sex PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering

Feathered Witnesses: Unravelling the Impact of Habitat Loss on Neotropical Avifauna with Stable Isotope Analysis

Introduction. The Tachyphoninae are a group of Neotropical lowland tanagers. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Newton, Dr F Silveira

Year round applications PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

University of Bath Department of Life Sciences

Extreme conservation: reproductive strategies of Malagasy shorebirds

Do you want to build your career in wildlife conservation or behavioural ecology? Our project offers the extraordinary opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research in one of the world's most captivating and ecologically diverse locations. Read more

Supervisors: Prof T Szekely, Dr S Zefania

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Design and engineering of peptides and proteins to create artificial metalloenzymes

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

The Rhys lab is an exciting new lab looking to recruit new students to design and engineer peptides and proteins for new applications (rhyslab.com). Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Rhys

Causal risk factors and biological mechanisms for colorectal cancer risk

Supervisors: Dr S Lewis, Dr KT Tsilidis

Rationale. Diet and lifestyle are likely to play an important role in colorectal cancer risk; obesity, low levels of physical activity, red and process meat consumption and low intake of dietary fibre have all been shown to predict colorectal cancer risk. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Harnessing genetics of DNA methylation to elucidate molecular mechanisms underlying human phenotypes.

Supervisors: Dr J Min, Prof C Relton, Prof J MIll, Dr E Hannon, Dr G Hemani, Prof T Gaunt, Dr B Heijmans, Dr J Bell

Rationale. GWAS studies have discovered many genetic associations for traits and diseases, but it has been difficult to elucidate the functional consequences of these variants. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Identifying causal pathways to disease using DNA methylation derived scores.

Supervisors: Dr J Min, Prof C Relton, Prof J MIll, Dr E Hannon, Dr G Hemani, Prof T Gaunt, Dr B Heijmans, Dr J Bell

Rationale. DNA methylation is an epigenetic biomarker that has been shown to reflect lifestyle and biological factors (smoking, alcohol use, chronological age). Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Establishing and orienting causal relationships between sleep characteristics and reproductive function

Supervisors: Dr R Richmond, Dr G Sharp, Prof D Lawlor

Rationale. A large body of literature from animal studies has highlighted the role of core clock genes in relation to reproductive function [1]. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Synthesizing evidence on different outcome scales: development of mapping methods for analysing childhood obesity data

Supervisors: Prof J Higgins, Dr AD Davies

Obesity in childhood is a central theme in life course epidemiology. As well as middle-age mortality, childhood obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes and heart disease in adulthood [1]. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD in Chemistry: Computational design of new heterogeneous catalysts to support net zero: conversion of CO2 to methanol

Supervisor: Dr A Logsdail

Computational design of new heterogeneous catalysts to support net zero. conversion of CO2 to methanol . PhD Supervisor. Dr. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

PhD in Chemistry: Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleotide Analogues

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Nucleoside analogues (NAs) are an important class of antiviral and anticancer agents commonly used in the therapy of many different viral infections and cancer conditions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Serpi

Cardiff University Welsh School of Architecture

Climate resilient livestock building design under climate change

Professor Zhiwen Luo is looking for a PhD student to work on the research project ‘Climate resilient livestock building design under climate change’. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Z Luo

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Cardiff University Welsh School of Architecture

Climate change on indoor air quality and energy nexus

Professor Zhiwen Luo is looking for a PhD student to work on the research project Climate change on indoor air quality and energy nexus. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Z Luo

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

PhD in Chemistry: Structural effects in alternating biodegradable polymers

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Dr Alison Paul Dr Alison Paul - People - Cardiff University is looking for a PhD student to join the Soft Matter Research Group for a project on “Structural effects in alternating biodegradable polymers”. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Paul

PhD in Chemistry: Developing innovative organofluorine chemistry

Supervisor: Dr M Tredwell

PhD in Chemistry - Developing innovative organofluorine chemistry. Dr Matthew Tredwell is looking for a PhD student to develop innovative organofluorine chemistry. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

PhD in Chemistry - Microwave assisted synthesis of doped semiconductors for photocatalytic applications

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Microwave assisted synthesis of doped semiconductors for photocatalytic applications. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Edwards