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Achieving reliable, high-performance fusion requires a predictive understanding of turbulence and instability dynamics at the tokamak edge, where fluctuations spread nonlocally and strongly influence pedestal structure, confinement, and the approach to disruptive events. These processes are difficult to diagnose experimentally and too computationally intensive to model in real time with first-principles simulations, motivating new approaches that blend physics-based modelling with mode...

How do we build grid batteries that are cheap, safe and made from abundant materials?

Zinc-ion batteries (ZIBs) are a promising answer – zinc is low-cost, non-toxic and works in water-based electrolytes. But current ZIBs still suffer from limited lifetime and efficiency because the electrolyte, cathode and their interface are not optimised together.

This PhD will tackle that challenge head-on. You will design “smart” aqueous or gel electrolytes and matched cathode coatings that work as a single sy...

Layered double hydroxides (LDHs) are tuneable two-dimensional nanomaterials with demonstrated promise as platforms for the delivery of biological molecules via aerosol formulations. Their unique material properties—namely, adjustable particle size, plate-like morphology, and surface charge—enable enhanced penetration through biological barriers, optimised uptake by target cells, and control over release kinetics. In aerosol science, such material characteristics are critical for influencing depo...

Become part of the next generation of dementia researchers with our Alzheimer’s Society Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) Vascular and Immune Contributors to Dementia (VIDA).

VIDA is a multi-institutional partnership funded by the Alzheimer's Society supporting the next generation of dementia researchers with fully funded PhDs to understand the vascular and immune contributors to dementia.

The DTC is training 29 PhD students over eight years with researchers using cutting-edge science to understand t...