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Hollow core optical fibres embedded with chalcogenide 2D materials

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Pier Sazio and Dr Ioannis Zeimpekis. Hollow core anti-resonant fibres (ARFs) enable strong light-matter interaction through functional material deposition. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Sazio

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

Piezoelectric Nano-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems (NOEMS) resonators for neuromorphic computing

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Yoshishige Tsuchiya, Dr Bruce Ou and Prof Jize Yan. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Tsuchiya

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

Polarization effects in antiresonant hollow core optical fibres

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof. Austin Taranta, Dr. Gianluca Guerra, Dr. Gregory Jasion and Dr. Ian Davidson. Dive into the mysterious world of polarization in antiresonant hollow core fibres, where conventional wisdom is turned on its head, and unexpected phenomena emerge every day. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Taranta

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

Understanding plant development and evolution in the context of environmental responses.

University of Birmingham

School of Biosciences

The aim of the project is to understand how plants have adapted to respond to environmental challenges throughout … Read more

Supervisor: Dr J C Coates

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

Graphene-based silicon photonic photodetectors for mid-infrared wavelengths

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Milos Nedeljkovic and Professor Callum Littlejohns. This project’s aim is to explore the integration of graphene with Silicon Photonic circuits to create fast and sensitive photodetectors for the mid-infrared (mid-IR) region, a key wavelength range for detecting gases and molecules. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Nedeljkovic

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

Low-loss photonics for quantum networks

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof James Gates and Prof Corin Gawith. In the world of Quantum Technology every photon is precious. This project will create new ultra-low-loss optical components that will lead to advanced quantum memories, switchable delays, and the creation of large, entangled quantum states. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Gates

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

Designing smart space structures for extreme environments: from nonlinear dynamics to resilient mechanisms

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Andrea Cammarano and Dr Cristiano Martinelli. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Cammarano

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

High-fidelity simulations of wind and dispersion over a city-scale urban area

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Zheng-Tong Xie. We live in a rapidly changing world. It is crucial that we understand such a complex system and build reliable predictive tools in time. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Z Xie

1 October 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Adversarial defence for Large Language Models (LLMs)

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof Stuart Middleton. Large Language Models (LLMs) are powerful but can be tricked - Adversarial Defence protects them. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof SM Middleton

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

Integrated ultra-high-Q ring resonators

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof James Gates and Prof Corin Gawith. Integrated ring resonators are a key component in photonics and will be an enabling technology in several areas, including the stabilisation of atom trap clocks, rotation sensors and narrow-linewidth lasers. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Gates

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

Developing high performance optical amplifiers for the future of space communications

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Kyle Bottrill and Prof Periklis Petropoulos. The space communication environment is like no other, subjecting data-carrying lasers to immense transmission distances, substantial Doppler shifts and, in some cases, a highly turbulent atmosphere. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Bottrill

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

AI-based modelling of perforated surfaces in complex flows for noise control

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Long Wu. This project uses physics-informed machine learning to model how perforated surfaces contribute to noise reduction in complex flows. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Wu

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

Picophotonics: the science of light-matter interactions at sub-nanometre scale

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof Kevin MacDonald and Prof Nikolay Zheludev. Optical imaging and metrology techniques now routinely break the classical diffraction limit on resolution. Read more

Supervisor: Prof K MacDonald

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

Nonlinear Photonics for Quantum Technologies

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof Corin Gawith and Prof James Gates. Nonlinear parametric photonics creates an interface between light and the atoms/ions and detectors used in quantum systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Gawith

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

Multimodal Large Language Model for Human-Centered Robots

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr. Tan Viet Tuyen Nguyen. This project explores the development of a Multimodal Large Language Model that empowers robots to understand and respond to humans through vision, language, and other sensory data. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Nguyen

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

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