Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

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Using Raman Spectroscopy to Assess the Habitability of Oxia Planum

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

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Supervisor: Dr I Hutchinson

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Enabling Challenging Space Exploration: exploring 244Cm-based radioisotope power systems

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

· Radioisotope power systems (RPS) are key for allowing us to explore some of the most challenging locations of our solar system that are not possible or are very challenging using solar array based electrical power supplies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Watkinson

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Probing the high redshift universe with gamma-ray bursts

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), are exceptionally bright explosions detectable at great distances. Some GRBs occurred during the first billion years in the life of the universe, and so can be used to probe the early stars and galaxies in which they arose, and their effects on the intergalactic medium around them. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Tanvir

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Astrophysical transient searches with LOFAR

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

· The low frequency radio regime is a relatively unexplored parameter space rich in information concerning extreme astrophysical phenomena, particularly those in which magnetic fields play a key role like magnetars (highly magnetic neutron stars) and relativistic jets launched by black holes and compact object mergers. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Starling

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Characterization of the Space Weather and radiation environment at Mars and the impacts on exploration

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

The Sun continuously emits magnetic fields, particles and radiation that can interact with a planet’s upper atmosphere and surrounding magnetic environment to produce a myriad of effects, such as radio communications issues, which are typically referred as Space Weather. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Sanchez-Cano

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Modelling the upper atmospheres of brown dwarfs and exoplanets

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

The vast majority of the visible universe exists in the plasma state, and the magnetic fields of cosmic bodies are natural laboratories for studying space… Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Nichols

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The outer bound of planet formation

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

One of the most fundamental problems in Astronomy is how planets form. The classic paradigm for planet formation was built solely on the basis of the Solar System data of the last century. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Nayakshin

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The disturbances of the outer Milky Way

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

The Milky Way is the galaxy that we can study in by far the most detail. It is the best place to look if we want to understand in detail the processes that build and shape all galaxies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P McMillan

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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X-ray Interferometry: Preparing for a revolution in astronomy

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

In the early 2000s the idea of an X-ray interferometer being able to transform astrophysics was born (Cash et al. 2000). Technology improvements over the intervening years now promise ways to make it happen. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Martindale

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Testing the standard model for accretion

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

Correlated continuum and broad emission line variability studies have proven a powerful probe of the central regions of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN). Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Goad

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Exploring Giant Planet Atmospheres with JWST

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

Overview. In its first year of operations, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has delivered astonishing new discoveries via infrared observations of the near and far universe. Read more

Supervisor: Prof L Fletcher

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Discovering and characterizing extra-solar planets with the Next Generation Transit Survey

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

With over 5000 extra-solar planets now known, a complete census of exoplanetary types and systems is well underway, from hot Jupiters to cool rocky worlds. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Burleigh

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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White dwarfs, planetary debris and fundamental physics

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

White dwarfs are the end products of the life cycles of more than 90% of all stars. This makes them important laboratories for studying stellar evolution and the behaviour of matter at extremes of temperature and density. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Barstow

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Study of Broken up Primitive Asteroids to Understand early Solar System Evolution.

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

The project. This is to study the primitive asteroid families of the central and outer main belt and comparing them with outer solar system bodies, such as the Jupiter Trojans. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Avdellidou

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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NUDATA03 A modern controlled study of supermassive black hole growth in the local Universe

Newcastle University Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering

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Supervisor: Dr D Rosario

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 85 Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

We have 85 Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

Using Raman Spectroscopy to Assess the Habitability of Oxia Planum

Enabling Challenging Space Exploration: exploring 244Cm-based radioisotope power systems

Probing the high redshift universe with gamma-ray bursts

Astrophysical transient searches with LOFAR

Characterization of the Space Weather and radiation environment at Mars and the impacts on exploration

Modelling the upper atmospheres of brown dwarfs and exoplanets

The outer bound of planet formation

The disturbances of the outer Milky Way

X-ray Interferometry: Preparing for a revolution in astronomy

Testing the standard model for accretion

Exploring Giant Planet Atmospheres with JWST

Discovering and characterizing extra-solar planets with the Next Generation Transit Survey

White dwarfs, planetary debris and fundamental physics

Study of Broken up Primitive Asteroids to Understand early Solar System Evolution.

NUDATA03 A modern controlled study of supermassive black hole growth in the local Universe

We have 85 Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

We have 85 Astronomy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

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