Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? Lund University, Sweden invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Physics
Summary of PhD Program:
The research group has decennial experience in accelerators, spanning from storage rings to linear accelerator, with focus on synchrotron light sources and Free Electron lasers. The PI has driven the FEL part in the conceptual design of the proposed SXL (soft Xray laser) at MAX IV and focused on different aspects of seeding schemes for FELs. Previously the PI worked in other European facilities, like Elettra in Trieste and FLASH at DESY. The group has collaborations via FELs of Europe with other European laboratories.
Application Deadline: 31.Oct.2023
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in physical chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
The current project focuses on proteins from plant seeds as promising opportunities to replace animal-derived food proteins with a more sustainable, healthy and affordable protein source. A central challenge is the physicochemical difference of seed proteins to typical animal proteins which require novel approaches to create comparable food properties. The overall research goal is the understanding of assembly processes of proteins as triggered by changes in temperature and chemical environment, including in particular the time-resolved monitoring of structure and dynamics during assembly.
Application Deadline: 31.Oct.2023
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Physics
Summary of PhD Program:
During the last couple of years we have pioneered the application of ambient pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (APXPS) with second time resolution to the elucidation of the surface physics and chemistry of atomic layer deposition (ALD), a method for thin film growth of fundamental importance for modern semiconductor technology and other materials areas. Within the present project we will take the next step in developing APXPS for the study of ALD, by making use of the capabilities for micro- to millisecond time-resolved APXPS developed by the APXPS team at MAX IV. We will make use of the unique opportunities for time-resolved APXPS for ALD studies at the SPECIES and HIPPIE beamlines as well as at a new-lab-based APXPS instrument at Lund University specifically designed for time-resolved experiments.
Application Deadline: 31.Oct.2023
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Physics
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD position is placed at the Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research at the Department of Physics. The Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research (www.sljus.lu.se) is a part of the Physics Department, with about 50 employees. The main focus of the research at the division is experimental studies of electronic, structural, and chemical properties of materials. At the division we use and develop a wide range of synchrotron- and lab-based techniques, including x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy central for this position.
Application Deadline: 31.Oct.2023
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Theoretical Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
The aim of this project is to study intrinisically disordered proteins and to understand the underlying physics; for the single chain, the association behaviour, and liquid-liquid phase separation. For this purpose, a combined experimental and theoretical approach will be used, where the former corresponds to small angle scattering, and the latter to atomistic MD simulations and coarse-grained MC simulations. The project also includes programming new analysis routines and developing coarse-grained and atomistic models. Depending on the background and interest of the canddiate, the ratio experiments versus theoretical work can be adjusted.
Application Deadline: 31.Oct.2023
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in materials Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
Cellulose is one of the most abundant materials on the planet, and cellulose fibrils are strong, lightweight and biodegradable. Key to their future use as rheology modifiers in e.g. paints or cosmetics, in cellulose packaging films or in 2D or 3D printing inks, is control of their hierarchical structure. Elucidating the multiscale behavior in flow as well as when formed into films remains a challenge. In a collaboration between Lund University (Prof Karen Edler), Chalmers (Prof Roland Kádár) and the ForMAX beamline at MAX IV (Dr Kim Nygård), this project will combine rheology, polarized light imaging and small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) on suspensions and dynamic mechanical analysis with SAXS on thin films in new simultaneous measurements, developed recently at MAX IV.
Application Deadline: 31.Oct.2023
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Medical Structural Biology
Summary of PhD Program:
Gut bacteria play a fundamental role in obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Dysregulation of microbially derived metabolite production, in particular the production of imidazole propionate (ImP) was recently associated with diabetes. Specifically, ImP was shown to be increased in subjects with type 2 diabetes, and ImP was shown to impair glucose tolerance. ImP is produced by a specific bacterial enzyme, called urocanate reductase (UrdA), which was recently structurally characterized by us. Thus, a direct link between the microbiota and type 2 diabetes was established. Therefore, there is an urgent need to clarify the full molecular mechanism of action behind the production of ImP by applying time-resolved studies. The aim of the PhD project is to arrive at a detailed molecular understanding of the regulation or UrdA.
Application Deadline: 31.Oct.2023
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Economic History
Summary of PhD Program:
The project aims to fill this research gap by asking three related questions: (i) how does climate change affect the social practices for cooperation in rural and dry regions (ii) what are the collective mechanisms for adaptation under climate variability (iii) how can traditional and scientific knowledge be part of the decision-making process at the local level. The project relies on institutional economics and related fields to think about common pool resources (CPRs) and the role of social capital within rural and dispersed communities that rely on aquifers for water consumption and irrigation in dry forest areas. The project uses participatory cartography, customary law toolkits and framed field experiments to collect data and address the questions above.
Application Deadline: 16.Oct.2023
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Energy Sciences
Summary of PhD Program:
The main duties of doctoral students are to devote themselves to their research studies which includes participating in research projects and third cycle courses. The work duties can also include teaching and other departmental duties (no more than 20%). The work will focus on the development and application of CFD modelling to study combustion processes of green fuels (hydrogen and ammonia) in gas turbines and internal combustion engines. The research group has been active in the field for more than 20 years and has a well-established collaboration with the experimental research in Lund. The present Ph.D. student projects have a fundamental character aiming at developing combustion systems that are suitable for green fuels (hydrogen and ammonia) using high fidelity numerical simulations.
Application Deadline: 04.Oct.2023
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in private law
Summary of PhD Program:
This area of law consists of legal norms regulating relationships between private legal entities and legal relationships between public and private legal entities based on voluntary legal acts. Focus for the project ought to be laid upon legal areas regulating the creation, modification, and termination of rights to property. This includes areas of law such as contract law, law of obligations, property law and corporate law, but also areas such as intellectual property law and parts of real estate law, competition law and consumer law. The doctoral project is largely limited to current rules in Swedish law. However, the Swedish rules can be elucidated in a comparative or international perspective. Furthermore, the study can consider both practical and theoretical perspectives.
Application Deadline: 27.Sep.2023
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Cognitive Disorder
Summary of PhD Program:
The Cognitive Disease Research Group is a multidisciplinary group consisting of preclinical and clinical researchers whose goal is to define and understand the biological processes implicated in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases affecting cognition. We work translationally, where studies on samples from patients and animal models as well as cell culture experiments are included. Our long-term goal is to contribute to the development of new treatments for neurodegenerative diseases where effective treatments are still lacking.
Application Deadline: 26.Sep.2023
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Energy Sciences
Summary of PhD Program:
This doctoral project is a sub-project of the Circular Fuels consortia and have the objective to investigate the combustion properties of the jet fuel(s) developed by other partners in the project. This investigation will be performed experimentally and numerically by comparing experimental and numerical simulation results with each other, and with results from reference fuels such as Jet A. Different flame configurations, ranging from small laminar bunsen-burner flames to large turbulent swirl stabilized flames, will be examined. State of the art non-intrusive experimen-tal techniques as well as state of the art simulation models will be used. The PhD student with work together with other PhD students performing similar type of investigations for other fuels and configurations.
Application Deadline: 26.Sep.2023
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Clinical Sciences
Summary of PhD Program:
The employment of doctoral students is regulated in the Swedish Code of Statues 1998: 80. Only those who are or have been admitted to PhD-studies may be appointed to doctoral studentships. When an appointment to a doctoral studentship is made, the ability of the student to benefit from PhD-studies shall primarily be taken into account. In addition to devoting themselves to their studies, those appointed to doctoral studentships may be required to work with educational tasks, research and administration, in accordance with specific regulations in the ordinance.
Application Deadline: 25.Sep.2023
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in naturescapes
Summary of PhD Program:
The doctoral student will contribute to the research on mapping, understanding and enabling co-governance and co-finance arrangements capable of supporting transformative naturescapes in conditions of socio-economic disadvantage, inequality, and risk. This work will draw on extensive case study data from naturescapes in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the United States, which represent vulnerable communities and regions such as old-industrialised, low-income, outermost, or disaster-hit areas, including those in need of just post-COVID19 recovery. The doctoral researcher will also contribute to impact and communication activities throughout the project.
Application Deadline: 25.Sep.2023
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in computer science
Summary of PhD Program:
The MIAO research group has a unique profile in that we are doing cutting-edge research both on the mathematical foundations of efficient computation and on state-of-the-art practical algorithms for real-world problems. This creates a very special environment, where we do not only conduct in-depth research on different theoretical and applied topics, but where different lines of research cross-fertilise each other and unexpected and exciting synergies often arise. Much of the activities of the group revolve around powerful algorithmic paradigms such as, e.g., Boolean satisfiability (SAT) solving, Gröbner basis computations, integer linear programming, and constraint programming. This leads to classical questions in computational complexity theory—though often with new, fascinating twists—but also involves work on devising clever algorithms that can exploit the power of such paradigms in practice.
Application Deadline: 25.Sep.2023
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Physics
Summary of PhD Program:
The doctoral project is focused on experimental research on laser-driven (laser-wakefield) acceleration of electrons to high energies, utilization of strong field gradients in laser-produced plasmas, and generation of intense X-rays utilizing these electron pulses. You will benefit from access to a new and unique multi-terawatt laser system that at the High Power Laser Facility. It is based on optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA), and promises access to sub-10 fs laser pulses at up to 100 Hz repetition rate.The aim is to develop concepts that can unlock new means for laser wakefield acceleration through laser pulse shaping.
Application Deadline: 25.Sep.2023
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Infectious Medicine
Summary of PhD Program:
The main questions that will be addressed in the project are:
- What is the role of bacteriophage-carried antibiotic resistance genes during epidemic and endemic cholera outbreaks?
- Can bacteriophages be induced in an antibiotic-specific manner, and is such induction correlated with carriage of unique resistance profiles?
- Can inflammatory stress mediate induction of bacteriophages and contribute to low-grade spread of antibiotic resistance?
- Can the microbial composition affect spread of antibiotic resistance, and how is this then mediated?
Application Deadline: 24.Sep.2023
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in biology
Summary of PhD Program:
The overall goal of the PhD project is to gain new insights to the mechanisms and consequences of sensing and signaling in predator-prey interactions in aquatic foodwebs. Prey organisms sense predators by chemical cues and respond by launching defensive traits such as vertical migration, bioluminescence, or toxin production, to avoid predation. The responses contribute to large scale phenomena such as harmful algal bloom formation and carbon sequestration. In the research group “Signals in the Sea” we isolate the chemical alarm-cues, determine their structure, and explore their mechanism of action from cellular to ecosystem level. You will use a combination of classical biological methods and state of the art techniques from chemistry and physics (LC-MS and GC-MS, AI driven microscopy, image-, and motion-analysis) to explore signaling systems and their consequences in aquatic ecology.
Application Deadline: 22.Sep.2023
19. Fully Funded PhD Position in algebra
Summary of PhD Program:
In this call we are looking for a doctoral student in the research area of algebra, in particular representation theory of algebras. Relevant topics within representation theory of algebras that are represented at Lund University include for example (higher-dimensional) Auslander-Reiten theory, tilting and silting theory, tau-tilting theory, derived categories of algebras and related triangulated categories, etc. Candidates with a broader research interest in algebra are also encouraged to apply.
Application Deadline: 22.Sep.2023
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in Medical Radiation Physics
Summary of PhD Program:
Radiotherapy is a cornerstone in cancer therapy today. Radiation resistant tumors are still challenging due to the limited tolerance for adverse effects in the surrounding healthy tissue. Pre-clinical research has suggested that radiation delivered at an ultra-high dose rate during a fraction of a second, so called FLASH radiotherapy, may help to reduce the risk of adverse effects on healthy tissues, while maintaining an adequate anti-tumor effect. This project aims at the translation of these promising findings from pre-clinical radiobiological experiments to clinical trials by developing, implementing and evaluating new dosimetric methods for planning and delivering FLASH radiotherapy in a safe way in the clinic.
Application Deadline: 21.Sep.2023
21. Fully Funded PhD Position in Fire Safety with a focus on Hydrogen Safety
Summary of PhD Program:
The doctoral position relates to the area of hydrogen safety with a specific focus on hydrogen pipelines and high-pressure storage in, for example, refuelling stations. The position has a focus on experiments regarding jet releases with subsequent combustion, but modelling is also included. The position is part of a larger research project financed by the Nordic energy agencies, which also includes a doctoral student at Luleå Technical University and several senior researchers at different Nordic universities.
Application Deadline: 18.Sep.2023
22. Fully Funded PhD Position in Inorganic Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
The focus of the research will be on the synthesis and characterization of novel lead-free halide perovskite materials both in the form of thin film and nanocrystals for their green energy applications such as solar cells and photoelectrochemical water splitting. Metal halide perovskites have been recognized as the most promising candidate for a wide range of potential uses in solar energy applications such as solar cells and photocatalysis. To be able to meet the rising challenges in eco-friendly and sustainable production of materials for these applications, novel lead-free halide perovskites must be explored. For this reason, we are aiming to develop synthesis and deepen understanding of lead-free halide perovskites with potential for the fabrication of efficient and stable devices.
Application Deadline: 14.Sep.2023
23. Fully Funded PhD Position in Molecular Genetic Reproductive Medicine
Summary of PhD Program:
Globally, approximately 250 000 hormone stimulations of women undergoing in vitro fertilization or egg donation are annually performed. About 70% of these trials fail, and in some cases so called hyperstimulation happens, which can be a serious condition. The aim of the project is to investigate factors that are regulating the hormone response, to increase the precision and diminish the side effects of the treatments. The project includes keeping up to date with the state-of-the-art in the research field, working with clinical patient materials, perform genotyping, gene expression analyses, ELISA, cell culturing, FACS, statistical calculations e t c. The student will work with both national and international collaborators and is expected to attend relevant meetings and congresses. The student may also be engaged in supervision of bachelor and master students.
Application Deadline: 14.Sep.2023
24. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computational Biology
Summary of PhD Program:
Ancient DNA (aDNA) has changed history studies, enabling us to analyze early genetic variation directly. In recent years, there has been a sharp increase in the amount of collected aDNA and high-profile investigations. Still, insufficient information about the geographical origin and admixture has limited the usefulness of the collected data. The project aims to develop population genetic models and investigate population history in human and microbial populations. We will study Viking and Israelite populations and bacteria collected from archeological sites. We ask questions like how, where, and when these populations migrated, how did they respond to epidemics, as well as the timing, rate, and extent of adaptive evolution in response to infectious diseases or changes in the environment.
Application Deadline: 14.Sep.2023
25. Fully Funded PhD Position in Aerosol Technology
Summary of PhD Program:
Aerosols are mixtures of gases and particles, where the air we breathe is a common example. Health impacts by aerosol particles (measured as PM2.5) is today the largest environmental risk factor in Europe. The EU is currently drafting revised and sharpened emission and air quality legislations that will lead to environmental and health benefits but also cause a strong demand of aerosol scientists within industry, society and academia in the near future. In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the transportation sector is currently going through a transition towards more sustainable technologies based . This transition will change the properties of aerosol emissions and thereby also affect air quality and the health impacts of air pollution in the general population and in work environments to unknown extent.
