand Transport and Morphological Change

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Coastal and shelf sea hydro-morphodynamic modelling using process-based and data-based techniques

Supervisor: Neill, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cobalt(III), Copper(II), and Nickel(II) coordination compounds as cations in Polyborate Chemistry

Supervisor: Beckett, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cohesive sediment dynamics on a mudflat within the macrotidal Conwy estuary, North Wales, U.K.

Supervisor: Jago, C. (Supervisor) & Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Combinatorial, heterocyclic and guanidine chemistry

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor) & Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Combined dual wavelength interferometer and laser scattering monitor for multi-wafer MOCVD

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Combined effects of hydrodynamics and cohesive clay on bedform morphology and migration on sandy tidal flats

Supervisor: Baas, J. (Supervisor), Thorne, P. D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Amoudry, L. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Combining local and scientific knowledge about tree fodder evaluation and management in the hills of Nepal

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Combining the use of accelerometry and GPS to measure free-flight performance in homing pigeons (Columbia livia)

Supervisor: Whiteley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Communicating with chaotic semiconductor lasers

Supervisor: Shore, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Community level effects of variable recruitment of a key species Mytilus edulis L. in the rocky intertidal

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor) & Hawkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Community-scale viral ecology of agricultural soils and implications for biosolids disposal, wastewater treatment and public health

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Comparative Genomics of the Human Follicle Mite Demodex Folliculorum

Supervisor: Braig, H. R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Comparative Phylogeography and species delimitation of the Arabian Peninsula lizards

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Comparative morphologies and life histories amongst montane tree species in north-western Argentina

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Comparative physicochemical characterisation of thermally modified wood

Supervisor: Breese, M. (Supervisor) & Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Comparative studies in the pathology of radiomimetic conditions

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Comparison of breeding strategies to improve salt tolerance of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Comparison of nitrogen losses associated with sheep excreta deposition on temperate lowland and upland grassland soils

Supervisor: Chadwick, D. (Supervisor), Krol, D. J. (External person) (Supervisor) & Waters, S. M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Compatibilisation of natural fibres for use in polypropylene matrix composites

Supervisor: Hill, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Competitive interactions between Coffea arabica L. and fast-growing timber shade trees

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Complementary uses of stable isotope and dietary metabarcoding analyses for trophic web determination in freshwater and estuarine tropical fishes

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor), Fenner, N. (Supervisor), Milner, N. (Supervisor), Urakawa, H. (External person) (Supervisor) & Parsons, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Compositionally Complex Alloys in Accident Tolerant Fuel Coating Systems

Supervisor: Rushton, M. (Supervisor) & Middleburgh, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Compression-based Methods for the Automatic Cryptanalysis of Classical Ciphers

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Compression-based Parts-of-Speech Tagger for the Arabic Language

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Computational and theoretical studies of the Langmuir Trough experiment

Supervisor: Quirke, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Computational simulations of thermally activated magnetisation dynamics at high frequencies

Supervisor: Chantrell, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Computer-aided control system design using optimization methods.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conditioning of Manila clam broodstock on natural and artificial diets.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conducting polymers for use in supercapacitors : an electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical investigation into low bandgap thiophene derivatives.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conjugated Polymers Based on 4-Substituted Fluorenes and Fluorenones

Supervisor: Perepichka, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conservation and ecotourism in Kibale National Park, Uganda.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conservation of Mangifera sylvatica: a Wild Fruit Species for Health and Livelihoods

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conservation of U.K. dune system native Lacertidae species

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conservation of the demersal fisheries resources within the 25NM Maltese Fisheries Management Zone

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Constructed wetlands for the treatment of British mine drainage waters : a biogeochemical approach.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Contemporary ecology and stable isotope geochemistry of benthic foraminiferids in the Celtic Sea.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Contemporary sediment dynamics and Holocene evolution of Hamford Water, Essex, England.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Control of pathogenic bacteria in marine larval culture systems

Supervisor: Jones, D. A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Controls on exchange in a subtropical tidal embayment, Maputo Bay

Supervisor: Simpson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Controls on stratification in the Rhine ROFI system

Supervisor: Simpson, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cordeauxia edulis (Yeheb) : resource status, utilisation and management in Ethiopia

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cost benefit analysis and sustained yield forestry in India.

Supervisor: Price, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cost-benefit analysis for global environmental issues with a case study of biodiversity conservation in Madagascar

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Coupled biochemical processes for the synthesis of unusual amino acids

Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor), Baird, M. (Supervisor) & Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Coverage and performance prediction of DGPS systems employing radiobeacon transmissions

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Crab foraging behaviour : prey size and species selection in Carcinus maenas (L.) and Cancer pagurus L.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cryopreservation of ram semen for artificial insemination.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Customised TAA cations as counter ions in silicates and related systems

Supervisor: Beckett, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

DNA barcoding and population genetic structure of Malaysian marine fishes

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor) & Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

DSP-based Real-Time Enabling Technologies for Future Cloud Access Networks

Supervisor: Giddings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

DSP-enabled Reconfigurable Optical Network Devices and Architectures for Cloud Access Networks

Supervisor: Giddings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Decay resistance of modified wood

Supervisor: Hill, C. (Supervisor) & Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Decoherence, dephasing and quantum tunnelling in molecules with large amplitude vibrations

Supervisor: Macdonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Decomposition of tree leaf litter and formation of soil organic matter

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Deep soil: investigating carbon sequestration potential and greenhouse gas behaviour in agricultural subsoil

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Chadwick, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Defining a High Throughput Sequencing identification framework for freshwater ecosystem biomonitoring

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Defining marine meiofaunal genetic diversity using 454 sequencing

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Deforestation in Jefara Plain, Libya: Socio-economic and Policy Drivers (Algarabulli District case study)

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Degradation and outdoor performance monitoring of next generation solar cells for building integrated appliscation

Supervisor: Kettle, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Demography of animal modular colonies.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dendroecology, history and dynamics of mixed woodlands at the upper timberline of the central Italian Alps

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Depth zonation patterns of benthic communities and reef production framework on contemporary coral reefs

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor) & Roche, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Design and analysis of adaptively modulated optical orthogonal frequency division multiple access multiband passive optical networks

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor) & Shore, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Design and application of a recirculating flume for the assessment of geotechnical and geophysical indicators of cohesive sediment erodibility.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Design, Implementation and Analysis of Real-Time Optical OFDM Transceivers

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Design, Implementation and Analysis of a 5.8 GHz Radar for Insect and Micro-Target Monitoring

Supervisor: Palego, C. (Supervisor) & Cross, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Design, synthesis and characterization of novel low band gap conjugated polymers for use in bulk heterojunction photovoltaic solar cells

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Designing and Creating Micro Visualisations

Supervisor: Roberts, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds Using Fuel Cell Sensors

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Detection of saline intrusions in coastal and estuarine sediments.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Determinants of health in horticultural workers: a comparison of national and international supply chains

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Determining the habitat requirements of demersal fish for the design of marine protected areas

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing a PPM based named entity recognition system for geo-located searching on the Web

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing a Planning Tool for Heritage Interpretation

Supervisor: Pierce, S. (Supervisor) & Lane, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing coupled Reduced Order Models for Shielding and Reactor Physics applications

Supervisor: Spencer, P. (Supervisor), Pierce, I. (Supervisor), Pain, C. (External person) (Supervisor) & Smith, P. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing fodder resources on the forest grasslands of tribal areas in Western India: a participatory approach

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing in-situ and real-time methods of soil nitrogen determination

Supervisor: Williams, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing the Structure Function Method for Evaluating Turbulent Kinetic Energy Dissipation Rate

Supervisor: Rippeth, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development and Application of Molecular Tools for the analysis of Animal Parts and Derivatives

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development and application of forensic genetic typing systems for wildlife species

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development and characterisation of a novel biological system for removing manganese from contaminated waters

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of a Comprehensive Information Security System for UAE e-Government

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of a Continuous Hot Embossing System for Multifunctional Surface Structures

Supervisor: Kettle, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of a new analytical method to diagnose tuberculosis

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor) & Al-Dulayymi, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of a novel integrated system for bioremediating and recovering transition metals from acid mine drainage

Supervisor: Johnson, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of a power based angle of arrival system for tracking of bee utlilising a miniature vibration energy harvester for a battery-less transmitter

Supervisor: Cross, P. (Supervisor) & Palego, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of alginate hydrogels for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers

Supervisor: Williams, D. (Supervisor) & Tai, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of bioinfirmatic analytical approach to identify novel human cancer testis gene candidates

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of bioprocessor chip technology

Supervisor: Pethig, R. (Supervisor) & Burt, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of new diagnostic devices for TB

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of optical fibre devices for distributed monitoring and point-sensing applications

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of thin film flexible and transparent electronics

Supervisor: Kettle, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Devices and techniques for the dielectrophoretic characterisation and manipulation of cells

Supervisor: Pethig, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dibenzothiophene-S,S-dioxide Based Conjugated Molecular and Polymeric Materials for Organic Electronics

Supervisor: Perepichka, I. (Supervisor) & Al-Dulayymi, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Digestion and the systemic control of appitite in the dab, Limanda limanda (L.)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Digital Filter Multiplexing-enabled Advanced Networking Devices and PON Architectures for 5G Network Convergence

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Digital Orthogonal Filtering-enabled Flexible Transmission Systems and Network Architectures for Fixed and Wireless Network Convergence

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor) & Giddings, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dimensional instability of cement bonded particleboard : understanding its occurrence and reducing its magnitude

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dimensional stabilisation by chemical modification of wood

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Discovering Interesting Behaviours in Complex Systems

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in freshwater ecosystems

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Golyshin, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dissolved organic matter in the Southern Ocean

Supervisor: Thomas, D. (Supervisor) & Kennedy, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution of Nephrops norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758) larvae in the western Irish Sea and its relation to physical structure

Supervisor: Hill, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution of the plankton community in the Ria Formosa, a coastal lagoon in south eastern Portugal

Supervisor: Yule, D. A. B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution, Diversity, and Function of Filterable Microorganisms in the Conwy River

Supervisor: Golyshin, P. (Supervisor), Golyshina, O. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution, concentration and bonding factors affecting the performance of water repellents applied to wood

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Distribution, diversity and relationships in Dendrocalamus hamiltonii Munro: an appraisal using GIS and AFLP markers

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Disturbance and climate change risks to forest carbon sinks and potential management responses

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Divergence and speciation of East African haplochromine cichlid fish

Supervisor: Turner, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Diverse approaches to modelling conformations of mycolic acids from Myobactrium tuberculosis

Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Does Co-Management programme reconcile community interests and forest conservation:A Case study of Malawi

Supervisor: Pullin, A. (Supervisor) & Hockley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Drivers and consequences of individual movement patterns in northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis)

Supervisor: Cordes, L. (Supervisor), Bishop, C. (Supervisor) & Thompson, P. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Drivers of land use change and policy analysis: the case of Bangladesh

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Drivers of thermocline shear in seasonally stratified shelf seas

Supervisor: Rippeth, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dye-sensitised solar cells: understanding the interactions between dyes and TiO2

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor) & Butler, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dynamics and characteristics of organo-mineral aggregates in shelf seas

Supervisor: Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dynamics of sands and suspended particulate matter in the macrotidal Conwy estuary, North Wales, U.K.

Supervisor: Jago, C. (Supervisor), Huws, D. (Supervisor) & Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecological studies on the tick Dermacentor reticulatis.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecology and habitat use of flatfishes

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecology and silviculture of Osyris lanceolata (African sandalwood) : an aromatic tree of Tanzania

Supervisor: Teklehaimanot, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecology and socio-economic importance of short fallows in the humid forest zone of Southern Cameroon.

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecology of Fibrobacter spp. in cellulose-degrading microbial communities

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economic assessment of reduced impact logging in Sabah, Malaysia.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economics of household energy in Miombo woodlands of Eastern and Southern Tanzania

Supervisor: Price, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economics of production and export of vegetables in Bangladesh

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecophysiology of ecotypes : An investigation in the ecophysiology of sand dune ecotypes

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecophysiology of strains A and C of Potamophyrgus jenkinsi

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecosystem engineers in diversity and process relationships

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecosystem services from bivalve aquaculture

Supervisor: Malham, S. (Supervisor), Le Vay, L. (Supervisor), Jones, L. (External person) (Supervisor), Christie, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Wilson, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of Chemically Modified Transport Layers on Photovoltaic Behavior of P3HT:IC70BA-Based Organic Solar Cell

Supervisor: Mabrook, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of climate variability and extreme events on microbial activity in soils

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Hill, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of elevated atmospheric CO₂ on phosphorus cycling in a short rotation poplar plantation

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of slate quarrying on the Barlwyd catchment and remediation strategies

Supervisor: Roberts, P. (Supervisor) & Bird, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effectiveness of halophytic plants in the treatment of marine aquaculture wastewater

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of Erythrina poeppigiana pruning residues on soil organic matter in organic coffee plantations

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of Multiple Stressors on the Development and Performance of Decapod Crustaceans

Supervisor: Gimenez Noya, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of atmospheric CO₂ enrichment on root processes and mycorrhizal functioning in short rotation intensive poplar plantation

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of copper on the acorn barnacle Elminius modestus (Darwin) (Cirripedia:Thoracica).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of grazing and nitrogen deposition on sand dune systems.

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor) & Jones, L. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of in situ oceanic warming on marine benthic recruitment and community development in Antarctica

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of marine recreation on bottlenose dolphins in Cardigan Bay

Supervisor: Evans, P. (Supervisor), Cordes, L. (Supervisor), Waggitt, J. (Supervisor) & Turner, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of pH on nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils

Supervisor: Jones, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Wright, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of salinity on soils of the Gefara Plain, Libya

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of seed production environment and post harvest management on seed production, viability and vigour of seeds of pea and flax

Supervisor: Wright, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of silvopastoral areas on dual-purpose cattle production at the semi-humid old agricultural frontier in Central Nicaragua

Supervisor: Ap Dewi, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of temperature and waterlogging on cotton seedlings roots

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of turbulence on suspended sediment concentrations in a tidal flow.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of water stress and salinity on contrasting wheat genotypes.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrical characterisation of organic nanostructures

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrical conductance and gating of porin channels in lipid bilayers

Supervisor: Taylor, D. M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrical properties of self-assembled films

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrical, Environmental and Optical Stress Effects on PS-DNTT OTFTs

Supervisor: Taylor, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrochemical and spectroelectrochemical studies on polythiophene derivatives

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrokinetic manipulation of particles : computer aided studies.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrophilic Substitution in Aromatic Systems

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Electrorotation analysis on artificial particles.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Elucidating the causes and consequences of individual behaviour: personality & plasticity in the marine gastropod, Littoraria irrorata.

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Elucidating the impact of novel A1 and A2 Phytophthora infestans strains on existing Irish blight populations

Supervisor: Wright, D. (External person) (Supervisor), Mullins, E. (External person) (Supervisor) & Shaw, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Emerging opportunities for native woodland expansion in Britain's crowded future landscapes

Supervisor: Wynne-Jones, S. (Supervisor) & Dandy, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Endophytic fungi in Elms:implications for the integrated management of Dutch Elm Disease

Supervisor: Rayment, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enhanced Resource Discovery Mechanisms for Unstructured Peer-to-Peer Network Environments

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enhanced phosphate cycling using Tithonia diversifolia

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Enhancing carbon sequestration in peatlands using exogenous phenolic inhibitors

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor), Jones, T. (Supervisor), Dunn, C. (Supervisor) & Gough, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environment and livelihood systems in the forest-savanna interface: a study in Brong Ahafo region Ghana

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental and biological controls of Mg/Ca, Sr/Ca and Mn/Ca ratios in the shells of the bivalves Pinna nobilis, Mytilus edulis and Pecten maximus : implications for palaeo-environmental reconstructions

Supervisor: Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental effects on the growth and biochemical composition of four micoalgae, in relation to their use as food for Mytilus edulis larval rearing.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental impact assessment in the forest sector of Great Britain.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental impact of integrating legumes into European food systems

Supervisor: Styles, D. (Supervisor), Gibbons, J. (Supervisor), Chadwick, D. (Supervisor) & Rees, R. M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental impacts in the water-energy nexus: quantification and mitigation in the food and drink sector

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor) & Styles, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Environmental sustainability of intensive rice systems in Bangladesh: key stakeholders' perceptions

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Epidemiological gene carriage study of gram-negative extended spectrum β-Lactamase-producing bacteria in urinary tract infection patients in North Wales: isolation of a novel CTXM-type enzyme

Supervisor: Williams, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Epidemiology of the African armyworm (Spodoptera exempta) : intra- and interseasonal variability in outbreak severity in Eastern Africa in relation to weather and moth migration.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Erosional resilience of salt marshes: : Bio-physical processes from patch to national scales

Supervisor: Skov, M. (Supervisor), Jenkins, S. (Supervisor) & Garbutt, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Establishing multi-bivalve species Sclerochronology

Supervisor: Scourse, J. (Supervisor) & Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy