The Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics at University of Warwick welcomes PhD applications for an Autumn 2025 start. Informal enquires are welcome. 

The following projects are on offer:

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Project Title: Topology of magnetic structures in solar wind plasma
Supervisor: Dr Bogdan Hnat
Funding: Fully funded for 42 months
Start Date: October 2025
Deadline: Open (interviews late February)

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Project Title: Reconstructing extreme space weather events
Supervisors: Dr Ravindra Desai, Dr Tobias Grafke (Maths)
Funding: Fully funded for 48 months (HetSys CDT)
Start Date: September 2025
Deadline: International scholarship deadline 20 January 2025

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Project Title: Quantum algorithms for fusion and plasma physics
Supervisors: Prof Animesh Datta, Dr Tom Goffrey
Funding: Fully funded for 48 months
Start Date: October 2025
Deadline: 19 January 2025

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The full project descriptions and application instructions can be found at: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/cfsa/opportunities/study

Research at the Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics (CFSA) focuses on plasma physics applied to the grand challenges of fusion power, space physics, solar physics, and astrophysics. Our work spans fundamental theory, observation, and the analysis of experimental data, combined with high performance computing. For more details of the CFSA see: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/physics/research/cfsa