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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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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Surface chemistry and gas reactions in hollow-core optical fibres

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Professor Austin Taranta, Professor Natallie Wheeler and Dr. Hesameddin Mohammadi. Hollow core fibres are transforming applications in communications, sensing, and high-power laser delivery. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Taranta
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Brain-inspired security primitive for secure hardware in space

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Dr Firman Simanjuntak and Dr Basel Halak. Memristors mimic how the brain learns—offering low-cost, secure, and energy-efficient computing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Simanjuntak
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PhD in Astrophysics and Space Systems

New York University (Abu Dhabi)
PhD Programs
The PhD in Astrophysics and Space Systems is the first program of its kind in the UAE and the wider region. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  International PhD Programme
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Predictive modelling and control of low-cost droplets for micro-engineering

University of Birmingham
School of Mathematics
Advances in manufacturing science have resulted in unprecedented research and development in the design of ‘micro-swimmers’. microscopic entities that navigate fluid environments by converting some form of energy–e.g. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N D Desai
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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