2025 PhD Projects in CQMT

We welcome applications from students wishing to undertake a PhD in the Centre for Quantum Materials and Technology starting in September/October 2025. Please also feel free to contact CQMT academics directly to discuss potential opportunities. See further down for 'Application instructions'. 

Funded projects:

Disrupting Magnons Using Ferroelectric Domains, Professor Marty Gregg

PNN:  Micromagnetic simulations and direct visualisation of artificial spin ice, Dr Solveig Felton

“Hard” metals: Looking for alternative material for high temperature applications, Dr Lorenzo Stella and Prof Robert Bowman

Funding Awaited:

2D Materials Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance, Dr Fumin Huang

Evaluating thermal stability of near-field transducer materials, Dr Miryam Arredondo

Combined First-Principles and Machine-Learning Approach to Real-Time Nonlinear Spectroscopies, Dr Myrta Gruening

Rediscovering the Fundamental Science of the Archetypal Antiferroelectrics at small scales, Dr Amit Kumar

Exploring domain continuity in polycrystalline ferroics, Dr Miryam Arredondo

Twistronics: electronic transport with a twist, Professor Marty Gregg

Simulating Linear and Nonlinear Spectroscopies of Aqueous Systems, Dr David Wilkins

Application instructions

• Applications for post-graduate studies must be made via the QUB applications portal.
• All applications received by Friday February 7th 2025 will receive full consideration for CQMT PhD positions (interviews will commence shortly after that date). However, applications received later will continue to be considered where suitable projects are still available.
• You can apply for any number of the research projects advertised for 2025 within one application. Follow these guidelines:
• The projects you want to apply for should be added in preference order under the "Research Title" field. 
• You should also include the projects on the one-page "Personal Statement" within the application portal web-page and specify why you are interested in them.
• To add the Supervisor names, choose 'other' and then type in the Supervisor names in preference order of project. 
• There are funding options listed on the application procedure:
• 'I will fund the course with my own personal funds/personal loan': This would mean you are willing to pay everything yourself and is not advisable unless you have very significant personal funds you are willing to use during a 3-year PhD.
• 'I wish to be considered for funding administered by Queen's': Please confirm Yes.

If you have any queries about eligibility, please contact admissions@qub.ac.uk.

If you have problems with the applications portal, please click the 'Need Support?' button at the bottom of the page if you have started an application. That will open a quick form to gather information on what the problem is and send it to the Clerical Team in Admissions for them to offer advice.

If you have issues registering on the portal then email: pg.apply@qub.ac.uk.