PhD Opportunities in Astronomy in South Korea

This PhD project focuses on ultrafast electronic rearrangement and relaxation in biomolecules after photoabsorption. The student will investigate how several competing pathways, including very fast femtosecond charge-transfer and local electronic relaxation processes, unfold in complex molecular systems. The research uses a novel strategy based on Auger electrons emitted from a metallic site embedded in a porphyrin derivative. This local probe is used to follow the photoinduced electronic reorga...

This doctoral project is part of the ANR PALWOOD programme (2026–2030), which investigates the evolution of wood during the Paleozoic, from the first appearance of wood in the early Devonian to the end-Permian crisis. The project brings together researchers from multiple French research units, including AMAP (Montpellier), CR2P (Paris) and EEP (Lille), with international collaborators. The thesis focuses on the anatomical disparity of homoxylous woods , i.e. woods without vessels. The doctoral r...

Nanoconfined Water: From Molecular Physics to Mechanical Energy Absorption is an interdisciplinary PhD project at the University of Birmingham investigating how water behaves when confined within spaces comparable to individual molecules. The project will focus on water confined in nanoporous materials, particularly metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). Under mechanical pressure, water can be forced into hydrophobic nanopores, creating new solid–liquid interfaces and enabling efficient, reversible me...

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is offering a PhD internship in atmospheric chemistry within the Integrated Discovery Sciences Directorate. The intern will join researchers working on atmospheric chemistry projects associated with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL). The project focuses on using high-resolution mass spectrometry to characterize the organic molecular composition of atmospheric particles. Samples will include laboratory-generated materials as well as sampl...

This PhD project sits within Lund University’s long-standing involvement in the 4MOST spectroscopic survey and focuses on Galactic archaeology . The doctoral student will work with spectroscopic observations of stars in the Milky Way to investigate the origins of the Galaxy and how its stellar populations formed and evolved. The position is based in the research environment at Lund University, where several researchers play leading roles in 4MOST surveys and in the working groups that analyse th...

The Ultracold Strontium Group at the University of Amsterdam’s Institute of Physics is recruiting a PhD researcher to help build and operate a zero-deadtime optical clock . The project focuses on overcoming the pulsed operation of current optical clocks by enabling continuous interrogation of ultracold strontium atoms, with the goal of reaching ultimate precision in minutes rather than hours. You will work on a highly experimental project that combines laser systems, optics, electronics, debuggi...

This PhD project at the University of Exeter investigates how dynamic rivers reshape floodplain landscapes and alter flood risk over time. The research addresses a major limitation in current flood-risk projections: conventional models often treat rivers and floodplains as static, even though rivers in rapidly changing geomorphic environments can migrate, modify topography, and change their flood conveyance capacity. The student will develop an individual research project on dynamic river flood ...

[For eligible students, the studentship covers home tuition fees plus an annual tax-free stipend.] This PhD studentship at the University of Exeter focuses on how magma-mush processes influence volcanic unrest . The project addresses a major challenge in eruption forecasting and hazard assessment: understanding how subsurface magma movement, accumulation, and heterogeneity shape surface deformation and seismic signals before eruptions. The student will develop and apply new numerical models of m...

[For eligible students, the studentship covers home tuition fees plus an annual tax-free stipend.] This PhD studentship at the University of Exeter focuses on the rapid return of Atlantic bluefin tuna to the North Sea and the management challenges that come with the re-emergence of an apex predator into ecosystems and coastal communities unfamiliar with it. The project asks how this species recovery should be understood in the context of ecosystem function, stock management, and wider rewilding ...