Application deadline: Wednesday 29^th February 2012 with interviews to be held during March or April.

We are now advertising PhD studentships for October 2012 registration. We have one fully funded NERC studentship and one fully funded University studentship available. We are offering the following projects, full details of which can be found on our website: http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/sees/phdstudentships2012/

The fate and cycling of organotin compounds in sediments at disposal sites in UK waters
Dr Gary Fones, Professor Graham Mills (Portsmouth) and Dr Ruth Parker (Cefas)

The role of sediment resuspension on the flux of heavy metals from contaminated sediments
Dr Gary Fones (Portsmouth) and Dr Kevin Black (Partrac Ltd)

Caledonian Magmatism of Western Shetland - the smoking gun of slab breakoff?
Dr Mike Fowler, Dr Dean Bullen and Dr Craig Storey (Portsmouth)

Toxic Elements in Minespoil Dusts of SW England
Dr Mike Fowler, Dr Dean Bullen (Portsmouth) and Dr Hugh Datson (DustScan Ltd)

Asteroid (Echinodermata - starfish, sea stars) evolution across the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic transition; origin of the Neoasteroidea
Prof Andy Gale (Portsmouth)

Effects of sediment resuspension on microbial community composition and function
Dr Michelle Hale and Dr Gary Fones (Portsmouth)

The role of the microbial community in the biogeochemistry of coarse sediments
Dr Michelle Hale and Dr Gary Fones (Portsmouth)

Reservoir Heterogeneity of Fluvial Sandstones: Depositional, Biological and Diagenetic Controls
Dr Jim Hendry (Portsmouth), Dr Gary Nichols (Royal Holloway) Dr Steve Sweetman and Dr Dave Martill (Portsmouth)

Lacustrine records of background radiation in mountainous terrain: remediation priorities in Kyrgyzstan, central Asia
Dr Derek Rust, Dr Richard Teeuw and Dr Malcolm Whitworth (Portsmouth). Dr Andrey Korjenkov (Kyrgyzstan Institute of Seismology) and Prof Alessandro Tibaldi (University of Milan-Bicocca)

Palaeoseismology, slope instability and hazard potential along the Talas-Fergana fault, Tien Shan mountains, central Asia
Dr Derek Rust, Dr Richard Teeuw and Dr Malcolm Whitworth (Portsmouth). Dr Andrey Korjenkov (Kyrgyzstan Institute of Seismology) and Prof Alessandro Tibaldi (University of Milan-Bicocca)

How does tourmaline behave in a subduction zone? A case study on magmatic and high-pressure metamorphic rocks
Dr Craig Storey, Dr Emilie Bruand (Portsmouth) and Dr Clare Warren (Open University)

Hadean to Archaean crustal evolution of the Dharwar Craton, India
Dr Craig Storey, Dr Mike Fowler (Portsmouth) and Dr Sukanta Dey (Indian School of Mines)

Terrane tectonics in the Shetland Islands, Scottish Caledonides
Dr Rob Strachan, Dr Craig Storey & Dr Mike Fowler (Portsmouth)

Application of cosmogenic dating to understanding the timing of large scale landslides in the Tien Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan.
Dr Malcolm Whitworth, Dr Derek Rust and Dr Andy Gibson (Portsmouth)

Volcano seismicity and fluid-rock coupling: Laboratory simulations of fluid-induced seismicity and implications for eruption forecasting.
Dr. Philip Benson (Portsmouth), Dr. Sergio Vinciguerra (INGV, Italy), and Prof. Philip Meredith (UCL, U.K.)

Informal enquiries can be made by email to the lead supervisor (click on name in above list) but formal applications will be by emailing a cover letter and CV to Dr Craig Storey (craig.storey@port.ac.uk) by 29^th February 2012. We will then invite suitable and eligible (see below) candidates for interview in either March or April.

Eligibility: UK Nationals are eligible for the NERC studentship. UK and EU Nationals ?are eligible for the University studentship. Non-EU Nationals are not eligible to apply for either studentships.