Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in Cambridge

We have 16 Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in Cambridge

Physics of ion interaction with cryoEM specimens

Medical Research Council (Cambridge) Laboratory of Molecular Biology

We wish to study the physical mechanisms of energetic ion interaction with frozen biological specimens at temperatures in the range of 4-100K with the goal of improving specimen preparation for in situ cryoEM. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Russo

5 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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An ice-free Arctic: why was Arctic warmth amplified during past Interglacials?

British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

The Last Interglacial (LIG) period, which had higher summer solar insolation than today, is the last time that Arctic experienced ice free summers. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Louise Sime, Dr F Muschitiello

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

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Fully Funded Studentships on 4 year MRes + PhD at EPSRC CDT in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoDTC)

University of Cambridge Nano Science & Technology Doctoral Training Centre

The Centre for Doctoral Training in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the University of Cambridge (NanoDTC, www.nanodtc.cam.ac.uk) invites applications from top-class independent-thinking students for its Interdisciplinary PhD programme in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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PhD Studentship in Quantum Communications

Toshiba Europe Limited PhD Studentships

Quantum communications uses quantum mechanical phenomena to develop new and improved data transfer technologies. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) PhD Research Programme

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Space Weather Priming: the missing link in prediction

British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

This project will answer the question. do the impacts of solar storms depend on previous space weather activity? Decades of data from powerful, advanced radars will be used to study how our space environment responds at different temporal and spatial scales to space weather storms. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Kavanagh, Dr D Whiter

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

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Impact and feedbacks of turbulent mixing of heat around melting ice in Antarctic waters

British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

The project will analyze novel underwater glider, mooring and hydrographic data to understand ocean mixing in the West Antarctic and its impact on the melting of both sea ice and marine terminating glaciers. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Brearley, Prof A Naveira-Garabato

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

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Space-time geography of Antarctic ice shelf mixing

British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

Significant uncertainty exists in predictions of future sea level rise from Antarctica. This uncertainty partly arises from our lack of understanding of the ice-ocean processes that melt the ice shelves around the continent’s margin. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Davis, Prof A Naveira-Garabato

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

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Impacts of eddy damping on the ocean stratification and general circulation

British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

Mesoscale eddies are small-scale ocean features, around 10-100 km in size, which are analogous to the atmosphere’s weather systems. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Munday, Dr X Zhai

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

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Future changes to rainfall over Antarctica and the Southern Ocean

British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

The cryosphere of Antarctica and the surrounding Southern Ocean are an integral part of the Earth’s climate system. For example, its interior ice sheets drain down to the coastline via outlet glaciers, which then break off as icebergs and melt in the ocean. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Orr, Dr S Cornford

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

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Masters & PhD in Connected Electronic and Photonic Systems at UCL and Cambridge

University of Cambridge

4-year EPSRC funded studentships (fees and stipend) are available for eligible applicants. This 4-year programme is delivered by the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Connected Electronic and Photonic Systems (CEPS CDT), a joint centre between UCL and University of Cambridge. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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Drivers and impacts of extreme high temperature events over coastal Antarctica

British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

Climatic conditions in Antarctica range from the relatively mild maritime northern section of the Antarctic Peninsula to the frigid high plateau of East Antarctica. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Hua Lu, Prof CRS Stokes

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

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The impact of meteorological extremes on surface melting of Antarctica’s ice shelves

British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

Meteorological extremes are increasingly being observed around the globe. The vast frozen landscape of Antarctica is especially vulnerable to such extremes (Siegert et al., 2023), and a record-breaking ‘heatwave’ over East Antarctica occurred in 2022. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Orr, Dr I Willis

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

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Vertical ocean mixing and atmospheric carbon across the Eocene

British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

Climate change is driven by anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide. This has led to an unprecedented increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide and elevated global temperatures. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Munday, Prof A Mashayek

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

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Constraining the climate impact of a newly identified polar aerosol source

British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for a Sustainable Planet

Atmospheric aerosol particles directly impact the polar energy balance by absorbing and scattering solar radiation. In addition, aerosol particles act as cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) or ice nucleating particles (INPs), which impact the radiative balance indirectly. Read more

Supervisors: Dr X Yang, Dr R Rhodes

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

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Industrial CASE PhD Studentship on Implementation Security of Quantum Cryptosystems

Toshiba Europe Limited PhD Studentships

There is currently great interest in using quantum communications to secure telecom networks, as well as to link quantum processors together … Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Dynes

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

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We have 16 Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in Cambridge

Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in Cambridge

We have 16 Physics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in Cambridge

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