PhD Research Students
The School of Mathematics and Physics have a large and diverse PhD student body who contribute enormously to the vibrant research culture of the school. To view the profiles of our students, please click on the links below.
Research Centres
Armagh Observatory & Planetarium
Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Photonic Integration and Advanced Data Storage
Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Mathematical Science Research Centre
Armagh Observatory & Planetarium
| Name of Student | PhD Research Theme or PhD Thesis Title | Principal Supervisor | Secondary Supervisor |
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| Pablo Galán de Anta | The Fragility of Nuclear and kpc-scale Galactic Discs against Mergers | Dr Marc Sarzi | Dr Massimo Dotti (University Milano-Bicocca), Dr Lorenzo Posti (University of Groningen) |
| Kerem Osman Çubu |
CO Mapping the Southern Galactic Plane |
Prof Michael G. Burton | Dr Marc Sarzi |
Astrophysics Research Centre
| Name of Student | PhD Research Theme or PhD Thesis Title | Principal Supervisor | Secondary Supervisor |
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| Fionntán Callan | Supernovae: Theoretical Modelling of Light Curves and Spectra | ||
| Ryan Campell | Small-scale transverse magnetic fields in the quiet internetwork solar photosphere | Professor Mihalis Mathioudakis | |
| Christopher Dillion | Solar Physics with Biomedical Applications: Revealing the hidden science of the Sun | Dr David Jess | |
| Caitlin Gilchrist-Millar | The Atmospheric Response to Oscillations Within Solar Magnetic Pores | Dr David Jess | |
| Dominik Kiersz |
Spectroscopic Observations of Near-Earth Asteroids in Support of Hera and DART Missions |
Prof. Alan Fitzsimmons | |
| Conor MacBride |
Energy Dissipation in Solar Physics |
Dr David Jess | Professor Mihalis Mathioudakis |
| Christopher McCooey |
Electron and Nuclei in Nanowires |
Dr. Tchavdar Todorov | Dr. Daniel Dundas |
| Stephanie Merritt |
Characterising exoplanet atmospheres using high-resolution spectroscopy |
Dr. Neale Gibson (TCD) | Dr. Christopher Watson |
| Sean Quinn |
The Search for Upper Atmospheric Responses to Sunquakes |
Professor Mihalis Mathioudakis | |
| James Edward Robinson |
The Origin and Evolution of Transneptunian Binaries |
Prof. Alan Fitzsimmons | Dr Stuart Sim |
| Richard Smith | Binary Transneptunian Objects in the Hubble Space Telescope Archive | Prof. Alan Fitzsimmons | Dr Wesley Fraser |
| Jamie Wilson |
Observations of Exoplanet Atmospheres |
Dr Neale Gibson | Dr. Christopher Watson |
Atomistic Simulation Centre
| Name of Student | PhD Research Theme or PhD Thesis Title | Principal Supervisor | Secondary Supervisor |
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| Javier Fernández Troncoso |
Thermal conductivity of PbTe from computer simulation |
Centre for Plasma Physics
| Name of Student | PhD Research Theme or PhD Thesis Title | Principal Supervisor | Secondary Supervisor |
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| Musharei Abdullal A Alanazi |
Particles produced plasma |
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| Suhail Albakheet |
Studies in sub-lethal effects of highly pulsed ion beams |
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| Asmaa Mohammad S Ali |
Respiratory Motion Management during radiation therapy |
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| Matthew Charlwood |
Photo-ionised Plasmas in the Laboratory |
Professor David Riley |
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| Benjamin Greenwood |
Compact, laser-driven ion beamlines for interdisciplinary applications |
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| Fayza Adel Hanafy Hassan |
Spectroscopic investigation of cold technological plasmas |
Dr. Thomas Field | Professor David Riley |
| Cormac Hyland | XUV Probing of Warm Dense Aluminium | Professor David Riley | |
| Sinéad A. Mannion |
Modelling of Low-Temperature Plasmas in Air & Electrolyte Solution |
Dr. Thomas Field | Professor David Riley |
| Orla McCusker |
Laser-driven acceleration and control of high energy ion beams |
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| Jyotirup Sarma |
Ion Acceleration and Related Phenomena in Laser Plasma Interaction |
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| Rachel E. Smith |
Ultrafast Lensless Imaging in the Extreme-Ultraviolet |
Dr Mark Yeung | Dr Brendan Dromey |
Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT)
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High thermal stability plasmonic materials–beyond noble metals –for HAMR antennae |
Dr Damien McGrouther |
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Observation and Characterisation of Magnetisation Ripple using Lorentz Transmision Electron Microscopy |
Dr Stephen McVitie |
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Thermal Transport in Nanostructured Magnetic Materials |
Dr Stephen McVitie |
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Dr Donald MacLaren |
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Dr Ian MacLaren |
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Prof Robert Hadfield |
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Dr Ian MacLaren |
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Dr Damien McGrouther |
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Prof Robert Hadfield |
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Prof Marc Sorel |
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Refractory Oxides Based Multilayered Core@Shell Plasmonic Nanostructures |
Prof Marc Sorel |
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Mapping Plasmon Excitations in Au Nanostructures using Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy |
Dr Donald MacLaren |
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Functional domain walls in oxides for memory storage applications through the use of spintronics in rare earth multiferroic oxide materials |
Dr Ian MacLaren |
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Dr Anthony Kelly |
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Prof Marc Sorel |
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Prof Richard Hogg |
Dr David Childs |
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Prof John Marsh |
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Prof John Marsh |
Dr Hadi Heidari |
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Dr Stephen McVitie |
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Dr Donald MacLaren |
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Prof Marc Sorel |
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Dr Damien McGrouther |
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Dr Anthony Kelly |
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Dr Anthony Kelly |
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Prof Richard Hogg |
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Prof Robert Hadfield |
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Dr Donald MacLaren |
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Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
| Name of Student | PhD Research Theme or PhD Thesis Title | Principal Supervisor | Secondary Supervisor |
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| Andrew Conroy |
Calculation of electron-impact excitation cross-sections for neutral iron-peak species |
Dr. Catherine Ramsbottom | Prof. Francis Keenan |
| Jaroslav Hofierka |
Many-Body Theory of Positron Interactions |
Dr. Myrta Grüning | |
| Heather Leitch |
Heat Transport in Quantum Devices |
Dr Gabriele De Chiara | |
| Peter McConnell |
Non- Linear gates enabling Universal Quantum Computation with continuous variables |
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| Luke Roantree |
Attosecond Spin-Orbit Spectroscopy |
Dr. Andrew Brown | Prof. Hugo van der Hart |
Mathematical Science Research Centre
| Name of Student | PhD Research Theme or PhD Thesis Title | Principal Supervisor | Secondary Supervisor |
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| Gareth Boreland |
Information theoretic parameters for graphs and operator systems |
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| Melanie Campell |
Everything Changes Over Time: Transforming Joint Modelling Methodology |
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| Karys Dickson |
Accretive Operators |
Dr. Petr Siegl | |
| Dulan Dias |
Artificial Intelligence as a Health Intervention for Managing Patient Discharge Decision Processes |
Prof Adele Marshall | Dr Aleksandar Novakovic |
| Ethan Hawthorne |
Preservers on Operator Systems |
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| Nathan Kirk |
Uniform Distribution in Compact Topological Groups with Application to Quasi-Monte Carlo Integration |
Dr Florian Pausinger | Dr Ying-Fen Lin |
| Tasha Montgomery |
Algebraic K-theory of projective spaces associated with strongly graded rings. |
Prof Ivan Todorov | |
| Michael Rosbotham |
Cohomological Dimensions for C*-algebras |
Dr Martin Mathieu | Dr Gabriele De Chiara |
| Niall Taggart |
Unitary Homotopy Calculus |
Dr. David Barnes |