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Research Office

NERC Science Day

Earth & Environmental Science Research in NE England: Current Highlights & Future Plans

July 14th 2010, 9am until 5pm

Calman Centre, Science Site, Durham University

 

A showcase for NERC-funded research in Northeast England, involving  a day long engagement between scientists working in Durham, Newcastle and Northumbria universities, together with invited representatives from NERC and industry.  We are looking forward both to demonstrating the quality of NERC science being carried out and its impact both nationally and internationally.  There is also an opportunity to engage in a new forward planning process for research.

 

Oral presentations

Durham University

Domestication, DNA and the Dynamics of Human History

Greger Larson (Archaeology)

Understanding the evolution of diversity in the deep sea; a case study on the population genetics of two deep sea fish species with contrasting life histories

Rus Hoelzel (Biological Sciences)

New spatial & temporal constraints on petroleum systems from Rhenium and PGE geochemistry

Alex Finlay et al. (Earth Sciences)

Quantifying fault slip rates and earthquake clustering along active normal faults in Central Italy

Ken McCaffrey et al. (Earth Sciences)

Towards a better post-glacial rebound correction for satellite gravity measurements of Antarctic ice sheet mass balance

Bentley et al (Geography)

Understanding and predicting dramatic mass loss from polar ice sheets

Andreas Vieli et al (Geography)

Northumbria University  (Chair: Ian Head)

Geophysical investigations of Subglacial Lake Ellsworth, West Antarctica

John Woodward  et  al. (School of Applied Sciences)

Newcastle University  (Chair: John Woodward)

Environmental Sciences Research at Newcastle University

David Manning

Biodiversity Research at Newcastle University

Ian Head

Earth System Science and Climate System Research at Newcastle University

Simon Poulton

Sustainable Use of Natural Resources Research at Newcastle University

Selina Stead

Environment, Pollution and Human Health Research at Newcastle University

Tanja Pless-Mulloli (presented by Dave Manning)

Natural Hazards Research at Newcastle University

Andy Russell

 

Building capacity in the NE

 

The afternoon session was arranged into 4 parallel thematic discussion groups:

These groups were charged with exploring potential contributions by Northeast universities in the named thematic, exploring possible collaborations and identifying areas where existing NERC programmes may not be suitable for addressing outstanding problems.  This will include building capacity within the North-East for cross-University initiatives.  Representatives from both Durham and Newcastle led these discussions and produced short written summaries which are linked to the four theme titles above.

This was then followed by a second session where we specifically looked at opportunities for growing Knowledge Exchange.  A summary and associated presentation are also available.