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 Light-Matter Interaction
Centre for Quantum Materials and Technology
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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Population Studies of Exotic Hot Subdwarfs
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Dr. Gavin Ramsay | ||
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Planetary Nebulae in External Galaxies with Integral-Field Spectroscopy
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Dr Marc Sarzi | Prof. Simon Jeffery |
Astrophysics Research Centre
| Name of Student | PhD Research Theme or PhD Thesis Title | Principal Supervisor | Secondary Supervisor |
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| David Dougan |
Tungsten-Collisional Radiative Models in support of Impurity Influx Measurements |
Prof. Connor Ballance | Prof. Cathy Ramsbottom |
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Atomic Structure and Collisional Data for Heavy Elements Z≥ 50 Involved in Neutron Star Mergers
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Prof. Connor Balance | Prof. Catherine Ramsbottom | |
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Tidal Disruption of Stars : A Critical Look at Machine Learning Methods for Finding Hungry Black Holes
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Dr Matt Nicholl |
Dr Thai Son Mai Dr Marisa McVey |
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| Luke Majury |
Multi-Wavelength Observations of Solar Flares
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Dr Ryan Milligan | |
| Matthew McCollum | Fast optical transients in wide-field surveys: giant flares and extragalactic searches | Prof. Stephen Smartt | Prof. Christopher Watson |
| Eamon McGleenan |
Astrophysics meets Sports Science: Predictive real-time modelling using STATSports sensors |
Prof. David Jess | Dr Samuel Grant |
| Leo Mulholland |
Theoretical modelling of neutron star mergers: Atomic Theory and Radiation Transport |
Prof. Cathy Ramsbottom | Prof. Connor Ballance |
| Joseph Murtagh |
The Outer Solar System at the Dawn of the Legacy Survey of Space and Time |
Dr. Megan Schwamb | Prof. Alan Fitzsimmons |
| Sean O'Brien | Crowd-Sourced Applications to the Next-Generation Transit Survey | Dr Megan Schwamb | Prof. Christopher Watson |
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Multi-Wavelength Observations of Geoeffective Solar Flares
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Dr Ryan Milligan | Prof. David Jess | |
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Supernovae: Theoretical Modelling of Light Curves and Spectra
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Dr Stuart Sim | ||
| Scott Robinson |
High-Resolution Characterisation of Exoplanet Atmospheres |
Dr Ernst de Mooij | Prof. Christopher Watson |
| Toby Rodel |
Detecting and Characterising extrasolar planets with the Next Generation Transit Survey |
Prof. Chris Watson | Dr Ernst De Mooij |
Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT)
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Name of Student |
PhD Research Theme or PhD Thesis Title |
University of Glasgow Supervisor |
Queen's University Belfast Supervisor |
| Mahmoud Ahtaiba | Integrated quantum photonic sensors and circuits | Prof Robert Hadfield | Dr Amit Kumar |
| Anna Casey |
Measuring THz radiation |
Dr. Matteo Clerici | |
| Ethan Crawford | |||
| Emma Crothers | |||
| Measuring photon pairs | Dr. Matteo Clerici | ||
| Development of 25Gbit/s distributed feedback (DFB) laser devices | Prof Anthony Kelly | Prof Marty Gregg | |
| Advanced epitaxial solutions for compound semiconductor component integration | Prof Marc Sorel | Prof Robert Bowman | |
| Nicola Parry | Passive waveguide development for integration of GaN laser devices | Prof Anthony Kelly | |
| Serene Pauly | Direct nanoscale mapping of plasmonic heating in nanostructures for HAMR | Dr Amit Kumar | Dr. Donald Maclaren |
| Peter Read | Next Generation Laser Development | Prof Anthony Kelly | |
| The effect high temperatures have on plasmonic functionality | Dr. Donald Maclaren |
Centre for Light-Matter Interaction
| Name of Student | PhD Research Theme or PhD Thesis Title | Principal Supervisor | Secondary Supervisor |
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| Amy Davis |
Hunting (new) RABBITTs |
Dr Andrew Brown | |
| Chloe Ho |
Compact, high brightness neutron beamline using intense lasers |
Dr. Satyabrata Kar | Prof. Marco Borghesi, Dr. Rob Clarke(CLF) |
| Holly Huddleston |
Synthesising Extreme Light Pulses for Applications in Intense Laser-Plasma Interactions
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Dr Mark Yeung | Prof. Brendan Dromey |
| Noel Kehoe | High-energy, laser-driven ion sources for advanced applications | Prof. Marco Borghesi |
Dr. Satyabrata Kar & Dr Tom Hodge (AWE Plc) |
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Laboratory Astrophysics using High Repetition Rate Lasers |
Prof. Dave Riley | ||
| Hannah Maguire |
High-precision dosimetry for ultra-short, high dose-rate irradiation sources. |
Prof. Gianluca Sarri | Dr Matthew Streeter & Prof. Giuseppe Schettino (NPL) |
| Sinéad A. Mannion |
Validation of Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Jets using Finite Element Analysis |
Dr. Thomas Field | Prof. David Riley |
| Conor McAnespie |
The applications of laser-driven particle accelerators for ultra-high dose-rate radiotherapy |
Prof. Gianluca Sarri | Dr Stephen McMahon |
| Adrian McCay |
Advanced Mechanisms for Laser-Driven Ion Acceleration
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| Lauren McCollum |
Transport and Characterisation of Advanced, Laser-driven Beams
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Dr Hamad Ahmed |
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| Aaron McNamee |
Proton-Boron Nuclear Fusion Studies in Laser-Generated Plasma for Future Ultraclean Energy Production |
Dr Daniele Margarone | Dr. Satyabrata Kar |
| Daniel Molloy |
Laser Driven proton-Boron Fusion for Future Ultra-clean Energy Production |
Dr Daniele Margarone | Prof. Marco Borghesi |
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Development and characterisation of high repetition rate proton sources using novel targets
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Dr Mark Yeung | ||
| Calum Prestwood |
Benchmarking collisional rates and hot electron transport in high-intensity laser-matter interaction |
Dr. Charlotte Palmer | Dr Emma McBride & Dr Oliver Humphries (EuXFEL) |
| Tiarnan Smyth |
Many-body Theory of Positron Interactions with Atoms, Molecules and Clusters: High-precision Calculations and Continuum Processes |
Dr Dermot Green | Dr Gleb Gribakin |
| Daniel Simpson |
Advanced Diagnostics of Low and Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas |
Dr Thomas Gilmore (Impedance) | |
| Jimmy Weeks |
High Resolution Mapping of Ion Beam Acceleration, Propagation and Energy Deposition Within A Plasma Background |
Dr Alex Robinson (CLF) |
Centre for Quantum Materials and Technology
| Name of Student | PhD Research Theme or PhD Thesis Title | Principal Supervisor | Secondary Supervisor |
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| Arran Ashfield |
Nanophotonic Interfaces for Solid State Qubits |
Dr. Hamidreza Siampour | Prof. Robert Bowman |
| Jessica Barr |
Machine learning-enhanced diagnostics of open quantum networks |
Dr Alessandro Ferraro | Dr John McAllister |
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Machine Learning for Quantum Networking
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Prof. Mauro Paternostro | Dr Gabriele De Chiara | |
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Machine Learning for Computational Water Treatment
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Dr David Wilkins | Dr Debra Phillips | |
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Ehrenfest dynamics plus noise: real-time correlated electron-phonon molecular simulation
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Dr Tchavdar Todorov | Dr Daniel Dundas | |
| Adam Hawkins |
Quantum-classical interfaces for the emulation of quantum communication algorithms
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Prof. Mauro Paternostro | |
| Tom Lannon |
Nitrogen-vacancy centre based quantum sensing: testing theoretical predictions with experiments
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Prof. Marty Gregg | |
| Matthew Mackinnon |
Artificial Quantum Reservoirs for Time-Series Quantum Computing |
Prof. Mauro Paternostro | Dr Gabriele De Chiara |
| Matthew McMaster |
Engineering shielding response of NiFe synthetic magnetic structures for high frequency application |
Prof. Robert Bowman | Dr Solveig Felton |
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Fourier Optics and Novel Microscopy Techniques
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Dr Fumin Huang | Cirdan Imaging | |
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Quantifying Energetic Resources in Quantum Machine Learning: A Comprehensive Analysis
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Dr Gabriele De Chiara | Dr Myrta Gruening | |
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Electrostatic and Surface Potentials in Pyroelectric Materials
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Prof. Marty Gregg | Dr. Amit Kumar |
Mathematical Science Research Centre
| Name of Student | PhD Research Theme or PhD Thesis Title | Principal Supervisor | Secondary Supervisor |
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| Nirmani Sulakshana Amarasinghe |
Real-Time Patient Flow Management in Hospital Emergency Departments |
Dr Adele Marshall | |
| Alexander Brown |
Robust Multivariate Joint Models: Creating an Early Warning System for ICU Patients |
Dr Charles Gillan |
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| Melanie Campell |
Everything Changes Over Time: Transforming Joint Modelling Methodology |
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| Dulan Dias |
Artificial Intelligence as a Health Intervention for Managing Patient Discharge Decision Processes |
Prof Adele Marshall | Dr Aleksandar Novakovic |
| Mark Lyttle |
Topics in Tensor-Triangular Geometry |
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| Oisin O'Donghaile |
Exploring the decision-making process: A robust longitudinal approach to discrete-choice modelling |
Dr Karen Cairns | |
| Megan O'Sullivan | Using Data Analytics to Design Innovative Clinical Trials in Respiratory Disease | Prof. Adele Marshall | Prof. Judy Bradley |
| Jack Peyton | MINFLUX: Developing Statistical tools to Automate Next Generation single molecule imagining analysis in 3D. | Dr Hannah Mitchell |
Dr Benjamin Davis (STFC) Dr Daniel Rolfe (STFC) |
| Advait Phadnis | Sheaf models for equivariant stable homotopy theory | Dr David Barnes | Dr Hannah Mitchell |
| Zachary Waller |
Combining machine learning and casual inference to predict cardiovascular disease for use in decision model |
Dr. Felicity Lamrock |