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Domestication and environmental adaptation in livestock

  Research Group: Organisms and Environment
Project Description. Livestock species have an incredible history, having been recently domesticated from wildlife species such as the aurochs, mouflon, wild buffalo etc, and since then having been changed by early and modern farmers to fulfil an economic role supporting human societies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Orozco Ter Wengel, Dr F Hailer, Dr BWZ Zhang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Targeting retrosplenial cortex function to improve cognitive deficits in Parkinson’s disease

  Research Group: Neuroscience
Project Description. Parkinson’s disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder and is associated with a range of motor and cognitive symptoms. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Lelos, Prof S Vann
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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In Situ Multimodal Imaging of Crystallisation in Biomineralising systems

  Research Group: Condensed matter and materials physics
Mineralisation of organic matrices plays a key role in the formation of hard tissues in a wide range of biological systems leading to skeletal or shell formation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Kroger
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Lieb-Thirring inequalities for Generalized Indefinite Strings (Ref: MA/JE-SF1/2026)

Lieb-Thirring inequalities provide upper bounds on the negative eigenvalues of Schrödinger operators in terms of the potential. Such inequalities have important applications in quantum mechanics, in particular for establishing stability of matter. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Eckhardt
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Electronic, thermal and structural properties of two-dimensional materials (Ref: MA/TAN-SF2/2026)

Since the discovery of graphene, various two-dimensional (2D) materials have been the focus of intense research and important applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof T Ala-Nissila
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Memristive reservoirs and artificial neurons for neuromorphic computing (Ref: PH/SS-SF2/2026)

We invite applications for self-funded PhD projects developing memristive reservoirs and artificial neurons for next-generation neuromorphic computing. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Saveliev, Prof A Balanov
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Multi-Physics Dynamic Modelling and Physics-Informed AI for Particle-Based Long-Duration Energy Storage Systems

This PhD project focuses on the development of next-generation high-fidelity modelling, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and physics-informed artificial intelligence frameworks for particle-based long-duration energy storage (LDES) systems operating under highly variable renewable energy conditions. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Y Mahmoudi Larimi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Impact of fluids of different densities (Ref: MA/MM-SF1/2026)

The impact of two bodies of liquid, such as droplets, is a phenomenon occurring widely in nature and in engineering applications, from waves breaking onto layers of marine biological matter to streams of different inks in additive manufacturing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Moore
 31 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Mathematics Anxiety and arithmetic strategy flexibility in primary school children (Ref: LN/SR-SF1/2026)

A growing body of research suggests that emotional factors play a significant role in shaping how children learn and apply mathematical concepts. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Rossi, Dr J Eaves
 1 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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How do we acquire number names in a second language? (Ref: LN/MJB-SF1/2026)

Learning the number system of a new language is more than memorising vocabulary, it is a window into how languages encode numerical concepts. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MJ Bisson
 1 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Understanding the relationship between patterning and mathematics (Ref: LN/JE-SF1/2026)

Patterning refers to the ability to notice regularities in sequences (e.g. ABABAB, ABAABAAB, where the As and Bs might be colours or shapes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Eaves, Dr I Xenidou-Dervou
 1 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Designing the teaching of problem-solving tactics in school mathematics (Ref: LN/CF-SF1/2026)

A project in this area will aim to improve our knowledge about effective teaching of problem solving in school mathematics. Research suggests that although expert problem solvers use a variety of domain-general problem-solving strategies (e.g. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Foster
 30 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Computability and Constrained Equations in Free Semigroups (Ref: CO/JD-SF1/2026)

Given a finite set A, and an associative binary operation o, a semigroup is a set which contains A and is closed under o. If |A| n, the free semigroup A+ is a particular example of a semigroup. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Day
 1 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Luminescent Anion Receptors for High-Throughput Bioassays in Drug Discovery (Ref: CM/SB-SF2/2026)

The aim of this PhD project is to synthesise luminescent molecules that bind reversibly to target biological anions, which are produced during pharmaceutically important enzyme reactions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Butler, Prof B Buckley
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Luminescent Molecular Probes to Detect Phosphate in UK Waterways (Ref: CM/SB-SF1/2026)

A major unsolved challenge for environmental agencies is to monitor inorganic phosphate in water, to predict the breakout of harmful algae blooms that lead to aquatic ‘dead zones’. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Butler, Dr H Willcock
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only