PhD Opportunities

 

Investigating the molecular grammar of biomolecular condensates through single-molecule biophysics

Supervisor: Prof Mark Leake

Deadline: Applications accepted all year round

Funding: Funded PhD project (UK students only)

 

A beneficial plant-microbial interaction: the ecology of flax retting

Supervisor: Dr Adrian Brennan

Deadline: Tuesday 5th January 2027

Funding: Competition funded PhD project (Students worldwide)

 

When nutrients turn toxic: how metals shape microbial coexistence

Supervisor: Dr Karrera Djoko

Deadline: Tuesday 5th January 2027

Funding: Competition funded PhD project (Students worldwide)

 

Adapting to the Urban Night: Behavioural and Genomic Responses in Nocturnal Predators

Supervisor: Dr Andreanna Welch

Deadline: Tuesday 5th January 2027

Funding: Competition funded PhD project (Students worldwide)

 

Can microclimate refugia save an iconic floral assemblage under climate change?

Supervisor: Dr Rebecca Senior

Deadline: Tuesday 5th January 2027

Funding: Competition funded PhD project (Students worldwide)

 

Global bird community change and its drivers: building reliable evidence from uneven monitoring

Supervisor: Dr Carsten Meyer

Deadline: Tuesday 5th January 2027

Funding: Competition funded PhD project (Students worldwide)

 

Jobs for the Boys: Investigating the Social and Cultural Functions of Adult Males in Polygynous Mammals beyond reproduction

Supervisor: Dr Sean Twiss

Deadline: Tuesday 5th January 2027

Funding: Competition funded PhD project (Students worldwide)

 

Stress Testing the Future: Assessing the Impact of Heatwaves on Insect Biology

Supervisor: Prof Alistair McGregor

Deadline: Tuesday 5th January 2027

Funding: Competition funded PhD project (Students worldwide)

 

A nitrogen cycle inside a plant: do ants or microbes feed ant-farmed epiphytes?

Supervisor: Prof Guillaume Chomicki

Deadline: Tuesday 5th January 2027

Funding: Competition funded PhD project (Students worldwide)

 

How hot is my plant? Modelling global warming effects at the plant level

Supervisor: Dr Jo Hepworth

Deadline: Tuesday 5th January 2027

Funding: Competition funded PhD project (Students worldwide)

 

What drives aggression? Linking Ecology, Evolution, and Genes

Supervisor: Dr Ellie Bath

Deadline: Tuesday 12th January 2027

Funding: Funded PhD project (UK students only)

 

Microbial and Molecular Drivers of Feedstock Co-Digestion for Resilient Biomethane Production

Supervisor: Dr Marcos Quintela-Baluja

Deadline: Monday 1st February 2027

Funding: Funded PhD project (UK students only)

 

AI-Driven Insect Cognition: Computational Models for Behavior, Brain Imaging and Bio-Inspired Robotics

Supervisor: Dr Lena Riabinina

Deadline: Applications accepted all year round

Funding: Self-funded students only

 

Identifying climate-proof mechanisms of plant acclimation to freezing temperatures

Supervisor: Prof Heather Knight

Deadline: Applications accepted all year round

Funding: Self-funded students only

 

Development of chemical genetic tools to characterise the response to perturbation of protein folding homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum

Supervisor: Dr Martin Schroeder

Deadline: Applications accepted all year round

Funding: Self-funded students only