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Cardiff University, Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 26 Cardiff University, Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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EPSRC DLA: Nanodiamond for virus detection

At least 1 billion people lack access to safe water due to rapid population growth, urbanization, industrialisation and the climate emergency. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof O Williams, Dr B Hou
 3 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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The Late Stages of Galaxy Evolution – a project with the Euclid Space Observatory

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) make it possible to obtain high-resolution images of tiny areas of sky. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Eales, Dr MW Smith
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The Surface and Skies of Venus (MPhil)

2 year MPhil . We don’t know how the planet Venus – Earth's near-twin in size and mass – has evolved so differently. Today, the surface is scorching hot and the skies are full of acid. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof JG Greaves, Dr S Sarkar
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Illuminating compact binary formation and evolution with gravitational waves

Gravitational waves are emitted by compact binaries—pairs of black holes and/or neutron stars—spiralling around each other at close to the speed of light before colliding in a violent coalescence. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr IRS Romero-Shaw, Dr F Antonini
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Active Colloidal-Quantum-Dot Light Emitting Devices: QD Laser and QD LEDs

Realization of electrically pumped lighting and lasing with colloidal quantum dots will have a revolutionary impact on many disciplines including display, photonics, optical communication, chemical sensing, and medical diagnostics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Hou, Prof P M Smowton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Probing compact binary environments with future gravitational wave detectors

Current gravitational-wave detectors observe gravitational-wave signals from binary compact objects—black holes and neutron stars—in the final few moments as they inspiral towards a cataclysmic collision. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr IRS Romero-Shaw, Prof S Fairhurst
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Why is the Universe getting cleaner by the day? Modelling dust, gas and metals in high redshift galaxies using BEDE

High redshift galaxies discovered using submillimetre surveys of the sky (so-called submillimetre galaxies) are likely ancestors of present-day massive early-type galaxies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Gomez, Prof S Eales
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Understanding carrier dynamics in CuInZnS3 quantum dots toward high-performance indoor photovoltaics

CuInZnS3 quantum dots (CIZS QDs) is a non-toxic and phosphide free material which has a significant potential to be used in wearable PVs and indoor PVs [1,2]. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof W W Langbein, Dr B Hou
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Towards a clinical MEG system: theoretical and practical insights into the use of optically pumped magnetometers

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a non-invasive medical imaging technique that allows characterisation of human brain electrophysiology by measuring magnetic fields generated by neural currents. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Beltrachini, Prof K Murphy
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The Sweet-Spot for Star Formation

CONTEXT. Star formation is one of the most fundamental processes regulating the evolution and appearance of the Universe, with implications for many diverse areas of astronomy. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Whitworth, Dr P Clark
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The formation and evolution of star-forming filaments

CONTEXT. Filaments play a critical role in star formation. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Whitworth, Dr ADC Duarte Cabral
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Star Formation Triggered by Colliding Interstellar Clouds

CONTEXT. Much of the interstellar gas in a galaxy like the Milky Way is in dense molecular clouds. When these clouds enter a spiral arm, they merge to form larger clouds, and are compressed to higher densities. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Whitworth, Dr P Clark
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Simulation-based Inference of gravitational waves signals from black holes and neutron stars

Black holes and neutron stars are the densest objects in the universe, well beyond what we can produce in a laboratory and at the very edge of our understanding of physics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Raymond, Prof S Fairhurst
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Revealing the Hidden Light: Understanding the cosmic dust and cold gas in nearby galaxies.

Over half the light ever emitted by stars in the Universe having been absorbed by cosmic dust, and the situation is worse (>90%) when looking at regions where star-formation is occurring. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MW Smith, Prof S Eales
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Probing the star-forming ISM with fine structure lines

Supersonic turbulent motions are thought to play a major role in the star formation process in galaxies. Theories have suggested that turbulence is responsible for shaping the interstellar medium (ISM), regulating star formation, and even setting the masses of stars as they form in young clusters. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Gomez, Dr N Peretto
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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