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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Fusion Power

Fusion has the potential to meet our energy needs in a sustainable way, with minimum impact on the environment. The urgency to address climate change is driving an acceleration in fusion research, both through emerging private companies and new publicly funded programmes. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Fusion Power

Fusion has the potential to meet our energy needs in a sustainable way, with minimum impact on the environment. The urgency to address climate change is driving an acceleration in fusion research, both through emerging private companies and new publicly funded programmes. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Fusion Power

Fusion has the potential to meet our energy needs in a sustainable way, with minimum impact on the environment. The urgency to address climate change is driving an acceleration in fusion research, both through emerging private companies and new publicly funded programmes. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Fusion Power

Fusion has the potential to meet our energy needs in a sustainable way, with minimum impact on the environment. The urgency to address climate change is driving an acceleration in fusion research, both through emerging private companies and new publicly funded programmes. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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PhD in Chemistry: Computer simulation of metal-amyloid interaction and its role in plaque formation

Alzheimer’s disease is one of the greatest healthcare challenges facing 21st century society. AD is associated with formation of fibrils and plaques in brain tissue that impair proper functioning of neurons. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Platts
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Design and engineering of peptides and proteins to create artificial metalloenzymes

The Rhys lab is an exciting new lab looking to recruit new students to design and engineer peptides and proteins for new applications (rhyslab.com). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Rhys
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Molecular Electrochemistry on Silicon Electrodes

The Group of Surface Chemistry and Electrochemistry at Curtin Chemistry, Perth, invites applications for one PhD position focusing on silicon electrochemistry. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Ciampi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Molecular Mechanisms of Receptors in Inflammation and Pain

Are you interested in understanding how the cardiovascular and nervous systems work? Join our research team to study the molecular mechanisms that regulate receptors and their signaling pathways. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Cottrell, Prof D Widera, Dr S Amadesi
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Why is the Universe getting cleaner by the day? Modelling dust, gas and metals in high redshift galaxies using BEDE

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

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

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
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The Sweet-Spot for Star Formation

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
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The formation and evolution of star-forming filaments

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
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Star Formation Triggered by Colliding Interstellar Clouds

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

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

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
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Probing the star-forming ISM with fine structure lines

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

The Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer are proposed next-generation gravitational-wave observatories which will be able to detect black hole mergers… Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Fairhurst, Prof P Sutton
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Machine Learning for Multi-Messenger Astronomy with Gravitational Waves

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

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 Supervisors: Dr B Hou, Prof W W Langbein
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Hybrid Energy Harvester Based on Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells and Triboelectric Nanogenerator

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

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

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

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
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Characterisation of tissue microstructure from non-invasive MRI using Machine Learning

The characterisation of biological tissue microstructure in vivo and non-invasively is of outmost interest in science. If successful, it could reveal unique insights into biological processes, including aging and cancer. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Beltrachini, Prof K Murphy
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Astrophysical interpretation of gravitational waves with space-based observatories.

Gravitational-wave astronomy was pioneered in September 2015 with the first direct observation of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Raymond, Dr P Clark
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Advanced numerical methods for solving the forward problem in E/MEG

Electroencephalography (EEG) is a technique that measures the electric potential originating from the brain using electrodes located on the scalp. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Beltrachini, Prof K Murphy
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A Robotic Exoskeletal Sleeve for Flexible Endoscopic Surgery

Colorectal cancer is the second most deadly cancer (0.94 million deaths, 9.4% of all cancer deaths) in 2020 worldwide. Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection (ESD) is a procedure to remove large colorectal cancer tumors by inserting flexible tools into the colon through the anus, without making incisions on the body. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr LC Cao
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EPSRC CDT in Applied Quantum Technologies

The Centre for Doctoral Training in Applied Quantum Technologies addresses the national need to train cohorts of future quantum scientists and engineers for this emerging industry. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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EPSRC CDT in Applied Quantum Technologies

The Centre for Doctoral Training in Applied Quantum Technologies addresses the national need to train cohorts of future quantum scientists and engineers for this emerging industry. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training