PhD in Multispectral Imaging and AI for Aerial Detection and Monitoring of Marine Litter University of East Anglia in United Kingdom

FAPESP (São Paulo Research Foundation) is inviting applications for a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Integrated Oceanography within the Digital Ocean Laboratory (DOL) project, hosted at the University of São Paulo and the Offshore Technology Innovation Center (OTIC). The fellowship is centered on integrated oceanography with a strong emphasis on the interface between biological oceanography and physical oceanography . The project uses data science approaches to monitor the ocean and the Brazilian c...

[Fully funded ARIES studentship covering Home fees, maintenance stipend of £21,805 p.a. for 2026-27, and a £2,500 research training and support grant. Limited number of studentships available for international applicants, with the difference between Home and International fees waived by the registering university.] PhD studentship at the University of Essex on integrating plankton imaging techniques to better understand marine ecosystem structure and function. This project is part of the ARIES d...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in Robotic Monitoring for Place Recognition and Change Detection in Dynamic Underwater Environments . This project sits at the intersection of robotics , computer vision , machine learning , artificial intelligence , statistics , and marine sciences . The research develops novel robotic mapping and AI methods to detect subtle changes in dynamic seafloor environments over large spatial scales. You will work on accurate localisation, high-resolution...

PhD opportunity at Newcastle University in the School of Engineering on bridging physics and Earth Observation for real-time flood mapping . This project focuses on geospatial foundation models , remote sensing , machine learning , hydrology , and civil engineering to build a national-scale flood prediction system for the UK. The research aims to combine satellite-derived embeddings (including Sentinel data and potentially higher-resolution imagery) with hydrodynamic simulations to improve flood...

Emily Lines, Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, is inviting applications for PhD supervision. The research sits at the intersection of forest ecology , remote sensing , and data science , with project ideas including low-cost terrestrial lidar for forest monitoring , sensing diversity in three dimensions , and three-dimensional foundation models of forests . Applicants are also welcome to develop their own project ideas. This is a PhD opportunity r...