PhDs – October 2021 start
Cranfield University
Soil as a core infrastructure to achieve catchment resilience
Andrea Momblanch, Rob Simmons, Alister Leggatt & Shaun Dowman – applications closed
Identification of the precursors and the potential to minimise nitrogenous disinfection by products and their toxicological importance
Emma Goslan & John Haley – applications closed
Resource and energy recovery from sewage sludge by optimised advanced thermal conversion process control
Stuart Wagland, Yadira Bajon Fernandez, Peter Winter & Aurelien Perrault – applications closed
Securing drinking water supplies: the role of organic matter on water treatability
Peter Jarvis, Irene Carra & Adam Brookes – applications closed
Ammonia to energy: A key decarbonisation strategy for the water sector
Ewan McAdam & Andrew Moore – position filled
Applied biotechnology to enhance resilience of wastewater treatment plants
Ana Soares & Bruce Jefferson – applications closed
Controlling water chemistry to improve drinking water quality and minimising disinfection by-products
Emma Golsan, Peter Jarvis & Bruce Jefferson – applications closed
The University of Sheffield
Real Time Forecasting of Catchment Water Quality to Improve Supply Resilience
James Shucksmith, Michael Chipps & Keiron Maher – position filled
Achieving biologically stable / low AOC water in the UK
Joby Boxhall, John Haley & Peter Jarvis – applications closed
Performance assessment and whole-life costing of STW grit removal processes
Andy Nichols, Simon Tait & Daniel Jarman – position filled
Effects of microplastics on interactions between soil biota, soil structure and crop performance in sewage sludge-amended soils
Steven Thornton & Jonathan Leake – position filled
Newcastle University
Minimising whole life carbon emissions in a multi-site utility
Oliver Heidrich and Anthony Browne – position filled
The future of wastewater-based epidemiology (joint project with University of Sheffield)
David Graham, Vanessa Speight, Andrew Moore & George Ponton – position filled
Resilience of Groundwater Resource under Severe Drought
Geoff Parkin, Brian Thomas & Geoff Darch – position filled
The PhDs are open to UK and international students (including EU countries) however due to funding rules, no more than 30% of the projects in this cohort can be allocated to international students.