PhD Opportunities

PhD Opportunities

There are the following PhD opportunities available.

University of Bristol

Title: Neotectonic Insights into Arc Magmatic Systems

  • Project Title: Neotectonic Insights into Arc Magmatic Systems
  • Institute: University of Bristol
  • Supervisors: Dr Sam Wimpenny, Prof Juliet Biggs, Prof Alison Rust, Dr Carlos Benavente (INGEMMET, Peru)
  • Project link: Neotectonic Insights into Arc Magmatic Systems
  • Further information: Contact Dr Sam Wimpenny ([email protected])
  • Application deadline: Monday 19th January 2026

University of Bristol

Title: High altitude photogrammetry and mapping with solar-powered
uncrewed aerial vehicles

University of Bristol

Title: High resolution satellite data for volcano monitoring

University of Bristol

Title: Hidden Tectonics and Seismic Hazard in Subduction Zone Forearcs

University of Bristol

Title: Remote Autonomous Monitoring of Hydrothermal Systems & Volcanic Terrains

University of Bristol

Title: Faulting in Volcanic Systems

  • Project Title: Faulting in Volcanic Systems
  • Institute: University of Bristol
  • Supervisors: Prof Juliet Biggs (with Cardiff University and BGS)
  • Project link: Faulting in Volcanic Systems
  • Further information: Contact Prof Juliet Biggs ([email protected])
  • Application deadline: Thursday 8 January 2026 at 2359 GMT

University of Cambridge

Title: Enabling Spaceborne Multihazard Early Warnings through AI

University of Edinburgh

Title: Environmental geophysics: Monitoring of peatlands, a vital carbon store, with geophysical techniques

  • Project Title: Environmental geophysics: Monitoring of peatlands, a vital carbon store, with geophysical techniques
  • Institute: University of Edinburgh
  • Supervisors: Karen Lythgoe (Charlotte Usher RSK Geosciences, Amy Gilligan University of Aberdeen, Mark Naylor)
  • Project link: Project | E5 Doctoral Training Partnership | E5 Doctoral Training Partnership
  • Further information: Contact Dr Karen Lythgoe ([email protected])
  • Application deadline: Sunday 14 December 2025 at 23:59

University of Edinburgh

Title: Edge effects: What happens at the terminations of subduction zones?

University of Edinburgh

Title: Developing interpretable and local poverty estimations using Earth Observation and AI

  • Project Title: Developing interpretable and local poverty estimations using Earth Observation and AI
  • Institute: University of Edinburgh
  • Supervisors: Gary Watmough (School of GeoSciences), Sohan Seth (School of Informatics), Qi Ou (GEOS), Enrique Delamonica (UNICEF), Oliver Fiala (Save the Children)
  • Project link:Project | E5 Doctoral Training Partnership | E5 Doctoral Training Partnership
  • Further information: Contact Dr Qi Ou ([email protected])
  • Application deadline: Sunday 14 December 2025 at 23:59

University of Exeter

Title: Monitoring Crop Dynamics Using InSAR Loop Closure Time Series

  • Project Title: Monitoring Crop Dynamics Using InSAR Loop Closure Time Series
  • Institute: University of Exeter
  • Supervisors: Dr Yasser Maghsoudi (with Prof Andy Hooper, University of Leeds)
  • Project link: Monitoring Crop Dynamics Using InSAR Loop Closure Time Series
  • Further information: Contact Dr Yasser Maghsoudi ([email protected])
  • Application deadline: Midnight Thursday 8th January 2026

University of Exeter

Title: Exploring the influence of magma-mush processes on volcanic unrest

University of Leeds

Title: Earthquake Interactions: how the seismicity of active geophysical systems varies in response to non-tectonic loading

University of Leeds

Title: Strain Localisation in Continental Crust: Insights from Exhumed Lower-Crustal Rocks and Modern Geodetic Data

University of Leeds

Title: The Future of Himalayan Glacial Lakes: Uncovering Subsurface Features and Instabilities with Fieldwork and Remote Sensing Observations

University of Leeds

Title: Volcanic and Magmatic Complex Systems Thinking

University of Leeds

Title: From space to summit: machine learning approaches for fusing diverse satellite and ground-based measurements of volcanic activity

University of Leeds

Title: Probing Crustal Deformation and Active Tectonics of the Continents from Satellite Observations

University of Leeds

Title: Finding earthquakes and studying the Earth using light-based seismic sensors across the North Sea

University of Leeds

Title: A petrological investigation of mafic explosive volcanic eruptions in southern Chile

University of Leeds

Title: Measuring deformation at Indonesian volcanoes from space

University of Leeds

Title: The inner workings of the earthquake cycle: New insight from integrating Quaternary fault activity, microstructures, and geophysics

University of Leeds

Title: How do Slow Earthquakes work? Using field, microstructural and -chemical evidence in combination with targeted experiments to gain a deep understanding of Slow Earthquakes

University of Oxford

Title: Using earthquakes to constrain stress in the Earth

University of Oxford

Title: Blind source separation in seismology: exploiting small-amplitude shaking to track ocean waves or subsurface structure

University of Oxford

Title: Active tectonics of the South Caucasus

University of Oxford

Title: Draw down of volcanic CO2 as a mechanism of climate recovery following periods of enhanced volcanism in Earth’s geological past