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dark matter PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 18 dark matter PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Dark matter searches with NEWS-G and future experiments

Dark matter makes up around 85% of the matter density in the universe, however, its precise particle nature remains one of the greatest mysteries in modern physics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Knights
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Searching for Dark Matter with the Lux-Zeplin Detector

The Centre for Particle Physics at Royal Holloway is offering a PhD opportunity on the LZ experiment for direct detection of dark matter. The nature of dark matter is one of the most fundamental open questions in physics, and the LZ experiment is at the forefront of technology designed to pursue this question. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Kaboth
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Dark Matter Search with the LZ Experiment.

LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) is a high-sensitivity dark matter experiment based on dual-phase xenon technology currently operating in the deep underground laboratory at SURF (South Dakota, USA). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof V Kudryavtsev, Prof D R Tovey
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(UoM - Tokyo) Advanced particle tracking and real-time analysis for discoveries at the ATLAS detector at CERN

The matter that we know of constitutes only 15% of our universe - the remaining 85% is an enigmatic form of matter known as dark matter. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Doglioni, Prof R Sawada
 28 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Detecting Dark Matter with Quantum Technology

Our understanding of the Universe and its fundamental constituents is conveyed by the Standard Model of particle physics and by General Relativity. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Barontini
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Dark Matter with the LZ and XLZD Experiments

A fully-funded PhD position in particle physics is available focused on the search for dark matter using liquid xenon technology. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Brown
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Dark Matter Search with ADMX and the Quantum Sensors for the Hidden Sector Collaboration

This Ph.D. project involves searches for hidden sector dark matter, including QCD axions and axion like particles (ALPs). Our group at Sheffield leads the 'Quantum Sensors for the Hidden Sector' collaboration, and collaborates with the Axion Dark Matter Experiment (ADMX) collaboration in the USA. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof E Daw
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Searching for exotics signatures (Dark Matter/Extra Dimensions)

The long-established RHUL ATLAS group is renowned for its expertise in physics (Higgs, top quark and exotic signatures involving electrons), statistical methods and plays a leading role internationally in the ATLAS trigger and data acquisition systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof T Berry
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[FSE Bicentenary PhD] Quantum sensing using actinide molecular ions for fundamental physics.

This PhD project will utilise quantum technology to prepare radioactive molecules for searches of physics beyond the standard model. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Flanagan, Dr J Vijayan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Bayesian Deep Learning for cosmology with Euclid

This project will focus on the combination of cutting-edge Deep Learning and statistical methods to enable cosmological inference from next-generation facilities such as the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Spurio Mancini
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Particle accelerator simulations for new particle physics experiments

Particle colliders are incredibly complex and expensive devices to design, construct, operate and maintain. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Gibson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Accessory Genomes and Evolutionary Strategies of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Bacteria are remarkably effective at responding to the diverse environmental challenges they encounter. But what gives them this extraordinary adaptability? This Project will explore the flexibility encoded in the bacterial ‘accessory’ genome, which can equip bacteria with novel functions beyond their core genome. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Nikolic, Prof J Webb
 2 May 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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PhD Studentship on the FASER(2) experiment

FASER stands for “ForwArd Search ExpeRiment” and is one the newest experiments based at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. It is a novel experiment searching for exotic long-lived and weakly-interacting new particles. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J.A. Mcfayden
 17 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decoding the secondary metabolic memory of a diatom phytoplankton

Our interpretation of biology is very much inclined towards what we can see with the naked eye, making us focus on the prominent forms of life surrounding us - the plants and animals. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Beedessee
 31 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Atomic quantum sensors for fundamental physics

The huge progress achieved in the manipulation of quantum systems is opening novel routes towards the generation of realistic quantum-based technology. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Guarrera
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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