School of Environmental & Natural Sciences
- 2021
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
- 2020
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
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
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
Sexual Dimorphism in the Common Hippopotamus
Author: Sadler, P., 1 Oct 2020Supervisor: Shannon, G. (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
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
Aboveground biomass of a South West Florida mangrove stand
Author: Greer, B., 10 Sept 2020Supervisor: Fenner, N. (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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Understanding the role of plant-microbe symbiosis in the cycling of carbon in temperate forest ecosystems
Author: Peters, T., 9 Jun 2020Supervisor: Smith, A. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Characterisation of human PRDM9 and TEX19 as potential oncogenic cancer testis genes
Author: Alsulami, A., 8 Jun 2020Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Monitoring and analysis of the structure, function and biodiversity of soils
Author: Seaton, F., 8 Jun 2020Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor), Robinson, D. (External person) (Supervisor) & Creer, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Distribution, Diversity, and Function of Filterable Microorganisms in the Conwy River
Author: Ghuneim, L., 2 Jun 2020Supervisor: Golyshin, P. (Supervisor), Golyshina, O. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (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
Author: Gardener, B., 1 Jun 2020Supervisor: Winder, I. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
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Consultancy in Higher Education: Tools and Practices for Achieving Impact
Author: Sherwin, C., 26 May 2020Supervisor: Winder, I. (Supervisor) & Walker, C. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
The impact of climate change on the management and regeneration of parkland trees in the Savannah zones of Northern Nigeria
Author: Abdullahi, I., 6 May 2020Supervisor: Rayment, M. (Supervisor) & Brook, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Investigating the foraging preferences of the honeybee, Apis mellifera L., using DNA metabarcoding
Author: Jones, L., 22 Apr 2020Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor) & De Vere, N. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
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.
Author: Connock, W., 20 Apr 2020Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor) & Hayward, M. W. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
The Origin of Zebra Stripes: Does Striping Provide a Fecundity Advantage?
Author: Evetts, J., 4 Mar 2020Supervisor: Shannon, G. (Supervisor) & Hayward, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
Effect of climate variability and extreme events on microbial activity in soils
Author: Miura, M., 3 Mar 2020Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Hill, P. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The influence of hydroclimatic and chemical variability on legacy contamination from historical metal mines.
Author: Jones, C., 3 Mar 2020Supervisor: Bird, G. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Masters by Research
Genomic Tools for Conservation and Management of Manta and Devil Rays (Mobula Spp.)
Author: Hosegood, J., 25 Feb 2020Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor), Creer, S. (Supervisor), Ogden, R. (External person) (Supervisor) & De Bruyn, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
An evaluation of perennial mobile green manures for climate change mitigation in agriculture
Author: Ward, C., 23 Feb 2020Supervisor: Hill, P. (Supervisor) & Chadwick, D. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Keratin from Human hair and Sheep wool: Characterisation and its uses in the Fabrication of Hydrogels
Author: Mondragon De La Cruz, D., 19 Feb 2020Supervisor: Tai, H. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Master of Philosophy
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The identification and functional characterisation of TEX19 in human cancer cells
Author: Alqahtani, L., 18 Feb 2020Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Responses of soil biological and functional diversity to anthropogenic change from plot- to national-scales
Author: George, P., 10 Feb 2020Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor), Robinson, D. A. (External person) (Supervisor) & Creer, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy