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.

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.

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.

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.

Insights into the mechanism of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases through EPR, resonance Raman and X-ray Absorption and Emission spectroscopies

University of York
Department of Chemistry

Prof P Walton

Application Deadline: 11 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.

This project is a collaboration between the University of York and Diamond Light Source Ltd. The supervisor at Diamond will be Dr Sofia Diaz-Moreno.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cranfield University
Cranfield Defence and Security (CDS), Shrivenham Campus

Vibration of Structures

Dr HGD Goyder

Application Deadline: 15 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 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.

When a structure has many components it is difficult to predict how it will vibrate. Computer programs can model the individual components but cannot usually combine them in a realistic manner.

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’).

Assessing stored energy due to radiation effects in nuclear waste forms

University of Liverpool
Department of Mechanical, Aerospace & Materials Engineering

Dr M Patel, Dr F Blanc

Application Deadline: 30 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.

Applications are invited for a graduate to join the research group of Dr. Maulik Patel (Department of Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace, University of Liverpool) in a project in collaboration with Dr.