PhD opportunities

We are part of the NERC London DTP and the NERC TARGET Mineral Resources CDT and regularly recruit PhD students - check here for current studentship opportunities.

We are part of the NERC London DTP and the NERC Training and Research Group for Energy Transition Mineral Resources (TARGET) CDT. These doctoral training programmes fund PhD studentships each year, and we may also offer PhD studentships through other funding routes.

We also co-design bespoke PhD projects with industry – if you are interested in co-designing a PhD project please get in touch.

NERC TARGET CDT PROJECTS

These projects are currently open for applications - application deadline 22nd January. Click here for more information on how to apply - applications are through the TARGET CDT portal. Click on each project below for more information on the specific project.

Mining for Sustainable and Inclusive Development (MISID)
Dr Teresa Domenech (ISR), Prof. Paul Ekins (ISR), Dr Flurina Wartmann (U of Aberdeen)

Undersea seismic structure imaging: from fluid flow to deep sea mining applications
Prof. Ana Ferreira, Dr Katie McFall, Prof. Andrew Curtis (U Edinburgh)

Topographic control on copper porphyry deposits: landscape modelling and predictive potential (industrial partners Anglo American)
Dr Matthew Fox, Dr Frances Cooper, Dr Katie McFall, Dr Andrew Whittaker (Imperial College)

Source to Sink: Heavy Metals in the Tinto-Odiel Mining Region
Dr Susan Little, Dr Katie McFall, Prof. Mark Rehkämper (Imperial College), Prof. José Miguel Nieto (University of Huelva)

Investigating mineralisation processes in the Mbe gold deposit, Central Cameroon (industrial partners Oriole Resources)
Dr Katie McFall, Dr James Lambert-Smith (Cardiff), Dr Frances Cooper, Abdoul Mbodji (Oriole Resources), Dr Iain Stobbs (Oriole Resources), Claire Bay (Oriole Resources)