A fully funded NERC GW4+ PhD at Cardiff University, with Exeter, Bath and Florida, on how lightning ignites trees and how to reduce lightning-wildfire risk. Closes 7 January 2027.
中国国家留学基金委和英国埃克塞特大学合作奖学金（博士生项目） Prof Ted Feldpausch is recruiting students for the China Scholarship Council and University of Exeter PhD Scholarships. Full-time PhD scholarships are available in collaboration with the China Scholarship Council (CSC), for September 2027/28 entry. Available PhD Projects The PhD projects focus on a range of themes related to fire, land-use change, tree mortality, carbon cycling, and forest […]
PhD student Gavyn Mewett has returned from a month of fieldwork in Ghana, where he surveyed lightning-struck trees across Bobiri Forest Reserve and Ankasa Game Reserve as part of the Africa Lightning Project (PI: Prof. Tim Hill; co-I: Prof. Ted Feldpausch, University of Exeter).
This opportunity has closed. For current PhD and postdoctoral opportunities in the Feldpausch group, see Opportunities. We are seeking qualified and motivated candidates to pursue a PhD studying how lighting affects tree mortality, carbon dynamics, and forest composition in tropical forests. Applications for the NERC GW4+ project are open, with a closing date of 16:00 […]