PhD Scholarships

PhD Studentship: Using self-supervised machine learning to better understand the role of garden plants in tackling environmental challenges

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AreaComputer Science LocationUK Other Closing DateWednesday 20 November 2024 ReferenceSCI287 PhD Studentship: Using self-supervised machine learning to better understand the role of garden plants in tackling environmental challenges Area Computer Science Location UK Closing DateWednesday 20th November 2024 Reference Supervisor: Michael Pound Secondary Supervisors: Andrew French, Alistair Griffiths, Jordan Bilsborrow, Carol Barrie Subject Area: Computer Science Research Title: Using self-supervised … Read more

Three PhD studentships in Creative AI, Soft robotics and Human-Robot Interaction

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AreaComputer Science LocationUK Other Closing DateSaturday 30 November 2024 ReferenceSCI289 At the Mixed Reality Laboratory, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham Closing date:   30 November 2024, interviews will take place in December 2024 and January 2025. Department: Computer Science Details of Studentship: We are recruiting three fully-funded PhD students to work alongside our new UKRI-funded … Read more

Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Antimicrobial Optimisation

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Join our dynamic team as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, supporting cutting-edge, multi-disciplinary research on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics (PK/PD) of antimicrobials within the Antimicrobial Optimisation Research Group at the UQ Centre for Clinical Research. This is an exciting opportunity to advance your expertise and build your emerging research profile. In addition to research, you’ll contribute … Read more

PhDs in Perception-action in BCIs, robotic planning, adaptive visualization

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In this interdisciplinary project, we create models of the world, conduct visual data analysis to understand them better, and use machine learning models to yield optimized Brain-computer interfaces (BCI), visualization representations and interfaces, as well as robotic task planning. This overarching research direction is split into two PhD project topics. PhD Project 1: Context-specific Grasping … Read more

PhD position Multiscale modelling of hydrogen-induced fatigue in steels 

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For the HyTROS project awarded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) on hydrogen transport, offshore and storage, a PhD position for the period is available in the context of modelling hydrogen embrittlement of pipeline steels. In this project, the University of Groningen, in collaboration with TU Delft, will unravel the fundamental origin of hydrogen-induced fatigue … Read more

PhD position in Biophysics

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The Heinemann Lab at the University of Groningen (Netherlands) aims to understand how cellular metabolism functions and how metabolism controls other cellular processes. The lab has recently found that cellular metabolism does not operate beyond a certain Gibbs energy dissipation rate (Niebel et al, 2019, Nature Metabolism). This observation could explain why cancer cells use … Read more

PhD position in Organic Synthesis

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We are looking for a PhD candidate in the group of Prof. A. J. Minnaard, who leads a natural product synthesis group at the Stratingh Institute for Chemistry (see: minnaardgroup.nl). Within the framework of his Ammodo Science Award, the position focusses on the total synthesis of membrane components of M. tuberculosis. In an ongoing collaboration … Read more

PhD position on the topic From the Boardroom to the Balance Sheet

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The Graduate School of the Faculty of Economics and Business at University of Groningen has a fully funded PhD position on the topic “From the Boardroom to the Balance Sheet: How Behavioral Dynamics at the Top Shape Corporate Transparency”. Top-level organizational actors—such as CEOs, CFOs, and board members—play a pivotal role in shaping what organizations … Read more

PhD position Humor and Free Speech Adjudication

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We are offering a 48-month PhD position (full time, 1.0 FTE) within the project ‘Democratic Literacy and Humor’ (DELIAH), funded by a four-year Horizon Europe grant (HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01-08). In particular, the successful applicant will work on a sub-project focusing on humor, free speech jurisprudence and online content moderation, under the supervision of Dr Alberto Godioli. Building … Read more

PhD position Behavioural Neuroscience

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Our intricate social brain is implicated in a range of brain disorders, where social dysfunction emerges as a common neuropsychiatric feature cutting across diagnostic boundaries in anxiety disorders, major depressive disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and Schizophrenia. Understanding the underlying neurocircuitry mechanisms responsible for social dysfunction and exploring avenues for its restoration will present a transformative and … Read more