PhD topics for the year 2024/25

PhD thesis topics for admission 2024/2025

Environmental Sciences and Applied Biology

Mark J. McCarthy

Determining the role of microbial nitrogen cycling (internal nitrogen loading) on phytoplankton community structure and cyanobacterial blooms in lakes Veisjärv and Kaiavere, Estonia

Lauri Laanisto

Heterogeneity and fragmentation: spatial non-uniformity and it´s bidirectional implications to the objects sharing the space

Ülo Niinemets

Herbivory-induced volatle organic compounds in changing climates

Kalev Sepp, Anton Shkaruba

Connecting land-use behaviour and decision-making for sustainable climate and biodiversity governance

Joanna Tamar Storie, Simon Bell

Exploring the Sense of Place among Crisis-Impacted Communities for Inclusive Landscape Rehabilitation using artificial intelligence visualisation

Raymond Ward, Christopher Brian Joyce, Miguel Villoslada

Global change effects on nutrient cycling in coastal wetlands

or

Influence of management and plant community type on bird species diversity in coastal wetlands: the use of UAVs and machine learning tools

 

Forestry

Rein Drenkhan, Liina Jürisoo

Pathogens threatening urban trees and their control options in changing climate

Henn Korjus

Models for participatory forestry planning in empowering local communities

Reimo Lutter, Hardi Tullus

Growth models and wood quality of silver birch and hybrid aspen plantation

Kalev Adamson, Marili Vester

Mycoviruses affecting Inonotus obliquus: their impact on fungal growth and cultivation

 

Agricultural Sciences

Riho Gross, Katrin Kaldre, Anti Vasemägi

Effect of use of horticultural by-products (sea buckthorn and blackcurrant leaf and shoot biomass) as phyto- and prebiotic feed additive on performance and health of aquaculture animals

Jordi Escuer Gatius, Annely Kuu, Merrit Shanskiy

Linking greenhouse gas emissions to soil, biological and environmental parameters

Tiina Tosens, Ülo Niinemets

Impact of Gall-Forming Insects on agricultural and forests productivity

Kaire Loit, Liina Soonvald

The effect of agricultural management practices on the dispersal patterns of pathogenic fungi

 

Engineering Sciences

Timo Kikas, Renu Geetha Bai

Vitamin D production from microalgae utilizing flue gas exposure

or

Sustainable Textile Waste Valorization through Ionic Liquid-Based Green Solvents for the Production of Platform Chemicals

Erwan Rauwel, Protima Rauwel, Tõnu Tõnutare

Study of metallic pollutants extraction from soil using recyclable glass nanocomposites

Protima RauwelErwan Rauwel

 Hybrid hierarchical oxide nanostructures for diode-based green photocurrent generation

 

Veterinary Medicine and Food Science

Tarmo Niine

Machine Learning and Artificial Neural Networks Applications in Dairy Farming: Innovations for Improved Animal Welfare and Economic Efficiency

Toomas Orro, Kristel Peetsalu

Microbiota and immune development of neonatal lambs

Alireza Fazeli, Külli Kingo, Dulmini Nanayakkara Sapugahawatte

Extracellular Vesicles in Skin Health: Targeted Interventions for Inflammatory Disorders and Burn Wound Healing