University of York, Department of Physics PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

Research Group: Physics of Life - Biological Physics and Biophysics

Dr A Noy, Prof M Leake

Application Deadline: 1 September 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

While genome sequencing has led to significant increases in the amount of genetic information available, we are still far from a comprehensive understanding of how genomes work.

Atomistic simulations of advanced permanent magnet materials

Research Group: Condensed Matter Physics

Dr R Evans

Application Deadline: 1 September 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Neodymium permanent magnets are ubiquitous in technologies from cars to wind generators due to their inherent efficiency in converting electrical power to mechanical motion or vice versa.

Developing next-generation technology touching life physics tools to tackle debilitating infections and cancers

Research Group: Physics of Life - Biological Physics and Biophysics

Prof M Leake, Dr I Hitchcock, Prof J Mottram

Application Deadline: 1 September 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Our knowledge of many debilitating human diseases is limited by technology. conventional approaches fail to render the quantitative details needed to address key mechanistic questions.

Dissecting cell complexity using super-resolution microscopy, one molecule at a time

Research Group: Physics of Life - Biological Physics and Biophysics

Prof M Leake, Prof A J Wilkinson

Application Deadline: 1 September 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The stress response of sporulation in bacteria is a fantastically system for studying biophysics processes of emergent complexity.

Dynamic Transmission Electron Microscopy of Next Generation Li-ion Batteries for Large-Scale Energy Storage

Dr R E Douthwaite, Dr V Lazarov

Application Deadline: 21 June 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This research project has funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

Whilst renewable sources of energy (e.g. wind and solar) are making an increasing contribution to immediate global electricity demand, there is a need to store energy for use on demand.

EBIC environmental STEM microscopy for energy materials and gas sensors

Research Group: Condensed Matter Physics

Dr L Lari, Dr V Lazarov

Application Deadline: 1 September 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Electron Beam induced current (EBIC) is an electron probe technique widely used in the semiconductor industry for the analysis of p-n junctions, minority carrier distributions, and material defects.

Fast ions from graphene with potential application spanning fusion and oncology

Research Group: York Plasma Institute

Prof N Woolsey

Application Deadline: 1 September 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Proton and heavier ion acceleration using ultra-intense lasers is being widely investigated for pure science, plasma diagnostics, medical as well as fusion engineering applications.

First principles modelling of defects in solar absorber materials

Research Group: Condensed Matter Physics

Dr K McKenna

Application Deadline: 1 September 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

A number of materials are emerging as promising candidates to replace silicon in the next generation of solar cells. They offer the prospect of high efficiency, low cost and flexibility allowing for their incorporation into building materials for example.

Fission studies of neutron-rich nuclei

Research Group: Nuclear Physics

Dr S Paschalis, Prof A Andreyev

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The RIBF facility at RIKEN in Tokyo, Japan is the world’s leading laboratory in the production and study of the most exotic nuclear systems that we can currently access.

Iron Oxidation at the atomic scale: an In-situ environmental TEM/STEM study

Research Group: Condensed Matter Physics

Dr L Lari, Dr V Lazarov

Application Deadline: 1 October 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Fe and Fe-oxide (FeOx) based nanoparticles (NPs) have shown promising applications in physical and medical sciences. These include magnetic storage devices, catalysis, contrast enhancement in magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic hyperthermia.