The University of Plymouth is currently advertising 40 full-time PhD studentships that will start in October 2009.
Some of these awards are likely to be allocated to the Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre (MBERC) with the opportunity to work on topics included within our main research themes. For details of these research themes and research interests of individual staff within MBERC please visit our web site (http://www.research.plymouth.ac.uk/mberc/).
Details of how to apply and application forms can be found at http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/researchstudentships. For any further queries relating to awards within the Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre please contact Dr Simon Rundle (srundle@plymouth.ac.uk).
Ocean acidification work is a strength in Plymouth. Dr Jason Hall-Spencer is proposing a project using Mediterranean volcanic CO2 vents to study the ecosystem effects of ocean acidification, for example. Check his research interests on
http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/dynamic.asp?page=staffdetails&id=jhall-spencer
