PhD - Solar system research

University of Oxford

United Kingdom

Closing date: 24th January 2014

Description and requirements

The University of Oxford has several Planetary Physics DPhil (PhD) positions available in the Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics (AOPP) department from October 2014.

The available projects cover a broad range of planetary atmospheric science: studies of brown dwarfs spectroscopy; Rosetta investigations of cometary atmospheres; ground-based observations and Spitzer studies of planetary processes at work on ice giants Uranus and Neptune; Cassini studies of Saturn's seasons; ground-based observations of Jupiter's weather; and experimental studies of planetary heat transport. Please visit the following website for specifics of each project:

http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduates/atmospheric-oceanic-and-planetary-physics/planetary-physics

More information and applications

Deadlines:  Candidates should apply by 24 January 2014 in order to be considered for Departmental Studentships and any funding the University administers. Candidates able to secure external scholarships should apply by 14 March 2014.  Research council and scholarship funding is available, please see our admissions website

http://www2.physics.ox.ac.uk/study-here/postgraduates/atmospheric-oceanic-and-planetary-physics/funding

for further details.