Drones for Understanding Carbon Uptake in Sea-Ice Covered Antarctic Waters

NERC DTP studentship Ref: 2796

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the NERC Great Western Four+ Doctoral Training Partnership (GW4+ DTP).  The GW4+ DTP consists of the Great Western Four alliance of the University of Bath, University of Bristol, Cardiff University and the University of Exeter plus six Research Organisation partners:  British Antarctic Survey, British Geological Survey, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, the Met Office, the Natural History Museum and Plymouth Marine Laboratory.  The partnership aims to provide a broad training in earth and environmental sciences, designed to train tomorrow’s leaders in earth and environmental science. For further details about the programme please see http://nercgw4plus.ac.uk/

The studentships will provide funding for a stipend which is currently £14,553 per annum for 2017-2018, research costs and UK/EU tuition fees at Research Council UK rates for 42 months (3.5 years) for full-time students, pro rata for part-time students.

Supervisors:

Main Supervisor: Dr Jamie Shutler, Geography, University of Exeter
Co-Supervisor: Dr Tom Bell, Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML)
Co-Supervisor:  Dr Karen Anderson, University of Exeter (UoE, Exeter DroneLab)

Location: Penryn Campus, Cornwall

See Exeter website for more information and to apply.

Deadline 7th January 2018