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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| High Frequency Waves in the Solar Atmosphere | Prof. Mihalis Mathioudakis | ||
| David Dougan |
Tungsten-Collisional Radiative Models in support of Impurity Influx Measurements |
Prof. Connor Ballance | Prof. Cathy Ramsbottom |
| Andrew Fraser Gillan |
Spectroscopy and Photometry of Active Comets |
Prof. Alan Fitzsimmons | Dr Megan Schwamb |
| Jarod Gouldie | Relativistic Dirac R-matrix photoionisation calculations through to their implementation with stellar opacity codes |
Prof. Connor Balance | Dr Stuart Sim |
| Harry Greatorex |
Multi-Wavelength Observations of Solar Flares |
Dr Ryan Milligan | Prof. Mihalis Mathioudakis |
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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 |
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Hybrid Integrated Silicon Photonic Transceiver |
Prof John Marsh, Dr. Lianping Hou, Dr. Hadi Heidari | Dr. Bob Pollard | |
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Plasmonic Antennas for Extreme Light Concentration and Harvesting |
Prof Marc Sorel | Dr Fumin Huang | |
| Sia Andersson | Hybrid optical components for advanced quantum systems | Prof John Marsh | Prof Robert Bowman |
| Nanoscale Photo-conductivity in Ferroelectrics | Dr Amit Kumar | ||
| Anna Casey |
Measuring THz radiation |
Dr. Matteo Clerici | |
| Emma Crothers | |||
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Ab Initio Design of Plasmonic Materials |
Dr. Lorenzo Stella , Dr. Myrta Grūning | ||
| John Fullerton | Ultra-Advanced Characterisation Studies of Three-Dimensional Spintronic Nanocircuits | Dr. Amalio Fernandez-Pacheco | |
| Hristo Gergov |
Exploring 3D Nanopatterned Structures Fabricated by Plasma FIB |
Prof Stephen McVitie | Dr. Solveig Felton |
| Christopher Gough |
Heterogeneous integration of III-V lasers to optical waveguides |
Prof Marc Sorel | Prof Robert Bowman |
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Novel Nanophotonic Devices: From Concepts to Applications |
Prof Robert Hadfield | ||
| Measuring photon pairs | Dr. Matteo Clerici | ||
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Molecule Based Magnets |
Dr. Solveig Felton | ||
| Characterisation of integrated photonic chips |
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Dr Ray McQuaid | |
| Skyrmions in Synthetic Antiferromagnetic Multilayer Structures | Prof Stephen McVitie | ||
| Christopher Lambert |
High thermal stability plasmonic materials – beyond noble metals – for HAMR antennae |
Dr. Donald Maclaren | Prof Robert Bowman |
| Will Lee | |||
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Novel Materials Synthesis for HAMR Plasmonics |
Prof Robert Hadfield | Prof Robert Bowman | |
| Hugh Littlehailes | Intermetallic plasmonic antennas | Dr. Donald Maclaren | Dr Fumin Huang |
| Development of 25Gbit/s distributed feedback (DFB) laser devices | Prof Anthony Kelly | Prof Marty Gregg | |
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Development of a multispectral laser scanner in silicon photonics |
Prof Marc Sorel | Dr Amit Kumar | |
| Making and characterising atomic scale 1D P-N junctions for nanoscale logic gates | Dr. Ian Maclaren | Prof Marty Gregg | |
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Structure and Ferroic Ordering at Conducting Domain Walls |
Prof Marc Sorel | ||
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Integration of Novel Materials for Improved HAMR 3.0 ADC and Reliability |
Marcus Mooney, Seagate | Prof Robert Bowman | |
| Advanced epitaxial solutions for compound semiconductor component integration | Prof Marc Sorel | Prof Robert Bowman | |
| Advanced materials for photonic integration | Prof Marc Sorel | Prof Robert Bowman | |
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Bringing Ab-Initio Design Into the Lab: Temperature Dependence of Plasmonic Response |
Dr. Lorenzo Stella , Dr. Myrta Grūning | ||
| Thomas O'Connor | Boron containing alloys of III-Nitride semiconductors for Ultraviolet emission |
Dr. Stefan Schulz Tyndall National Institute, UCC |
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| 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 |
| High power single mode Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) | Prof Richard Hogg, Dr. Evgeny Zibik Zürich | ||
| Peter Read | Next Generation Laser Development | Prof Anthony Kelly | |
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Novel Materials Synthesis for HAMR Plasmonics |
Prof Robert Hadfield | Prof Robert Bowman | |
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Integrated Photonic Devices for Smart Gas Sensors |
Prof Marc Sorel | ||
| The effect high temperatures have on plasmonic functionality | Dr. Donald Maclaren | ||
| Nicholas Stephen |
Investigating GaAs metamorphic lasers |
Dr Emanuule Pelucchi Tyndall National Institute, UCC | Dr Miryam Arredondo-Arechavala |
Centre for Light-Matter Interaction
| Name of Student | PhD Research Theme or PhD Thesis Title | Principal Supervisor | Secondary Supervisor |
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| Niall Cavanagh |
Strong Field Quantum Electrodynamics Experiments at SLAC |
Prof. Gianluca Sarri | |
| Amy Davis |
Hunting (new) RABBITTs |
Dr Andrew Brown | |
| Kyle Fleck |
High-Field Quantum Electrodynamics in the Field of an Intense Laser |
Prof. Gianluca Sarri | Prof. Marco Borghesi |
| Sarah Gregg |
Theory of positron interactions with molecules / condensed matter and related processes |
Dr. Dermot Green | Dr. Myrta Grüning |
| 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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| Orla McCusker |
Laser-driven acceleration and control of high energy ion beams |
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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 |
| Olivia Baxter |
Engineering and mapping entropy changes at the nanoscale in oxide materials |
Dr. Raymond McQuaid | Prof. Marty Gregg |
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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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| Olivia Adair |
Employing Data Analytics to inform the development of innovative Cost-Effectiveness Cancer Screening Models in the COVID-19 era |
Prof Mark Lawler, Dr. Ethna McFerran | |
| 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 |
| Jonathan Henderson |
Point Pattern Analysis of Retinal Ganglion Cell loss in Glaucoma |
Dr Andrea Munaro | |
| Miao Hu |
Knowledge graph embedding and domain adaptation learning |
Prof Adele Marshall | |
| 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 |