PhD Studentship: Game-theoretic Approaches in Electronic Warfare

Supervisory Team: Chris-Kriton Skylaris (80%) Jeremy Frey (20%)Project description:Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations are typically limited to tens of atoms due to the steep increase of the computational effort with the number of atoms. Recent developments have led to "linear-scaling" reformulations of DFT which allow calculations with thousands of...

Supervisors: Professor Sean Lim and Dr. Eugen Stulz (co-lead)Duration of the award: Four years Project description: The Schools of Medicine and Chemistry are offering a fully funded four-year PhD studentship in interdisciplinary cancer research, starting in October 2024. The highly motivated student will receive high-level interdisciplinary training in DNA...

Supervisory Team: Benjamin CameronProject descriptionThis PhD is focussed on a new theoretical/computational method to measure material properties in places where they are really difficult to measure: e.g. in a shock wave, in a shear band, or at a crack tip. These are all of critical importance in many engineering problems such as car crashes, manufacturing...

Project title: Challenging Deepfake Voices Supervisory Team: Dr. Jennifer Williams (primary), Prof Richard Guest (secondary)Project description:Fake and synthetic media are becoming a well-known issue in society, from AI regulation and AI safety to protecting democracy from election interference. This exciting PhD project investigates two technical aspects...

Supervisory Team: Dr Katrina Morgan ), Dr Ioannis Zeimpekis, Prof Nick Harris, Prof Steve Beeby Project Description:This PhD is a sought after industrial Cooperative Award in Science and Techology (iCASE), with sponsorship from BAE Systems Ltd. Waste heat surrounds us; from car exhausts to fridges, and even yourself. This otherwise untapped energy source can...

Supervisory Team: Dr Erisa Karafili, Dr Basel HalakPhD Supervisor: Erisa KarafiliProject description:Cyber-attacks in multi-domain environments present a critical challenge due to the interconnected nature of modern systems, spanning across the human, cyber and digital aspects. These attacks exploit vulnerabilities across domains, posing significant risks to...

Supervisory Team: Ioannis ZeimpekisProject description:Revolutionising the semiconductor industry with next generation 2D materials and devices.Moore's Law is currently being challenged with Nvidia CEO recently claiming it is over. The scaling of transistors cannot continue due to physical limitations of silicon posing a threat to the sustainable evolution...

Supervisory Team: Chris-Kriton Skylaris (80%) Jeremy Frey (20%) Project Description: The computational simulation of chemical reactions in materials requires an accurate, explicit description of their electrons. This can be achieved by quantum mechanical calculations from first principles, in particular with Density Functional Theory (DFT) which achieves a...

Supervisory Team: Dr Seung Lee (School of Chemistry), Prof. Jeremy Webb (School of Biological Sciences and National Biofilms Innovation Centre), Prof. Paul Stoodley (University of Southampton), Dr Rob Howlin (Haleon, industry), Dr David Bradshaw and Dr Ricarda Hawkins (Haleon, industry) Project Description:A fully-funded 4 year National Biofilms Innovation...

Supervisory Team: Dr Gustavo de Almeida; Dr Sergio MaldonadoProject description:Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD position on the investigation of novel design methods to improve the resilience of submerged infrastructure (i.e. bridge piers, wind turbines) subject to hydrodynamic action (e.g. currents and waves).Many critical submerged...

Supervisory Team: Ioannis ZeimpekisProject description:Enabling integrated and free space photonics with advanced reprogrammable materials.The current increase in data generation is expected to reach unsustainable rates by the end of the decade. This has a strong impact on the environment and therefore new solutions are sought after. In addition, specific...

Supervisory Team: Ioannis ZeimpekisProject description:Enabling integrated and free space photonics with advanced reprogrammable materials.The current increase in data generation is expected to reach unsustainable rates by the end of the decade. This has a strong impact on the environment and therefore new solutions are sought after. In addition, specific...

Supervisory Team: Dr Basel Halak, Dr Erisa KarafiliProject description:This PhD project focuses on developing strategies to secure digital infrastructures against the imminent threats posed by quantum computers.Quantum computing technology, leveraging Shor's algorithm, is expected to dismantle existing public-key cryptography. This jeopardizes the security...

Supervisory Team: Chris-Kriton Skylaris (90%) Andrea Russell (10%)Project description:Proton-exchange Membrane (PEM) hydrogen fuel cells are an emerging technology for environmentally sustainable transport and other carbon-neutral energy applications. A crucial component of these devices are the metallic catalyst nanoparticles which allow the chemical...

Supervisory Team: Dr Nuno Bimbo, Dr Mohamed Hassan-Sayed Project Description:MXenes are a new class of two-dimensional materials that have been recently discovered and have already shown great promise for a range of applications, including electrochemical energy storage, electromagnetic shielding, and energy conversion. MXenes can be made modified to possess...

Supervisory Team: Dr Nuno Bimbo, Dr Mohamed Hassan-Sayed Project Description:MXenes are a new class of two-dimensional materials that have been recently discovered and have already shown great promise for a range of applications, including electrochemical energy storage, electromagnetic shielding, and energy conversion. MXenes can be made modified to possess...

Supervisory Team: Dr Afaf El-Sagheer and Dr Sandra WilksPhD Supervisor: Afaf El-SagheerProject description:A fully-funded 4 year PhD studentship is available for drug discovery research on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) at the University of Southampton. The project is highly multidisciplinary and will pioneer discoveries of novel therapeutics.Antimicrobial...

Supervisory Team: Dr Erisa Karafili, Prof. Adam SobeyProject description:Cyber-attack techniques are becoming increasingly sophisticated, breaching even the toughest defenses and requiring smarter, more agile solutions. Current machine learning (ML) algorithms identify and predict threats but rely heavily on past datasets, requiring significant updates....

PhD Supervisor: Dr Seung Lee Supervisory Team: Dr Seung Lee (School of Chemistry), Prof. Jeremy Webb (School of Biological Sciences and national Biofilms Innovation Centre), Prof. Paul Stoodley (University of Southampton and Ohio State University)Project description:A fully-funded 4 year PhD studentship (Institute for Life Sciences studentship) for research...

Supervisory Team: Claire Clarkin, Franklin Nobrega, Bram Sengers, Jemma Kerns (University of Lancaster)PhD Supervisor: Claire ClarkinProject description:Funding for this project is offered by the Centre for Doctoral Training in Complex Integrated Systems for Defence & Security (CISDnS), which will recruit motivated and inquisitive candidates across the...