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PhD Projects

2025 PhD studentships in MSRC

We welcome applications from students wishing to undertake a PhD in the Mathematical Sciences Research Centre starting in September/October 2025. The closing date for applications is Friday 7th February 2025. If you have any queries regarding PhD projects and studentships, please email Dr Hannah Mitchell h.mitchell@qub.ac.uk

Applications for postgraduate research must be made via the QUB Applications portal

If you would like to apply for a number of projects, please add the project titles in preference order under the 'Research Title' field. To add the supervisor name(s), please choose the option for 'other' and type in the supervisor name(s) in order of preference. 

Current funded projects:

Statistical Advances in Health Economic Modelling, Dr Felicity Lamrock

Template-Free MCMC Reconstruction of Single Molecule Imaging Data with Multiple Distinct Structures, Dr Hannah Mitchell

Hierarchical Spatial-Temporal Modelling of Microglia Patterns: Towards Non-Invasive Diagnostics for Neonatal Hypoxia and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Dr Hannah Mitchell

Data-Driven Decisions: Transforming Urgent Care Patient Outcomes and Resource Allocation for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, Dr Laura Boyle

Non-funded projects:

Mathematical models for cancer invasion, Dr Anna Zhigun

Graded rings and toric methods in algebra, Dr Thomas Huettemann

Digital twin for real-time flow management in hospitals, Dr Laura Boyle

Large language models for data mining in software repositories, Dr Zhiwei Lin

Mathematics of infectious diseases, Dr Gabor Kiss