Earth & Natural Sciences - Research

Research in the School covers a broad spectrum of geoscience topics with a seamless transition between pure and applied research and an increasing emphasis on multidisciplinary projects. We continue to value field-based research and also work extensively with subsurface datasets. The School is equipped with world-class analytical facilities for geochemical and radiogenic isotopic analysis as well as a wide range of software, some of it developed in-house, for geovisualisation, subsurface interpretation, geomodelling, and remote sensing.

Earth & Natural Sciences F018, F129 Graduate Research PhD On Campus FT / PT 4/6 Years

Research Areas Students will be embedded within 1 of 6 disciplinary education strands. Their research projects will be aligned with one of the six major multidisciplinary research themes. In this way students will gain:


• A deep understanding of their discipline.


• Experience of original research that addresses issues of national and global import.


• A high level of technological expertise and understanding of a broader range of technologies.


• First-hand experience on how diverse knowledge can be integrated to overcome major challenges and/or to sustainably exploit Earths' resources.