Postgraduate Research Students

Some of our recent research degree students and their thesis titles

Abdussalam Ibrahim
Modelling the Relationship between Climate and Vegetation in the Tarhuna Region, Libya, Using Spatial Modelling Techniques.
(Completed: 08/12/2010 )
Supervised by: Dr Kevin White ,  Dr Geoffrey Griffiths

Agnes Atim (a.atim@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
HIV Mobilisation and Participation of Men and Women living with HIV in Post-conflict Northern Uganda.
Supervised by: Dr Ruth Evans ,  Dr Sophie Bowlby

Alex Boon (a.boon@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Peatland habitats as sources and controls of greenhouse gases.
Supervised by: Dr Steve Robinson ,  Dr Anne Verhoef

Alice Johnston (a.s.a.johnston@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Modelling earthworm population dynamics in agricultural fields.
Supervised by: Professor R Sibly (SBS) ,  Professor Mark Hodson

Antia Villada (a.villada@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Evaluation of tree species x soil type interactions for their potential for long term C sequestration.
Supervised by: Dr Liz Shaw ,  Dr Anne Verhoef ,  Dr E Vanguelova (Forest Research)

Ashfaq Afsar
Remediation of metal-contaminated soils and water with engineered nanoparticles
Supervised by: Laurence Harwood (Chemistry) ,  Professor Mark Hodson

Askia Mohammed
Influence of residue management options on soil ecosystem productivity in agricultural catchments.
Supervised by: Dr Steve Robinson ,  Dr Anne Verhoef

Attila Lazar
Modelling fixed plant and algal dynamics in rivers.
(Completed: 01/03/2011 )
Supervised by: Professor Paul Whitehead ,  Professor Andrew Wade

Bassey Udo
Influence of oil on greehouse gas emissions from soils.
Supervised by: Dr Anne Verhoef ,  Dr Joanna Clark ,  Dr Chris Collins

Caroline Day (c.day@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Geographies of care, disability and family relationships in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Supervised by: Dr Ruth Evans ,  Dr Sophie Bowlby

Cheryl Nosworthy
A geography of horse-riding: The spacing of affect, emotion and (dis)ability identity through horse-human encounters.
(Completed: 11/05/2011 )
Supervised by: Dr Sophie Bowlby ,  Dr L Holt

Chinedum Anyika (c.c.anyika@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Environmental Biotechnology
Supervised by: Dr Liz Shaw

Christopher Yates (c.a.yates@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Characterising dissolved organic matter flux in UK freshwaters: sources, transport and delivery.
Supervised by: Professor Penny Johnes

Clive Evans
CSR and the Paralympics 2012.
Supervised by: Dr Steve Musson ,  Dr Sally Lloyd-Evans

Daniel Gikaara
Improving Productivity of Mobydick (Asclepias sp) in Mixed Cropping Smallholder Systems in Kenya.
(Completed: 06/12/2010 )
Supervised by: Professor Stephen Nortcliff ,  Dr P Dorward (Agriculture)

Danielle Sinnett
Development of an ecological risk assessment framework for community greenspace.
(Completed: 11/05/2010 )
Supervised by: Professor Mark Hodson ,  Tony Hutchings (Forest Research)

David Hughes (d.l.hughes@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Remediation of metal-contaminated soils and water with engineered nanoparticles
Supervised by: Professor Mark Hodson ,  Laurence Harwood

Eleni Geropanagioti (e.geropanagioti@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Climatic controls on the transformations and aquatic impacts of carbon exported from riparian wetlands.
Supervised by: Dr Steve Robinson ,  Professor Penny Johnes ,  Dr A Collins (ADAS)

Ellen McHugh (nee Quirke)
Trans-nationalism and identity among second generation migrants to the Caribbean: a life history approach.
Supervised by: Professor Rob Potter ,  Dr Sally Lloyd-Evans

Emile Mwenge (e.k.mwenge@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Developing a decision support system to manage UK forests.
Supervised by: Dr Anne Verhoef ,  Professor Stephen Nortcliff ,  Dr E Vanguelova (Forest Research)

Emmanuel Dugan (e.dugan@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Sustainable soil and water management and conservation practices for sustainable crop production in Ghana: a case study of Sefwi Wiawso district farming communities.
Supervised by: Dr Anne Verhoef ,  Dr Steve Robinson ,  Saran Sohi (UK Biochar Edinburgh)

Evi Riikonen (e.k.riikonen@reading.ac.uk)
The culturally constructed sense of place as an indicator in the formation of transnational spaces and identities: a study of first generation Finnish and Indian immigrants' changing concepts of place, space and identity.
Supervised by: Professor Rob Potter ,  Dr Sophie Bowlby

Gary Downing (g.e.downing@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Disabled sexual identities.
Supervised by: Dr Ruth Evans ,  Prof C Stychin (Law) ,  Dr L Holt (External)

Glyn Barrett (g.a.barrett@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Analysis of Escherichia coli 0157 colonisation of the plant environment.
Supervised by: Dr Liz Shaw ,  Dr P Hirsch (Rothamsted) ,  Dr R Jackson (SBS Reading)

Gudbjorg Ottosdottir (g.ottosdottir@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Care and disability in refugee families in Europe.
Supervised by: Dr Ruth Evans ,  Dr Sally Lloyd-Evans

James Cotterill (j.p.cotterill@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
The efficacy of using bio-chars as additives in the composting process.
Supervised by: Dr Steve Robinson ,  Dr P Alexander (RHS Wisley) ,  Dr J Gaunt (Full Circle Solutions)

James Ford (j.d.ford@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Identification of probable Chalk Workings in Reading and Berkshire through temporal and spatial analysis of the associated brickmaking industry.
Supervised by: Dr Kevin White ,  Dr T R Astin ,  Clive Edmonds (PBA)

Jelena Kokovic (j.kokovic@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Uptake pathways and bioaccumulation of decamethylcyclopentasiloxa ne (D5) and benzo-a-pyrene (BaP) in Crop Plants.
Supervised by: Dr Chris Collins ,  Dr Liz Shaw

Jennifer Lannon
Quantifying the Impacts of Data Input Uncertainty upon Modelled River-System Hydrochemistry.
(Completed: 01/10/2010 )
Supervised by: Professor Andrew Wade ,  Dr F Underwood (Biological Sci) ,  Dr E Black (Meteorology)

Jessica (Jess) Neumann
Explore and analyse the relationship between insect biodiversity and landscape structure with particular focus on wooded landscapes within an agriculture matrix.
Supervised by: Dr Geoffrey Griffiths ,  Graham Holloway (Biol Sciences) ,  Andrew Hoodless (GCWT)

Jessica Princivalle (j.princivalle@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
How important is soil microbial diversity for pesticide biodegradation function and robust biodegradation kinetics?
Supervised by: Dr Liz Shaw ,  Dr Irene Bramke (Syngenta)

John Liu (j.d.liu@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Historical degradation and the potential of rehabilitation on a planetary scale.
Supervised by: Professor Stephen Nortcliff ,  David Powlson (Rothamsted) ,  Professor Rob Potter

Jose Gomez Eyles
Measuring and Reducing the Bioavailability of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Contaminated Soil.
(Completed: 01/12/2010 )
Supervised by: Professor Mark Hodson ,  Dr Chris Collins

Joseph Olimah (j.a.olimah@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Speciation and phytoextraction of heavy metals.
Supervised by: Professor Mark Hodson ,  Dr Liz Shaw

Jun (Joy) Cang (nee Zhang)
Soils and organic pollutants.
Supervised by: Dr Chris Collins ,  Dr Liz Shaw ,  Dr Joanna Clark

Katarzyna Sawicka (k.sawicka@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Identifying the spatial mechanism controlling variability in long-term increases in dissolved organic carbon concentrations in soil and surface waters
Supervised by: Dr Joanna Clark ,  Professor Andrew Wade ,  Dr E Vanguelova Forest (Research) ,  Mr D Montieth (CEH)

Katie Grant
Changes in glacier extent since the Little Ice Age and links to 20th/21st Century climatic variability on Novaya Zemlya, Russian Arctic.
(Completed: 01/10/2010 )
Supervised by: Dr Maria Shahgedanova ,  Dr C Stokes

Lorna Jones
The impact of the UK Caribbean Diaspora on business and job creation in OECS countries.
Supervised by: Professor Rob Potter ,  Dr Sally Lloyd-Evans

Maria Tucker (m.a.tucker@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
The Geography of Government Finance in the UK.
Supervised by: Dr Steve Musson ,  Professor Rob Potter

Mark Craggs (m.craggs@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Assessing the transfer of pollutants in the human gut.
Supervised by: Dr Chris Collins ,  Professor G Gibson (Food Biosciences)

Mark Hirons (m.a.hirons@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Addressing livelihood and environmental needs: what are the implications of implementing the REDD mechanism in rural Sub- Saharan Africa?
Supervised by: Gavin Hilson (SAPD) ,  Professor Mark Hodson

Melanie Orchard
Gender, Identities and Micro- and Small-Business Owners in Barbados and Trinidad.
(Completed: 01/10/2010 )
Supervised by: Dr Sally Lloyd-Evans ,  Professor Rob Potter

Melissa Stepney
Women, Alcohol and the Night Time Economy: psychoanalytical spatial practices and narratives of drinking amongst young female students from the UK and the Netherlands.
(Completed: 01/10/2010 )
Supervised by: Dr Sophie Bowlby ,  Dr Sally Lloyd-Evans

Michelle Brooks (m.m.s.brooks@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Belonging: perspectives of belonging amongst women for whom Islam is a significant influence.
Supervised by: Professor Rob Potter ,  Dr Sally Lloyd-Evans

Musfiroh Jani (m.jani@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
The crystal chemistry of hydrous ferrous sulphates.
Supervised by: Professor Mark Hodson ,  Dr A Chippindale (Chemistry)

Philip Stastney (p.stastney@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Examining the relationships between Holocene climate change, palaeohydrology and human activities in the Midlands of Ireland.
Supervised by: Dr Nicholas Branch ,  Dr Stuart Black

Phoebe Foy-Phillips (p.s.foyphillips@reading.ac.uk)
Children having children: cultures of young parenting, gendered identities and rurality.
Supervised by: Dr Sally Lloyd-Evans ,  Dr Ruth Evans

Prakash Khanal (p.khanal@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Nepalis Diaspora and Development: Making Migration Work for Everyone.
Supervised by: Professor Rob Potter ,  Dr Sally Lloyd-Evans

Samuel Parry (s.a.parry@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Turning rocks into soil.
(Completed: 14/03/2012 )
Supervised by: Professor Mark Hodson ,  Simon Kemp (BGS) ,  Eric Oelkers (LMTG Universite Paul Sabatier)

Sarah Halliday (s.j.halliday@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Developing novel modelling and monitoring techniques for understanding the controls on water quality.
Supervised by: Professor Andrew Wade ,  Professor Richard Skeffington

Sonia Garcia Alcega (s.garciaalcega@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Bioaccessibility of brominated flame retardants in indoor dusts.
Supervised by: Dr Chris Collins ,  Jonathan Swann (Food Biosciences)

Tessa Lynn (t.j.lynn@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Building Resilient communities: the role of community planning.
Supervised by: Gavin Parker (REP) ,  Dr Steve Musson

Thomas Sizmur (t.p.sizmur@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Impact of earthworms on metal mobility and availability.
(Completed: 12/10/2011 )
Supervised by: Professor Mark Hodson ,  Dr Liz Shaw ,  Dr B Palumbo-Roe (BGS Nottingham)

Yaw Adjei-Amoako (y.adjei-amoako@pgr.reading.ac.uk)
Mainstreaming disability and development: the challenges and opportunities in Ghana.
Supervised by: Dr Ruth Evans ,  Professor Rob Potter