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Physics Research

MPhil/PhD, option of joint PhD with HKU/Erasmus Mundus

Part Time, Full Time

Natural & Mathematical Sciences student at work

RESEARCH PROFILE

Current number of academic staff: 26
Current number of postdoctoral research staff: 19

Current number of research students: 35 PhD.

Current research projects: Ab initio modelling of biomolecules and nanostructures. • Plasmonics and Nanophotonics • Functional Nanoparticles • New techniques for biological cell imaging • Single molecule biophysics • Smart X-ray optics. • Early universe cosmology • LHC pheneomenology

Partner organisations: Our research groups enjoy strong collaborations with institutions around the world including Athens, Cambridge, CERN, Geneva, Imperial College, Jena, McGill, Nottingham, Oxford, Paris 6, Shanghai, Texas Tech, Trieste, Valencia, UCL and ETH Zurich.

Joint PhDs available: Exciting opportunities to gain a joint PhD with Hong Kong University

KEY FACTS

Head of group/division

Professor David Richards

Duration

Expected to be three years FT, four-six years PT. Start usually September.

Location

Strand Campus

Student destinations

Postdoctoral research, industrial research, university lecturer, finance, publishing.

Year of entry 2012

Offered by

School of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
Department of Physics