We have 82 Imperial College London PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Agriculture and global food security rely on pollinators (e.g. bees) but pollinators are in decline worldwide. One of the main causes of their decline is their exposure to harmful chemicals such as pesticides and heavy metals. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Tanaka, Dr P Graystock

15 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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The boom and bust of functional gains and decay in earthworm-associated microbial consortia.

Imperial College London Department of Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction

Earthworms are widely dispersed throughout sub-Arctic, temperate, and tropical soils, where they generally comprise the major fraction of soil macroorganismal biomass. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Bundy, Prof M Dumas, Dr P Graystock, Prof M Fisher

15 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Determining the drivers and consequences of shifts in the coral reef cryptobiome

Imperial College London Department of Life Sciences

Coral reefs are storehouses of genetic resources, which are sustained by broad and dynamic food webs and complex symbiotic relationships. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Ransome, Prof M Dumas, Mr C Bowler, Dr S Carvalho

15 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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The structure of the Holobiont Tree-of-Life

Imperial College London Department of Life Sciences

What is the structure of the Tree-of-Life and how do its components interact? Holobionts are composed of distantly related organisms joined in various mutualistic… Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Vogler, Dr M Ryan, Prof J Rosindell

15 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Fungal disease risks under landscape homogenisation: tracking fungal transmission across plant-pollinator networks using contemporary and historic museum specimens

Imperial College London Department of Life Sciences

Mapping how microbial pathogens are vectored through ecological networks is important to understand how direct and indirect species interactions contribute to transmission dynamics. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Gill, Dr P Graystock

15 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Does conservation recovery rescue the Holobiont?

Imperial College London Department of Life Sciences

A rapid accumulation of evidence over the past decade has shown that multicellular organisms should not be viewed as single entities, but as holobionts. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Garner, Prof M Fisher

15 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Exploring the boom and bust of metabolic functional gains and decay in evolving holobionts

Imperial College London Department of Life Sciences

How accurately can we predict and direct the evolution of key metabolic functions within a holobiont? Directed evolution assays are becoming increasingly popular but we still lack a fundamental understanding of the evolution of functional dynamics. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Graystock, Prof M Dumas

15 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Fully-funded PhD position available in synthetic organometallic chemistry for functional materials at the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London

Imperial College London Department of Chemistry

Start date. Oct 2024. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Project summary. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Long

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

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PhD Studentship in Structural Battery Electrodes

Imperial College London Department of Chemical Engineering

Structural batteries, or structural materials that possess the ability to store and deliver electrical energy, could play a pivotal role in decarbonising challenging industries such as aviation, by integrating the power source within, say, the aeroplane fuselage itself. Read more

Supervisor: Dr HA Au

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

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The evolution of ecosystem function

Imperial College London Department of Life Sciences

Project description. As climate change and the sixth mass extinction gather pace, the importance of biodiversity and nature-based solutions for society is clear. Read more

Supervisor: Dr W Pearse

8 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Musculoskeletal Health in Undergraduate Dance Students in a conservatoire setting

Imperial College London Department of Surgery and Cancer

PhD Studentship in Musculoskeletal Health. Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London. Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in Twickenham. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Abel

5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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NPL-Imperial iCASE studentship: Characterising the performance of low loading electrodes for hydrogen technologies

Imperial College London Department of Chemistry

This project is an Industrial-Case studentship based in the Chemistry department at Imperial College London, and with partners at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the company RFC Power, which is a spinout of Imperial College London. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Kucernak, Dr GS Smith

7 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Fungal disease risks under landscape homogenisation: tracking fungal transmission across plant-pollinator networks using contemporary and historic museum specimens

Imperial College London Department of Life Sciences

Full applications made before 15th January will be considered at any time. . Supervisor. Dr Richard Gill, Dept. of Life Sciences, Silwood Park, Imperial College London (ICL). Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Gill

15 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Engineering synthetic circuits within bacteria to sense and control the gut microbiome

Imperial College London Department of Infectious Disease

We are seeking a PhD student to join our team at the Riglar Lab (www.riglarlab.com) on an exciting project engineering microbes as sensors and modulators of the gut microbiome and gut disease. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Riglar

8 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Pluripotency-specific regulation and function of transposable elements in mammalian development

Imperial College London MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS)

In early development, a single fertilized zygote proceeds through a series of cleavage steps to develop into a multicellular blastocyst. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Percharde

12 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 82 Imperial College London PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Imperial College London PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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