This week we are hosting students from the London Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Doctoral Training Partnership to offer our expertise and training for their PhD projects.
Queen Mary is one of the institutions that make up the London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership. The aim of this consortium is to attain new standards of excellence in environmental science research training.
Academics from the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences (SBCS) will be delivering training on “Environmental issues in freshwater science”, reflecting the research strength of the Aquatic Ecology group.
Dr Jonathan Grey, Director of Graduate Studies for SBCS, explains:
“We are excited to welcome the London NERC DTP students to our School and to be delivering hands on training in, for example, assessing greenhouse gas dynamics and ecosystem production and respiration.
To do this we are using a suite of experimental ponds that are subject to an environmental perturbation, the introduction of an invasive crayfish. Coincidentally, this is the basis of ongoing NERC-funded PhD research with CASE partners, the Environment Agency. Our research into freshwater science and aquatic ecology will inform all of our teaching this week and we hope to equip students with skills they can take with them into any laboratory or research career.”
@QMUL @London_NERC_DTP @QM_SBCS pic.twitter.com/5EoFTms6PX — Sally Faulkner (@Tarsiussallius) November 21, 2014
@QMUL @London_NERC_DTP @QM_SBCS pic.twitter.com/5EoFTms6PX
— Sally Faulkner (@Tarsiussallius) November 21, 2014
Fantastic week getting practical with freshwater ecology at @QM_SBCS on the @London_NERC_DTP. #aquaticecologyrocks — Lowri Evans (@L0wriEvans) November 21, 2014
Fantastic week getting practical with freshwater ecology at @QM_SBCS on the @London_NERC_DTP. #aquaticecologyrocks
— Lowri Evans (@L0wriEvans) November 21, 2014
The Usual Suspects? Not @London_NERC_DTP students but (L to R): red swamp, Turkish & signal #crayfish #invsp @QM_SBCS pic.twitter.com/Nb0uvrr73F — Jonathan Grey (@drjongrey) November 18, 2014
The Usual Suspects? Not @London_NERC_DTP students but (L to R): red swamp, Turkish & signal #crayfish #invsp @QM_SBCS pic.twitter.com/Nb0uvrr73F
— Jonathan Grey (@drjongrey) November 18, 2014
Applications are now open for the 2015 London NERC DTP. To find out more visit our postgraduate research page.