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Research topics and projects

The Physics Department at Warwick offers postgraduate degree programmes leading to either a PhD or a MSc by Research. The intake of students is typically around 35 per year and we have a thriving postgraduate research community within the department. Current students from one of the research groups give their views on life in the Physics Department here.

The UK's research councils, principally the EPSRC and the STFC, are major funders of PhD studentships in the Department, along with the University and a wide range of other funding bodies. For more details about funding and scholarships, please see this page.

The Department actively contributes to Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) funded by the EPSRC and industrial partners, including the Modelling of Heterogeneous Systems (HetSys) CDT, Diamond Science and Technology and the Analytical Sciences doctoral training centres.

The research undertaken in the department covers the 6 broad areas below, which are described in more detail on the Research Group web pages. You are welcome to contact any potential supervisor directly to discuss PhD projects.

This is a full list of the PhD research projects that supervisors have identified for potential students. Self-funded students and students with external scholarships are welcome to apply for any research project: our funding page has full details on funding options for UK and international students. There are a limited number of PhD scholarships for outstanding UK students to work on any project identified on the full project list. International students can apply for support via the Chancellor's International Scholarships and other schemes.


 
Condensed Matter Physics
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Theoretical and Computational Physics
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Medical and Biophysics
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Astronomy and Astrophysics 
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Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics
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Elementary Particle Physics
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New applications of solid-state NMR to the extracellular matrix in health and disease

Supervisor: Wing Ying Chow

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Start date: September 2024

Thu 16 Nov 2023, 16:59 | Tags: Condensed matter

Highly frustrated magnetic materials by neutron scattering

Supervisor: Oleg Petrenko

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Start date: September 2024

Thu 16 Nov 2023, 16:50 | Tags: Condensed matter

2D magnetic materials: probing magneto-electronic coupling.

Supervisor: Neil Wilson

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Start date: September 2024

Funding: This project is fully funded for 42 months

Thu 16 Nov 2023, 16:49 | Tags: Condensed matter Condensed matter (funded)

Unconventional Superconductors

Supervisor: Martin Lees

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Start date: September 2024

Funding: The project is fully funded for 42 months (EPSRC)

Thu 16 Nov 2023, 16:48 | Tags: Condensed matter Condensed matter (funded) Filled

Materials science and quantum physics of strained germanium semiconductor spin qubit

Supervisor: Maksym Myronov

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Start date: September 2024

Thu 16 Nov 2023, 16:46 | Tags: Condensed matter

Non-Destructive Evaluation of micro-cavity defects in steels using digital positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy – NDE-PALS

Supervisor: John Duffy and Steve Dixon

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Start date: September 2024

Thu 16 Nov 2023, 16:42 | Tags: Condensed matter

Topological and skyrmion magnetic materials

Supervisor: Geetha Balakrishnan

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Start date: September 2024

Thu 16 Nov 2023, 16:06 | Tags: Condensed matter

Topological optoelectronics through semiconductor / semimetal heterostructures

Supervisor: Gavin Bell

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Start date: September 2024

Thu 16 Nov 2023, 16:00 | Tags: Condensed matter

Machine-learning Powered Electron Ptychography For Bio-macromolecule Imaging

Supervisor: Peng Wang

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Start: Immediate start

Mon 13 Nov 2023, 13:24 | Tags: Condensed matter

Insight of Local Atomic Structure of Metal Organic Frameworks via 4D STEM Imaging

Supervisor: Peng Wang

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Start: Immediate start

Mon 13 Nov 2023, 13:22 | Tags: Condensed matter

High-Resolution Probing Ferroic-ordering by Electron Ptychography

Supervisor: Peng Wang

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Start: Immediate start

Mon 13 Nov 2023, 13:21 | Tags: Condensed matter

Emerging electronic properties in quantum materials studied using high magnetic fields

Supervisor: Paul Goddard

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Start date: September 2024

Thu 02 Nov 2023, 15:28 | Tags: Condensed matter

Revealing the atomic-scale mechanisms for next-generation memory – the 2D ‘atomristor’

Supervisor: Alex Robertson

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Start date: September 2024

Thu 02 Nov 2023, 15:25 | Tags: Condensed matter

Constructing an artificial interphase for zinc metal anodes through informed design

Supervisor: Alex Robertson

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Start date: September 2024

Thu 02 Nov 2023, 15:24 | Tags: Condensed matter

Diagnosing the operation and degradation mechanisms in cathodes for rechargeable aqueous zinc batteries

Supervisor: Alex Robertson

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Start date: September 2024

Thu 02 Nov 2023, 15:22 | Tags: Condensed matter

Multi-dimensional terahertz spectroscopy of organic semiconductors

Supervisor: Prof. James Lloyd-Hughes

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Start date: September 2024

Wed 25 Oct 2023, 14:17 | Tags: Condensed matter