atmospheric science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Ammonia futures – the changing face of atmospheric nitrogen emissions

University of York Department of Chemistry

Introduction. Air pollution is the greatest environmental threat to human health, and impacts biodiversity, and ecosystem services. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Moller, Prof A C Lewis

24 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for Urban Air Quality Simulation and Management

Canterbury Christ Church University SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN

This research project offers an exciting opportunity for individuals passionate about addressing the critical issue of urban air quality through cutting-edge computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Hassanin

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

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Atmospheric Neutrino Mixing Studies with the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO)

University of Liverpool Department of Physics

Neutrinos are the most abundant massive particle in the universe. Since their discovery, neutrinos played an important role in many areas of physics. Read more

Supervisors: Prof CA Andreopoulos, Prof XL Lu

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Towards a better understanding of indoor air quality in the home

University of York Department of Chemistry

The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently stated that exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollution was one of the greatest risks to human health, and that improving air quality was necessary to reduce the global incidence and impact of diseases such as lung cancer, stroke, and asthma. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M S Shaw, Prof N Carslaw, Prof A C Lewis

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Modelling and Analysis Methods for Satellite Aerodynamics in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO)

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Operation of spacecraft in very low Earth orbits (VLEO), those below 450 km in altitude, is becoming more commonplace. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H. Crisp, Dr P Roberts

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

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Development of improved and targeted quantification of ammonia emissions

University of York Department of Chemistry

Introduction. Ammonia (NH. 3. ) has an ever-growing influence on air pollution in the UK and worldwide with numerous considerable impacts such as the formation of secondary particles (now the dominant contribution), nitrogen deposition and eutrophication. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Carslaw, Dr M S Shaw, Dr N Farren

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Controlling plasma chemistry of cold atmospheric-pressure air plasmas

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Plasma technologies already form a key part of many of today’s multi-billion pound industries such as the nanoscale fabrication of microprocessors, production of solar cells and the deposition of advanced functional coatings. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Wagenaars

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

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AI to the rescue of climate change, modelling air quality for cleaner urban planning

Anglia Ruskin University ARU School of Computing and Information Science

Research Group: Computing, Informatics and Applications Research Group

Research Group. Computing, Informatics and Applications Research Group. Proposed supervisory team. Dr Lakshmi Babu Saheer. Dr Javad Zarrin. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Babu Saheer, Dr J Zarrin

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

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Rational design of photo/electrocatalysts towards Green Nitrogen Fixation and Ammonia Production

The University of Manchester Department of Chemical Engineering

In an era marked by the urgent need for sustainable solutions, this project stands at the forefront of innovation in catalysis, focusing on the rational design of photo/electrocatalysts for nitrogen fixation and ammonia production. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Xu, Prof C Hardacre, Prof R Catlow

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

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Modelling of floating offshore wind farms

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

On its road to decarbonisation, the UK has set very ambitious targets of offshore wind deployment for 2030 of 50 GW, of which about 5 GW will be of floating wind turbines. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Ouro, Prof T Stallard, Prof P K Stansby

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Thermal hydraulics modelling of low-pressure, light water-cooled Small Modular Reactors

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

The Low-Pressure Water Reactor (LPWR) is a 300MW(e) pool-type water-cooled Small Modular Reactor (SMR) design in which the nuclear core is located at the bottom of a deep underground shaft instead of inside a pressure vessel. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Giustini

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

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Data-Centric Solutions for Earth Observation Challenges: Developing Cutting-Edge Techniques for Remote Sensing Analysis

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

In today's data-driven landscape, the importance of data-centric machine learning methodologies cannot be overstated where they prioritize the quality, diversity, and accessibility of data, recognizing that the performance and reliability of machine learning models heavily depend on the data they are trained on. Read more

Supervisors: Dr O Karakus, Prof P Rosin

6 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD position in cell biology and inflammation in plasma-treated diseased keratinocytes

Leibniz-Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP) ZIK plasmatis

Short overview of PlasmACT. The PlasmACT network brings together 5 beneficiaries and 10 associated partners, located in 5 different countries (Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg). Read more

Supervisor: Prof SB Bekeschus

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

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Post-combustion CO2 capture solvents: addressing the knowledge gap with long-term testing

University of Sheffield Department of Mechanical Engineering

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) consists of a series of climate change mitigation technologies. It is essential to achieve the carbon neutrality of the Paris Climate Change agreement (Find out more here). Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Lucquiaud, Dr A Samson, Prof J Gibbins

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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PhD Studentship in Planetary/Interstellar Chemistry

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Chemistry

The School of Chemistry is offering a PhD studentship, funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), in the general areas of planetary and interstellar chemistry. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Heard, Prof J Plane, Prof D Marsh

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

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Data-Centric Solutions for Earth Observation Challenges: Developing Cutting-Edge Techniques for Remote Sensing Analysis [SELF-FUNDED STUDENTS ONLY]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

In today's data-driven landscape, the importance of data-centric machine learning methodologies cannot be overstated where they prioritize the quality, diversity, and accessibility of data, recognizing that the performance and reliability of machine learning models heavily depend on the data they are trained on. Read more

Supervisors: Dr O Karakus, Prof P Rosin

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

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Improved prediction and forecasting of coastal compound flood hazard around the UK

University of Southampton School of Ocean and Earth Sciences

In low-lying coastal regions, flooding often arises from more than one drive (e.g. oceanographic, fluvial and/or pluvial), a phenomenon that is known as ‘compound flooding’. Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Haigh, Dr S Berthou

6 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Development of Perovskite-Based Solid Oxygen Carriers Towards Clean Air and Carbon Neutrality

Sheffield Hallam University Materials and Engineering Research Institute

The Industry and Innovation Research Institute (I2Ri) draws on talents, expertise and facilities across Sheffield Hallam University. Read more

Supervisors: Dr AS Scrimshire, Dr RJ Janani, Dr F Clegg, Dr DM Majumder

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

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Understanding and predicting sensitivity of Amazonia’s forests to increasing heat and drought

University of Leeds School of Geography

Tropical forests fulfil important roles both for climate and biodiversity. They are exposed to a range of pressures including an increasingly hotter and erratic climate as well as changing atmospheric composition (particularly CO2 and N2O levels raising) (Lapola et al., 2023). Read more

Supervisors: Prof E Gloor, Dr D Galbraith

1 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Rational design of photo/electrocatalysts towards Green Nitrogen Fixation and Ammonia Production

The University of Manchester Department of Chemical Engineering

In an era marked by the urgent need for sustainable solutions, this project stands at the forefront of innovation in catalysis, focusing on the rational design of photo/electrocatalysts for nitrogen fixation and ammonia production. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Xu, Prof C Hardacre

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

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Mapping the climate systems and the evaporation of exoplanet atmospheres

University of Warwick Department of Physics

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

Supervisor: Prof PW Wheatley

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

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Direct analysis ion mobility mass spectrometry for rapid profiling of edible fats and oils to combat food adulteration

University of York Department of Chemistry

Background. Food safety and authenticity are generally taken for granted, yet food adulteration is one of the most significant challenges faced in the UK, with the total impact of food crime on the UK estimated to be between £409 million and £1.96 billion per year [Food Standards Agency, 2023]. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Mosely

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

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Representing ground-atmosphere coupling over complex terrain: the need for a new paradigm

University of Reading Department of Meteorology

Computer models used to predict the weather (known as numerical weather prediction or NWP models) and climate (known as climate models) do not simulate… Read more

Supervisors: Dr MA Teixeira, Prof RS Plant, Dr S Derbyshire, Dr I Stiperski

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

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Algal Bioplastics

University of Sheffield Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering

Single use plastic is a major environmental concern that is urgently in need of innovative solutions. Microalgae are photosynthetic organisms that can be employed to develop processes that are environmentally sustainable. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Vaidyanathan

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

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Advancing dispersion modelling of radioactivity releases resulting from increasingly frequent Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (ChEZ) wildfire events.

University of Bristol Chemistry

The April 2020 fires that ravaged the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (ChEZ) were the most extensive to have ever occurred - burning large areas of heavily contaminated land that could have released significant quantities of radioactive material across the whole of Europe. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Martin

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

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Carbon Sequestration in the Context of River Restoration

University of Salford School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Information on this PhD research area can be found further down this page under the details about the Widening Participation Scholarship given immediately below. Read more

Supervisors: Dr RVE Anthony, Prof N Entwistle

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

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Developing computing architectures for improving the simulation of fog

University of Reading Department of Computer Science

To numerically simulate the formation of fog, a horizontal spatial resolution approaching 1 metre or less is highly desirable to improve scientific understanding… Read more

Supervisor: Dr T.R. Jones

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

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High Energy Laser Beam Combination and Propagation of Tailored Beams

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Project description. The project is to contribute to a major Ministry of Defence (MoD) research programme intended to develop generation after next technologies for applications in defence and security. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Clarkson, Prof J Nilsson

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Microfluidics for Micro-AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles)

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

This project will develop and test microfluidic systems that can be deployed aboard small robot submarines (micro-AUVs) to sample and analyse aquatic chemistry. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Nightingale

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Sustainable Foundation Models for Time Series Processing Applied to Sustainability

University of Surrey The Institute for People-Centred Artificial Intelligence

Foundation models are a special class of large AI models that are trained with huge amounts of data to learn general underlying patterns to be further specialised to downstream tasks via transfer learning. Read more

Supervisors: Dr EGSN Giovani Sperandio Nascimento , Prof P Kumar

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

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We have 46 atmospheric science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

atmospheric science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 46 atmospheric science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Ammonia futures – the changing face of atmospheric nitrogen emissions

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for Urban Air Quality Simulation and Management

Atmospheric Neutrino Mixing Studies with the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO)

Towards a better understanding of indoor air quality in the home

Modelling and Analysis Methods for Satellite Aerodynamics in Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO)

Development of improved and targeted quantification of ammonia emissions

Controlling plasma chemistry of cold atmospheric-pressure air plasmas

AI to the rescue of climate change, modelling air quality for cleaner urban planning

Rational design of photo/electrocatalysts towards Green Nitrogen Fixation and Ammonia Production

Modelling of floating offshore wind farms

Thermal hydraulics modelling of low-pressure, light water-cooled Small Modular Reactors

Data-Centric Solutions for Earth Observation Challenges: Developing Cutting-Edge Techniques for Remote Sensing Analysis

PhD position in cell biology and inflammation in plasma-treated diseased keratinocytes

Post-combustion CO2 capture solvents: addressing the knowledge gap with long-term testing

PhD Studentship in Planetary/Interstellar Chemistry

Data-Centric Solutions for Earth Observation Challenges: Developing Cutting-Edge Techniques for Remote Sensing Analysis [SELF-FUNDED STUDENTS ONLY]

Improved prediction and forecasting of coastal compound flood hazard around the UK

Development of Perovskite-Based Solid Oxygen Carriers Towards Clean Air and Carbon Neutrality

Understanding and predicting sensitivity of Amazonia’s forests to increasing heat and drought

Rational design of photo/electrocatalysts towards Green Nitrogen Fixation and Ammonia Production

Mapping the climate systems and the evaporation of exoplanet atmospheres

Direct analysis ion mobility mass spectrometry for rapid profiling of edible fats and oils to combat food adulteration

Representing ground-atmosphere coupling over complex terrain: the need for a new paradigm

Algal Bioplastics

Advancing dispersion modelling of radioactivity releases resulting from increasingly frequent Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (ChEZ) wildfire events.

Carbon Sequestration in the Context of River Restoration

Developing computing architectures for improving the simulation of fog

High Energy Laser Beam Combination and Propagation of Tailored Beams

Microfluidics for Micro-AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles)

Sustainable Foundation Models for Time Series Processing Applied to Sustainability

We have 46 atmospheric science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

atmospheric science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 46 atmospheric science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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