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

Supervisor: Lehane, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of non-metal cation polyborate salts and silicate solutions

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Hooks, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of the interactions between amino acid derivatives and phenolic compounds

Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Breese, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Hill, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Beckett, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Combinatorial, heterocyclic and guanidine chemistry

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Whiteley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Comparative Genomics of the Human Follicle Mite Demodex Folliculorum

Supervisor: Braig, H. R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Comparative Phylogeography and species delimitation of the Arabian Peninsula lizards

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Comparative physicochemical characterisation of thermally modified wood

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Comparative studies in the pathology of radiomimetic conditions

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Compatibilisation of natural fibres for use in polypropylene matrix composites

Supervisor: Hill, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Computational and theoretical studies of the Langmuir Trough experiment

Supervisor: Quirke, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conjugated Polymers Based on 4-Substituted Fluorenes and Fluorenones

Supervisor: Perepichka, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conservation and ecotourism in Kibale National Park, Uganda.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Conservation of U.K. dune system native Lacertidae species

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cost benefit analysis and sustained yield forestry in India.

Supervisor: Price, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Coupled biochemical processes for the synthesis of unusual amino acids

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cryopreservation of ram semen for artificial insemination.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Customised TAA cations as counter ions in silicates and related systems

Supervisor: Beckett, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

DNA barcoding and population genetic structure of Malaysian marine fishes

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Decay resistance of modified wood

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Macdonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Decomposition of tree leaf litter and formation of soil organic matter

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Defining a High Throughput Sequencing identification framework for freshwater ecosystem biomonitoring

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Defining marine meiofaunal genetic diversity using 454 sequencing

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Demography of animal modular colonies.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Detection of Volatile Organic Compounds Using Fuel Cell Sensors

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing a Planning Tool for Heritage Interpretation

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Williams, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development and application of forensic genetic typing systems for wildlife species

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of a new analytical method to diagnose tuberculosis

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Johnson, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of alginate hydrogels for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of new diagnostic devices for TB

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Kalaji, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dimensional stabilisation by chemical modification of wood

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Dissolved organic matter (DOM) in freshwater ecosystems

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Hall, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Divergence and speciation of East African haplochromine cichlid fish

Supervisor: Turner, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Diverse approaches to modelling conformations of mycolic acids from Myobactrium tuberculosis

Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecological studies on the tick Dermacentor reticulatis.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Teklehaimanot, Z. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecology of Fibrobacter spp. in cellulose-degrading microbial communities

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economic assessment of reduced impact logging in Sabah, Malaysia.

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Price, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Economics of production and export of vegetables in Bangladesh

Supervisor: Bright, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecophysiology of strains A and C of Potamophyrgus jenkinsi

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effect of slate quarrying on the Barlwyd catchment and remediation strategies

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of grazing and nitrogen deposition on sand dune systems.

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of pH on nitrogen cycling in agricultural soils

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of salinity on soils of the Gefara Plain, Libya

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

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

Supervisor: Ap Dewi, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of temperature and waterlogging on cotton seedlings roots

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy