magnetic resonance PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

We use advanced magnetic resonance approaches to identify and characterise weak molecular interactions. The aim of this project is to combine both Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopic techniques to study such interactions.

PhD Studentship in Magnetic Resonance Imaging System Engineering: 3D Image Processing Software

Imperial College London
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr M Ristic

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Applications are invited for a research studentship in the field of Magnetic Resonance Imaging system engineering leading to the award of a PhD degree.

PhD Studentship in Magnetic Resonance Imaging System Engineering: Maximizing Image Quality

Imperial College London
Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr M Ristic

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Applications are invited for a research studentship in the field of Magnetic Resonance Imaging system engineering leading to the award of a PhD degree.

Use of Novel Magnetic Resonance Techniques to Investigate the Effect of Biochemical Environment on Cellular Metabolic Viability.

University of York
Department of Chemistry

Dr A Kennerley

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Background. Over the last 30 years technological advancements in the fabrication of micro electrodes have permitted in-depth probing of cellular chemistry.

Hyperpolarisation using liquid-state Overhauser Dynamic Nuclear Polarisation

University of York
Department of Chemistry

Dr M E Halse

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful analytical technique with routine applications throughout the chemical and physical sciences.

Interventional Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

King’s College London
School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences

Dr S Roujol, Dr K Pusparajah

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Research Project. Cardiac catheterisation is a common procedure in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD).

PhD Position in Deep Learning Applied to Magnetic Resonance Imaging/Physics

St. Olavs University Hospital
Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine

Dr PT While

Application Deadline: 31 May 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

ABOUT THE POSITION. A PhD position is available at the Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine at St. Olav’s University Hospital in Trondheim, Norway, to start in the autumn/winter of 2020.

Myocardial functional T1 mapping – Advanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging techniques: improving and standardization of quantitative CMR approaches to support better healthcare

University of Oxford
Radcliffe Department of Medicine

Prof S Piechnik, Prof V Ferreira, Prof S Neubauer, Dr Q Zhang

Application Deadline: 24 July 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Other Potential Supervisors. Konrad Werys. OCMR has an international reputation for cardiac MRI (CMR) research on all aspects from acquisition biophysics to clinical applications.

Understanding Movement and Mechanism in Molecuar Machines (MACMILLANF2U20SF)

University of East Anglia
School of Chemistry

Dr F MacMillan

Application Deadline: 31 May 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

We study the architecture and functional dynamics of membrane proteins, especially many medically relevant membrane transport systems.

Ultrahigh field MRI (7T), Cardiac and respiratory motion tracking and correction

University of Oxford
Radcliffe Department of Medicine

Dr A Hess

Application Deadline: 5 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research (OCMR) develop new methods for cardiac magnetic resonance. This project will be in the ultrahigh field (7T) cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) team which has a focus on cardio-respiratory motion detection and correction.

Theory and Methodology for Nuclear Spins Diffusing in Porous Media

University of Southampton
Chemistry

Dr G Pileio

Application Deadline: 31 August 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Supervisor. Giuseppe Pileio. Co-supervisor Marcel Utz. Project description.

Fluency and Context in Recognition Memory

The University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Dr J Taylor, Dr A Kafkas

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

This project relates to a sort of ‘memory illusion’. On a recognition memory test, increasing the perceptual fluency of a test cue increases the likelihood that the word will be endorsed as ‘familiar’, even if it hasn’t been seen in the study phase (and therefore should have been called ‘new’).

Coordination compounds for quantum computation investigated by advanced electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy

University of St Andrews
School of Chemistry

Dr B E Bode

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Spins are quantum two-level systems with quantum coherence as one of their fundamental properties. This makes electron spins promising candidates for use quantum bits (qubit) in quantum technology applications such as quantum computing.

Strain-Tuning of Quantum Magnetism

University of Birmingham
School of Physics and Astronomy

Dr M Chung, Dr C Hicks

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This research project has funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

Quantum magnets exhibit a rich variety of exotic quantum phases and transitions. Measurements on model systems can be closely compared with theoretical results, enabling understanding from the bottom up of collective quantum phenomena that lie at the heart of modern condensed and quantum matter physics.

Fatigue Characterisation of Composites at Cryogenic Temperatures

University of Bristol
Department of Aerospace Engineering

Prof O Thomsen

Application Deadline: 15 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This research project has funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

The materials and design techniques used in superconducting whole-body Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) magnets have been refined over time and now make more extensive use of composite materials than previously.