<div dir="ltr">Dear List members,<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><br>We have two exciting isotope based  FULLY funded PhDs, as part of the recently funded NERC ‘Changing Arctic Ocean’ Programme. These projects are part of the University of Liverpool led consortium ‘Can we detect change in the Arctic Ocean?’ and are based in the Earth, Atmosphere and Ocean Doctoral Training Programme (DTP) run between the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool and the National Oceanography Centre. <br><br>The two PhDs are:<div><br><b>Potential contribution of terrestrial Organic Matter to the Arctic food web</b></div><div>Supervised by Dr. Bart van Dongen (University of Manchester) and Professor George Wolff (University of Liverpool)</div><div><a href="https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/studentships-earth-atmosphere-ocean/studentships/ocean/potentialcontributionofterrestrialorganicmattertothearcticfoodweb.html" target="_blank">https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/<wbr>studentships-earth-atmosphere-<wbr>ocean/studentships/ocean/<wbr>potentialcontributionofterrest<wbr>rialorganicmattertothearcticfo<wbr>odweb.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>and </div><div><br></div><div><b>The impact of climate change on Arctic food webs: a molecular approach </b></div><div>Supervised by Drs Rachel Jeffreys and Claire Mahaffey (University of Liverpool) and Dr Rowena Stern, Dr Claudia Castellani. SAFHOS (Sir Alistair Hardy Foundation for Ocean Sciences) <br><a href="https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/studentships-earth-atmosphere-ocean/studentships/ocean/theimpactofclimatechangeonarcticfoodwebsamolecularapproach.html" target="_blank">https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/<wbr>studentships-earth-atmosphere-<wbr>ocean/studentships/ocean/<wbr>theimpactofclimatechangeonarct<wbr>icfoodwebsamolecularapproach.<wbr>html</a><br><br>Both PhDs will involve work in the Liverpool Isotope Facility for Environmental Research lab, see here for more information: </div><div><a href="https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/earth-ocean-and-ecological-sciences/research/oceans-sciences/oceans-and-climate/facilities-and-services/lifer-lab/" target="_blank">https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/<wbr>earth-ocean-and-ecological-<wbr>sciences/research/oceans-<wbr>sciences/oceans-and-climate/<wbr>facilities-and-services/lifer-<wbr>lab/</a></div><div><br></div><div>For more information on the DTP please see here:  <br><br><a href="https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/studentships-earth-atmosphere-ocean/" target="_blank">https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/<wbr>studentships-earth-atmosphere-<wbr>ocean/</a></div><div><br>The deadline for applications to be received is the 3rd February. Please contact myself or Bart for more information. Both PhDs are also listed on <a href="http://findaphd.com" target="_blank">findaphd.com</a></div><div><br>Best wishes to all,<br><br><div>Rachel</div></div><div><br><br>Rachel Jeffreys, Ph.D.<br>Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow<br>School of Environmental Sciences<br>University of Liverpool<br>4 Brownlow Street<br>Liverpool<br>L69 3GP, UK<br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:rachel.jeffreys@liv.ac.uk" target="_blank">rachel.jeffreys@liv.ac.<wbr>uk</a><br>Tel: <a href="tel:+44%20151%20795%204649" value="+441517954649" target="_blank">+44 (0) 151 7954649</a><br>Twitter: @racheljeffreys<br><br><br>

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