PhD in Star Formation in Distant Galaxies and Galactic Winds University of Southampton in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity in Astronomy/Astrophysics at the University of Southampton on Hunting for black holes in the galaxy . This project, supervised by Professor Poshak Gandhi , focuses on the birth, growth, evolution, and demographics of black holes in the Milky Way and beyond. You will analyse data from major survey facilities including Gaia , the Vera Rubin Observatory (LSST) , eROSITA/SRG , and VISTA/4MOST , with opportunities to work at the interface of observational and theoretical astrophysics....

PhD opportunity in Astronomy / Astrophysics at the University of Southampton This funded PhD project, The Making of Bulges and Giant Elliptical Galaxies , is based in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton, United Kingdom. The project focuses on galaxy formation and evolution, especially how massive galaxies built their bulges and spheroids in the early Universe. You will use observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Atacama Large ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences on the co-evolution of galaxies and black holes in the dwarf regime . This project, supervised by Professor Manda Banerji , focuses on astronomy , astrophysics , black holes , galaxies , and active galactic nuclei . You will use new survey data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) together with data from VISTA , Euclid , Roman , and 4MOST to study how black ho...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in supernovae, dark energy, astronomy, astrophysics, and space science . This project, supervised by Professor Mark Sullivan and Dr Philip Wiseman , uses new data from the Rubin Observatory , including the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) and the Time Domain Extragalactic Survey (TiDES) on 4MOST. The research focuses on analysing tens of thousands of Type Ia supernovae to investigate the nature and possible evolution of dark energy. You will...

Multiple PhD positions are open in the Star Formation and Galaxy Evolution Group at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) and the wider University of Bonn environment. The projects are part of the 2026 application call , with project start in 2027 . The research theme focuses on star formation , galaxy evolution , and the physics of massive stars forming in dense clumps within giant molecular clouds. This is a strong fit for students interested in astronomy and physics , especiall...