People
Postgraduate students with an interest in climate change involved in the Priestley Climate Scholars programme of engagement and professional development.
| Name | School | Job title | Areas of expertise |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Barns | Chemical and Process Engineering | PhD researcher | Renewable energy, low carbon heat, the decarbonisation of cities, future sustainable energy system, complexity of the energy system |
| Gregory Cooke | Physics and Astronomy | PhD researcher | Researching early Earth's climate as well as exoplanet atmospheres. Understanding how different types of chemistry can affect equilibrium temperature |
| Adele Dixon | Biology | PhD researcher | Assessing ecological responses and coral reef vulnerability to climate change |
| Andy Emery | Geography / Earth and Environment | Priestley PhD researcher (2016 intake) | Glacial and postglacial landscape evolution of Dogger Bank, North Sea |
| Catherine Graves | Earth and Environment | PhD researcher | My project is on "the role of virtual reality to catalyse pro-environmental behaviour change", and links to climate change mitigation measures |
| Rachel Harcourt | Business / Earth and Environment | Priestley PhD researcher (2016 intake) | Narrating the UK's adaptation to a changing climate |
| Leonie Hyde-Smith | Civil Engineering | PhD researcher | Climate resilience of urban water and sanitation services; Affordability of "climate proof" urban water and sanitation services; Costs of adaptation |
| Ruth Joo | Earth and Environment | PhD researcher | Linkage of Global Carbon Markets |
| Mingchen Li | Business | PhD researcher | The relationship between companies' carbon performance and financial performance; The impact of carbon performance on firms' financing restrictions. |
| Katerina Liontou | English / Business | Priestley PhD researcher (2018 intake) | Public perceptions of volcanism and atmospheric change,1783-2010 |
| Dominic Muenzel | Biology | PhD researcher | Coral reef resistance and resilience to climate change through systematic conservation planning |
| Alesia Ofori | Politics and International Studies (POLIS) | PhD Researcher | Rural governance; Political Ecology of water; Micropolitics and the extractive industry in West Africa |
| Santosa Sandy Putra | Geography | PhD researcher | Tropical Peatlands; River Restoration; Hydrology; Extreme Weather; Remote Sensing |
| Philippa Roddis | Earth and Environment | PhD researcher | Public acceptance of renewable energy; low carbon transitions; ecosystem services |
| Kate Sambrook | Earth and Environment / Business | Priestley PhD researcher (2019 intake) | Public perceptions of heatwaves and climate change in the U.K. |
| Jillian Schacher | Earth and Environment | Priestley PhD researcher (2018 intake) | Investigating the ethics of climate services; Comparative advantages and considerations of public vs. private climate service providers |
| Benjamin Skinner | Performance and Cultural Industries | PhD researcher | Touch as a means of communicating our current climate crisis; The (potential) sensory perception of skin |
| Oliver Stanfield | Chemistry | PhD researcher | Carbon Capture and Storage for industrial sites e.g. powerplants with new solvents with better qualities than current technology |
| Harrison Tan | Biology | PhD researcher | Interaction between climate change and human activities, population demography of ice-breeding pinnipeds |
| Harriet Thew | Earth and Environment | PhD researcher | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, climate change education |
| Josh Turner | Civil Engineering | PhD researcher | Using System Data to Reduce GHG Emissions from Heat Pumps in Operation (Heat pumps are a low carbon method of space/water heating and cooling) |