School of Environmental & Natural Sciences
- 2013
The generic modification of enzymes towards an anti-cancer prodrug activation system
Author: Mohammad, S. A., Dec 2013Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Genetic aspects of a small scale honeybee breeding program
Author: Williams, I., 6 Dec 2013Supervisor: Malhotra, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2014
Synthesis of mycobacterial cord factors and related compounds
Author: Hameed, R. T., 2014Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The cloning, expression and characterisation of PbRR from Pseudomonas putida KT2440
Author: Ansir, N. H., 2014Supervisor: Murphy, L. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Physiological capacities of Gammarid amphipods to survive environmental change
Author: Crichton, R., Jan 2014Supervisor: Whiteley, N. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The development of an electrode for the detection of potassium phosphate
Author: Al-Yahyawi., Z. M. K., Jan 2014Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Generating carbon credits through application of the enzymic latch mechanism in peatland carbon sequestration
Author: Dunn, C., 17 Jan 2014Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
DNA barcoding and population genetic structure of Malaysian marine fishes
Author: Mat Jaafar, T. N. A., 25 Mar 2014Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor) & Taylor, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Catchment Influences on Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentration and Character; Implications for Potable Water Treatment and Trihalomethane Control
Author: Gough, R., 21 Apr 2014Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Water and Solute Relations of Salt stressed Wheat and Annual Suaeda maritima
Author: Eltayef, K., 23 Apr 2014Supervisor: Tomos, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Divergence and speciation of East African haplochromine cichlid fish
Author: Tyers, A., 28 Apr 2014Supervisor: Turner, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Diverse approaches to modelling conformations of mycolic acids from Myobactrium tuberculosis
Author: Groenewald, W., May 2014Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Revealing components of the economic value for environmental goods and services from forest : an application of stated preference methods for forest valuation and conservation
Author: Fatemeh, B., 9 May 2014Supervisor: Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Analysis of the Relationship between Pluripotency and DNA Damage Tolerance Recombination in Mammalian Stem Cells
Author: Abdul Jaleel, R., 13 Jun 2014Supervisor: Wakeman, J. (Supervisor) & Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Cycling of dissolved organic nitrogen in plant-soil systems
Author: Soomro, Z., 4 Jul 2014Supervisor: Jones, D. L. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Master of Philosophy
The mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in sheep farming systems
Author: Jones, A., 1 Aug 2014Supervisor: Cross, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Comparative Phylogeography and species delimitation of the Arabian Peninsula lizards
Author: Almutairi, M., 15 Aug 2014Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Does Co-Management programme reconcile community interests and forest conservation:A Case study of Malawi
Author: Chinangwa, L., 26 Aug 2014Supervisor: Pullin, A. (Supervisor) & Hockley, N. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Transformation of peptides and amino acids in soil and plants
Author: Magthab, E., 4 Sept 2014Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor), Roberts, P. (Supervisor) & Murphy, D. V. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Identification of Novel Human Cancer-Testis-Antigen Genes in Cancers
Author: Almutairi, M., 8 Sept 2014Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Physico-mechanical and decay resistance properties of bio-resin modified wood
Author: Ashaduzzaman, M., 15 Sept 2014Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Novel Variants of the DNA Damage Checkpoint Protein Hus1 in Fission Yeast and Human Cells
Author: Al Mahmoud, W., 23 Sept 2014Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Molecular methods for species –specific identification of Bacillus species
Author: Neamah, Z., 1 Oct 2014Supervisor: Braig, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Quantifying and mitigating greenhouse gas emmissions from horticultural peat soils
Author: Taft, H., 1 Nov 2014Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The use of constructed treatment wetlands for water quality amelioration in conservation scenarios
Author: West, M., 19 Nov 2014Supervisor: Fenner, N. (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
Author: Jones, D., 3 Dec 2014Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The role of mRNA splicing factor B52 in regulating Choline Acetyltransferase and larval locomotion in Drosiphila
Author: Liu, B., 12 Dec 2014Supervisor: Bossing, T. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Identification and functional characterisation of potential novel cancer-testis genes in human cancer cells
Author: Almatrafi, A., 16 Dec 2014Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Norovirus contamination of Mytilus edulis shellfisheries : assessing the threat to human health
Author: Winterbourn, B., 18 Dec 2014Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2015
A Universal Magnetic Carrier for use in Cancer Prodrug Therapy
Author: Hobbs, R., Jan 2015Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Beyond carbon accounting: A landscape perspective on measuring and monitoring tropical forest degradation
Author: Morales Barquero, L., Jan 2015Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor) & Klein, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Developing in-situ and real-time methods of soil nitrogen determination
Author: Shaw, R., Jan 2015Supervisor: Williams, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Development of new diagnostic devices for TB
Author: Ali, H., Jan 2015Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Exploring payments for ecosystem services in the context of native tree planting in Lebanon
Author: Sarkissian, A., Jan 2015Supervisor: Hockley, N. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
From volcanic ash to allophanic dust : : understanding phosphorous behaviour in Dominican soils
Author: Casimir, A., Jan 2015Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Genomic analysis of shifts in life history traits in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata
Author: Perry, H., Jan 2015Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor) & Taylor, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Investigating mechanisms of genome expansion in Corydoradinae catfish
Author: Marburger, S., Jan 2015Supervisor: Taylor, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Measuring the effectiveness of conservation governance, policies and programmes in forest protected areas
Author: Macura, B., Jan 2015Supervisor: Pullin, A. (Supervisor) & Laura, S. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
New roles of S.pombe Casein kinase 1 epsilon (Hhp1) in DNA replicatation stress
Author: Saeyd, S., Jan 2015Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Phytochemical Investigation of Trichilia emetica (Natal mahogany)
Author: Usman, A., Jan 2015Supervisor: Fitzsimmons-Thoss, V. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
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Plant processing for multiple products using environmentally benign extraction techniques
Author: Leung, G., Jan 2015Supervisor: Tomos, A. (Supervisor) & Marriott, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Process and drivers of vegetation change in African drylands : a case study of Yankari Game Reserve
Author: Fada, S., Jan 2015Supervisor: Pullin, A. (Supervisor) & Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Reducing the carbon footprint of red meat
Author: Hyland, J., Jan 2015Supervisor: Williams, A. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Sheep urine patch nitrous oxide emissions: measurement and mitigation
Author: Marsden, K., Jan 2015Supervisor: Chadwick, D. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. L. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Surface pre-treatment methods for improving adhesion ability in wood plymer composite for frame and furniture construction applications
Author: Dimitriou, A., Jan 2015Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Synthesis of Uracil Containing Precursors and Analogues Of Cylindrospermopsin
Author: Fituri, H., Jan 2015Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The delivery of biodiversity benefits in the REDD+ climate mechanism
Author: Murray, J., Jan 2015Supervisor: Jones, J. P. G. (Supervisor) & Secco, L. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The effects of restoration on biodiversity, water quality and greenhouse gas fluxes in a rich fen peatland
Author: Menichino, N., Jan 2015Supervisor: Fenner, N. (Supervisor), Pullin, A. (Supervisor), Jones, L. (External person) (Supervisor) & Evans, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The fate and impact of groundwater nitrogen contamination on dune slack ecology
Author: Rhymes, J., Jan 2015Supervisor: Jones, L. (External person) (Supervisor) & Fenner, N. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The role of estuarine sediments as a reservoir for pathogenic microorganisms
Author: Perkins, T., Jan 2015Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy