[ES_JOBS_NET] 5x fully-funded PhDs across climate, ocean, atmosphere dynamics (St Andrews, UK)

[Graeme MacGilchrist]

5 fully-funded climate-oriented PhDs available for 2025 entry at the University of St Andrews, all within the dynamic and growing COASt (Climate, Oceans, and Atmosphere @ St Andrews) research group (https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/earth-sciences/research/centres/coast/)

- Deadline 24 Jan: "Connecting Weather and Climate: Exploring Cross-Scale Interactions", supervised by Ioana Colfescu (NCAS), David Dritchel (Maths), Mike Byrne (Earth and Environmental Sciences), and Stephen Mobbs (University of Leeds); invoke novel machine learning methods to understand cross-scale atmospheric interactions over the North Atlantic region. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N4u39JzgTkV3ZiqkgdJraNIb0xfCjd_k/view?pli=1

- Deadline 24 Jan: "Compound Extreme Events in a Warming World: From Drivers to Impacts", supervised by Ioana Colfescu (NCAS), Mike Byrne (Earth and Environmental Sciences), David Dritchel (Maths); invoke novel machine learning methods to characterise and understand compound extreme events and their impacts. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t61xCVI3RXzdWCaqiaiQZpFURVosJd_j/view

- Deadline 24 Jan: "Connecting warming patterns to clouds: the role of atmospheric circulation", supervised by Anna Mackie and Michael Byrne (both Earth and Environmental Sciences); explore how feedbacks in the tropical atmosphere impact global warming. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1evtP_GNm6IV3jjm7A_zzJpwOvhh79LTQ/view

- Deadline 14 Feb: "Westerly winds overturning oceans", supervised by Graeme MacGilchrist, Mike Byrne, and Simon Lee (all Earth and Environmental Sciences); explore the fundamental dynamics and interactions of the ocean and atmosphere circulation in the high latitude southern hemisphere. https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/scholarships/scholarships-catalogue/postgraduate-scholarships/world-leading-scholarship-03-earth-sciences/

- Deadline 14 Feb: "Groundwater under Antarctica: Impact of deep subglacial groundwater on Antarctic ocean circulation", supervised by TJ Young (Geography) and Graeme MacGilchrist (Earth and Environmental Sciences); explore the dynamics and pathways of groundwater under Antarctica and its impact on ice sheet and ocean flows. https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/fees-and-funding/scholarships/scholarships-catalogue/postgraduate-scholarships/world-leading-scholarship-05-geography-earth/

For discussion and further information on the projects, please contact the relevant supervisor(s):
Graeme MacGilchrist (gam24 at st-andrews.ac.uk)
Mike Byrne (mpb20 at st-andrews.ac.uk)
Simon Lee (shl21 at st-andrews.ac.uk)
Ioana Colfescu (ioana.colfescu at ncas.ac.uk)
Anna Mackie (arm33 at st-andrews.ac.uk)
David Dritschel (david.dritschel at st-andrews.ac.uk)
TJ Young (tjy1 at st-andrews.ac.uk)

For information on how to apply, please visit https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/earth-sciences/prospective/pgr/