We have 28 University of St Andrews PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

This doctoral project offers an exciting opportunity for a student to work closely with The Glasgow School of Art Archives and Collections to uncover and communicate marginalised histories of gender and politics from the late nineteenth through to the twenty-first centuries. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Kallestrup, Dr - Spencer

17 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Evaluating the Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Genotypic Antibiotic Tolerance Among Important Bacterial Pathogens

University of St Andrews School of Biology

Antibiotic resistance jeopardises our ability to effectively treat bacterial infections, yet it is not the only survival strategy pathogenic bacteria use to evade killing by antibiotics. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Hobbs, Dr J pearson, Dr B Parcell

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Mobile EEG: memory and attention in the wild.

University of St Andrews School of Psychology

What neural systems and processes support cognitive processes like attending and remembering? How do we use cognitive abilities like memory and attention… Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Donaldson

1 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Computational Modelling of Organometallic Reactivity and Catalysis

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

A PhD position is available in the group of Prof. Stuart Macgregor to work on the computational modelling of organometallic reactivity and catalysis. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Macgregor

26 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Advanced Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy – method development and applications

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy is a magnetic resonance technique that is exclusively and exquisitely sensitive to unpaired electrons that are found in radicals and paramagnetic metal complexes. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B E Bode

Year round applications PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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Modelling ultra-low frequency (ULF) waves in Earth’s magnetosphere

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

The Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group (SMTG) in the School and Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, is looking for applicants for a funded PhD project for a start in September/October 2024. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Elsden

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

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Enantioselective Cobalt-Catalysed Skeletal Rearrangements

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

Research in the Johnston group broadly focuses on the development of new catalytic reactions for (i) the streamlined synthesis of known small molecules or (ii) unprecedented access to novel building blocks, with potential applications in drug discovery and agrochemistry. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C P Johnston

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Molecular switches

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

Research activities in Kilian group are centred on the design and synthesis of novel organophosphorus and heavier Group 15 (As, Sb, Bi) organoelement compounds. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Kilian

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

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PhD position in synthetic inorganic/organometallic chemistry: New reactivity from unusual molecular main group compounds

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

The chemistry of the main group elements has seen some remarkable advances in the past years. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Stasch

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

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PhD position in Organometallic Catalysis: New Catalytic Methods for Green Organic Synthesis / CO2 utilisation / Plastic Recycling

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

About the Project. Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD position to work in the lab of Dr. Amit Kumar at the School of Chemistry, University of St. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Kumar

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

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Preparation and evaluation of nanostructured materials for pollution abatement

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

We prepare novel high surface area and porous materials, characterise them using techniques including high performance electron microscopy and evaluate them for application in the area of pollution abatement, specifically the removal and destruction of water-borne pollutants, such as industrial dyes. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R T Baker

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Hidden Markov models for spatially structured populations

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Hidden Markov models (HMMs) offer a very powerful, flexible, and efficient structure for likelihood computation. They’re a popular tool for problems… Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Worthington, Dr C Sutherland

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

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Exploring synergies between statistical ecology and statistical genomics

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

While superficially different, these two areas of research share several questions in common (How many species? How many of each species? How are the species distributed spatially? How should we sample?) that differ fundamentally only in whether the species in question are flora and fauna or nucleic acids and proteins. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Worthington

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

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Movement through space and time, realistic movement for species abundance methods

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Evidence-based conservation and ecology are reliant on wildlife surveys. As a result, there exists a range of methods that have been developed specifically… Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Worthington, Prof DLB Borchers

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

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Causal inference and trial emulation for ecological observational data

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Conducting formal causal inference for ecological data is challenging due to the complex observational processes that are usually involved. Read more

Supervisors: Dr BS Swallow, Dr H Worthington

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

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Understanding the uncertainty in the decomposition of cancer gene or protein expression data

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Many tools exist that will take the expression profile of a tumour sample and decompose that signal into components arising from different tissue types (e.g. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Papathomas, Prof A Lynch

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

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Propagation of uncertainty for signatures of mutational processes

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

There is a trend, especially in cancer research, to i) take a set of DNA mutations ii) cross-categorize them by patient and mutational characteristic and iii) decompose the resulting counts matrix into two sets of vectors – one set representing the mutational impact of specific mutagens and one set representing the exposure of individuals to those mutagens. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Papathomas, Prof A Lynch

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

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Incorporating Mixture of Expert Models for Longitudinal Data with Missing and Censoring

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Longitudinal data analysis is a powerful tool for studying changes in subjects over time. However, the presence of missing data and censoring poses significant challenges. Read more

Supervisor: Dr EM Mirfarah

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

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Supervised learning methods to measure information transfer in biology

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Information theory is widely used as the basis of communication channels to transfer information through the Internet and other platforms. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Minas

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

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Stochastic simulation, analysis, and inference of non-linear dynamical systems

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

This project will develop a novel framework for studying the dynamics of systems presenting oscillations and multi-stabilities. This type of dynamics is abundant in many fields and especially in molecular biology, epidemiology, ecology, sociology. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Minas

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

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Stochastic modelling and inference for live-cell gene expression time-series data to unravel the mechanisms of stem cell differentiation

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

This project will develop statistical methodology for noisy time-series data and stochastic computational models to analyse live-cell imaging data provided by the lab of our collaborator Dr Cerys Manning at the University of Manchester. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Minas

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

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Identifying complex spatio-temporal biomarkers of brain diseases

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Bayesian models today are providing the tools to explore the complexity of brain architecture. Therefore, there is a crucial need for leading researchers with an in-depth comprehension of the current challenges in neuroscience and the quantitative skills to develop cutting-edge solutions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Margaritella , Dr M Papathomas

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

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Quantifying Trade-Offs Between Simple and Complex Models for Decision-Making

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Policy-makers in conservation and health frequently rely on relatively simplistic statistical models to inform their decisions. There are good reasons for this. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AJ Johnston

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

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Statistical ‘omics on graphs

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

The field of statistical genomics (and related omics) is rapidly accepting that graphical models have a role to play in addressing the complexity of the molecular systems being investigated. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Lynch, Dr CB Bleak

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

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Distance sampling with milder assumptions

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Estimating animal density or abundance is a fundamental challenge in statistical ecology. Distance sampling is a widely employed method for addressing this issue. Read more

Supervisors: Dr BB Baer, Prof DLB Borchers

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

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Designed Synthesis of Novel Zeolite Catalysts

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

Nanoporous zeolites play a key role as catalysts in the chemical industry, in reactions as diverse as environmental catalysis and biorefining, and in separation of low molecular weight gases and hydrocarbon vapours. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P A Wright

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

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Untying the knot: Remodelling of G4 structures by the NER machinery- implications in human DNA repair and regulatory pathways

University of St Andrews School of Physics and Astronomy

Open PhD position on Genome Stability and Biochemistry. Joint PhD scholarship - St Andrews and Bonn-Biology. Untying the knot. Remodelling of G4 structures by the NER machinery- implications in human DNA repair and regulatory pathways. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Penedo, Prof K Paeschke

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

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4 year PhD in Enantioselective Catalysis and developing Lewis base-mediated transformations

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

Our research is currently directed towards developing catalytic methods for the promotion of a range of synthetic transformations with varying applications in asymmetric synthesis. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Smith

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

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We have 28 University of St Andrews PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

University of St Andrews PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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