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Although many people do a PhD in order to go into academia, it can also be very beneficial for careers in industry and the private sector. A PhD is hard work and takes at least 3 years to complete, so you need to find a suitable topic, which will engage your enthusiasm and interest for the long-haul.

AvailableTopics

If you are interested in applying听to do听a听specific听PhD听project in听our Department (self-initiated, self-funded听or through a听non-DTP听studentship), you听should听direct your initial enquiry to the named supervisor (or co-supervisor) who can guide you further.听In cases of uncertainty, you may also direct your enquiry to the Graduate Tutor.听Once a supervisor has agreed in principle to supervise your project,听or if you are applying for a specific funded studentship,听you must complete a听formal听UCL PhD application.

The London NERC Doctoral Training听Partnership ().

The PhD topics shown here are听representative examples of projects offered by our department that are听eligible for听funding through听the London NERC听Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP).听The London DTP offers studentships听 covering all aspects of earth and environmental science, hosted by different London-based academic institutions including UCL.

Past Life and Environments

Project Title	Supervisor(s):
Using the Past to Improve Predictions of the Future of Vertebrate Biodiversity.	Prof Phil Mannion; Dr Alex Pigot
Integrating past archives of crocodylians into diversity baselines and future projections.	Prof Phil Mannion; Dr Samuel Turvey
Neuroanatomical insights into the early evolution and biogeographic history of alligatoroid crocodylians.	Prof Phil Mannion; Prof Paul Upchurch
The Cambrian explosion: causes and consequences.	Prof听Graham Shields; Dr Nick Lane
The Evolutionary and biogeographic impact of the break up of Gondwana during the Cretaceous and Cenozoic	Prof Paul Upchurch; Dr听Julia Day
Size control on extinction dynamics in Cenozoic planktonic foraminifera.	Prof Bridget Wade; Dr Andy Purvis
Quantifying temperature changes in the Oligocene icehouse.	Prof Bridget Wade
Giants and dwarfs: body size, climate and extinction.	Richard Twitchett, NHM听 &听Prof Bridget Wade

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Solid Earth Dynamics

Project Title:	Supervisor(s):
The initial condition for the long-term evolution of terrestrial planets.	Dr听Maxim Ballmer; Prof听John Brodholt
The seismic signals of the heterogeneous Earth mantle.	Dr听Maxim Ballmer; Dr听Paula Koelemeijer
The dynamics of mantle plumes, and their geophysical and geochemical expressions.	Dr听Maxim Ballmer; Prof听Ana Ferreira
Game of Stones: how does rock strength control river incision?	Dr Byron A. Adams & Prof Tom Mitchell
The deep nitrogen cycle 鈥� nitrogen storage in the subduction system.	Prof听John Brodholt;听 Dr Andrew Thomson
Glacial erosion in the tropics: The Santa Marta Range, southern Caribbean.	Dr Matthew Fox; Prof Andrew Carter
Rates of drainage network evolution measured with detrital data and inverse methods. .	Dr Matthew Fox; Prof听Pieter Vermeesch
Illuminate intra-crustal magma/gas transport beneath active volcanoes with very long-period tremors (VLP).	Dr听Teh-Ru Alex Song; Prof Chris Kilburn
Mapping Core-mantle boundary anisotropy with core-reflected P waves.	Dr听Teh-Ru Alex Song
The viscosity of the Earth鈥檚 inner core.	Prof听Lidunka Vo膷adlo; Prof听John Brodholt
Understanding the Earth鈥檚 cores: benchmarking the ELASTIC toolkit for core-forming materials.	Prof听Lidunka Vo膷adlo; Prof听John Brodholt
The structure, dynamics and composition of the Earth鈥檚 core.	Prof Lidunka Vo膷adlo; Prof Ian Wood

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Earth, Atmosphere & Ocean Processes

Project Title:	Supervisor(s):
Defining the source parameters for operational models of ash resuspension.	Dr Emma Liu; Prof Tom Mitchell听
Data fusion of 20 years of polar remote sensing data: emerging climate trends?	Dr听Michel Tsamados; Prof听Julienne Stroeve
Deep Learning for radar altimetry echo classification and sea ice surface image recognition.	Dr Michel Tsamados; Prof Julienne Stroeve
Testing Earth鈥檚 thermostat with novel isotope tracers.	Dr David Wilson; Dr Susan Little
Ice sheet-ocean-climate interactions during the Pleistocene Ice Ages.	Dr David Wilson;

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