Genetic resources and selection methods for drought and salinity resistance in durum wheat

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic variation in field emergence and related traits in naked and covered spring barley

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic variation of Castanea sativa Mill

Supervisor: Cahalan, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic variation of juglans regia L.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genome-wide analysis of topoisomerase removal after campothecin treatment in the context of replication and transcription

Supervisor: Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genomic Tools for Conservation and Management of Manta and Devil Rays (Mobula Spp.)

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor), Creer, S. (Supervisor), Ogden, R. (External person) (Supervisor) & De Bruyn, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genomic analysis of bacterial species associated with Acute Oak Decline

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor) & Golyshin, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genomic analysis of shifts in life history traits in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genotype, environment and disease resistance in hill sheep

Supervisor: Cahalan, C. (Supervisor) & Ap Dewi, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Geochemical and mineralogical studies of the weathering of Silurian argillaceous rocks

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Geophysical evaluation of the geotechnical properties of Quaternary sediments fron the continental margin, northwest of the UK

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Geophysical properties of surficial sediments : textural and biological controls.

Supervisor: Jago, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Geophysical/sedimentological studies of a Quaternary tidal delta system

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Giving molecular cavity wall extensions (and other topology changes) to pseudo [M7] (M = Co, Ni and Zn) metallocalix[n]arenes (n = 4, 6)

Supervisor: Jones, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Glacial sculpting and post-glacial drowning of the Celtic Sea

Supervisor: Van Landeghem, K. (Supervisor) & Scourse, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Glycinebetaine accumulation in cotton

Supervisor: Gorham, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Grammar-based preprocessing for PPM compression and classification

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Graphs of groups: word computations and free crossed resolutions

Supervisor: Brown, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Greenhouse gas flux response to restoration management in UK lowland peatlands

Supervisor: Evans, C. (Supervisor), Smith, A. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ground level ozone and wheat: an exploration of effects on yield, interactions with nitrogen, and potential sources of sensitivity and tolerance

Supervisor: Hayes, F. (External person) (Supervisor) & Fenner, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Growth and characterisation of functional molecular wires

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Growth and inter-specific interactions in young silvopastoral systems with native timber trees in the dry tropics of Costa Rica

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Growth and physiology of spring wheat under saline conditions.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Growth and survival of Penaeus monodon (Fabricius) larvae and postlarvae on natural and artificial diets.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Guanidine glycomimetics

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Gum Arabic studies in Tanzania: Production, utilization and economic potentials.

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Haemanthamine, zephycandidine and quorum sensing N-Acyl homoserine lactones

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

High Voltage Nanosecond Pulsed Electric Field (nsPEF) Electroporation Systems

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

High capacity optical fibre transmission systems.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

High value products from unused, indigenous plants

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

High-resolution three-dimensional ecosystem mapping of temperate reef systems

Supervisor: Williams, G. (Supervisor) & King, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Holocene climate variability in UK waters based on Arctica islandica sclerochronology

Supervisor: Butler, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Holocene environmental and pedogenic history of the Hiraethog Moors, Clwyd

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Holocene evolution of a coastal barrier complex, Pendine Sands.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Holocene sea-level change in North Wales : the evolution of the Menai Strait

Supervisor: Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hormonal control of growth and reproduction in crabs

Supervisor: Webster, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hormones in Cirripedes

Supervisor: Walker, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

How ‘local’ is local knowledge?: the role of local knowledge in implementing locally appropriate land restoration interventions

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hybrid Group IV Nanophotonics

Supervisor: Nezhad, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hydroacoustics as a tool for the assessment of fishes within existing and candidate marine protected areas (MPAs)

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor) & Le Vay, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hydrocarbon-degradation by bacteria from Antarctica

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hydrology and dune slack habitat: in-depth assessment of the relationship between hydrological regime and plant communities

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Hydrophilic Copolymers from Multi-Vinyl Monomers via Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer Polymerisation for Hydrogel Applications

Supervisor: Tai, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification and analysis of DNA repair pathways that contribute to the survival of cells after nucleoside analogue treatment in Schizossacharomyces pombe

Supervisor: Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification and characterisation of novel cancer testis antigens in human cancer cells

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification and functional characterisation of germ line genes in human cancer cells

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification and functional characterisation of potential novel cancer-testis genes in human cancer cells

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification and testing of enzymes and prodrugs for use in directed enzyme prodrug therapy strategies for the treatment of cancer

Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification of Novel Human Cancer-Testis-Antigen Genes in Cancers

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification of measurable metrics for characterisation of marine turbulent coherent structures in tidal races

Supervisor: Rippeth, T. (Supervisor) & Austin, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification of novel MARK3 substrates and upstream regulators

Supervisor: Muller, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification, Ecology and Function of Armillaria species on oak trees in the Forest of Dean

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor), Hale, M. (Supervisor) & Denman, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identifying and overcoming some key limiting factors in agricultural systems to foster rural social and economic stability in the Northwest department of Haiti

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Image analysis of microscope slides for palynofacies studies

Supervisor: Kuncheva, L. (Supervisor) & Lim, I. S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Immune responses in the blood-feeding insect Stomoxys calcitrans.

Supervisor: Lehane, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Immunobiology of Eledone cirrhosa (Lamarck).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Impact of Land Use Change and Climate Variability on Watershed Hydrology in the Mara River Basin, East Africa

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor), Patil, S. (Supervisor), Feger, K. (External person) (Supervisor) & Julich, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Impact of climate change on belowground carbon storage in the Arctic and UK

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Impact of sea level rise, land reclamation and tidal power plants on regional tidal dynamics

Supervisor: Green, M. (Supervisor) & Rippeth, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Impacts and outcomes of the commercialisation of non-timber forest products on human well being and ecosystems health

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Impacts of Community Forest Management and strictly protected areas on deforestation and human well-being in Madagascar

Supervisor: Jones, J. P. G. (Supervisor), Larsen, H. O. (External person) (Supervisor) & Smith-Hall, C. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Impedimetric biosensor designed for the multiplex detection of cortisol and human growth hormone

Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Implications of forest structure on carbon dioxide fluxes

Supervisor: Knohl, A. (External person) (Supervisor), Rayment, M. (Supervisor) & Moyano, F. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improved TIPS-Pentacene-Based Organic Thin Film Transistors and Their applications; Memory Transistor and Gas Sensing

Supervisor: Mabrook, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improved control of rhododendron ponticum for environmental management

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improved procedures for the transport and storage of fruit and vegetables

Supervisor: Tomos, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Through Novel Wood-based Panel Modifications

Supervisor: Ormondroyd, G. (Supervisor) & Curling, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving crop phosphorus uptake through use of bioinoculants

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor) & Griffith, G. W. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving fallow productivity in the forest and forest-savanna transition of Ghana : a socio-economic analysis of livelihoods and technologies

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving plant conservation interventions through a better understanding of human decision-making

Supervisor: Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving the Carbon Footprinting of Lamb Production

Supervisor: Styles, D. (Supervisor), Chadwick, D. (Supervisor) & Rees, B. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving the estimation of local welfare costs of conservation in low-income countries using choice experiments: Empirical evidence from Madagascar

Supervisor: Hockley, N. (Supervisor), Jacobsen, J. (External person) (Supervisor) & Larsen, H. O. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving the impression of depth perception

Supervisor: Lim, I. S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving the management and productivity of tamarindus indica and ziziphus mauritiana in agroforestry parklands systems in Mali, West Africa

Supervisor: Teklehaimanot, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving the sustainability of cocoa farms in Ghana through utilization of native forest trees in agroforestry systems

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

In-situ reflectance monitoring in MOVPE of a multiwafer reactor

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Incorporating local knowledge in participatory development of soil and water management interventions in the middle hills of Nepal

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Incorporation of trees in smallholder land use systems: Farm characteristics, rates of return and policy issues influencing farmer adoption

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor), Jacobsen, J. B. (External person) (Supervisor) & Sunderland, T. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Increasing agricultural grass production using novel bio-inoculants

Supervisor: Williams, A. (Supervisor) & Withers, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Increasing ecological realism in conservation network design: a case study in Belize and an evaluation of global satellite telemetry for connectivity research

Supervisor: Hayward, M. (Supervisor) & Balkenhol, N. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Indigenous ecological knowledge about the sustainability of tea gardens in the hill evergreen forest of Northern Thailand.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Induction of metamorphosis and seed attachment in hatchery production of the king scallop Pecten maximus (L.) and the blue mussel Mytilus edulis (L.)

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor) & King, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Influence of crop profitability, market, labour and land on smallholder cropping systems in rubber growing areas of Sri Lanka

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Influence of season and temperature on the metabolic costs of survival in the intertidal isopod, Ligia oceanica

Supervisor: Whiteley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Innovative Topical Formulations from Bio-Based Polymers for Transdermal Drug Delivery

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Integrated sensor suite for indoor building inspection with an unmanned aerial vehicle

Supervisor: Pierce, I. (Supervisor) & Mansoor, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Integrating farmers' knowledge and decision-making in the planning of participatory research of cassava/maize intercropping

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Intensity modulation of optical OFDM signals using low-cost semiconductor laser devices for next-generation PONs

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Interaction between the bacterial and phytoplanktonic inorganic nitrogenous nutrition

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Interactions between bacteria, enzymes and the sheep scab mite, Psoroptes ovis

Supervisor: Lehane, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Interactions between components of rubber agroforestry systems in Indonesia.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Interactions, particle size and surface effects in magnetic nanoparticle systems.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Intersubband optical processes in semiconductor quantum wells.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Invasion of host tissue by infective larvae of Ascaris suum (Goeze, 1782)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating fitness consequences of hybridisation between farmed and wild Atlantic salmon

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor), Creer, S. (Supervisor), Glover, K. (External person) (Supervisor) & Taylor, M. I. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating floral resource use by pollinators using pollen DNA metabarcoding

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor) & de Vere, N. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating mechanisms of genome expansion in Corydoradinae catfish

Supervisor: Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the Ecology and Infection Biology of Gymnopus fusipes, a Fungal Root Rot Pathogen of Woodland Trees

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor) & Denman, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the Feasibility of Using Focussed Airborne Ultrasound as Tactile Feedback in Medical Simulators

Supervisor: John, N. W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the foraging preferences of the honeybee, Apis mellifera L., using DNA metabarcoding

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor) & De Vere, N. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the impact of trees and hedgerows on landscape hydrology

Supervisor: Smith, A. (Supervisor), Robinson, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Marshall, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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 farmer health and farm income

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor) & Edwards, R. T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Masters by Research

Investigation into cis and trans acting factors in fission yeast genome stability

Supervisor: Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigation into the physical and chemical properties of soap bubbles with respect to their performance

Supervisor: Fitzsimmons-Thoss, V. (Supervisor) & Lahmann, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigation into the regulation of DNA repair by the S.pombe cell cycle kinase Cdc2-cyclinB

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigation of real-time spectral analysis techniques for use with pulsed ultrasonic doppler blood flow detectors.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigations into low band-gap, semiconducting polymers

Supervisor: Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigations into the biotechnological applications of dielectrophoresis.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigations into the epidemiology of ovine psoroptic mange (scab) in Great Britain : with special reference to otoacariasis and the taxonomy of the genus Psoroptes

Supervisor: Lehane, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor 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

Investigations towards sustainable sea salt production at Halen Môn

Supervisor: Lahmann, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Isolation and development of microsatellite DNA markers in the cockle Cerastoderma Edule

Supervisor: Beaumont, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor 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

Keyframe Summarisation of Egocentric Video

Supervisor: Kuncheva, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Kinetics of the wood-acetic anhydride reaction

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

LAND COVER CHANGE IMPACTS ON WATER AND ENERGY BALANCE IN EAST AFRICA

Supervisor: Patil, S. (Supervisor) & Marshall, M. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Landscape-scale genetic diversity in Fraxinus excelsior L. : genetic structure within and among populations and the influence of regeneration practices on genetic variation

Supervisor: Cahalan, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Laser control of the photoisomerisation of azo-compounds: a theoretical study

Supervisor: Hughes, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Laser-fibre system for in situ stress monitoring of thin films

Supervisor: Irvine, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Late Quaternary benthonic Foraminiferal stratigraphy the western U.K. Continental Shelf.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) on tomato: evaluation of pathogen population structure in Britain and development of resistant tomato cultivars for growing outdoors

Supervisor: Steele, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Late pleistocene sea-level change in the Celtic Sea : radiocarbon dated macrofauna as palaeo-water-depth indicators

Supervisor: Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Latitudinal and climatic driven changes in local patterns of intertidal macroalgae : implications for biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Latitudinal variations in the energy consumption of gammarid amphipods

Supervisor: Whiteley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Leaf ion concentrations and salt tolerance in barley.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Learning Analytics Integrating Student Attendance Data

Supervisor: Perkins, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Lignin based adhesives for particleboard production.

Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Linking On-farm Land Restoration and Livelihoods in the Drylands of Eastern Kenya

Supervisor: Pagella, T. (Supervisor) & Winowiecki, L. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Lithium Accelerated Corrosion of Zirconium Alloys

Supervisor: Middleburgh, S. (Supervisor), Rushton, M. (Supervisor) & Cole-Baker, A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Livestock production and food security in a changing socio-cultural environment due to involuntary relocation of agro-pastoralists into semi-arid areas of Makueni District, Kenya.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Living at the edge: Ecology of Patella species in Britain

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Local knowledge regarding trade-offs among coffee productivity and other ecosystem services in a range of different agroforestry systems in Central America

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Localisation and interactions of adenomatous polyposis coli and Beta-catenin in epithelial and colorectal cancer cells

Supervisor: Wakeman, J. A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Long-term morphological modelling of tidal basins

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Low cost procedures towards photovoltaic devices

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Low temperature routes to heterogeneous catalysts

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

MS, IMS and Computational Studies of Peptide Structure and Enzyme Activity

Supervisor: Paizs, B. (Supervisor) & Murphy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Macrofaunal Diversity and Functioning within Submarine Canyons of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, Western North Atlantic

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Maize and soybean intercropping in Nepal

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Malaria parasites: Oral and Nasal inoculation of mice with iRBC’s & development of P. falciparum mutants with the CRISPR/cas9 system

Supervisor: Braig, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Management of Vitellaria paradoxa in Guinea savanna rangelands in Ghana.

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Marine protected areas : efficacy, implementation and management

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mate choice and reproductive investment in the cheilostome bryozoan Celleporella hyalina (L.).

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mathematical modeling of marine environment contamination using fuzzy set theory

Supervisor: Kuncheva, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Measuring and modelling sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (bong.) carriere) and birch (Betula spp.) crowns, with special reference to terrestrial photogrammetry

Supervisor: Pommerening, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Measuring the effectiveness of conservation governance, policies and programmes in forest protected areas

Supervisor: Pullin, A. (Supervisor) & Laura, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Medicinal plant resources with special reference to Pterocarpus Tinctorius and Strychnos Spinosa at Urumwa, Tabora region, Tanzania

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Metabolomic and volatilomic profiling for the assessment of soil carbon cycling and biological quality

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Metabolomic fingerprinting and profiling of plant materials using HRAM UPLC-MS

Supervisor: Murphy, L. (Supervisor) & Paizs, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Metagenomics approaches to discover new industrially-relevant enzymes

Supervisor: Golyshin, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Metagenomics to determine land use effects on soil ecosystem services

Supervisor: Griffiths, R. (External person) (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Methane in two temperate coastal marine environments

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Microalgal photobioreactors for power plant CO2 mitigation and bioenergy

Supervisor: Thomas, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Microbial metabolism and temperature : comparative studies in the Southern Ocean and a temperate coastal ecosystem

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Microencapsulation : studies on the preparation and characterisation of liquid filled capsules

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Micronutrient studies on cotton growth on Syrian calcareous soils.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Microsatellites of Mites in Forensics

Supervisor: Braig, H. R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Microwave I.F Signal Processing Strategies For Coherent Optical Communications

Supervisor: O'Reilly, J. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Mineral Dynamics in Sea Ice Brines

Supervisor: Kennedy, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mitigating greenhouse gases emission from cattle slurry: An approach for small-medium scale farms

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mitigating the impacts of intensive agriculture on lowland organic soils

Supervisor: Evans, C. D. (External person) (Supervisor), Jones, D. (Supervisor), Chadwick, D. (Supervisor) & McNamara, N. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mode spectrum of laser diodes subject to optical feedback

Supervisor: Spencer, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modeling and Rendering Three-Dimensional Impossible Objects

Supervisor: Lim, I. S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modelling greenhouse gas emissions for the UK and overseas food production

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modelling growth of volume sample and stem analysis trees with reference to site conditions in Wales

Supervisor: Pommerening, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modelling oscillatory flow over vortex ripples using the discrete vortex method

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modelling the impacts of agri-environment scheme options on plants and soils

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Smart, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Moderately thermophilic acidophiles and their use in mineral processing

Supervisor: Johnson, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modification of starch and isolated hemicelluloses

Supervisor: Tomkinson, J. (Supervisor) & Hill, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modified Peptides for Drug Delivery

Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modulation of Human ATM-Chk2 and ATR-Chk1 Kinases by Period-1 in the Response to DNA Damage and the Role of the Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Per1-A962P in the Response to Genotoxic Stress

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Molecular Detection of Totiviruses in Medically Important Arthropods and Parasites

Supervisor: Papadopulos, A. (Supervisor) & Braig, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Molecular Phylogeography and Venom Evolution of Trimeresurus stejnegeri in Taiwan.

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Molecular methods for species –specific identification of Bacillus species

Supervisor: Braig, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Molecular phylogeography of the neotropical rattlesnake Crotalus durissus

Supervisor: Wüster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Molecular recognition of peptides.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Molecular recognition of petides: basis for design and delivery of peptide therapeutics

Supervisor: Payne, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Molecular rectification from ultra-thin organic films

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Molecular studies using the Aspergillu nidulans a-COP homologue

Supervisor: Assinder, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mona maritime trail llwybr Mon a mor

Supervisor: Morris, B. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Monitoring and analysis of the structure, function and biodiversity of soils

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor), Robinson, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Monitoring the condition of semi-natural vegetation: the application of remote sensing and geographical information systems (GIS)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Multidisciplinary approach to support the design of a local policy of payment for hydrological ecosystem services, in a microwatershed located in northern Veracruz Mexico

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Multilocus phylogeography and species delimitation in the widespread African puff adder (Bitis arietans), and the systematics of the genus Bitis

Supervisor: Wüster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Multivariate statistical analyses in lipid biomarker studies

Supervisor: Mudge, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mussel assemblages as biomonitors of anthropogenic disturbance in estuarine environments

Supervisor: Seed, R. (Supervisor) & Mudge, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mussel production carrying capacity : the need for an in situ and multidisciplinary approach

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Mutagenesis, spectroscopic and crystallographic studies of recombinant cytochrome c' from Alcaligenes xylosoxidans

Supervisor: Murphy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

NEXAFS Spectroscopy Studies of Polymer Nanocomposites

Supervisor: Campo, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

NMR studies of borate and silicate systems involving Na / TAA cations.

Supervisor: Beckett, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Nanofabrication approaches for Group IV Photonic MEMS devices

Supervisor: Nezhad, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Natural regeneration and bark production in Prunus Africana (Hook.F.) Kalkman (Rosaceae) and its sustainable utilization and conservation in Kenya

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Natural regeneration models for Sitka spruce and other conifers in continuous cover forestry

Supervisor: Gibbons, J. (Supervisor) & Cahalan, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Natural variations in the zooxanthellae of temperate symbiotic Anthozoa.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Nestling begging in Southern Grey Shrikes

Supervisor: Wright, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

New reactions relating to Lewis acidic properties of borate esters

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

New roles of S.pombe Casein kinase 1 epsilon (Hhp1) in DNA replicatation stress

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Nitrogen donor complexes of molybdenum and tungsten and new routes to bis-1,2 & tris-1,2,3 substituted ferrocenes

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Nitrogen dynamics in boreal forests

Supervisor: DeLuca, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

No-take or no way: The case for a no-take policy along the Cocos-Galapagos Swimway: Critical analysis of published works

Supervisor: Turner, J. (Supervisor) & McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Non-invasive techniques for studying behavioural mechanisms and physiological states of marine invertebrates

Supervisor: Hughes, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Nonlinear Dynamics of Discrete Mode Lasers and Applications

Supervisor: Hong, Y. (Supervisor) & Spencer, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Norovirus contamination of Mytilus edulis shellfisheries : assessing the threat to human health

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel Isoforms and Functions of the S.pombe Rad9 Checkpoint Protein

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Novel Roles of the Circadian Clock Protein Neuronal PAS Domain Protein 2 (NPAS2) in the Response to Oxidative andHeat Stress

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel Variants of the DNA Damage Checkpoint Protein Cds1 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel Variants of the DNA Damage Checkpoint Protein Hus1 in Fission Yeast and Human Cells

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel bio-active fatty acids

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel di- and multitopic hydroxamate ligands towards discrete and extended network complexes

Supervisor: Jones, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel dielectrophoretic techniques for the manipulation of bio-particles

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel isoforms and functions of the S. pombe Rad9 checkpoint protein

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel roles of the Canadian clock protein neuronal PAS domain protein 2 (NPAS2) in the response to oxidative and heat stress

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Nucleotide excision repair-independent functions of the XPG homologue Rad13 of fission yeast

Supervisor: Fleck, O. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Nutritional studies on fish and crustacean larvae

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Observations and modelling of the western Irish Sea gyre

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Observations of cold pool jets in the continental shelf of the Celtic Sea

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

On the mechanical properties of bast fibre reinforced thermosetting polymer matrix composites.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

On-site Wastewater Treatment Systems as Sources of Phosphorus and other Pollutants in Rural Catchments: Characteristics and Tracing Approaches

Supervisor: Withers, P. (Supervisor) & Stutter, M. I. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Operational Ocean Modelling: a Critical Evaluation of Published Works

Supervisor: Bowers, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optical Effects on the Dynamical Properties of Semiconductor Laser Devices and Their Applications

Supervisor: Hong, Y. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optical Measurements of Suspended Sediments

Supervisor: Bowers, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optical OFDM with Multiple Information-carrying Dimensions for Elastic Access Networks

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optical characterisation of suspended particulate matter in estuaries and near coastal waters

Supervisor: Jones, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optical pulse generation using an optically injected Nd:YVO4 laser

Supervisor: Shore, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optical receiver design and optimisation for multi-gigahertz applications

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optical remote sensing of sediments and phytoplankton pigments in an estuary: towards retrieving CDOM and salinity

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optimal operating conditions and security considerations for optical chaos communications

Supervisor: Shore, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optimisation of biogas production by advanced process monitoring and the effect of mixing frequency on biogas reactors with and without microbial support media

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optimising Kinematic Systems Using Crowd-Sourcing and Genetic Algorithms

Supervisor: Ap Cenydd, L. (Supervisor) & Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Oral and nasal infectivity and immunogenicity of Plasmodium berghei and yoelii sporozoites and longevity of Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites and schizonts

Supervisor: Braig, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Organic MIS devices based on a high-k dielectric

Supervisor: Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Organic acids behavior in calcareous soils

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy