Postgraduate Research
The UCD School of Earth Sciences has a thriving international postgraduate community. We currently have around 20 students representing 8 nationalities. The majority of our postgraduates study for a PhD or MSc by research. Please see the UCD Graduate Studies page for more information on fees, funding and scholarships.
General information about postgraduate studies at UCD can be found on the UCD Graduate Studies Website.
Current PhD Researchers
- Adongo, Vincent
- Austin, Thomas
- Ballabio, Georgia: Constraining large igneous province volcanism and global weathering rates during super-greenhouse climates
- Cazorla Martínez, Malena: Controls on high grade cobalt mineralization in the Central African Copperbelt
- Chakraborti, Prithwijit: An improved characterisation of subsurface using geophysical inversion incorporated with subsurface structure and physical properties of rocks to support mineral exploration
- Crowell, Clara: Refining Ireland's glacial history to de-risk mineral exploration
- Devine, Savannah
- Dunn, Eleanor
- Fredericks, La Donna
- Geiger, Elena Johanna: Spodumene pegmatite haloes: characterization, exploration vectoring and ore potential
- Healy, Rachel
- Johnston, Thomas: Using block and ash flow deposits to infer lava dome collapse dynamics and resultant hazards
- Khoshlahjeh Azar, Mahdi
- Maass, Regina
- Mohamadzadeh, Mohadeseh
- Moore, John Paul: Quantitative analysis of fault and fracture systems and their impact on groundwater flow in Irish bedrock aquifers
- Moscardini, Rioko: Triassic Reservoir Quality and Geostorage Potential in the Irish Sea Basins
- Myers, Amy
- Naantu Ekandjo, Halleluya
- Neofitu, Roland: Tracking Neogene growth and collapse of the Antarctic Ice Sheet (AIS) by detrital provenance analysis
- Ní Nualláin, Kendra: Volcanic domes through time: deconstructing morphology and stability hazards as a function of viscosity and alteration
- Othen, Hannah: Tectono-straigraphic evolution of the complexly faulted basin margins in the Irish Carboniferous
- Owusu, Bernard Asare: Temperature determination beneath volcanoes using geophysical-petrological modelling
- Susin, Victoria: Subsurface geological characterization of Stonepark prospect using multiphysics geophysical inversions and petrophysics
- Turton, Nikita: Global weathering rates and sediment fluxes during early Cenozoic hothouse climates
- Twigg, Helen: Halokinetic structure in the Kipushi-Kalindi area (Zambia-DRC) and comparison of the paragenetic sequences of alteration and mineralization in Kipushi-Kalindi area and Kakanda (DRC)
- Vincent, Victor Ikechukwu: Nature and timing of ore mineralization, alteration and basin configuration at the Lubambe-Konkola Cu-Co deposits
- Walsh, Muireann
- Walsh, Phoebe
- Weber, Maurice
- Wei, Nanyu
- Youngeagle, Dakota: Characterisation, timing and source analysis of the White Bridge boulder deposit in the Cairngorm Mountains, Scotland
Current MSc Researchers
- Vokes, Simon
Previous Postgraduates
2024
- Dr Correia, João: Present and future regional scale climate influences on renewable energy resources
- Dr Behboudi, Effat
2023
- Dr Couvin, Benjamin: Characteristics of slow-moving submarine landslides
- Dr Doyle, Robert: Regional variations of Tournaisian and Viséan lithostratigraphy and their links to basin and structural evolution in Ireland
- Dr Drejing-Carroll, David
2022
- Dr Berdi, Laura: An integrated study of the Hatton Basin: its role in regional North Atlantic petroleum systems
- Dr Maggio, Giovanni: Multi-environment seismic ambient noise imagery in Ireland
- Dr O'Donnell, Eoin: Syn-rift basin fill architecture - constraints from forward stratigraphic modelling
- Dr O'Sullivan, Conor: Structural and kinematic analysis of the Slyne and Erris Basins: understanding the link between structural evolution and traps
- Dr Subasic, Senad: Multidisciplinary shallow crustal imagery at Boliden Tara Mines
2021
- Dr Lowney, Brydon: Diffraction Imaging: Towards Clearer Images of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs
- Dr Doran, Aileen: Hydrothermal fluid flow in Irish Zn-Pb deposits: a Zn-Cu-S isotope and clumped isotope approach
- Dr Gomez Garcia, Clara: Seismic imaging with high-frequency waveform techniques
- Dr Lopez Cabrera, Javier: Measuring and modelling stacking patterns in turbidite sequences
- Dr Papageorgiou, Fani: An investigation of uranium occurance, sources and mobilisation processes in selected Irish groundwaters
- Dr Russell, Alex: An Investigation of arsenic sources, speciation and mobilisation processes in selected Irish aguifers
- Dr Sinclair, Laura
2020
- Dr Hussain, Arif: Controls on clay distribution at bed-level in deep-water sandstones; implications for permeability and hydrocarbon drainage
- Dr Kaeter, David: Rare element enrichment processes in LCT pegmatites and implications for geochemical exploration
- Dr Rodriguez Salgado, Pablo: Structural and kinematic analysis of the Celtic Sea basins - exploring links between evolution and traps
- Dr Soni, Kishan: Hierarchical sedimentary characterisation and modeling of submarine channels
- Dr Walsh, Deirdre: Reservoir modelling conditioned to seismic and well data
- Dr Whiting, Lewis: Prediction of deep-water stratigraphic traps developed across the syn-rift to post-rift transition in Atlantic margin basins
2019
2018
2017
- Dr Barros, Renata: Petrogenesis of lithium-rare metal pegmatites along the eastern margin of the Leinster Granite, southeast Ireland
- Dr Eibl, Eva: An Investigation of Seismic Tremor on Glacier Covered Volcanoes in Iceland
- Dr Thun, Johannes : Accessing seismic near-field information with seismometers: From laboratory constraints to volcano seismic applications
- Dr Zubiate, Laura: The role of atmospheric teleconnection patterns in modulating wind energy resources
2016
- Dr Comas Bru, Laia: Atmospheric controls on rainfall and soil water 18O; implications for proxy-based NAO reconstruction in Europe
- Dr Delogkos, Efstratios: 3D fault zone architecture in Kardia Mine, Ptolemais Basin, Greece
- Dr Fonnesu, Marco: Distal flow transformations and architecture of turbidite lobe systems