CTP-SAI PHD PROJECTS

Recruitment for PhDs starting in October 2025 is now open

CTP-SAI-070

Assessing efficient application and emission reduction from using low carbon footprint fertilisers in potato agronomy

Professor Ruben Sakrabani, Cranfield University,
Mr Gary Collins, PepsiCo

CTP-SAI-080

Preventing, predicting and protecting crops from vectors of barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV)

Dr Tom Pope (Harper Adams University), Dr Joe Roberts (Harper Adams University), Dr Ben Clunie (Harper Adams University) and Dr Steve Rawsthorne (TMAF)

CTP-SAI-081

‘Guardians from the Grass’; Harnessing fungal endophytes to suppress plant parasitic nematodes of potatoes

Dr Matthew Back (Harper Adams University), Dr Katrzyna Dybal (Harper Adams University) and Dr Sarah Roberts (NIAB / CUPGRA)

CTP-SAI-082

Future Faba: Quantifying the impacts of Faba beans on soil processes for resilient agriculture

Dr Hannah Cooper [University of Nottingham], Roger Vickers [PGRO], Prof. Pietro Iannetta [JHI], Prof. Sacha Mooney [University of Nottingham]

CTP-SAI-083

Breaking Breeding Bottlenecks: Combining remote sensing and machine learning to rapidly phenotype field crop yield potential

Dr Kanthu Joseph Mhango (HAU), Dr Edwin Harris (HAU), Prof Jim Monaghan (HAU), Dr Edwin van der Vossen (Solynta)

CTP-SAI-085

Predicting fungicide resistance evolution: combining theoretical and experimental approaches

Dr Nichola Hawkins (NIAB), Prof Nik Cunniffe (University of Cambridge), Dr Phil Madgwick and Dr Ariane Le Gros (Syngenta)

CTP-SAI-086

Optimising Transient Carbohydrate Partitioning in Wheat to Improve Climate Resilience

Dr Alexander Watson-Lazowski (Harper Adams University), Dr Andrew Beacham (Harper Adams University), Prof Peter Kettlewell (Harper Adams University), Dr Simon Griffiths (John Innes Centre) and Steve Rawsthorne (The Morley Agricultural Foundation)

CTP-SAI-088

Optimizing cover crops in faba bean rotations: Implications for SFI policy

Prof. Sacha Mooney [University of Nottingham], Roger Vickers [PGRO], Prof. Pietro Iannetta [JHI], Dr Tom Woods [NIAB]

CTP-SAI-092

Assessing the impacts of regenerative farming on UK lowland peatlands

Dr Nick Girkin (University of Nottingham), Dr Hannah Cooper (University of Nottingham), Julius Joel (G’s Growers)