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Doctoral Students by Year

Each year a new set of doctoral students begin their research under the supervision of an ECI senior researcher. They work on a range of environmental issues, many related to climate change. The new students come from a range of academic backgrounds, work experiences, and nationalities. See below for new entrats over recent years.

2008

The Role of Landslides in the Peruvian Andes in Determining Forest Ecology and Carbon Transport
Kathryn Clark, Canadian
Previous degrees: MSc in Plant Science, McGill University in the Neotropical Option. Honours Degree in Physical Geography with minor in Chemistry, University of Windsor
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Cecilia Chavana-Bryant
Previous degrees:MSc in Environmental and health management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); MSc on Environmental Engineering from Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)

2007

Policy-making and investment on adaptation to climate change
Juan Carlos Arredondo, Mexican
Previous degrees: MSc in Environmental and health management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); MSc on Environmental Engineering from Tecnologico de Monterrey (ITESM)
Clean Development Mechanism: Foreign investment in sustainable infrastructure in developing countries
John Cole, Australian
Climate change policy in China: Tracing successful sustainable development policies and measures
Juan Carlos Arredondo, Mexican
Previous degrees: Dipl Chinese Area Studies and Economics
Climate and Andean montane forests: The role of clouds
Kate Halladay, British
Previous degrees: MSc Meteorology
Altitudinal gradients in bromeliad ecology and physiology
Steven Heathcote
Previous degrees: MA Natural Sciences at Cambridge, specialising in Plant Sciences.
Carbon Cycling in Bornean Tropical Forest
Kho Lip Khoon
Previous degrees: BSc Environment; MSc Soil Chemistry
Mainstreaming climate change policy to rural development
Debbie Ley
Previous degrees: BSc Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and MSc in Civil Engineering, specializing in energy (distributed and renewable energy)
Avoiding deforestation and the geography of law in the Brazilian Amazon
Caroline Schmidt
A cross-country interdisciplinary analysis of forestry carbon projects in Latin America
Joel Scriven
Previous degrees: BSc Biology with Oceanography; MSc Integrated Environmental Studies – both at Southampton University