We are offering a wide range of projects across three broad research areas for PhDs starting in 2025. See below for a list of staff who are available to take on students, and a list of currently available research projects. (Note that the project list is not exhaustive, and other possible topics are available too.) All of our staff welcome informal inquiries about their research and potential PhD projects, but please get in touch with the PhD admissions tutor, Dr Tim Clifton, with more general enquiries.
Projects open to Chinese students via the China Scholaship Council programme can be found here:
China Scholarship Council Project
The following AU members are available to take on PhD students for 2025 (projects are listed below):Cosmology and Relativity: Chris Clarkson, Tim Clifton, Karim Malik, Scott Melville, David Mulryne, Will Sutherland
Planetary Formation and Dynamics: Craig Agnor, Ed Gillen, Tom Haworth, Richard Nelson, Andrew Winter
Space and Astrophysical Plasmas: David Burgess, Enrico Camporeale, Christopher Chen, Heli Hietala