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Inverse Methods for Characterising Hydraulic Properties of Soils Under Unsaturated Conditions

New indirect methods for estimating material properties of partially saturated soils are developed based on infiltration tests and inversion of multi-phase hydro-mechanical equation more...

Supervisor(s): El-Zein, Abbas (Professor)

Discontinuous Discrete Methods for Solving the Multi-phase Hydro-mechanical Behaviour of Partially-saturated Soils

The goal of the project is to develop robust finite-element type solvers of the equations describing the multi-phase hydro-mechanical behaviour of partially saturated soils, hence a more...

Supervisor(s): El-Zein, Abbas (Professor)

Multiple PhD positions are available in the field of granular mechanics and materials science.

The projects will focus on the process of “Granular Wear”, which occurs when moving objects through granular materials. Granular wear is a significant issue in mining an more...

Supervisor(s): Rognon, Pierre (Dr)

Tracking antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in the environment

Antibiotic resistance is a massive problem for medicine, and thus much effort is being put into understanding the genetic basis of how bacteria evolve so quickly to become resistant more...

Supervisor(s): Coleman, Nicholas (Associate Professor)

Do co-occurring plants avoid competing for N?

All plants require nitrogen, so how can species co-exist if they're competing for the same limiting resource? This project will examine the hypothesis that plants avoid competing fo more...

Supervisor(s): Warren, Charles (Associate Professor)

Uncovering the source of CO2 that’s respired when dry soil is rewet

Soil respiration is one of the largest components of the global C cycle, but also one of the hardest to model. A key aspect of this difficulty is that we do not have a good mechanis more...

Supervisor(s): Warren, Charles (Associate Professor)

Ethylene-oxidising bacteria as novel tools for agriculture

The 'fast-growing' species of mycobacteria are common in many environments and known to be important for the biodegradation of pollutants, but the biology of this fascinating group more...

Supervisor(s): Coleman, Nicholas (Associate Professor)

Digital Agriculture and Irrigation data science

A research opportunity is available for an outstanding PhD scholar in the area of cotton research and development. Through the Cotton Research and Development Corporation, the more...

Supervisor(s): Roth, Guy (Associate Professor)