Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in Auckland

Supervisor: Dr M Erkintalo

Photonic systems offer a highly-controllable platform for the exploration of universal wave phenomena. In this PhD project, you will experimentally and theoretically investigate the use of optical fibre resonators for simulating dynamical wave phenomena at the frontiers of quantum and mechanics and solid-state physics. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Massey University - Auckland Campus The Dodd-Walls Centre

Topological materials and coupled superfluids (theory and computation)

The rich physics of spinor quantum gases with internal coupling makes them ideal platforms for emulating fundamental physical processes and for realizing atomtronic analogs of solid-state devices. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Brand

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Optical Frequency Combs

Supervisor: Assoc Prof S. G. Murdoch

Optical frequency combs provide an ultra-precise spectroscopic ruler that allows the measurement of optical frequencies with unprecedented levels of accuracy. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Optical tweezers

Supervisor: Dr F Vanholsbeeck

Optical tweezers use highly focused light to manipulate tiny particles. The Biophotonics laboratory in the physics department is developing optical tweezers for the manipulation of bacteria. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Plasma Propulsion for Space Applications

Supervisor: Dr N Rattenbury

The University of Auckland is conducting research into electric propulsion systems for small spacecraft. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Optical coherence tomography (OCT)

Supervisor: Dr F Vanholsbeeck

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a real time, non-invasive and non-contact imaging modality for translucent and transparent tissue capable of providing morphological images at the micron scale resolution at more than 1mm depth penetration. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Photonic device for Varroa control in NZ beehives and beyond

Supervisors: Dr FM Merola, Prof C Simpson

We are offering a 3-years PhD scholarship to work on an exciting new project, funded by MBIE under the Endeavour Fund 2023 - Smart Ideas. Read more

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

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Mechanical Measurements using Ion Pipette Aspiration: Technology Development

Supervisor: Assoc Prof G Willmott

This fully-funded PhD studentship will focus on hardware development for ‘Ion Pipette Aspiration’, a technology that carries out quick, accurate and effective mechanical measurements on small, soft particles. Read more

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

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Mechanical Measurements using Ion Pipette Aspiration: Collaborative Experiments

Supervisor: Assoc Prof G Willmott

Many types of microparticle are soft. they deform and even flow when they are squashed and squeezed. The mechanical (or more fully, rheological) behaviour of these particles turns out to be very important for very many research fields. Read more

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

Spacecraft Trajectory Optimisation

Supervisor: Dr N Rattenbury

The University of Auckland is developing a research programme in low delta-v spacecraft trajectory optimisation. We are looking for a PhD candidate to continue work in this area and develop our existing algorithms. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Space Optical Communications

Supervisors: Dr N Rattenbury, Dr J Cater

The University of Auckland is developing a research programme in optical communications between ground and orbiting satellites. We are looking for a PhD candidate to adapt an existing optical telescope, and build optical instrumentation to demonstrate optical communications from satellites in low earth orbit. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

University of Auckland School of Chemical Sciences

A Molecular Machine-Based Approach Towards Artificial Photosynthesis

A fully funded PhD scholarship is available in the group of Dr Christopher B. Larsen at the School of Chemical Sciences, University of Auckland, on the topic “A Molecular Machine-Based Approach Towards Artificial Photosynthesis”. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Larsen

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)