Developing Novel Tools for the Analysis of Local Order Using Total Scattering Data (TScat) University of Sheffield in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity at the University of Leicester in the Alloy Design & Phase Transformations Research Group with Dr Gebril El-Fallah . This project focuses on austenitic steels , thermal expansion , high-temperature strength , metallurgy , solid state physics , and machine learning . The research asks whether magnetic behaviour can be engineered to reduce thermal expansion in steels while preserving strength and stability for structural service in advanced energy systems. You will study how alloy ...

PhD studentship in nanoelectronics at Liverpool John Moores University (School of Engineering and Built Environment), in collaboration with IMEC, Belgium . The project is titled Characterisation of nanoscale semiconductor devices of technology nodes beyond 2 nm for emerging memory and computing applications . It focuses on the characterisation and modelling of nanoscale semiconductor devices for energy-efficient and high-performance computing, including conventional MOSFETs, emerging memristive ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Cambridge in the group of Stefano Racioppi (Assistant Research Professor), funded by the ERC Starting Grant QUANTEX . The project will investigate how extreme pressure changes electronic structure , chemical bonding , and chemical periodicity . The research combines ab initio methods , crystal structure prediction , and machine learning , making it a strong fit for candidates interested in theoretical chemistry , condensed matter physics , and computational m...

Funded PhD opportunity at the University of Cambridge in collaboration with AstraZeneca: Machine Learning for Drug Discovery . This four-year, AstraZeneca-funded PhD studentship focuses on physics-guided representation learning and other machine learning approaches for drug discovery. The project offers access to rich proprietary drug-discovery datasets and close collaboration with scientists at AstraZeneca. Likely research areas include machine learning , statistics , mathematics , scientific c...

[Annual tax-free stipend at UKRI rate (£20,780 for 2025/26, subject to annual uplift), plus full tuition fees for 4 years. Additional maintenance provided by industrial sponsor.] This fully funded 4-year PhD studentship at The University of Manchester offers an exciting opportunity to advance research in the optimisation of thermomechanical ageing processing, focusing on the influence of quenching and pre-ageing on the performance of high strength 6xxx aluminium alloys. The project is based in t...