PhD in Animal Ecology in Glasgow United Kingdom | University of Glasgow

Our goal is to forecast the impacts of swift environmental transformations, including those driven by climate shifts, ecosystem degradation, renewable energy expansion, contamination, and excessive resource extraction, on biological diversity and the wellbeing of humans and animals.
The planet is undergoing unprecedented environmental shifts at an accelerated pace, influenced by multiple factors like climatic variations, ecosystem destruction, clean energy projects, environmental toxins, and unsustainable resource consumption. These rapid changes are significantly altering ecosystems and affecting both wildlife and human health, creating an urgent need for predictive capabilities.
Our academic department combines research examining environmental change impacts across all biological scales. For example, at microscopic levels, we explore how ecological conditions affect biochemical pathways, cellular stress, genetic deterioration, and aging processes. These investigations connect to broader studies of organismal adaptation strategies, which subsequently shape population trends, interspecies relationships (including parasite-vector-host interactions), and ecological community composition. Our methodology encompasses both controlled experiments and extended wildlife monitoring (conducted at various locations, including our Loch Lomond-based SCENE field station's aquatic and forest research initiatives).
We employ diverse methodologies, gathering both experimental and field data while utilizing epidemiological analysis, quantitative modeling, computational simulations, bioinformatics, physiological studies, disease research, immune system analysis, and multi-omics technologies (genetic, protein, metabolic profiling). Research initiatives are customized according to our faculty specialists' knowledge bases, offering opportunities in both fundamental and practical sciences through field studies, lab work, and computational analysis within ongoing domestic and international research programs.