DR. SOPHIE COMER-WARNER: BIOGEOCHEMISTRY ACROSS THE AQUATIC CONTINUUM
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Ph.D. in Biogeochemistry
2014-2019, University of Birmingham, UK
Ph.D. Studentship funded through the Natural Environment Research Council with additional funding and supervision from the British Geological Survey.
Thesis: Drivers of Microbial Metabolism, Nutrient Cycling and Greenhouse Gas Production in Agricultural Streambed Sediments.
Supervisors: Prof. Stefan Krause and Prof. Daren Gooddy.
Awarded the Sir Oliver Lodge Prize for quality of Ph.D. thesis.

Taught Masters (M.Sc.) in Oceanography
2012-2013, University of Southampton, UK
Grade: Merit.
Thesis: The Comparison of Iron Speciation and Transport between Two Hydrothermal Vent Fields.
Supervisors: Prof. Rachel Mills and Dr. Will Homoky.

Master of Chemistry (MChem)
2006-2010, University of Sheffield, UK
Grade: First Class.
Thesis: Developing in vivo and in vitro assays of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase.
Included one year of study abroad (2008-09) at University of Maryland, USA.
​Research title: Investigating ionic liquids as greener and safer solvents.

Professional Experience

Since Jan 2020 European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Global Fellowship
University of Birmingham, UK and McGill University, Canada

Mar-Nov 2019 Institute for Global Innovation Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Birmingham, UK in partnership with Vietnam National University, Hanoi and Can Tho University, Vietnam

Mar 2018-2019 Ph.D. Research Secondment
United States Geological Survey, Virginia, USA

​Mar-Sept 2014 Science Programme Officer
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Natural Environment Research Council, UK

Funding and scholarships

​2019                 European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (€276,498)                               
2018                 Institute for Global Innovation, project number 2018 (£39,200)
2016                 NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility Award (£8,736)
2015                 NERC Isotope Geoscience Laboratory Facilities Award (£58,600)
2012                 Society for Underwater Technology M.Sc. Scholarship (£4,000)
2012                 University of Southampton M.Sc. Scholarship (£5,400)

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