Current Students

Cristina Coker, Exeter (Cohort 5)

PhD Project: Hazards and Drivers of Coastal Cliff Retreat in England

Supervisors: Prof Akbar Javadi, Dr Steven Palmer and Dr Barend Van Maanen 

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Cristina has an MSc in Applied Marine Science from Plymouth University and a BSc in Environmental and Land Planning Engineering from Politecnico di Milano. Prior to joining the WISE CDT she was working as a Senior Coastal Process Scientist for the Plymouth Coastal Observatory.

Cristina is now a Coastal Scientist at Moffatt & Nichol.

Vivien Maertens, Bath (Cohort 5)

PhD Project: Optimisation of Deep-Water Offshore Wind Systems

Supervisors: Dr Chris Blenkinsopp, Prof Paul Milewski and Prof Jun Zang

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Vivien came to the WISE CDT programme with an MSc in Modern Applications of Mathematics from the University of Bath. She also has a BSc in Mathematics with Advanced Proficiency in French from the University of Exeter.

Vivien is now an Offshore Wind Engineer at Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult.

Samuel Rowley, Cardiff (Cohort 5)

PhD Project: Flood Risk Modelling and Management in the Middle Severn Catchment

Supervisors: Prof Shunqi Pan and Dr Zhihua Xie

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Sam joined the WISE CDT with a BSc in Physics from Cardiff University. His final year project on ‘Water Vortices 2 – The Ranque-Hilsch Effect In Water’ involved analysing heat flows in a variety of water vortices, using thermal imaging and computer analysis. 

Sam is now a Flood Risk Modeller at Mott MacDonald.