We have 22 University of Auckland PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Interested in a rewarding career in bioengineering? Get sponsored to do life-changing research in New Zealand. The lymphatic system includes a complex network of vessels and lymph nodes that transports excess fluid from the body’s tissues back into the bloodstream. Read more

Supervisor: Dr HR Reynolds

29 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Artificial Intelligence and multiparametric MRI for automated detection and characterisation of prostate cancer

University of Auckland Auckland Bioengineering Institute

Interested in a rewarding career in bioengineering? Get sponsored to do life-changing research in New Zealand!. Prostate cancer is the second most common male cancer worldwide and its incidence continues to grow. Read more

Supervisor: Dr HR Reynolds

30 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Photonic device for Varroa control in NZ beehives and beyond

University of Auckland Department of Physics

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

Supervisors: Dr FM Merola, Prof C Simpson

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

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Glucose control - from home to hospital and back again

University of Auckland Auckland Bioengineering Institute

In diabetes, glycemic control is often based on sub-optimal one size fits all approaches, so many receive acceptable care, but none receive optimal care. Read more

Supervisor: Dr FA Argus

29 August 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Electrophysiology of menstruation; a multiscale modelling approach

University of Auckland Auckland Bioengineering Institute

Interested in a rewarding career in bioengineering? Get sponsored to do life-changing research in New Zealand!. Contractions of the uterus vary during the different phases of the menstrual cycle. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Miller

25 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Understanding digestion through imaging and modelling

University of Auckland Auckland Bioengineering Institute

Interested in a rewarding career in bioengineering? Get sponsored to do life-changing research in New Zealand!. Once food is ingested, the stomach serves as a reservoir and continues to break down the food into smaller particles until they are small enough to progress into the small intestine. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof L Cheng

28 March 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Advanced Deep Learning Methods for Automatic Segmentation of Brain Tumours and other Intracranial Structures

University of Auckland Auckland Bioengineering Institute

Interested in a rewarding career in bioengineering? Get sponsored to do life-changing research in New Zealand!. Preoperative manual segmentation of Brain tumours is an extremely time-consuming task and adds an enormous amount of Neurosurgical workload. Read more

Supervisor: Dr HA Abbasi

22 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Computational modelling of lymphatic function in health and disease

University of Auckland Auckland Bioengineering Institute

Interested in a rewarding career in bioengineering? Get sponsored to do life-changing research in New Zealand!. The lymphatic system is a network of tissues, organs, and vessels that play a critical role in the body's immune defence and fluid balance. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof K Burrowes

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

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A high throughput system for measuring the mechanical properties of human cardiac tissues

University of Auckland Auckland Bioengineering Institute

Interested in a rewarding career in bioengineering? Get sponsored to do life-changing research in New Zealand. The mechanical properties of cardiac tissues are often quantified in experiments that manipulate muscle length and measure response parameters such as strain, stress, and stiffness. Read more

Supervisor: Dr KT Tran

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

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PhD in Biophysics & Biochemistry - Raman spectroscopy for prostate cancer detection

University of Auckland Department of Physics

Location. University of Auckland/Faculty of Science/Physics Department. Keywords. Auckland; New Zealand; Biochemistry; Cancer Biochemistry; Spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; Multivariate data analysis; Chemometrics; Molecular Biology. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Aguergaray

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

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Sustainable high-performance computing through minimisation of data transfer

University of Auckland Faculty of Engineering

Computer technology has truly conquered our work and life. While we strongly benefit from it, computing consumes an ever increasing fraction of our energy production. Read more

Supervisors: Assoc Prof O Sinnen, Dr A Raith

30 March 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Mechanical Measurements using Ion Pipette Aspiration: Technology Development

University of Auckland Department of Physics

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

Supervisor: Assoc Prof G Willmott

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

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Mechanical Measurements using Ion Pipette Aspiration: Collaborative Experiments

University of Auckland Department of Physics

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

Supervisor: Assoc Prof G Willmott

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

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Clean synthesis of bio-based organophosphorus compounds

University of Auckland Department of Chemistry

We have fully funded PhD scholarship and we would like the student to start as soon as possible. The PhD project is focused on the synthesis of bio-based organophosphorus compounds from the unique biomass available in New Zealand. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Sperry

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

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Plasma Propulsion for Space Applications

University of Auckland Department of Physics

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

Supervisor: Dr N Rattenbury

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

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We have 22 University of Auckland PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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