NZPS PhD Researchers
NZPS PhD ResearchersÂ
Meet the researchers starting their NZPS DTP Project from October 2026.
Gareth Buhl
Northumbria University
Project Title: Drone-borne radar for sustainable monitoring of permafrost thaw and carbon emissions
Supervisory Team:
Primary - Craig Warren (Northumbria University), Adam Booth (University of Leeds).
Dominic Cook
University of Leeds
Project Title: Sustainable In-situ Atmospheric Sensing: Advancing Balloon-borne Observations of Polar Cirrus Clouds
Supervisory Team:
Primary - Thomas Whale (University of Leeds), Floortje Van Den Heuvel (BAS), Nina Kinney (University of Leeds), Richard Nash (Voltitude).
Case Partner: Voltitude
Jacqueline Fanner
Northumbria University
Project Title: Reducing the carbon footprint of polar volcano-ice research: Re-using model and cores to understand Antarctic volcanic feedbacks
Supervisory Team:
Primary - Jack Longman (Northumbria University), Ronja Reese (Northumbria University), Hugh Tuffen (Lancaster University).
Paola Francavilla
Northumbria University
Project Title: Prevalence of textile microfibres in Antarctica: exploring the circularity and carbon footprint of textiles in polar fieldwork
Supervisory Team:
Primary - Miranda Prendergast-Miller (Northumbria University), Alana James (Northumbria University), Clara Manno (BAS), Kelly Sheridan (Northumbria University).
Matthew Morecroft
BAS / University of Reading
Project Title: Project Title: Developing low-carbon approaches to wildlife monitoring in Antarctica
Supervisory Team:
Primary - Claire Waluda (BAS), Ashley Bennison (BAS), Vicky Boult (University of Reading), Nathan Fenney (BAS), Victoria Warwick-Evans (BAS).
Case Partner: Limosaero
Matias Morgan
Lancaster University
Project Title: Towards low-carbon satellite monitoring of Greenland's supraglacial lakes: A year-round, multi-sensor approach
Supervisory Team:
Primary - Katie Miles (Lancaster University), Duncan Quincey (University of Leeds), Mal McMillan (Lancaster University), Henry Moss (Lancaster University).
Amarni Newman
Northumbria University
Project Title: Developing Net Zero Solutions for Autonomous Polar Atmospheric Monitoring of Biological Aerosols
Supervisory Team:
Primary - David Pearce (Northumbria University), Matthew Oakes (Limosaero), Graham Spelman (Limosaero), Floortje van den Heuvel and Markus Frey (BAS).
Case Partner: Limosaero
Jenna Pettit
BAS / University of Reading
Studying Antarctic krill with autonomous platforms to reduce research emissions
Supervisory Team:
Primary - Sophie Fielding (BAS), Peter M. Atkinson (Lancaster University), Tracey Dornan (CEFAS), Sally Thorpe (BAS).
Case Partner: CEFAS
Marlena Reil
Northumbria University
Project Title: Low-Carbon Snow Microstructure Retrieval from Multi-Frequency Satellite Data Assimilation
Supervisory Team:
Primary - Melody Sandells (Northumbria University), Esteban Alonso-González (Pyrenean Institute of Ecology (IPE-CSIC), Tristan Quaife (University of Reading), Leanne Wake
Rajan Sian
University of Reading
Project Title: Arctic Dense Water Formation and AMOC Resilience: Balancing Climate Model resolution with Carbon Footprint
Supervisory Team:
Primary - Jon Robson (University of Reading), Emma Bolland (BAS), David Ferreira (University of Reading).
Emily Smeaton
University of Leeds
Project Title: Sustainably Monitoring the Mass Balance of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Supervisory Team:
Primary - Ryan R. Neely III (University of Leeds), Sarah Barr (NCAS University of Leeds), Heather Guy (NCAS), Charlotte Lang (University of Reading).
Sarah Warren
Northumbria University
Project Title: The polar-tropical climate connection: ice sheet controls on subtropical hydroclimate
Supervisory Team:
Primary - Monika Markowska (Northumbria University), Samuel L. Nicholson (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry), Julia Tindall (University of Leeds), Hubert B. Vonhof (Max Planck Institute for Chemistry).
Liza Wilson
University of Leeds
Project Title: Citizen Science and Remote Sensing for Net Zero-aligned Glacial Lake Monitoring
Supervisory Team:
Primary - Scott Watson (University of Leeds), Jonathan L. Carrivick (University of Leeds), Katie E. Miles (Lancaster University), Greta H Wells (University of Iceland).