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Fabricating Photonic Lanterns to Mitigate Scintillation in Satellite-borne Optical Communication Signals

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Kyle Bottrill, Prof Periklis Petropoulos and Dr Debparna Majumder. Just as starlight falling on the surface of the Earth twinkles when affected by atmospheric turbulence, so too do optical communication signals transmitted from an orbiting satellite to a ground-station. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Bottrill

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

Engineering Coherence in Metamaterials and Metasurfaces

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Giorgio Adamo and Dr Eric Plum. Systems where coherence establishes spontaneously, such as lasers, Bose-Einstein condensates, superradiant emitters and time crystals, are important for classical and quantum technologies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Adamo

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

Building the future of optical fibre communications

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Professor Periklis Petropoulos, Dr Kyle Bottrill and Dr Hao Liu. Optical fibre networks power all aspects of modern digital life, enabling AI applications and advanced wireless systems. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P Petropoulos

30 September 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Symmetry-Based Control of Quantum Dynamics: from Quantum Sensing to Magnetic Resonance Imaging

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisors. Prof. Malcolm H. Levitt mhl@soton.ac.uk. Christian Bengs c.bengs@soton.ac.uk. Giuseppe Pileio G.Pileio@soton.ac.uk. This project is part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk). Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Levitt

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Silicon photonic sensors for early detection of paediatric sepsis

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr. David J Rowe and Professor Goran Mashanovich. This PhD project focuses on developing silicon photonic sensors that can detect early biomarkers of sepsis in children - quickly, accurately, and at the point of care. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Rowe

30 September 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Next-Generation UV-Visible Guiding Hollow-Core Fibres

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Ian Davidson, Dr Gregory Jasion and Professor Francesco Poletti. Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Davidson

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Fibre laser based mid infrared sources and their applications

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr. Lin Xu and Prof. Sumeet Mahajan. This project focuses on developing high-power, short-pulse fibre lasers at near-infrared wavelengths and converting them to the mid-infrared using advanced nonlinear optics. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Xu

31 August 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Integrating hollow-core fibres with photonic integrated circuits

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Ian Davidson, Dr Yongmin Jung, Professor Austin Taranta and Professor Callum Littlejohns. Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Davidson

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Optoelectronic topological metasurfaces for light control

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Giorgio Adamo, Dr Nikitas Papasimakis and Dr Dong-Yang Wang. Recent developments in quantum materials and topological design principles are transforming the way we control the flow of light and charges. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Adamo

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

Miniaturised Mid-Infrared Photonic Systems for Gas Detection and Mapping

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Professor Goran Mashanovich and Dr. Milos Nedeljkovic. This project explores compact mid-infrared (mid-IR) LiDAR systems for gas sensing. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Mashanovich

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Development of Specialty Optical Fibres for High-power Eye-safe Fibre Lasers

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Professor Jayanta Sahu and Professor Johan Nilsson. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Sahu

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Energy-efficient multicore fibre amplifiers for future submarine networks

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Yongmin Jung and Dr Sijing Liang. This PhD project develops next-generation multicore fibre amplifiers for sustainable submarine networks. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Jung

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Optoelectronic device integration for next-Generation photonic memories and neuromorphic computing

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Professor Dimitra Georgiadou and Professor Frederic Gardes. This project focuses on developing nanostructured optoelectronic devices for next-generation photonic memory and neuromorphic computing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Georgiadou

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Gallium Oxide-based RF power devices with thermal management

University of Bristol

School of Physics

Gallium Oxide-based RF power devices with thermal management. Research Project . High power radio frequency (RF) semiconductor technologies are of critical importance to a wide range of applications including defence, aerospace, science, medicine, and industrial heating. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Kuball

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

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Technology Enhanced Chemical Synthesis (TECS)

University of Bristol

School of Chemistry

Our PhD programme combines world-leading research in Chemical Synthesis with state-of-the-art training in technology and automation to prepare you for a career in modern synthetic chemistry, whether in industry or academic research. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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