Earth & Ocean ScienceS

Zara Archibald
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 492 883
Email:  z.archibald1nuigalway.ie

Supervisor:  Dr. Kathryn Moore

Field of study:  Igneous Petrology
Thesis title:  "Volcanology and petrology of arc magmatism in South Mayo".

Milo Barham
Ph.D. Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 492 692 
Email: milobarhamyahoo.co.uk

Supervisors: Mr. John Murray and Prof. Mike Williams

Field of Study: Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
Thesis Title:"Controls on Upper Viséan (Carboniferous) depositional environments in Ireland"

Aoife Brady   
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 492 692
Email: a.brady9nuigalway.ie

Supervisor: Dr. Kathryn Moore

Field of Study: geochemistry and rock textures of carbonatites, calcite kimberlites and ultramafic lamprophyres
Thesis Title: "The role of carbonate in diatremic magmatism"

Catherine Breheny
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 492 883
Email: c.breheny1nuigalway.ie

Supervisor: Dr. Kathryn Moore

Field of Study: Volcanic geology
Thesis Title: "Explosive magmatism, peperites, magma-sediment interaction, and ore bodies at the Bunmahon Volcano, County Waterford" 

John Durcan
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 387 517 
E-Mail: john.durcanmarine.ie

Supervisors: Dr. Rachel R. Cave and Dr. Dagmar Stengel

Field of Study: Marine Chemistry
Thesis Title: "Total and Inorganic Arsenic in Irish Marine Biota: Method Development and Determination"

Catherine Elder
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 492 692
Email: c.elder1nuigalway.ie

Supervisors: Dr Eve Daly and Mr. Tiernan Henry

Field of study: Environmental geophysics
Thesis Title: "Characterisation of dynamic hydrologic systems: the application of electrical resistivity and acoustic methods across the coastal zone"

Martin Gilligan
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 493 200
Email: m.gilligan5nuigalway.ie

Supervisors: Dr. Martin Feely, Dr. Tim Higgins, Dr. Liam Morrison, and Mr. Tiernan Henry

Field of Study: Hydro-geochemistry
Title of thesis: "Hydrogeological and Geochemical Investigations of Elevated Arsenic (As) Abundances in Groundwater in Ireland".

Siddhi Joshi
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 492 692
Email:  siddhi.joshinuigalway.ie  

Supervisors: Dr. Colin Brown, Dr. Anthony Grehen, and Dr. Garret Duffy

Field of study: Oceanography, geophysics, marine ecology, geomatics
Thesis Title: "Understanding the seabed- Benthic habitat mapping and the role of biophysical interactions in Galway Bay, West of Ireland".

Edward Lynch
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 495 097
Email: e.lynch9nuigalway.ie

Supervisors: Dr. Martin Feely, and Dr. David Selby (Durham University)

Field of Study: Economic Geology, Geochemistry
Thesis Title: "The nature and timing of Neoacadian granitic magmatism and associated mineralization (Mo-Cu-W) in the Newfoundland Appalachians of eastern Canada".

Breandán Anraoi MacGabhann
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 492 884
Email:  b.macgabhann1nuigalway.ie  

Supervisor(s): John Murray

Field of study: Palaeontology
Thesis Title: "Comparitive taphonomy of Ediacaran and Palaeozoic soft-bodied fossils"

Triona McGrath
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 493 205
Email:  triona.mcgrathmarine.ie  

Supervisors: Dr. Rachel Cave

Field of study:  Marine chemistry
Thesis Title: Ocean Acidification: "A Baseline Study in Irish Waters"

John Paul O'Donnell
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 492 692
Email:  j.odonnell6nuigalway.ie 

Supervisor: Dr. Eve Daly

Field of study: Geophysics
Thesis Title: "Joint seismic and gravity inversion onshore Ireland"

Colm O'Shea
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 495 047
Email: colm_oseyahoo.com

Supervisor: Martin White

Field of study: Biological Oceanography
Thesis Title: "Assessing Ecosystem and Ocean Climate Changes in the Sea Area West of Ireland using the Continuous Plankton Recorder and Oceanographic Measurements."

Anna M. Rengstorf
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 492 692
Email: a.rengstorf1nuigalway.ie

Supervisors: Dr. Anthony Grehan and Dr. Colin Brown

Field of study: Marine Ecology
Thesis Title: "The ecological relevance of high resolution habitat suitability modelling with particular reference to Irish cold-water coral habitat preferences".

Aisling Smith
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 492 884
Email: aislingsmithgmail.com

Supervisor: Dr. Rachel Cave

Field of study: Marine Chemistry
Thesis Title: Riverine versus groundwater sources of nutrients and carbon in two Irish west coast bays and the implications for marine primary production and shellfish growth

Bill Wood
M.Sc Candidate

Office Phone: +353 (0)91 492 692
Email: b.wood1nuigalway.ie

Supervisors: Prof. D.M. Williams and Mr. J. Murray

Field of study: Holocene Climate Change
Thesis Title: "Palaeoclimatological and Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Galway Bay, Ireland during the Holocene".