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 495157
Email:   milo.barhamnuigalway.ie

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" 

Cathal Clarke
M.Sc Candidate

Office Phone: 353 (0)91 492 692
Email: clarke_cathalhotmail.com

Supervisors: Klaus Leurer and Garret Duffy

Field of Study: Marine Geophysics
Thesis Title: Seismic Stratigraphy and Inversion of the Galway Bay     high-frequency seismic dataset

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"

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"

Hollydawn Murray
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: 353 (0)91 492 883 
Email:  h.murray3nuigalway.ie  

Supervisors: Dr. Rachel Cave and Dr. Dagmar Stengel

Field of study: Marine Botany 
Thesis Title: The effect of algal-exuded DOM on metal bioavailability in seawater

Marie Perriquet
PhD Candidate

Office Phone: 353 (0)91 492692 
Email:  m.perriquet1nuigalway.ie  

Supervisor: Mr. Tiernan Henry

Field of study:  Hydrogeology in karst environment 
Thesis Title: "The understanding and modelling of coastal aquifers in the Burren, Karst Region, Co. Clare" 

Yvonne O Connell
PhD Candidate

Email: y.oconnell1nuigalway.ie

Supervisor: Dr Eve Daly
Field of study: Geophysics

Thesis Title: Understanding coastal aquifers - using marine electrical resistivity and acoustic data across the coastal zone of south Co. Galway to establish the pathways connecting coastal aquifers with coastal surface and transitional waters.

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: aislingmsmithgmail.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