Fully Funded Postgraduate Research Projects
Physics PhD projects
PhD studentships in Astrophysics, Cosmology and Theoretical Physics.
We’re offering a number of projects in this area; some are part of the NUData CDT:
Projects
Title: Magnetism in hot Jupiters
Lead Supervisor Tamara Rogers, co-supervisor Paul Bushby
Title: Particle cosmology
Supervisor: Professor Ian Moss
Title: Cosmological correlators, symmetries and holography.
Supervisor: Dr Paul McFadden
Title: Turning Astronomical Data into Sound: Developing sonification for astrophysics research, communication, and accessibility
Supervisors: Dr Chris Harrison (Newcastle University) and Prof Paul Vickers (Northumbria University)
Title: Establishing how growing supermassive black holes influence galaxy evolution
Primary supervisor: Dr Chris Harrison
Title: Double-diffusive convection in Mercury
Supervisors: Dr Céline Guervilly and Dr Graeme Sarson
Title: Polar vortices in Jupiter’s atmosphere
Supervisors: Dr Céline Guervilly and Dr Paul Bushby
Title: Cosmology with Upcoming Cosmic Shear Surveys
Supervisor: Dr Joachim Harnois-Deraps
Title: Answering Big Questions in Cosmology with Big Data from Galaxy Surveys
Supervisor: Dr Cora Uhlemann
Title: Dynamical Processes in Stellar Interiors
Supervisor: Professor Tamara Rogers
For more information on these projects and how to apply please see the link here.
PhD Studentships in Theoretical Quantum Physics
Title: Quantum electrodynamics of atoms and molecules
Supervisor: Dr Adam Stokes
For more information on this project and how to apply please see the link here.
Title: Quantum thermodynamics
Supervisor: Dr Obinna Abah
For more information on this project and how to apply please see the link here.
PhD Studentships in Theoretical Physics
Title: Non-Equilibrium Quantum Gas Modelling
For more information on this project and how to apply please see the link here.
PhD Studentship in Experimental Physics, Cyber Security and Resilience
Title: Hybrid quantum and post-quantum technologies for security-by-design solutions
Supervisor: Dr Aleksey Kozikov
For more information on this project and how to apply please see here.
Pure Mathematics PhD Projects
Title: The Algebraic Topology of Dynamical Systems
Supervisor: Dr Christian Bönicke
For more information on this project and how to apply please see the link here.
Applied Mathematics PhD Projects
Title: Optimising stem cell therapies for corneal damage: insights from multiscale mathematical modelling harnessing artificial intelligence.
Supervisor: Dr Laura Wadkin and Professor Anvar Shukurov
For more information on this project and how to apply please see the link here.
Statistics PhD projects
Title: Scale-freeness and growth stability of realistic network models.
Supervisor: Dr Clement Lee
For further information on this project and how to apply please see the link here.
Title: Inference for distributed likelihoods.
Supervisor: Dr Murray Pollock
For further information on this project and how to apply please see the link here.