PhD opportunity in Marine/Coastal Sediments

The following PhD project is currently available with the Melbourne University coastal lab: Littoral and shallow marine sedimentology of a temperate high-energy shelf: It is broadly known that the Victorian coast, Australia is partitioned into a siliceous eastern zone and carbonaceous western zone in the intertidal zone. Less is however known of the composition of…

PhD opportunities in the Victorian Coastal Monitoring Project.

These PhD places are now closed. Along the shorelines of South-eastern Australia, there is concern that a lack of sediment supply, rising sea level and climate change will impact sediment circulation patterns, leading to the destabilization of nearshore-beach-dune systems through erosion, overwash, and backshore transgression. We aim to explore the fundamental interconnectedness that drives shoreline…

PhD opportunity: National Centre for Coasts and Climate

The coastal lab is part of the National Centre for Coasts and Climate. With A/Prof David Kennedy and Dr Teresa Konlechner leading the key research of understanding the key drivers and responses of the coast to climate change. Applications are invited for a PhD position in the School of Geography at the University of Melbourne,…