BETR visiting ECRs scholarship/studentship

As supporting, training early career researchers and facilitating science communication are two of the main aims of the BETR programme, with support from UKRI (NERC), BETR is able to provide a few scholarships/studentships to all three projects to enable visiting students/ECRs to visit research partners/institutes in China or the UK.

2020

Xingyu Ma
Chinese University of Geosciences, Wuhan
Host Institute: University College London
Host: Dr Ying Zhou, Prof. Graham Shields
Project: Li isotope oscillation during the Smithian-Spathian transition (SST)
Wenwei Guo
Chinese University of Geosciences, Wuhan
Host Institute: University of Leeds; University of Bristol
Host: Prof Paul Wignall; Prof Mike Benton
Project: Correlating the terrestrial and marine P-Tr sequences through magnetostratigraphy and U-Pb geochronology
Kaixuan Ji
Chinese University of Geosciences, Wuhan
Host Institute: University of Leeds
Host: Prof Paul Wignall
Projects:
1.Terrestrial tempestites study of the Lower Liujiagou Formation in North China;
2. Sequence stratigraphy chronostratigraphic framwork study in North China for marine-continental correlation
He Tang
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden (XTBG), Chinese Academy of Sciences
Host Institute:  University of Bristol
Host: Prof Paul Valdes
Project: Tibet uplift and the vegetation dynamics during the Cenozoic
Dr Xiaoyan Liu
South China Normal University
Host Institute:  University of Bristol
Host: Prof Paul Valdes
Project: How models and fossil evidence works on biogeographic history and intercontinental communication of plants
Shenglan Xu
South China Agriculture University
Host Institute:  University of Bristol
Host: Prof Paul Valdes
Project: How do plants cope with rapid warming – Effects of PETM events on species survival and extinction combining paleoclimate modeling and JEDI approach Introduction

2019

Wei Shi
Chinese University of Geosciences, Wuhan
Host Institute: University of Leeds
Host: Dr Benjamin Mills
Project: Modelling Oceanic Oxygenation during the Ediacaran

2018

Dr Fred Bowyer
University of Edinbrugh (currently University of Leeds)
Host Institute: Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology
Host: Prof Maoyan Zhu
Project: Ediacaran record in Siberian