We take pride in our vibrant community of Scenario alumni. They are leaders, innovators and, influencers. These are their PhD projects.
Cohort 7 (2020 Entry)
| Helen Hooker | Enhancing forecasting flood inundation mapping through data assimilation |
| Harriet Turner | Forecast improvements from solar wind data assimilation |
| Pablo Vallhonrat | Robustness of bridge structures under extreme hydraulic actions |
| Joy Schmeer | Pollutant transport, air quality and the urban environment |
Cohort 6 (2019 Entry)
| Chloe Brimicombe | Pan-African Heatwave Health Hazard Forecasting |
| William Farren | The impact of megafaunal loss and climate change on ecosystem functions in arid land ephemeral river systems |
| Devon Francis | Advanced methods for assimilating satellite data in numerical weather prediction |
| Anna Frost | Origins of the solar wind |
| Jo Herschan | Impact of risk assessments for small water supplies in low income countries in the Southern Hemisphere |
| Lauren James | Origin and evolution of detailed structure in coronal mass ejections |
| Elliott Sainsbury | The role of post-tropical cyclones for European extreme weather |
| Linda Toča | Analysis of peatland carbon dynamics using combined optical and microwave satellite data |
| Fraser Baird | Exploiting the UK and Global COSMOS Soil Moisture Sensor Network to Provide Space Weather Alerts for Aviation and Critical Infrastructure |
| Wilson Chan | A new approach to navigating uncertainty in climate-related hydrologic risk |
| Max Coleman | Climate Response to Short-lived Pollutants (CReSP) |
| Sophie Cuckow | The feeder stream: investigating the mechanisms causing extreme precipitation in cyclones |
| James Fallon | Understanding forecast value in complex decision-making systems |
| Katie Powell | The impacts of long-term declines in insect abundance on ecosystem function |
| Zoe Withey | Understanding microbial community dynamics and resilience in communal sink drains |
Cohort 5 (2018 Entry)
| Jake Bland | The control of cloud and moisture on extratropical cyclone evolution |
| Kris Boykin | Extracting likely scenarios from high resolution ensemble forecasts in real-time |
| Alex Doyle | Understanding monsoon cloud development using Doppler weather radar and high-resolution modelling |
| Harry Frost | Do microplastics transfer potentially toxic elements from water to soil? |
| Daniel Galea | Deep learning atmospheric features |
| Roweena Patel | Energy transfer in marine ecosystems based on phytoplankton size structure from satellite remote sensing |
| Emanuele Silvio Gentile | The impact of atmosphere-wave-ocean coupling on extreme surface wind forecasts |
| Carl Haines | Quantifying the risk of high-impact space weather events for the power industry |
| Lucy King | Optimal exploitation of GNSS Reflectometry signals for sensing land parameters |
| Michael Lai | Understanding the influence of anthropogenic aerosols on Atlantic multi-decadal variability |
| Simon Lee | How can the stratosphere help us predict the weather several weeks ahead? |
| Kieran Pope | Interactions between radiation and convective organization |
| Meg Stretton | A global perspective on the urban heat island effect |
| Dan Teeling | Quantifying responses to abrupt climate change in the Andes, South America: empirical data and model synergies |
| Rachael Thornley | Using Sentinel satellite remote sensing data to monitor the state of grasslands across a range of management intensities |
| Nick Williams | Arctic sea-ice reduction: gaining new knowledge from data assimilation |
| Mark Prosser | Using aviation meteorology to improve aircraft safety |
Cohort 4 (2017 Entry)
| Ana Andries | Translation of Remote Sensing data into Sustainable Development Indicators (TRISDI) |
| Rebecca Atkinson | Optimal mitigation of sampling error in ensemble data assimilation |
| Jake Aylmer | Ocean dynamics and the latitude of the ice edge |
| Teo Bloch | The Outer Boundary Layer of the Outer Radiation Belt |
| Rebecca Couchman-Cook | Measuring the pulse of Bagana volcano |
| Helen Griffith | Atmospheric rivers and the land surface: drivers of extreme floods. |
| James Hill | Millennial-Scale History of Amazon Forest Dynamics |
| Dominic Jones | Explaining Timescales associated with Jet Stream Variability |
| Nigel Lawton | The analysis of urban growth and surface permeability informed by earth observation data |
| Pinelopi Loizou | Decadal variability of tropical cyclones: natural variability or anthropogenic influence? |
| Andrea Marcheggiani | High resolution air-sea coupling for downstream storm prediction |
| Scott Midgley | Trace-element incorporation into stalagmite calcite as a paleo-volcanic record: a chemical perspective |
| Adam Milsom | Impact on VIscosity, Reactivity and Atmospheric Lifetimes of Complex Aerosol SElf-assembly (VIRAL CASE) |
| Jessica Ponting | Impact of extreme rainfall events on the mobility of potentially toxic elements in floodplains |
| Dan Shipley | Mathematical Techniques for Atmospheric Convection to Improve Severe Weather Prediction |
| Liam Till | The Role of Updrafts in Cloud Evolution |
| Alec Vessey | Quantifying Arctic storm risk in a changing climate |
| Joe Watson | Predicting the numbers and location of seabass for sustainable management |
Cohort 3 (2016 Entry)
| Kaan Alkan | Assessing the effects of NOx and Ozone on volatile organic compound Signal Mediated InterActions of the silver Y moth (ANOSMIA) |
| Adam Bateson | Fragmentation and melting of the seasonal sea ice cover |
| Lewis Blunn | Developing high-resolution NWP for local scale air quality prediction over cities |
| Rachael Byrom | Contribution of near-infrared bands of greenhouse gases to radiative forcing |
| Ben Clewer | In-Flight Atmospheric Radiation Observations for Space Weather Risk Monitoring |
| Ben Courtier | Cloud electrification and lightning in the evolution of convective storms |
| Matt Greenwell | Modelling functional connectivity of butterflies across landscapes using population and genetic data |
| Bethan Harris | Thermodynamic constraints on tropical cyclone intensity and frequency |
| William McIntyre | Mathematical Modelling of atmospheric convection for better regional climate change prediction |
| Kaja Milczewska | Improving the accuracy of air quality forecasts |
| Sophia Moreton | Air-sea exchanges at the ocean mesoscale: a driver of the ocean circulation? |
| Henny Omosigho | How do earthworms and soil microbial communities interact to determine the fate of organic matter amendments to soil? |
| Jamie Towner | Climate variability and extended-range flood forecasting for the Peruvian Amazon |
| Jade Ward | Application of novel field sensors for tracking pathogens in drinking water supplies in Africa |
| Ryan Williams | The air we breathe – Quantifying stratospheric influence on extreme air pollution events |
| Sally Woodhouse | Arctic mass, freshwater and heat fluxes in high-resolution global coupled climate models |
Cohort 2 (2015 Entry)
| Jonathan Beverley | The role of the Asian Summer Monsoon in European Summer Climate Variability |
| Vicky Boult | Modelling red deer and elephant behaviour using satellite data to estimate food availability |
| Rob Boyd | Individual-based Model of North Sea Fish using Satellite Remote Sensing |
| Mercio Cerbaro | An analysis of the role of satellite-based information in the management of forests |
| Sean Cleator | Glacial and Holocene Climates Reconstructed by Vegetation-Model Inversion |
| Luke Evans | An integrated modelling approach to Environmental Stewardship design for butterflies |
| Rebecca Frew | Sea ice and climate feedbacks in the Southern Ocean |
| James Gilmore | Electrical pre-conditioning of convective clouds |
| Thomas Hall | Testing historical reconstructions of global sea surface temperature using early satellite data |
| Kirsten Lees | Measuring peatland carbon sequestration and emissions by remote sensing |
| Jacob Maddison | Downstream control of blocking and Rossby wave breaking by extratropical cyclones |
| Mark Muetzelfeldt | Development of scale-awareness in the representation of convective cloud systems |
| Matt Priestley | Storm clustering over Europe |
| Shyamali Roy | Evaluating the impact of emergent disease on microbial and insect populations in the tree ecosystem |
| Luke Storer | Multi-model ensemble predictions of atmospheric turbulence |
| Josh Talib | What controls the location and intensity of the Intertropical Convergence Zone? |
| Holly Turner | Wind profile effects on gravity wave drag and their impact on the global atmospheric circulation |
| Elliott Warren | Optimising future observing networks for the evolving urban landscape |
| Ben Wōden | ATmospheric Oxidation of MIxed organic films on aqueous droplets studied by Neutron reflectometry and infra-RED absorption spectroscopy (ATOMINRED) |
Cohort 1 (2014 Entry)
| Sarah Bentley | Predicting the effect of the solar wind on the waves that drive the Earth’s radiation belts |
| Elizabeth Cooper | Improving flood predictions using data assimilation |
| Philip Craig | Role of atmospheric moisture transport in the salinity of the Atlantic Ocean |
| Jonathan Elsey | Water vapour continuum absorption in the near-infrared |
| Rebecca Emmerton | Implications of changes in climate regime for flood characteristics and global flood forecasting |
| Matt Feist | What Controls the structure of UK thunderstorms? |
| Anna Freeman | Why is knowledge of environmental factors insufficient to predict river phytoplankton blooms? A study of the role of periphyton and predatory grazing? |
| Jake Gristey | Understanding the earth’s energy flows from a constellation of satellites |
| Emma Hopkin | Using vertical profiles of atmospheric backscatter as observed with the Met Office ceilometers network to improve high resolution weather forecasts |
| Christoph Kent | Urban gust estimates for insurance portfolio loss |
| James Shaw | Numerical Representation of Mountains in Atmospheric Models |
| Richard Smith | Amazonia under mid-Holocene drought |
| Joseph Taylor | The impact of extreme weather events on tropical island diversity |
| Caroline Wainwright | Characterising and understanding variability and trends in Africa rainfall |
| Azin Wright | Representing uncertainty in land surface hydrology for seasonal forecasting |