PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students in Warwick

Modelling energy transport in the Solar corona

Supervisor: Prof T D Arber

Modelling energy transport in the Solar corona. Supervisors. Project jointly supervised by two CFSA staff. Tony Arber mailto:t.d.arber@warwick.ac.uk. Read more

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

University of Warwick Warwick Centre for Doctoral Training in Analytical Science

Design of new materials for solar to fuels technologies: electron diffraction techniques to study photochemical reactivity in metal-organic frameworks

A 4-year PhD studentship, funded by The Royal Society and The Warwick Centre for Doctoral Training in Analytical Science (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/as/) is available for a talented researcher with an interest in inorganic chemistry and materials science for a sustainable future. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Pike

10 February 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Functional and structural characterisation of glycosyltransferases involved in protein mannosylation

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

Glycosylation is one the most abundant post-translational modifications and an evolutionary indicator. indeed the increasing complexity of host-pathogen and organism-environment interactions, amongst others, is reflected in the newly-reported ability of prokaryotes (e.g. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Tosin

Mapping the climate systems and the evaporation of exoplanet atmospheres

Supervisor: Prof PW Wheatley

We invite applications from outstanding and highly motivated students for the Warwick Prize Scholarships in Astrophysics. The successful applicant will work with Prof. Read more

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

Using single molecule super-resolution microscopy to reveal how bacteria remodel their cell wall

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

Bacteria are surrounded by a mesh-like cell wall which protects them from bursting due to their high internal pressure of turgor pressure. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Holden

Understanding bacterial cell wall synthesis and its linkage to cell division for next generation antibiotic drugs

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

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is now widely understood to be a global healthcare emergency, exacerbated by many socio-economic factors. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Roper

University of Warwick Warwick Medical School

Last chance to apply

Analysis of the impact of infection and vaccination on immune homeostasis via glycomics in inflammatory bowel disease patients

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. IBD incidence continues to rise in the UK and USA and is rapidly emerging in South Asia, East Asia, and the Middle East. Read more

Supervisor: Dr CT Thompson

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

Characterising the atmospheres of exoplanets with ground-based and JWST observations

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

We invite applications from outstanding and highly motivated students for the Warwick Prize Scholarships in Astrophysics. The successful applicant will work with Dr Siddharth Gandhi within the Astronomy and Astrophysics group in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick. Read more

Supervisor: Dr SG Gandhi

The explosion environments and host galaxies of Supernovae

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

We invite applications from outstanding and highly motivated students for the Warwick Prize Scholarships in Astrophysics. The successful applicant will work with Dr Joe Lyman within the Astronomy and Astrophysics group in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick. Read more

Supervisor: Dr JL Lyman

Discovering exoplanets around compositionally-diverse stars across the Milky Way by mitigating stellar signals

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

We invite applications from outstanding and highly motivated students for the Warwick Prize Scholarships in Astrophysics. The successful applicant will work with Dr Thomas Wilson within the Astronomy and Astrophysics group in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Wilson

Investigating the origin of the lowest-mass white dwarf stars

Supervisor: Dr I Pelisoli

We invite applications from outstanding and highly motivated students for the Warwick Prize Scholarships in Astrophysics. The successful applicant will work with Dr Ingrid Pelisoli within the Astronomy and Astrophysics group in the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick. Read more

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

Genomics-driven exploitation of aphid-killing bacteria as a source of novel biopesticides

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

Aphids are major insect pests of agriculture and horticulture, causing damage to many economically important crop plants through direct feeding and/or as efficient vectors of numerous plant viruses. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Rabiey

Optimising robotic platforms for terahertz detection of cancer

Supervisor: Prof E MacPherson

Are you interested in applying physics to situations that could benefit medical diagnosis? Terahertz (1012 Hz, THz) pulsed imaging is a new technique with high resolution (about 20 μm) and has only emerged recently as a potential new clinical tool for medical imaging. Read more

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

University of Warwick Warwick Medical School

Last chance to apply

Using nanosyringes to cure infectious diseases

Sleeping sickness is a debilitating, parasitic disease that affects many people in Africa. Current treatments are insufficient, and researchers are exploring new approaches to combat this condition. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Dean

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