"The effect of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles on plant and soil microbial processes", Dr Corinne Whitby and Prof Ian Colbeck
"Effect of oxidative stress on the biochemistry of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP)-lyase enzymes in tropical reef organisms", Dr Michael Steinke, Dr Mike Hough, Dr Jonathan Worrall
"Pollution mitigation by microbes in urban soils", Dr Terry McGenity, Dr Corinne Whitby
"Understanding how microbes survive inside salt", Dr Terry McGenity
"Biogenic gases from extremely saline environments – how can they inform us about life elsewhere in the Solar System", Dr Michael Steinke, Dr Terry McGenity
"Impacts of thermal adaptation and warming on predator-prey interactions", Dr Eoin O'Gorman
"Effect of microplastics on microbial communities and their processes in the environment", Dr Corinne Whitby and Dr Philippe Laissue
"Impacts of conventional and biodegradable plastics on community structure and biogeochemical cycling", Dr Eoin O'Gorman, Dr Boyd McKew, Dr Corinne Whitby, Prof Terry McGenity.
"The Role of Phosphorus in RIverbed Nitrogen Cycling", Dr Boyd McKew, Dr Corinne Whitby, and Dr Philippe Laissue
"High-resolution imaging of biofilms and hot-spots in riverbed sediments", Dr Philippe Laissue, Dr Corinne Whitby, and Dr Boyd McKew
"Larval settlement and adhesion of the biofouling hydrozoan, Clytia hemisphaerica", Dr Nick Aldred
"Trophic control of ecosystems: top predator effects on microbial-driven carbon and nitrogen cycles in northern boreal forest lakes", Dr Tom Cameron, Dr Natalie Hicks, Dr Corinne Whitby.
"Investigating if natural drinking water biofilms (DWB) have the potential to degrade unwanted organic micro-pollutants (e.g. plasticizers, phenols, pesticides etc) from our drinking water", Dr Corinne Whitby, in collaboration with Dr Torben Lund Skovhus, and Dr Ditte Andreasen Søborg (VIA University College and Aarhus Water, Denmark).
"Demographics and behaviour in wild birds – research masters in field ornithology with a range of options to work on hirundines, corn buntings, nightingale or waterfowl", Dr Tom Cameron, Dr Kim Wallis (Essex & Suffolk Water) & Dr Chas Holt (BTO)
"Shifting ecological and trophic status in managed freshwater reservoirs in SE England", Dr Tom Cameron, and Dr Kim Wallis (Essex & Suffolk Water)
"Do functional traits of restored shellfish habitats lead to ecosystem services", Dr Tom Cameron and Dr Corinne Whitby, in collaboration with Zoological Society London
"Modelling the global peaks of microbial biodiversity", Prof Alex Dumbrell and Dr Dave Clark
"Mining microbial metagenomes to understand environmental change", Prof Alex Dumbrell and Dr Rob Ferguson
"Revealing the environmental drivers of antimicrobial resistance hidden in metagenome data", Dr Rob Ferguson and Prof Alex Dumbrell
"Geodiversity-biodiversity relationships in microbial communities", Dr Dave Clark and Prof Alex Dumbrell
"Modeling the New Zealand strontium isoscape to track fish migrations and responses to environmental change", Dr Anna Sturrock
"Anthropogenic influences on salmon phenotype and genotype in California", Dr Anna Sturrock
"Recombinant production of a barnacle lysyl oxidase for development of bio-inspired adhesives", Dr Nick Aldred and Dr Phil Reeves