{"id":1601,"date":"2022-11-21T14:05:40","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T14:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:37:26","slug":"phd-opportunities-in-physics-and-astronomy-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/2022\/11\/21\/phd-opportunities-in-physics-and-astronomy-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Opportunities in Physics and Astronomy 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>We are pleased to announce the launch of our PhD Studentship opportunities for 2023 across the School of Physics and Astronomy.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">STFC Application deadline: 20th January 202<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">3<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; see <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/study\/research-degrees\/funded-opportunities\/stfc\">this website<\/a> for how to apply.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">NERC\/CENTA Application deadline: 11th January 2023<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; see <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/study\/research-degrees\/funded-opportunities\/centa-phd-studentships\">this website<\/a> for how to apply.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Future 50 Application deadline<\/span><\/strong>:  20th January 2023 &#8211; see <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/study\/research-degrees\/funded-opportunities\/future-50-cse\">this website<\/a> for how to apply.<br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The list of advertised projects&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.le.ac.uk\/departments\/physics\/postgraduate-study\/research-degrees\">can be found here<\/a>, including (but not limited to)&nbsp;topics in Planetary Science, Astrophysics, and Space hardware. STFC projects are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/study\/research-degrees\/funded-opportunities\/stfc-2020\">listed here<\/a>, and this is where you\u2019d likely be looking if you are interested in space science and astrophysics. Full details of funding eligibility requirements&nbsp;and the application process are available from the link above. &nbsp;<br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full list should also be available via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.findaphd.com\/phds\/department-of-physics-and-astronomy\/?c0wgx330\">FindAPhd<\/a>.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Please do spread the word, and contact our postgraduate&nbsp;admissions team (<a href=\"mailto:pgrphys@le.ac.uk\">pgrphys@le.ac.uk<\/a>), or the supervisors directly, for more information&nbsp;regarding the projects.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/physicsastronomy\/files\/2020\/09\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"267\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Astrophysics &amp; Planetary Science Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Professor Martin Barstow<\/strong>&nbsp;White dwarfs, planetary debris and fundamental physics <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/barstow-stfc.docx\">Project description (Word, 1.2MB)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/barstow-stfc-project.pdf\">Project description (PDF, 329kb)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Andrew Blain*<\/strong>&nbsp;James Webb Space Telescope and the most luminous galaxies <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/blain--stfc.docx\">Project description (Word, 565kb)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/blain-stfc-project.pdf\">Project description (PDF, 382kb)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Emma Bunce*<\/strong>&nbsp;Magnetosphere-surface Interactions at Mercury&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/bunce-stfc.docx\">Project description (Word, 1MB)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/bunce-stfc-project.pdf\">Project description (PDF, 355kb)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr Matthew Burleigh<\/strong>&nbsp;Characterising eclipsing binaries from NGTS and TESS <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/burleigh-stfc.docx\">Project description (Word, 120kb)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/burleigh-stfc-project.pdf\">Project description (PDF, 262kb)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr Sarah Casewell<\/strong>&nbsp; Investigating young variable stars in Orion with NGTS&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/casewell--stfc.docx\">Project description (Word, 1.7MB)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/casewell-stfc-project.pdf\">Project description (PDF, 436kb)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr Charly Feldman<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;X-ray optic development for studying moons in the outer solar system&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/feldman-stfc.docx\">Project description (Word, 827kb)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/feldman-stfc-project.pdf\">Project description, (PDF, 319kb)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Leigh Fletcher<\/strong>&nbsp;Exploring Giant Planet Systems with the James Webb Space Telescope <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/fletcher-stfc.docx\">Project description (Word, 769kb)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/fletcher-stfc-project.pdf\">Project description (PDF, 613kb)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr Michael Goad<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Testing the standard model for accretion in Active Galactic Nuclei&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/goad-stfc.docx\">Project description (Word, 181kb)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/goad-stfc-project.pdf\">Project description (PDF, 313kb)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Steve Milan<\/strong>&nbsp;Electrodynamics of the solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere-atmosphere coupled system&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/milan-stfc.docx\">Project description (Word, 138kb)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/milan-stfc-project.pdf\">Project description (PDF, 412kb)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Paul O&#8217;Brien*&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;The physics of Gamma-Ray Bursts and multi-messenger sources unveiled by the SVOM and Einstein Probe satellites <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/obrien-stfc.docx\">Project description (Word, 397kb)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/obrien-stfc-project.pdf\">Project description (PDF, 445kb)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Dr Rhaana Starling<\/strong>&nbsp;Lighting up the dust: the effect of energetic flares on galactic environments&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/starling-stfc.docx\">Project description (Word, 1MB)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/starling-stfc-project.pdf\">Project description (PDF, 329kb)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Professor Nial Tanvir<\/strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;Multi-messenger astrophysics&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/tanvir-stfc.docx\">Project description (Word, 605kb)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/stfc\/tanvir-1-stfc-project.pdf\">Project description (PDF, 264kb)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Earth Observation Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CENTA2-PHYS1-PARK, Dr Robert Parker &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/centa\/centa2-phys1-park-proj-advert.docx\">Developing a Wildfire Digital Twin: Attributing causes of extreme fire events<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CENTA2-PHYS2-WRIG, Dr Darren Wright &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/centa\/centa2-phys2-wrig-proj-advert.docx\">Investigating the Earth\u2019s Upper Atmosphere with the EISCAT_3D radar<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CENTA2-PHYS3-YEOM, Professor Tim Yeoman &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/centa\/centa2-phys3-yeom-proj-advert.docx\">Coordinated ground and space-based exploration of the cusp ionosphere<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CENTA2-NCEO1-HARR, Dr Jeremy Harrison &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/centa\/centa2-nceo1-harr-proj-advert.docx\">Supporting the Montreal Protocol: monitoring long-lived halogenated species with atmospheric nadir sounders<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CENTA2-NCEO2-GHEN, Dr Darren Ghent &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/centa\/centa2-nceo2-ghen-proj-advert.docx\">High resolution thermal data for climate resilience in food security<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Space Park Leicester Future 50 Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr Sarah Casewell&nbsp;<strong>Ref:<\/strong>&nbsp;SPACE Casewell&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Project:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/future-50\/f50-ri\/space-casewell.docx\">Planet hunting in the near-infrared with the Next Generation Planet Survey<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Rossana Deplano&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Ref:<\/strong>&nbsp;SPACE Deplanpo&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Project:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/future-50\/f50-ri\/space-delpano.docx\">Towards an International Regulatory Regime for the Commercialization of Space Resources: What Role for the Artemis Accords?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dr Ramy Mesalam&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Ref:<\/strong>&nbsp;SPACE Mesalam&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Project:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/-\/media\/uol\/docs\/study\/funded-ops\/2023-projects\/future-50\/f50-ri\/space-mesalam.docx\">Low-power in-core thermoelectric space reactor design concepts for deep space exploration.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to announce the launch of our PhD Studentship opportunities for 2023 across the School of Physics and Astronomy. 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