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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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