School of Environmental & Natural Sciences
- 2020
Implications of forest structure on carbon dioxide fluxes
Author: Tamrakar, R., 29 Jun 2020Supervisor: Knohl, A. (External person) (Supervisor), Rayment, M. (Supervisor) & Moyano, F. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Analysis of Options by Context for Scaling Agroforestry in Northwest Vietnam
Author: Nguyen, M. P., 6 Jul 2020Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor) & Pagella, T. (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
Author: Edowik, Y., 6 Jul 2020Supervisor: Williams, M. (External person) (Supervisor) & Caspari, T. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Functional analysis of the cancer-associated proteins Translin and Trax reveal a novel function in genome stability control
Author: Alahmadi, H. A. S., 6 Jul 2020Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Anisotropic Magnetic Nanoparticles as Reporters in a Magneto-optic Biodiagnostic System
Author: Armstrong, O., 7 Jul 2020Supervisor: Prabhakar, J. T. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Impact of shelter on sheep behaviour during the neonatal period
Author: Pritchard, C., 7 Jul 2020Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor), Smith, A. (Supervisor), Davies, P. (External person) (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
Characterisation of a novel role for the cancer-associated protein Translin in the regulation of genome stability
Author: Althagafi, H., 14 Jul 2020Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The functional characterisation of potential oncogenic roles of the human germ line genes PRDM9 and TEX19
Author: Alharthi, F., 3 Aug 2020Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The potential of biological nitrification inhibitors to suppress soil nitrification and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Author: Ma, Y., 10 Aug 2020Supervisor: Chadwick, D. (Supervisor), Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Cardenas, L. M. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
From morphology to microbiome: common garden studies in wild, farmed and hybrid Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
Author: Perry, W., 12 Aug 2020Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor), Creer, S. (Supervisor), Glover, K. A. (External person) (Supervisor), Solberg, M. F. (External person) (Supervisor), Llewellyn, M. (Supervisor) & Taylor, M. I. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Have stripe patterns influenced the social behaviour and cohesion of the plains zebra (Equus quagga)?
Author: Smith, D., 24 Aug 2020Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor) & Hayward, M. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
Exploring the mismatch between policy objectives and outcomes in Participatory Forest Management in Tanzania
Author: Magessa, K., 7 Sept 2020Supervisor: Hockley, N. (Supervisor) & Wynne-Jones, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Aboveground biomass of a South West Florida mangrove stand
Author: Greer, B., 10 Sept 2020Supervisor: Fenner, N. (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
Author: Gurnett, S., 21 Sept 2020Supervisor: Winder, I. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
Identification, Ecology and Function of Armillaria species on oak trees in the Forest of Dean
Author: Diggens, M., 23 Sept 2020Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor), Hale, M. (Supervisor) & Denman, S. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Sexual Dimorphism in the Common Hippopotamus
Author: Sadler, P., 1 Oct 2020Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
Stabilised silicate and borate solutions for foliar agricultural sprays
Author: Rixon, T., 15 Oct 2020Supervisor: Beckett, M. (Supervisor) & Al-Dulayymi, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Metabolomic fingerprinting and profiling of plant materials using HRAM UPLC-MS
Author: Potter, C., 27 Oct 2020Supervisor: Murphy, L. (Supervisor) & Paizs, B. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Synthetic Lipid Antigens for the Detection of Tuberculosis via ELISA and Novel Point-of-Care Flow-Through Assay
Author: Hacking, J., 9 Dec 2020Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The environmental cost-benefits of improving pasture productivity on upland cattle systems
Author: Williams, N., 9 Dec 2020Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor) & Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2021
Can a woodland activity programme benefit participant wellbeing and change the way they use woods?
Author: Gittins, H., 2021Supervisor: Morrison, V. (Supervisor), Wynne-Jones, S. (Supervisor) & Dandy, N. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Climate change and Welsh catchments: Implications for hydrological regime, water quality and water abstraction
Author: Dallison, R., 2021Supervisor: Patil, S. (Supervisor) & Williams, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Estimating the contribution of beekeeping to household wellbeing and conservation motivations in the Tanzanian Miombo
Author: Wagner, K., 2021Supervisor: Cross, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The effect of observing trained conspecifics on the rate of spatial learning, navigation strategy and motivation in goldfish, Carassius auratus
Author: Blane, J., 2021Supervisor: Holland, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
Cultivation of Extremely Acidophilic Archaea from an Acid Mine Drainage Site
Author: Tyler, J., 12 Jan 2021Supervisor: Golyshina, O. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
LAND COVER CHANGE IMPACTS ON WATER AND ENERGY BALANCE IN EAST AFRICA
Author: Musau, J., 19 Jan 2021Supervisor: Patil, S. (Supervisor) & Marshall, M. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
MS, IMS and Computational Studies of Peptide Structure and Enzyme Activity
Author: Chaplin, D., 1 Feb 2021Supervisor: Paizs, B. (Supervisor) & Murphy, L. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Road noise alters foraging duration and vigilance behaviour of three common tit species
Author: Chapman, J., 2 Feb 2021Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
Stimuli Responsive Hyperbranched Polymers for Anti-cancer Drug Delivery Synthesized Via RAFT Polymerization
Author: Blackburn, C., 2 Feb 2021Supervisor: Tai, H. (Supervisor) & Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Synthesis of single enantiomers of ω-1 methoxy mycolic acids from Mycobacterium alvei
Author: Alhuwaymil, Z., 11 Feb 2021Supervisor: Al-Dulayymi, J. (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.
Author: Brass, J., 23 Feb 2021Supervisor: Jones, K. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
Determining the consequences of forest degradation on mangrove epifauna in South-East Kenya
Author: Barbanera, A., 24 Feb 2021Supervisor: Markesteijn, L. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
Abiotic Controls on Soil Enzyme Activity and Community Composition of Micro-eukaryotes: A Comparison of Arctic, Temperate and Tropical Peatlands
Author: Alajmi, F. E. M., 2 Mar 2021Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
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Evaluation of low phytic acid (lpa) mutants of cereals for global phosphorus sustainability
Author: Agesa, B., 3 Mar 2021Supervisor: Steele, K. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Rensch’s Rule and the Drivers of Sexual Dimorphism in Ungulates
Author: Roylance-Casson, E., 9 Mar 2021Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
Interspecific Differences in Treefrog Response to Artificial Light at Night and Spectral Manipulation
Author: Harcourt, A., 26 May 2021Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
Soil proteases: widening the bottleneck of the terrestrial nitrogen cycle
Author: Greenfield, L., 26 May 2021Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor), Hill, P. (Supervisor), Paterson, E. (External person) (Supervisor) & Baggs, L. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Improving crop phosphorus uptake through use of bioinoculants
Author: Tyler, L., 2 Jun 2021Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor) & Griffith, G. W. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
‘Agricultural policy change and the sustainability of farming in the uplands’
Author: Arnott, D., 2 Jun 2021Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Chadwick, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Molecular Detection of Totiviruses in Medically Important Arthropods and Parasites
Author: Garziz, A., 7 Jun 2021Supervisor: Papadopulos, A. (Supervisor) & Braig, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Translocation of a Medically Important Snake: Russell’s Vipers (Daboia russelii) in Rural India
Author: Williams, R. C., 14 Jun 2021Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
Metagenomics to determine land use effects on soil ecosystem services
Author: Jones, B., 15 Jun 2021Supervisor: Griffiths, R. (External person) (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (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
Author: Buenavista, D., 30 Jun 2021Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor) & Mollee, E. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
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Re-examining the Systematics of Asian Pitvipers Via Multilocus Analysis
Author: Aldridge, R., 5 Jul 2021Supervisor: Malhotra, A. (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
Author: Alkins, D., 9 Aug 2021Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
Investigating the impact of trees and hedgerows on landscape hydrology
Author: Webb, B., 9 Aug 2021Supervisor: Smith, A. (Supervisor), Robinson, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Marshall, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Analysing the water-energy nexus: Benchmarking efficiency in water services
Author: Walker, N., 16 Aug 2021Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor) & Styles, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Modified Peptides for Drug Delivery
Author: Rickett, J., 9 Sept 2021Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Extraction of Frankincense Resins
Author: Mitchell, J., 13 Sept 2021Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Female mate choice preference between three morphologically diverged sympatric cichlid fishes (Alcolapia spp.) from Lake Natron, Tanzania
Author: Robinson, C., 13 Sept 2021Supervisor: Turner, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research