PhD Opportunities in Atmospheric Science in Italy

Khalifa University is inviting motivated doctoral applicants to join the ENGEOS Lab – Climate & Environmental Intelligence through the Earth Science Department. The fully funded PhD opportunity is intended for research addressing the atmosphere, climate, and environment. The lab’s research context brings together climate science, environmental science, remote sensing, atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric physics, meteorology, spatial modelling, artificial intelligence, and computer science. Doctor...

[Full coverage of tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of £23,805 for Home, EU and International students.] This PhD studentship is based in Aeronautics at Imperial College London and focuses on the chemistry of aircraft contrails and their role in aviation’s climate impact. The project asks you to investigate how these artificial ice clouds may modify the atmosphere by providing surfaces for atmospheric chemistry, rather than only by affecting climate through their physical presence. You...

This 36-month PhD project at the University of St Andrews investigates how atmospheric circulation responds to global warming and how those responses affect regional climate and weather extremes. The research will use a hierarchy of numerical climate simulations to study circulation across multiple scales, from global jet streams to regional thunderstorm systems. By analyzing multi-member ensembles and prescribed sea-surface-temperature experiments, the project will distinguish rapid adjustments...

The Yorkshire Environmental Sciences Doctoral Training Network (YES-DTN) is recruiting more than 26 fully funded PhD scholars for environmental science research projects in the United Kingdom. Projects are hosted by the University of Leeds and the University of York , bringing together research schools and departments across environmental and natural sciences. The network’s research spans Dynamic Earth and Natural Hazards , Atmosphere and Climate , and Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity . Parti...

The University of Oslo invites applications for a three-year PhD Research Fellowship in Planetary Atmospheric Chemistry using Quantum Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry’s Section for Theoretical Chemistry. The position is based at the Life Science Building at Blindern, Oslo, Norway, within the Research Council of Norway-funded project Molecular Atmospheric Chemistry on Alien Worlds (MACAW) . The project uses quantum chemistry, electronic structure methods, high-performance computing, and m...

The University of Basel in Switzerland is offering a fully funded, four-year PhD position in the Atmospheric Sciences group within the Department of Environmental Sciences. The project focuses on aerosol-phase synthesis and photocatalytic applications of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles for CO2 reduction. The successful doctoral researcher will generate nanoparticles with different compositions in the gas phase and characterize them using advanced techniques, including transmission electron m...

PhD position in Subseasonal Prediction of Atmospheric Rivers at Toulouse INP, France. This 36-month doctoral project will develop a subseasonal forecasting framework for atmospheric rivers in Europe and South America. The research will address two high-impact, understudied regions at this forecast lead time and aims to improve probabilistic forecast reliability. The project will investigate temporal aggregation to capture atmospheric-river variability, climate teleconnections and mid-latitude su...

Doctoral Researcher in Space Physics is being recruited at the Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory (SGO), University of Oulu , Finland. The successful candidate will be based at the Linnanmaa campus in Oulu and will pursue doctoral studies within the SafeEarth research programme, funded by the Research Council of Finland. The research focuses on space weather, auroral phenomena, the upper atmosphere, geomagnetic disturbances, and their effects on critical technological infrastructure and society. ...

[Funding covers fees plus a stipend per annum for 2026/7; stipend amount stated as £21,805.] University of Exeter offers a PhD studentship in Physics-Aware Graph Neural Networks for Robust Short-Term Visibility Forecasting at the Penryn Campus in the United Kingdom. This project addresses the challenge of forecasting low-visibility events for safe and efficient transport, especially aviation. The research will develop physics-aware spatio-temporal graph neural networks (STGNNs) for 0–6 hour visi...