PhD Opportunities in Wildlife Disease Ecology, Microbiome, and Antimicrobial Resistance University of Exeter in United Kingdom

Queen's University Belfast is recruiting for a 3-year fully funded PhD project in the School of Biological Sciences as part of the BBSRC “MosquitoNI” project. The project focuses on mosquito-borne disease risk associated with avian hosts , exploring how avian reservoirs, bridge vectors, and pathogen risks interact in a data-scarce region. This is a strong fit for applicants interested in biology , environmental science , public health , ecology , virology , and modelling . Supervision is multidi...

Competitively funded PhD opportunity at the University of Salford on the ecology and evolution of antimicrobial resistance in urban wildlife , with a specific focus on wild gulls and bacterial pathogens. The project will investigate how normally harmless bacterial strains in urban wildlife evolve pathogenicity and antibiotic resistance . The student will have opportunities for gull fieldwork, but the project will primarily involve lab work , sequencing , and bioinformatics , so experience in the...

New PhD opportunity in climate resilience , ancient woodland , and environmental science , offered through the Edinburgh E5 Doctoral Training Partnership . The project is focused on understanding the risks facing Scotland's ancient woodland and identifying practical climate resilience strategies . This is a strong fit for applicants interested in ecology, forest/environmental risk, and nature-based adaptation research. Supervision/academic contacts mentioned in the post include Dr Lindsay Banin ...

PhD opportunity via the Iapetus DTP: Enhancing conservation decision-making through scientific innovation . The project focuses on conservation science , biodiversity metrics , and the scientific development of IUCN’s Species Threat Abatement and Restoration (STAR) metric. The work will involve collaboration with colleagues at IUCN , including Thomas Starnes , and is being advertised by Louise Mair (Research Fellow at Newcastle University). This is a strong fit for applicants interested in envir...

PhD opportunity in coral reef resilience at the University of Essex , within the Coral Reef Research Unit and the School of Life Sciences . The project, Promoting Coral Recovery After Bleaching Events (CASE Project with Tropical Marine Centre) , is part of the ARIES DTP and focuses on the mechanisms of coral reef resilience after bleaching events. Students will work with cool imaging techniques , learn to use microsensors , and gain industry experience through partnership with Tropical Marine Ce...