The Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment invites applications for:
1) two fully funded PhD studentships researching pesticides in the environment.  
2) one fully funded PhD studentship with Grantham Lecturer Dr. Adrien Lefauve in Civil Engineering

Applicants can apply for any of the following projects (please see application details in the individual project pdfs). The application deadline is 25 April. For any general, non-project related queries, please email granthamphd@imperial.ac.uk).

We welcome home and international candidates to apply. However, for international applicants, any costs over those mentioned above will need to be covered by applicants or in exceptional cases by the department where the student is registered.

1) Projects for researching pesticides in the environment

Supervisor Department Project title (pdf)
Professor Martin Dallimer Centre for Environmental Policy Modelling the impacts and effectiveness of alternatives to pesticide use (pdf)
Professor Mark Crimmin  Department of Chemistry Chemical Recycling of PFAS-based Pesticides (pdf)
Professor Jason Micklefield  Department of Chemistry Novel Dehalogenase Enzymes for Pesticide Detection and Removal (pdf)
Dr Gareth Roberts Department of Earth Science and Engineering  Pesticide detection, source apportionment and fate in global waterways (pdf) 
Prof Petter Brodin  Department of Immunology and Inflammation  Estimating the immunological implications of exposure to pet pesticides at individual and population levels (pdf)
Prof Guy Woodward  Department of Life Sciences    Impacts of pesticides in a warming world: from molecules to ecosystems (pdf) 
Dr Judite Gonçalves  School of Public Health  Assessing Population Health Impacts of Pesticide Use: The Role of International Maximum Residue Limits (pdf)  
Dr M I Mead  School of Public Health  Exposure to pesticides and potential links with human fertility (pdf) 
Dr Helena Rapp Wright  School of Public Health  Impact of Pesticide Exposure on Sperm Function (pdf)

2) Project with Dr Adrien Lefauve, Grantham Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering

Supervisor Department Project title (pdf)
Dr Adrien Lefauve Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Exploring stratified turbulent mixing by shear instabilities in coastal waters (pdf)

 

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