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PhD Project Template
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Use one form per project
Please complete & submit to international@nuigalway.ie as soon as possible, and by 27/11/2012
In your email, begin the subject line with [SWB] (be sure to use square brackets) to ensure that
your email is filed correctly. Emails will be automatically filed
PI name & contact details:
School:
Mark Johnson
mark.johnson@nuigalway.ie
School of Natural Sciences
Has project been agreed with head (or
nominee) of proposed registration school?
Research Centre / group affiliation:
Ryan Institute
Research group / centre website:
http://www.ryaninstitute.ie/
PI website / link to CV:
http://www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/naturalsciences/markjohnson/
Brief summary of PI research / research group / centre activity (2 or 3 lines max):
If you are already involved in relevant scholarly activities relating to Brazil, please mention them here.
Research in marine ecology and ecosystems using simulation modelling, experimental ecology and
research cruises. Current applied projects are related to conservation, aquaculture, fisheries ecology
and resource mapping.
Title & brief description of PhD project (suitable for publication on web):
Evaluating seaweed resources: canopy structure, production and fate in the intertidal
The structure of the seaweed canopy affects productivity by changing how light is intercepted.
While it is possible to model light interception by different types of canopies, there is little field
information of the vertical structure of algal canopies and how this varies in time and space. This
project will use filed surveys and modelling to establish the potential variations in algal productivity.
Drift algae will be mapped and related to source populations to understand the fate of algal
production in subsidizing other habitats.
Unique selling points of PhD project in NUI Galway:
NUI Galway projects should emphasise features that are not typically available in Brazil – specific equipment,
multi-disciplinarity, aspects of structured programme, links with industry, placements, links with other research
groups etc.
Research will be based in the multi-disciplinary Ryan Institute and will involve registration in a structured PhD
programme.
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Name & contact details for project queries, if different from PI named above:
Please indicate the graduates of which disciplines that should apply:
Zoology, Botany, Marine Science, Biological or Environmental sciences
Ciência sem Fronteiras / Science Without Borders Priority Area:
Please indicate the specific programme priority area under which the proposed PhD project fits- choose only
one (tick box):
Engineering and other technological areas
Pure and Natural Sciences (e.g. mathematics, physics, chemistry)/Physical Sciences (Mathematics,
Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Geosciences)
Health and Biomedical Sciences / Clinical, Pré-clinical and Health Sciences
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), Computing
Aerospace
Pharmaceuticals
Sustainable Agricultural Production
Oil, Gas and Coal
Renewable Energy
Minerals, Minerals Technology
Biotechnology
Nanotechnology and New Materials
Technologies for Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Disasters
Bioprospecting and Biodiversity
Marine Sciences
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Creative Industry
New technologies in constructive engineering
Please indicate which of the following applies to this project (referring to Science Without Borders
arrangements):
Suitable only as a Full PhD (Y/N): _ ____
Available to candidates seeking a Sandwich PhD arrangement (Y/N): _____
Suitable for either/Don’t know: Y