Current PhD students
Richard Smith
NERC Scenario DTP funded PhD project started in October 2014 at the University of Reading. Richard's project is focused on improving understanding of the long term impact of drought upon Amazonian forests. Particular focus will be on what we can learn from comparing the geographic distribution of the ecotonal regions of southwest Amazonia under today’s humid climate versus the much drier climate of the mid-Holocene (~6 ka BP). Main supervisor: Prof. Frank Mayle.
Clare Smith
Funded through University of Reading since March 2014. Clare is examining Holocene climate variability and the interactions with early anthropogenic land use change. Clare is studying at University of Reading, meteorology department, and co-supervised by Dr Nick Branch within geography/archaeology.
Edward Armstrong
NERC funded studentship since October 2013 to examine the influence of anthropogenic land cover change on decadal variability and prediction, in particular over the North Atlantic/Europe region. Edd is at University of Bristol, geographical sciences. Co-supervised with Prof. Paul Valdes and Dr Jo House.
Max Holloway
NERC funded studentship since 2012 to use a global climate model with stable water isotopes incorporated to examine the factors driving changes to the ice core isotope records over Antarctica during the last interglacial (130-115 kyr BP) and into the last glacial cycle. Co-supervised with Dr Louise Sime.
Matthew Whipple
NERC funded through the iGLASS consortium project since 2011 to examine climatic and isostatic impacts on the Antarctic ice core record for the last interglacial (130-115kyr BP). Matt is at Bristol, co-supervised with Dr Dan Lunt, Prof. Eric Wolff (at Cambridge) and Dr Mark Siddall.
Previous PhD students
T Davies-Barnard
NERC funded studentship 2011-2014 examining the climate impacts of current and future land-use change. T studied at the University of Bristol in the geographical sciences department. Co-supervised with Prof. Paul Valdes at Bristol and Dr Chris Jones from the Met Office.
Aidan Farrow
NERC funded studentship to perform and analyse climate model simulations of the last glacial cycle to investigate driving forces of African hydroclimate change. Aidan completed his PhD in 2012 at Bristol and was co-supervised with Paul Valdes.
Richard Smith
NERC Scenario DTP funded PhD project started in October 2014 at the University of Reading. Richard's project is focused on improving understanding of the long term impact of drought upon Amazonian forests. Particular focus will be on what we can learn from comparing the geographic distribution of the ecotonal regions of southwest Amazonia under today’s humid climate versus the much drier climate of the mid-Holocene (~6 ka BP). Main supervisor: Prof. Frank Mayle.
Clare Smith
Funded through University of Reading since March 2014. Clare is examining Holocene climate variability and the interactions with early anthropogenic land use change. Clare is studying at University of Reading, meteorology department, and co-supervised by Dr Nick Branch within geography/archaeology.
Edward Armstrong
NERC funded studentship since October 2013 to examine the influence of anthropogenic land cover change on decadal variability and prediction, in particular over the North Atlantic/Europe region. Edd is at University of Bristol, geographical sciences. Co-supervised with Prof. Paul Valdes and Dr Jo House.
Max Holloway
NERC funded studentship since 2012 to use a global climate model with stable water isotopes incorporated to examine the factors driving changes to the ice core isotope records over Antarctica during the last interglacial (130-115 kyr BP) and into the last glacial cycle. Co-supervised with Dr Louise Sime.
Matthew Whipple
NERC funded through the iGLASS consortium project since 2011 to examine climatic and isostatic impacts on the Antarctic ice core record for the last interglacial (130-115kyr BP). Matt is at Bristol, co-supervised with Dr Dan Lunt, Prof. Eric Wolff (at Cambridge) and Dr Mark Siddall.
Previous PhD students
T Davies-Barnard
NERC funded studentship 2011-2014 examining the climate impacts of current and future land-use change. T studied at the University of Bristol in the geographical sciences department. Co-supervised with Prof. Paul Valdes at Bristol and Dr Chris Jones from the Met Office.
Aidan Farrow
NERC funded studentship to perform and analyse climate model simulations of the last glacial cycle to investigate driving forces of African hydroclimate change. Aidan completed his PhD in 2012 at Bristol and was co-supervised with Paul Valdes.