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Developing Large Arrays of Superconducting Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors for Future Astronomy Instrumentation

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

The Cardiff Astronomy Instrumentation Group (AIG) is one of the world leaders in Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector (MKID) development. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Doyle, Dr P Barry

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

Exciton dynamics in diamond and two-dimensional metal dichalcogenide enabled van der Waals heterostructures

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Two-dimensional (2D) materials offer a platform that allows the creation of heterostructures with a variety of properties. One- atom-thick crystals now comprise a large family of these materials, collectively covering a comprehensive range of features and numerous intrigue scientific challenges. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Hou, Prof O Williams

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

Flexible textile-based self-powered energy harvesting and storage system for smart wearable electronics

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Smart wearable electronics that are fabricated on fabrics or textile substrates are of importance for next-generation portable electronic device systems. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Hou, Prof O Williams

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

Hybrid Energy Harvester Based on Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells and Triboelectric Nanogenerator

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Recent advances in energy harvesting using photovoltaic and triboelectric effects demonstrate outstanding performances of energy harvesters as power supplies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Hou, Prof P M Smowton

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

Illuminating compact binary formation and evolution with gravitational waves

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Gravitational waves are emitted by compact binaries—pairs of black holes and/or neutron stars—spiralling around each other at close to the speed of light before colliding in a violent coalescence. Read more

Supervisors: Dr IRS Romero-Shaw, Dr F Antonini

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

Lattice Anchoring Mediated Colloidal Quantum Dot Passivated Perovskite Superlattice Toward High Ambient Tolerance Multiple-Junction Solar Cells

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Project description. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Hou, Prof W W Langbein

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

Machine Learning for Multi-Messenger Astronomy with Gravitational Waves

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Gravitational waves (GWs) are produced by some of the most violent events in the Universe, such as the mergers of black holes and the explosive deaths of massive stars. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P Sutton, Dr V Raymond, Prof S Fairhurst

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

Observing the black hole mergers in the early universe with next-generation gravitational wave observatories.

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

The Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer are proposed next-generation gravitational-wave observatories which will be able to detect black hole mergers throughout the observable universe. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Fairhurst, Prof P Sutton

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

Probing the star-forming ISM with fine structure lines

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Supersonic turbulent motions are thought to play a major role in the star formation process in galaxies. Theories have suggested that turbulence is responsible for shaping the interstellar medium (ISM), regulating star formation, and even setting the masses of stars as they form in young clusters. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Gomez, Dr N Peretto

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

Revealing the Hidden Light: Understanding the cosmic dust and cold gas in nearby galaxies.

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Over half the light ever emitted by stars in the Universe having been absorbed by cosmic dust, and the situation is worse (>90%) when looking at regions where star-formation is occurring. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MW Smith, Prof S Eales

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

Simulation-based Inference of gravitational waves signals from black holes and neutron stars

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Black holes and neutron stars are the densest objects in the universe, well beyond what we can produce in a laboratory and at the very edge of our understanding of physics. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Raymond, Prof S Fairhurst

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

Star Formation Triggered by Colliding Interstellar Clouds

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

CONTEXT. Much of the interstellar gas in a galaxy like the Milky Way is in dense molecular clouds. When these clouds enter a spiral arm, they merge to form larger clouds, and are compressed to higher densities. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Whitworth, Dr P Clark

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

The Late Stages of Galaxy Evolution – a project with the Euclid Space Observatory

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) make it possible to obtain high-resolution images of tiny areas of sky. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Eales, Dr MW Smith

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

The Surface and Skies of Venus (MPhil)

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

2 year MPhil. We don’t know how the planet Venus – Earth's near-twin in size and mass – has evolved so differently. Today, the surface is scorching hot and the skies are full of acid. Read more

Supervisors: Prof JG Greaves, Dr S Sarkar

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

The Sweet-Spot for Star Formation

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

CONTEXT. Star formation is one of the most fundamental processes regulating the evolution and appearance of the Universe, with implications for many diverse areas of astronomy. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Whitworth, Dr P Clark

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

The formation and evolution of star-forming filaments

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

CONTEXT. Filaments play a critical role in star formation. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Whitworth, Dr ADC Duarte Cabral

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

Towards a clinical MEG system: theoretical and practical insights into the use of optically pumped magnetometers

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a non-invasive medical imaging technique that allows characterisation of human brain electrophysiology by measuring magnetic fields generated by neural currents. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Beltrachini, Prof K Murphy

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

Understanding carrier dynamics in CuInZnS3 quantum dots toward high-performance indoor photovoltaics

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

CuInZnS3 quantum dots (CIZS QDs) is a non-toxic and phosphide free material which has a significant potential to be used in wearable PVs and indoor PVs [1,2]. Read more

Supervisors: Prof W W Langbein, Dr B Hou

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

Unravelling Galaxy Evolution: Molecular Gas, Star Formation, and Feedback Mechanisms from the KILOGAS survey

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Research Group: Cardiff Hub for Astrophysics Research and Technology

Galaxies are key building blocks of our universe, but we still do not fully understand the physical processes that govern their evolution. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Davis, Dr MW Smith

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

Why is the Universe getting cleaner by the day? Modelling dust, gas and metals in high redshift galaxies using BEDE

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

High redshift galaxies discovered using submillimetre surveys of the sky (so-called submillimetre galaxies) are likely ancestors of present-day massive early-type galaxies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Gomez, Prof S Eales

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

PhD studentships in the Arts and Humanities at Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University of London

AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards

The Schools of the Arts; Business; Economics and Finance; Law; and Society and Environment, invite applications for Doctoral Research Studentships open to UK and international students. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award

PhD studentship: Probing Mechanochemistry Reaction Conditions by in-situ High-Pressure and High-Temperature X-ray Diffraction and Raman Spectroscopy

University of Birmingham

School of Chemistry

Applications are sought for a fully funded 4-year PhD studentship position in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham (UoB) in collaboration with Diamond Light Source (DLS), the UK’s national synchrotron facility. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Michalchuk, Dr XL Liu

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

Low-Frequency Acoustic Metamaterials for Aircraft Noise Reduction

University of Bristol

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Sound Futures

Aircraft noise remains a major environmental challenge as the aviation industry moves toward quieter and more sustainable propulsion systems. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Masoudi, Prof M Azarpeyvand

11 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Oxford Brookes School of Architecture ADAPT Scholarships

Oxford Brookes University

The Oxford Brookes School of Architecture is offering three fully funded PhD scholarships through the AD[A]PT Consortium’s AHRC Doctoral Focal Award, supporting arts and humanities research for healthier people, places and planet. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) PhD Research Programme

Hybrid Turbulence Modeling: Bridging Physics and Data

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Temistocle Grenga and Prof. Bharath Ganapathisubramani. This project pioneers deep learning for turbulence modeling, focusing on wall-bounded flows. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Grenga

31 August 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Smart Network-on-Chip Design for Congestion Management in 2.5D Chiplet Systems

The University of Manchester

Department of Computer Science

Research Group: Advanced processor technologies

The semiconductor industry is rapidly shifting towards modular design based on chiplets and Multi-Chip Modules, where multiple dies — CPUs, GPUs, AI accelerators, and memory stacks — are integrated side by side on a common interposer. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Bertozzi

15 November 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Digital Twins for Sustainable Robotic Systems Using Noise and Vibration

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Sjoerd van Ophem. This PhD will develop digital twins that use noise and vibration measurements to estimate hidden indicators of robot performance. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S van Ophem

8 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Dynamic mixed model with a super-resolution generative adversarial approach for turbulent reacting flows

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Temistocle Grenga and Edward Richardson. AI for Zero-Carbon Combustion. Develop a dynamic mixed model powered by super-resolution GANs to predict hydrogen and sustainable-fuel flames in large eddy simulation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Grenga

31 August 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Research Associate in Supramolecular Colloidal Nanomaterials for Medicine and Diagnostics (Doctoral Research)

Technical University of Munich

TUM School of Life Science

The Chair of Complex Soft Matter at the TUM School of Life Sciences is seeking to appoint a Research Associate – Multivalent Colloid Science (E13, with the opportunity to pursue a doctorate) at the earliest possible date. Read more

Supervisor: Prof SG Guldin

14 November 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

Specialty Optical Fibres and Components for Next-Generation Quantum Networks

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Yongmin Jung and Prof. Periklis Petropoulos. Quantum networks could transform how we communicate, share information and connect quantum computers. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Jung

31 August 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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