Geographical Sciences PhD

We offer PhD degrees in Geographical Sciences related to our core areas of interest and research.
ResearchersBackgroundCore areasResearch topic
Odette

Odette Paramor

  • BSc & PhD, Queen Mary, University of London  (UK)
  • Ecosystem approaches to management in marine systems, particularly fisheries management
  • Saltmarsh and estuarine ecology
  • The impacts of the fishing on the ecosystem
  • Assessing ecosystem services in marine systems
  • Benthic ecological functioning
  • EU-China research and innovation governance
  • Ecosystem approaches to management in marine systems
  • Saltmarsh and estuarine ecology
  • The impacts of the fishing on the ecosystem
  • Benthic functioning
  • Economic evaluations of ecosystem functioning
Faith

Faith Chan

  • BSc, University of Auckland (New Zealand)
  • MSc, University of Bonn (Germany)
  • PhD, University of Leeds (UK)
  • International water management policies, particularly in sustainable flood management and planning practices and flood risk assessment.
  • Sponge Cities
  • Soil and Water Conservation issues in China.
  • Assessing the impact of climate and land-use change on flood frequency in Eastern China.
  • International water management policies
  • sustainable flood management and planning practices
  • flood risk assessment
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Tengwen Long

  • MSc, Shaanxi Normal University (PRC)
  • PhD, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland)
  • Quaternary science
  • Physical geography
  • Palaeoecology
  • Geochronology
  • Environmental archaeology
  • Geomorphology
  • Coastal science
  • Human dimensions of environmental change
  • Quaternary environmental change
  • Reconstructing past climate and vegetation
  • Reconstructing pollution history using lake sediments
  • The origin of agriculture and civilisations
  • Analysis of microfossils (e.g. pollen and spores, diatoms, phytoliths)
  • 14C dating and chronological modelling
  • Cultural interactions across Eurasia in prehistory and history
Ping

Ping fu

  • MS, Purdue University (USA)
  • PhD, Stockholm University (Sweden)
  • Glacial science
  • Optical Luminesces Dating
  • Climate change
 
  • Climate change
  • Landscape evolution
  • Numerical modeling
Yu-ting

Yu-Ting Tang

  • BSc & MSc, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
  • MSc, Duke University (USA)
  • PhD, University of Nottingham (UK)
  • Brownfield regeneration and sustainable urban development
  • Environmental baseline monitoring for Environmental Impact Assessment.
  • Cultural heritage of water management in Ningbo
  • Brownfield regeneration and sustainable urban development
Feng

Meili Feng

  • MS Eng Beijing Normal University (PRC)
  • PhD, Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) & University of Trento (Italy)
  • Networks analysis and ecosystem approaches to management
  • Nutrient cycling and river ecology in quasi-steady and unsteady systems
  • The impacts of hydropower regulation on river thermal regimes and fish habitat suitability
  • Temporal-spatial characterization of hydropeaking and thermopeaking effects
  • Water quality modelling based on biogeochemistry processes
  • River hydrology and ecologically related implications
 

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates. All PhD applications are treated on an individual basis, taking into consideration the match between the research topic proposed and the resources available in the Department.

How to apply for a PhD

If you are interested in applying to do a PhD in the School of Geographical Sciences we would recommend that you contact us and discuss your research project proposal with the relevant supervisor in the first instance. We also have fully funded PhD studentships via our doctoral training partnerships with the Institute of Geographical Sciences & Natural Resource Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences.