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 Filter PhD projects: Funded / all. |
Theoretical and Computational Physics Filter PhD projects: Funded / all. |
Medical and Biophysics Filter PhD projects: Funded / all. |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics Filter: All projects. |
Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics Filter PhD projects: Funded / all. |
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Imaging atomic-level electrochemistry in real-time using 2D material devices
Supervisor: Alex Robertson
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Start date: October 2024
Funding: The project is fully funded for 42 months
Optimising robotic platforms for terahertz detection of cancer
Supervisor: Emma MacPherson
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Start date: October 2024
Funding: The project is fully funded for 42 months (EPSRC)
Clamp-on ultrasonic transducer arrays for flow measurement
Supervisor: Steve Dixon
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Start date: October 2024
Funding: This project is fully funded for 42 months (EPSRC)
Unconventional Superconductors
Supervisor: Martin Lees
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Start date: October 2024
Funding: The project is fully funded for 42 months (EPSRC)
Levitating microdiamonds towards a test of the quantum nature of gravity
Supervisor: Gavin Morley
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Start date: October 2024
Funding: The project is fully funded for 42 months
Polaritonic enhancement of metal halide perovskite photovoltaic performance
Supervisor: Adam Wright
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Start date: October 2024
Funding: The project is fully funded for 42 months (EPSRC)
Centre for Doctoral Training in Diamond Science and Technology
Diamond is a material of such diverse application, who knows what it is capable of achieving?
Who knows? You know.
The DST CDT is a gateway to the best in the UK's diamond research. You could deepen your understanding of diamond's properties, and apply your knowledge of physics, engineering, chemistry, life sciences or materials. You could uncover new ways to utilise this material's unique structure. You could be at the international forefront of efforts to transform society through aerospace, or telecommunications, or electronics, or manufacturing…
Fully funded PhD projects based at the University of Warwick, in Diamond Science and Technology
For further information- see https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dst/phd_projects/
If you would like to discuss potential PhD projects, please provide contact details and forward your CV to dst.admin@warwick.ac.uk.
Warwick Centre for Doctoral Training in Analytical Sciences
The Warwick Centre for Doctoral Training in Analytical Sciences is recruiting the next generation of analytical scientists. With the world-leading facilities and expertise in Analytical Science at Warwick and partner external facilities (e.g., Diamond, ILL, ISIS) at their disposal, our students will graduate with a unique combination of skills in exploiting synergies between different experimental methods, e.g., diffraction, electrochemistry, mass spectrometry, microscopy and NMR, and in harnessing the power of combining data collection with experimental design, statistical analysis and simulation. Research and training will be delivered from across physical sciences, engineering and manufacturing, statistics, life and medical sciences in close partnership with industry, with research areas including pharmaceuticals, agro-chemicals and additives, soft matter, biological systems, energy and functional materials.