Projects for NERC -funded Research Experience Placements (REPs) 2025

The 15 projects open for applications are listed here. Please email dtp-admin@esc.cam.ac.uk if you have any problems opening the project details that you are interested in. 

Applications close on Friday 9th May 2025. 

1. Greenhouse Gas Emissions versus soil respiration rates in the Cairngorms (Lead supervisor: Alexandra Turchyn, Department of Earth Sciences)

1. Greenhouse Gas Emissions versus soil respiration rates in the Cairngorms (Lead supervisor: Alexandra Turchyn, Department of Earth Sciences)

2. Ice Crystal Structure of Antarctic Ice (Lead supervisor: Emma Pearce, British Antarctic Survey)

2. Ice Crystal Structure of Antarctic Ice (Lead supervisor: Emma Pearce, British Antarctic Survey)

3. Instrument Development for Measuring Ice Nucleation: from Antarctic Sources to Southern Ocean Clouds (Lead supervisor: Nina Kinney, British Antarctic Survey)

3. Instrument Development for Measuring Ice Nucleation: from Antarctic Sources to Southern Ocean Clouds (Lead supervisor: Nina Kinney, British Antarctic Survey)

4. Modelling air quality in urban megacities (Lead supervisor: Alex Archibald, Department of Chemistry)

4. Modelling air quality in urban megacities (Lead supervisor: Alex Archibald, Department of Chemistry)

5. Examining the impact of the world’s largest icebergs on Southern Ocean phytoplankton communities (Lead supervisor: Amanda Burson, British Antarctic Survey)

5. Examining the impact of the world’s largest icebergs on Southern Ocean phytoplankton communities (Lead supervisor: Amanda Burson, British Antarctic Survey)

6. An inventory of radar data to study North-South asymmetry in response to space weather (Lead supervisor: Ingrid Cnossen, British Antarctic Survey)

6. An inventory of radar data to study North-South asymmetry in response to space weather (Lead supervisor: Ingrid Cnossen, British Antarctic Survey)

7. Exploring Mesozooplankton Dynamics around South Georgia using Imaging Technologies (Lead supervisor: Vicky Fowler, British Antarctic Survey)

7. Exploring Mesozooplankton Dynamics around South Georgia using Imaging Technologies (Lead supervisor: Vicky Fowler, British Antarctic Survey)

8. In search of ice nucleating particles in Arctic snow and sea ice (Lead supervisor: Mrakus Frey, British Antarctic Survey)

8. In search of ice nucleating particles in Arctic snow and sea ice (Lead supervisor: Mrakus Frey, British Antarctic Survey)

9. What controls the localisation of seismicity in the New Madrid seismic zone: insights from seismic tomography (Lead supervisor: Sergei Lebedev, Department of Earth Sciences)

9. What controls the localisation of seismicity in the New Madrid seismic zone: insights from seismic tomography (Lead supervisor: Sergei Lebedev, Department of Earth Sciences)

10. Pan-Arctic BrO Changes in Early Spring Derived from Satellite Remote Sensing (Lead supervisor: Xin Yang, British Antarctic Survey)

10. Pan-Arctic BrO Changes in Early Spring Derived from Satellite Remote Sensing (Lead supervisor: Xin Yang, British Antarctic Survey)

11. The role of sustainable agriculture in UK invertebrate conservation (Lead supervisor: Lynn Dicks, Department of Zoology)

11. The role of sustainable agriculture in UK invertebrate conservation (Lead supervisor: Lynn Dicks, Department of Zoology)

12. Seismic tomography constraints on the origin of seismicity in the east-central US and Canada (Lead supervisor: Sergei Lebedev, Department of Earth Sciences)

12. Seismic tomography constraints on the origin of seismicity in the east-central US and Canada (Lead supervisor: Sergei Lebedev, Department of Earth Sciences)

13. Variability of North Atlantic storms (LEad supervisor: Sebastian Schemm, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics)

13. Variability of North Atlantic storms (LEad supervisor: Sebastian Schemm, Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics)

14. Patterns in the plankton: harnessing in-situ imaging and machine learning for zooplankton monitoring (Lead supervisor: Cecilia Liszka, British Antarctic Survey)

14. Patterns in the plankton: harnessing in-situ imaging and machine learning for zooplankton monitoring (Lead supervisor: Cecilia Liszka, British Antarctic Survey)

15. Antarctic Black mudstone and the Toarcian Global Oceanic Anoxic Event (Lead supervisor: Morag Hunter, Department of Earth Sciences)

15. Antarctic Black mudstone and the Toarcian Global Oceanic Anoxic Event (Lead supervisor: Morag Hunter, Department of Earth Sciences)