Milner Centre for Evolution PhD students
We are postgraduate researchers in the fields of biology and biochemistry studying evolution.
We undertake independent research, supported by an academic member of staff.
- Alin Acuna Alonzo (supervisor: Dr Araxi Urrutia)
Project title: Uncovering the molecular basis of encephalization - Fernando Ardal (supervisor: Dr Nicholas Longrich) Project title: not available
- Paigan Aspinall (supervisor: Dr Leslie Turner)
Project title: Genetics of speciation in house mice: Identifying molecular and developmental mechanisms of hybrid male sterility - Laurence Belcher (supervisor: Professor Jason Wolf)
Project title: Multidimensional evolution in a social microbe - Thomas Belcher (supervisor: Dr Andrew Preston)
Project title: Developing the Bvg minus phase of Bordetella pertussis as a vaccine platform - Juan Benito Moreno (supervisor: Dr Daniel Field)
Project title: The skeletal morphology of Mesozoic ornithurine fossils - Jade Bishop (supervisor: Dr Hans Wilhem Nuetzmann)
Project title: not available - Joe Bonsor (supervisor: Professor Matthew Wills)
Project title: The taxonomy and phylogeny of the iguanodontian dinosaurs - Dana Buchan (supervisor: Professor Laurence D. Hurst)
Project title: Development and evaluation of resources for teaching evolution in primary schools - Kerry Bullock (supervisor: Dr Andrew Preston)
Project title: High throughput genetic screening for proteins essential for Bordetella pertussis outer membrane stability, virulence, and immune responses - Jessica Calland (Supervisor: Professor Samuel Sheppard)
Project title: Exploiting Genomics for Developing Autogenous Vaccines to Control Campylobacter in Poultry - Albert Chen (supervisor: Dr Daniel Field)
Project title: The systematics of crown birds combining phylogenomic and palaeontological approaches - Sarah Chordekar (supervisor: Dr Paula Kover)
Project title: The Genetic Basis of Hybrid Incompatibility in Arabidopsis thaliana as a model for crop improvement - Lyndsay Christie (supervisor: Professor Ed Feil)
Project title: Microbiome of lumpfish and the effect of bacterial colonisation in the early life stages - Lucy Cox (supervisor: Professor Laurence Hurst) Project title: not available
- Nicola Coyle (supervisor: Professor Ed Feil)
Project title: Genomic signals of adaptation and differentiation in aquatic bacteria, with a focus on the Vibrio genus - Debra De Loach (supervisor: Dr Stephanie Diezmann)
Project title: Does developmental regulation of co-chaperones affect virulence? - Jennifer Ellis (supervisor: Professor Matthew Wills)
Project title: Are molecular phylogenies really better than morphological ones? - Kay Fountain (supervisor: Professor Ed Feil)
Project title: Staphylococci in wild animals, genomes in health and disease - Hamia Habib (supervisor: Professor Ed Feil) Project title: not available
- Robert Hicks (supervisor: Dr Daniel Henk)
Project title: Using natural variation and adaptive evolution of Metschnikowia pulcherrima for lipid production from low value plant feedstocks - Alex Ho (supervisor: Professor Laurence D. Hurst)
Project title: Errors and the evolution of genomes - James Horton (supervisor: Dr Tiffany Taylor)
Project title: Understanding how adaptive and non-adaptive processes shape gene regulatory network evolution using combined experimental and machine learning methods - Richard Howard (supervisor: Professor Matthew Wills)
Project title: The deep phylogeny of Ecdysozoa - Georgina Hudson (supervisor: Professor Laurence D. Hurst)
Project title: How does irregular school transition affect learning in sciences and arts subjects? - Joelle Jansen (supervisor: Professor Laurence D. Hurst)
Project title: The evolution of new genes and new gene expression - Catherine Klein (supervisor: Dr Nick Longrich)
Project title: Mass extinction and adaptive radiation: evidence from fossil lizards, snakes and tuataras - Carolin Kobras (supervisor: Dr Susanne Gebhard)
Project title: Functional analysis of conserved domains in the antimicrobial peptide resistance transporter BceAB of Bacillus subtilis - Rebecca Lakin (supervisor: Dr Nick Longrich)
Project title: The evolution of parental care in birds and dinosaurs - Yimeng Li (supervisor: Professor Matthew Wills)
Project title: Testing for driven trends in the skeleton of vertebrates - Felix Lundberg (supervisor: Professor Laurence D. Hurst)
Project title: Non-autonomous gene expression: causes, consequences and lessons for gene therapy - Phil Madgwick (supervisor: Professor Jason Wolf)
Project title: Evolution of strategic behaviour - Mauro Moreno (supervisor: Dr Daniel Henk)
Project title: Avian behavioural ecology - Evangelos Mourkas (supervisor: Professor Samuel Sheppard)
Project title: Genomic basis of host adaptation in Campylobacter - Halimubieke Naerhulan (supervisor: Professor Tamas Szekely)
Project title: Mating system variation and disease prevalence in birds - Benjamin Padilla Morales (supervisor: Dr Araxi Urrutia) Project title: Evolutionary and genomic basis of complex phenotypes
- Kate Petty (supervisor: Dr Paula Kover)
Project title: The genetic basis of adaptation and plasticity in a salt tolerant Brassicacea - Rosina Savisaar (supervisor: Professor Laurence D. Hurst)
Project title: Constraints on transcriptome evolution imposed by dual coding - Matthew Shepherd (supervisor: Dr Tiffany Taylor) Project title: not available
- Grant Smith (supervisor: Dr Nick Longrich) Project title: not available
- Claire Tanner (supervisor: Professor Tamas Szekely) Project title: not available
- Mustafa Thega (supervisor: Dr Andrew Preston)
Project title: Developing manduca sexta as a model for microbiome research - Thomas Trapman (supervisor: Professor Matthew Wills) Project title: not available
- Jose Valdebenito Chavez (supervisor: Professor Tamas Szekely)
Project title: Causes of sex-specific mortalities and sex ratio biases in Kentish plover: diseases, parasites and immunocompetence