We have 403 light PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

White-light emission (WLE) from semiconductor nanostructures is presently a research area of intense interest especially where the primary objective is to replace conventional light sources by environmentally friendly materials in order to minimize energy costs and therefore the global energy consumption for lighting. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Hickey, Dr W Martin

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

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Optimising the delivery of light into Electron Paramagnetic Resonance samples

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) is a magnetic resonance method that can be used to study any systems containing unpaired electrons. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Bowen, Prof D Collison, Dr A Golovanov, Dr R Stein

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Developing novel light-induced in-situ Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) methods

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

Light-induced in-situ Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) studies are a growing field in both continuous wave and pulsed EPR. It can be used to monitor photoactivated chemical and biochemical reactions involving radical reagents, projects or intermediates. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Bowen, Prof D Collison, Dr A Golovanov

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

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Polychromatic optical singularities

King’s College London Department of Physics

Starting from the early 1990s, a quiet revolution has been taking place in optics, coming from a growing realization that one can get a huge amount of information about the propagation of a beam of light by understanding the nature and position of the optical singularities in the beam. Read more

Supervisor: Dr EP Pisanty

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

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Understanding the soil microbiome under controlled light conditions

University of Greenwich Faculty of Engineering and Science

Our research group is working within a consortium that is testing semi-transparent solar installations on crop growth-houses, to enhance biological and financial resilience in protected farming. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C.V.S. Supamaniam, Dr E Thompson

24 June 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Quality assessment for light-field imaging

Kingston University Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment

Among the recent media modalities enabling better immersive viewing experiences for the end-users, light field (LF) imaging is emerging. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Martini

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

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Film: an Ecology of Light

Nottingham Trent University School of Art and Design

This PhD project weaves together film, ecology, and light, by addressing light as the filmic substance in the context of ecological discourse. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L.K. Koens, Dr M Bohr

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

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Exploring close binary stars: Using nonlinear time series analysis and machine learning for analysing stellar light curves.

Aberdeen University School of Natural and Computing Sciences

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Sandip, Dr M S Baptista

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

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Light in time-dependent metamaterials

Imperial College London Department of Physics

Metamaterials have revolutionised the way we control light waves. Essentially, by engineering the diffraction of light on sub-wavelength scales, one can design new exotic materials and novel applications, for example flat lenses, invisibility cloaks and negative refraction. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Sapienza

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Computational Light Microscopy — Making the Invisible Visible

University of Dundee School of Science and Engineering

Light is a most versatile tool to study life. Optical microscopy opens a unique window into the inner workings of biological development without interfering with its delicate processes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Vettenburg, Dr M MacDonald

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Theory of generation of bright attosecond pulses

King’s College London Department of Physics

The creation of the shortest duration, attosecond, light pulses has been celebrated by the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 [1]. The application of such pulses increases the temporal resolution that physical processes, such as electronic dynamics in atoms, molecules and condensed matter, can be observed with. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Khokhlova

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

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Filming photosynthesis: using molecular dynamics simulations and fluorescence experiments to assess the dynamics of light harvesting proteins

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

The plant protein Light-Harvesting Complex II (LHCII) allows efficient absorption of solar energy and is essential for photosynthesis. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P.G. Adams, Dr A Kalli

28 June 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Quantum GaN-O-Photonics

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

This project will develop quantum light sources operating at room temperature by using nanophotonics to deliver a practical quantum technology. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Bennett, Dr JH Hadden, Dr GK Klemencic

24 June 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD in Advanced Light-Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy

Imperial College London Department of Physics

Light-sheet fluorescence microscopy (LSFM) is a high-speed 3D fluorescence imaging method capable of imaging at up to 1000s of frames per second and 10s of volumes per second. Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Dunsby

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

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(University of Manchester - University of Tokyo Dual Award) Light- and Pressure-Controllable Magnets

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

This project tackles the complex interplay between light, pressure and magnetism, which lies at the heart of modern materials science, through the exploration of light- and pressure-responsive molecular magnets. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Skelton, Prof S Ohkoshi

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

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Ultrafast laser spectroscopy: using light to study materials on femtosecond timescales

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

Supervisor: Dr M Leontiadou

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

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Metamaterials and Nano-Machines Driven with Light

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Eric Plum, Nikolay Zheludev. Project description. The balance among elastic, electromagnetic and quantum forces changes dramatically at the nanometre scale. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Plum

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

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Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency - Engineering and Evolution of Light-Harvesting Complexes via Synthetic Biology

University of Liverpool Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology

Photosynthesis is the ultimate source of food and energy for almost all forms of life. Using sunlight as the energy input, photosynthesis removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere generating the oxygen and carbohydrate that support complex life. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Canniffe

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

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CDT-QTE: Qubit transmission: Connecting single photon sources with emerging hollow core optical fibres

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof Radan Slavik, Dr Yongmin Jung, Prof Francesco Poletti. Project description. This project is part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Slavik

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

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CDT-QTE: Molecular design of rare-earth-ion complexes for quantum light-matter interactions on nanophotonic platforms

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Patrick Ledingham, Alberto Politi. Project description. This project is part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Ledingham

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

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PhD Studentship: Quantum light to see the invisible at nanoscale

University of Birmingham School of Physics and Astronomy

A PhD studentship is available at the intersection of quantum optics, nanophotonics, plasmonics and molecular spectroscopy. How to confine, control and manipulate light at atomic scales has been an area of immense fundamental and technological interest. Read more

Supervisor: Dr . Chikkaraddy

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Shaping light at the nanoscale with dielectric nanoantennas

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Massimiliano Guasoni (supervisor), Cosimo Lacava (co-supervisor). Project description. In the last decade, nanophotonics has emerged as one of the most important research fields in optics. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Guasoni

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

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Picophotonics: The Science of Light-Matter Interactions at Sub-atomic Scale

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Kevin MacDonald, Nikolay Zheludev. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Prof K MacDonald

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

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PhD Students (f/m/d) for super-resolution microscopy-based investigations of the glycocalyx

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light PhD Opportunities

The Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light research covers a wide range of topics, including nonlinear optics, quantum optics, nanophotonics, photonic crystal fibres, optomechanics, quantum technologies, biophysics, and links between physics and medicine. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LM Möckl

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

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Taking Light Induced Electron Paramagnetic Resonance In Cell for Biological Structural Determination

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

Studying the structure of proteins and other biological systems is an important step in understanding their function. Most structural studies are conducted in environments that are far away from native conditions, such as those found inside a cell. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Bowen, Dr J Rowbotham, Dr I Riddell, Dr D Heyes

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

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Quantum technologies for laser interferometry

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Ultra-precision laser interferometry has been developed to astonishing precision over the last decades, resulting in the first detections of gravitational waves in 2015. Read more

Supervisors: Prof H Grote, Dr K Kokeyama, Dr K Dooley

24 June 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Novel subsurface Raman microscopy technologies to enable the development of next-generation drug and implant therapies

University of Nottingham School of Physics & Astronomy

Start date. September 2024. Duration. 3.5 years. Raman spectroscopy is a powerful label-free analytical technique that measures the molecular composition of tissue by using light to excite molecular vibrations in the sample and generate Raman scattered photons. Read more

Supervisors: Prof I Notingher, Dr CJ Mellor, Prof A Ghaemmaghami, Prof M Alexander

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

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PhD scholarship in integrated blue optical phased array on thin-film lithium niobate platform for underwater optical communication - DTU Electro

Technical University of Denmark DTU Electro

The Internet of Underwater Things (IoUT) is defined as a worldwide network of smart interconnected underwater objects, poised to revolutionize a number of related technologies including ocean monitoring observatories, underwater exploration and resource exploitation, disaster prediction and prevention, aquaculture, and defense/security. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Hu

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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CDT-QTE: Quantum Meta-Optics

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Bruce Ou, Prof Otto Muskens. Project description. This project is part of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Ou

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

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MSc By Research: Towards environment-sensing biobots

Aberdeen University School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

The MSc by Research programme at the University of Aberdeen is for students interested in a research-intensive master's degree. It is designed specifically to enhance your skills for a PhD or research career. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G S Bewick, Dr M Giannaccini, Dr C Giuraniuc

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

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