University of Copenhagen, Denmark invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD scholarship at the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
The larger project develops and tests a new theory of basic cognitive selection mechanisms by combining methods and perspectives from experimental psychology, cognitive neuroscience, mathematical modelling, and philosophy. The core idea is that selection in cognition may be understood as a biased competition between representations in a stochastic race (Grünbaum, Oren, & Kyllingsbæk, 2021). In a series of experiments, we have consistently shown that tasks-sets are competing biased by their importance and that this selection process is severely capacity limited. We will extend our new experimental procedures and mathematical models to the study of selection in planning and problem-solving. If our conjecture is true, higher-order cognitive processes like task selection, planning, and problem-solving depend on the same type of selection.
The applicant should be a student with a strong background and interest in experimental psychology. During the employment, the candidate is expected to engage in the development of new experimental procedures that will enable us to test our general theory of cognitive selection in the domains of task selection, planning, and problem-solving at both psychological and neurobiological levels. We aim to use our intention selection paradigm to study task-sets within and between complex hierarchies of task-sets. Focus will be on the development of experimental paradigms that will enable us to test our basic computational model of selection processes in planning and problem-solving.
Deadline : 01-05-2024
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship at the Department of Food and Resource Economics
The Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO) is inviting applications for PhD scholarships to start up in August 2024 or later.
IFRO carries out pure basic and applied social science research and has a number of educational and public sector advisory service responsibilities within our thematic fields. We are characterized by a high involvement in interdisciplinary research at both international and national levels.
Deadline : 21-04-2024
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Project in Biophysics
We are looking for a talented, highly motivated and creative applicant who is interested in quantitatively exploring fundamental questions in the exciting field of infectious disease dynamics and other spreading and competition processes in the physic of life. The successful candidate must be imaginative, have strong skills in physics/computation/mathematics and be interested in learning about the biology of the host and disease under study. The candidate must have excellent English skills, both written and orally, and hold a Master’s degree in physics, or applied mathematics. If you are considering or already enrolled at one of the faculty’s master programs in physics, it is also an option to be enrolled in the integrated MSc and PhD program (a 4-5 year long program, see below).
Deadline : 20-04-2024
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Biological Chemistry
We are looking for candidates within the field(s) of biomolecular chemistry. Applicants can have a background in the organic synthesis/chemical modification of small biomolecules or the construction/characterization of biomolecular assemblies. Experience in nucleic acid chemistry or HPLC-MS techniques is a valuable asset. Good spoken and written English are also required to formulate research reports and manuscripts.
Deadline : 20-04-2024
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in refugee mental health: A longitudinal cohort project on mental health of displaced Ukrainians resettled in Denmark
The successful candidate will work on the project The Danish Refugee Cohort (DARECO), a longitudinal cohort study following Ukrainian refugees over time from their first year in Denmark and the years ahead. The project has a strong focus on mental health and on complex interactions between premigration and postmigration factors of importance for adaptation to life in Denmark. The project is conducted in collaboration between researchers in psychology and economics and has a strong cross-disciplinary focus.
Deadline : 15-04-2024
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Particle Astrophysics and Multimessenger Astrophysics
This project aims at solving one of the most urgent riddles in multi messenger astrophysics: how neutrinos affect the physics of the death of massive stars as core-collapse supernova explosions and the merger of two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole. Neutrinos are feebly interacting particles copiously produced in these dense sources. Neutrinos exist in three different kinds, or flavors, and have the fascinating property of changing their flavor while propagating (flavor conversion). Because of the high density of neutrinos in the core of supernovae or compact binary mergers, flavor conversion becomes a non-linear phenomenon, whose understanding is quite preliminary. Numerical simulations buttressed by analytic diagnostic methods will be employed to radically advance our understanding within a multi-messenger framework. This project will have implications on fundamental physics, the origin of the heavy elements, as well as our comprehension of the behavior of matter at extreme densities and the physics of neutrino-dense sources.
Deadline : 14-04-2024
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Avian Influenza epidemiology
Since the autumn, 2020, Denmark, as well as most countries in Europe, has experienced more outbreaks of avian influenza than ever before, in wild birds, in small hobby flocks and in large poultry farms with high levels of biosecurity. In every season, we have observed changes in the epidemics, including new virus genotypes or subtypes, new target species among the wild birds, and changes in seasonal patterns. The virus leads to high mortality in the farms, challenging animal welfare as well as the economy of the farmer and of the sector, due to trade losses. Therefore, additional research is needed on modelling the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza and investigating the effect of protective measures in poultry flocks. With that purpose, we will launch the project ENIGMA2: “Early WarNInG SysteM for Avian Influenza – part 2”. The aim of the project is to build upon recently developed models and available data to increase knowledge of the ongoing avian influenza epidemic across Europe, and in particular provide research-based tools to evaluate the risk of outbreaks in wild birds and poultry farms. In the PhD project, you will focus on identifying optimal vaccination strategies in poultry using epidemiological methods. Other parts of the ENIGMA2 project will focus on transmission through migratory birds, and biosecurity on poultry farms, and close collaboration between each part will be expected. Combined, these parts will provide epidemiological expertise to expand the research field further, as well as inform decision makers through the veterinary contingency work.
Deadline : 14-04-2024
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD scholarship in digital volunteering at the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
The PhD programme provides PhD students with strong research training which opens up a window of opportunity to a variety of careers within the private and public sectors. The programme includes the drafting of a PhD thesis, active participation in research networks, PhD courses, teaching, and other forms of knowledge dissemination. The PhD programme can be undertaken as a three year full-time study within the framework of the 5+3 study programme, or as a four year full-time study programme within the framework of the 4+4 study programme.
Deadline : 07-04-2024
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Projects in complex nanoparticles as new catalysts for electrocatalytic reactions
The project aims to study complex nanoparticles in electrocatalytic energy conversion reactions. Electrocatalysis is a key technology in the green transition and advanced materials development is required for rational design of new catalysts. Newly designed electrocatalysts can help to optimize a series of energy conversion reactions that take place in fuel cells, such as the oxygen reduction reaction, hydrogen evolution reaction, or formic acid oxidation.
For efficient reactions, high surface area catalysts are necessary, and the project will explore nanoparticles as new catalyst materials for electrocatalytic conversions. The research will be on the activity and stability of complex nanoparticles in electrochemical environments and the structural changes that occur during catalysis. This will be studied by classical electrochemical approaches as well as by combining electrochemistry with advanced characterization techniques, such as X-ray absorption spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction in operando synchrotron experiments. The projects will be highly interdisciplinary and in close collaboration with theory and characterization groups at the Department of Chemistry.
Deadline : 02-04-2024
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Fellowship as part of the research project “Towards a new model of communicative competence in multilingual higher education”, funded by The Independent Research Fund Denmark
The Centre for Internationalisation and Parallel Language Use at the University of Copenhagen is offering a fully funded 3-year PhD scholarship commencing 1 September 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter.
We are looking for a highly motivated candidate to undertake doctoral research as part of a 4-year collaborative project funded by Independent Research Fund Denmark and headed by Professor Slobodanka Dimova.
Deadline : 02-04-2024
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(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Sociology of Food and Eating
The PhD project aims to explore dilemmas around food consumption, and everyday strategies employed to cope with (potential) budget restrictions and the need for a green transition of household food practices. The PhD student will, in cooperation with a Postdoctoral researcher, conduct in-depth interviews with the entire panel (60 adults), and independently re-interview a subsection of it.
A five-month research visit to the Department of Sociology at the University of Bristol is included in the PhD project.
Deadline : 01-04-2024
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(12) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowships in Experimental Quantum Optics
The projects will be part of the center for Hybrid Quantum Networks. The present projects will be within experimental quantum optics to strengthen our research efforts on photonic quantum simulators. We exploit advanced photonic integrated circuits and quantum nonlinear photonic interaction mediated by quantum dot emitters deterministically coupled to nanophotonic waveguides as novel resources and realize analogue photonic quantum simulators and quantum machine learning. Special emphasis is on implementing quantum simulation of quantum chemistry problems, notably anharmonic vibrational dynamics of molecues.
Deadline : 01-04-2024
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD stipends in Mathematic
The department has about 50 permanent scientific staff members; around 50 PhD students and 35 postdocs. It has strong research groups in many areas of mathematics, and active PhD, postdoc, and visitor’s programs. Our building is located in central Copenhagen next to the central park Fælledparken. Our website https://www.math.ku.dk/english provides more information about the department and the research conducted at the department https://www.math.ku.dk/english/research/. We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in dynamic and international research environment.
Deadline : 01-04-2024
(14) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD stipends in Statistics, and the mathematics of Insurance and Economics
There will be PhD stipends available in:
- Statistics, mathematics-economics and actuarial sciences not attached to a specific project or grant (contact Helle Sørensen [email protected])
- Actuarial science within the project frame InterAct (contact Mogens Steffensen, [email protected])
- Statistical and causal methodology for complex data structures with applications to microbiome data analysis (contact Niklas Pfister, [email protected])
- Statistical inference for stochastic processes with applications in climate and ecology (contact Susanne Ditlevsen, [email protected]))
You are welcome to contact any member of the department to discuss research projects.
Deadline : 01-04-2024
(15) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Quantum Chemistry on Quantum Computers
The project will be part of the “Hybrid Quantum Chemistry on Hybrid Quantum Computers” project, which has the goal to develop quantum chemistry methods and software that will run on noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computers. The present project will be concerned with the development of algorithms for the calculation of molecular properties both in the form of ground state expectation values and linear or quadratic response functions for correlated wavefunctions.
Deadline : 01-04-2024
(16) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD position in Philosophy of Science
We are looking for a highly motivated candidate for a three-year PhD project commencing September 1st, 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter. The PhD position is available via a Carlsberg Semper Ardens Accelerate-funded project called “Consumer Medicine: Philosophical and Ethical Implications (COPE),” conducting philosophical and ethnographic studies of consumer medicine in practice (PI: Associate Professor Sara Green), at the Section for History and Philosophy of Science, Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen.
Deadline : 31-03-2024
(17) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in ‘Molecular mechanisms of replication-coupled DNA-protein crosslink repair’ at the Center for Chromosome Stability (CCS), Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (ICMM)
Genome instability is a hallmark of inherited human disorders and age-related diseases such as neurodegeneration and cancer. Eukaryotic genomes are replicated by complex molecular machines called replisomes, which frequently encounter naturally occurring ‘obstacles’ that can prevent faithful DNA replication and induce genome instability. Covalent DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs) are one such obstacle and are estimated to occur at thousands of sites/genome/day in proliferating cells. Eukaryotic cells require multiple mechanisms to overcome DPCs, including replication-coupled proteolysis (‘DPC repair’).
The Miller laboratory aims to determine the molecular mechanisms by which the replication machinery can overcome obstacles on eukaryotic chromosomes that might otherwise prevent replication fork progression. Multiple projects are currently available in the group and can be tailored to fit the experience and interests of the recruited individual.
Deadline : 31-03-2024
(18) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Phd fellowship in Experimental Particle Physics, Niels Bohr Institute
With the newly received DFF grant, the research group will develop a novel methodology using a new approach, a multi-particle cumulants technique. This will give unique insights into the initial geometric conditions, shape, size, and their correlations and fluctuations. To achieve this, we will measure various collision systems during the LHC Run 3. These pioneering measurements, and the resulting new analyses, will decisively advance our understanding of those crucial initial conditions, the platform upon which the analysis of the collision rests. The results of this DFF grant will give direct access into the unknown initial conditions and unravel the mystery of the first microsecond of the Big Bang.
Deadline : 31-03-2024
(19) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Computational Biophysics
Wood constitutes an unlimited resource of renewable biomass indispensable for production of sustainable energy and for supply of high quality materials. Molecular understanding of wood formation would provide a new avenue for designing bio-inspired materials with remarkable strength and rigidity. Wood consists of so called secondary cell walls that encase cells in wood forming plant tissues. A critical step in the wood forming process involves the cessation of primary wall synthesis (a wall structure that surrounds growing cells) and initiation of secondary cell wall synthesis. Here, we seek to elucidate the biomolecular and structural cell wall changes that take place during wood formation. In the theortical phase of the project, we integrate experimental and high resolution simulation data into mesoscopic simulations and aim to understand the biomechanical properties of secondary cell walls.
Deadline : 30-03-2024
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(20) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in inhaled medicines at Department of Pharmacy
We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic PhD candidate interested in working on a project focusing on an advanced inhalation technology for treating respiratory biofilm infections. The candidate should have a strong scientific background in drug delivery, nanomedicines, particle engineering, and ideally have research experience in aerosol formulation development, aerodynamic assessment of fine particles, quantitative analytical methods, and microbiological testing. The successful candidate will be employed in the Department of Pharmacy at University of Copenhagen, and be a member of an interdisciplinary team, consisting of chemists, formulation scientists, microbiologists, and medical scientists. We strive to develop an inhaled antibiotic management for combating respiratory biofilm infections, maximizing the bacteria killing efficacy, and minimizing the development of antibiotic resistance. This is a 36 months position to commence June 1st, 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter.
Deadline : 22-03-2024
(21) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Two PhD fellowships in Theoretical Quantum Optics and Quantum Information
The projects will focus physical implementation of quantum information processing. One project will be about devising theories for how to perform quantum simulation of the dynamics of molecules using photon emitters in waveguides. The second project will be defined in collaboration with the successful candidate. Possible topics include scalable quantum computation with photon emitters, quantum sensing, optomechanical systems and transductions between microwave and optical frequencies.
Deadline : 21-03-2024
(22) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowships in machine learning for quantum computing
We are seeking candidates to work with machine learning applied to control of quantum systems and other applications of machine learning in this field. We seek highly motivated people that can contribute to both theoretical and applied work. The position is in the group of Professor Anders Krogh, but it is expected that you also work with other people in Quantum for Life and have co-supervisors from other groups in the Centre.
Deadline : 17-03-2024
(23) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Plant Biochemistry
Plant natural products represent a vast array of useful molecules including pharmaceutical drugs, nutraceuticals, colorants, and fragances. However, some natural products that accumulate in edible crops can interfere with human nutrition. Very little is know about how these “anti-nutrients” are made and moved around in their respective crop plants. Uncovering the molecular basis of anti-nutrient biosynthesis and transport will enable the design of future crops with improved nutritional profiles.
Deadline : 17-03-2024
(24) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in GPCR mechanosensing
We are looking for candidates within the field(s) of Physics, Biophysics, Biology, Nanoscience or related fields. Applicants can have a background from optical trapping, biophysics work performed on single cells and confocal imaging or other types of fluorescence imaging. A knowledge of bio-related work is clearly an advantage. Also, programming skills in e.g. Phyton or Matlab are highly appreciated as well as good writing skills. Finally, we appreciate a student who can work independently and critically advance/drive the project and actively seek solutions to upcoming problems instead of only acquiring data. Good English oral and written skills are highly appreciated.
Deadline : 15th March 2024
(25) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Electrocatalysis
We are looking for candidates within the field(s) of experimental electrochemistry, physical chemistry and kinetics, and inorganic synthesis and characterization. Applicants can have a background from Chemical Engineering, Physics, Nanotechnology, Chemistry, or Renewable Energy. Applicants should have a solid grasp of thermodynamics, be comfortable thinking quantitatively, and work well in a group setting. Experience with data science using python and/or SQL is an advantage.
Deadline : 17 March 2024
(26) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Climate impacts on pollinators and crop yield along an elevation gradient in Tanzania at the Globe Institute
This PhD project will examine how changing climatic conditions influence pollinator diversity and pollination limitation of food crops grown by smallholder farmers along an elevation and climate gradient in the Eastern Arc Mountains (EAMs) in Tanzania. To design climate smart and pollinator friendly agricultural systems, the PhD student will also use future climate scenarios and species distribution models (SDMs) to model the future distribution of the pollinators of the crops grown in the EAMs. The PhD student should be prepared to collect data for approximately 8 months in 2025-2026 in Tanzania. The PhD student is expected to first-author papers in international peer-reviewed journals. The PhD project is part of the DANIDA funded project “Climate, pollinator biodiversity, crop pollination and people´s livelihoods”, meaning that the PhD student will work closely together with three PhD students hired at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), Tanzania, and local partners at SUA and TAFORI, Tanzania. The project is funded by the Danida fellowship Centre.
Deadline : 15 March 2024
(27) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Cropping systems and Climate Change
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important greenhouse gas. About 70% of the N2O emissions comes
from agricultural fields as a consequence of nitrogen (N) fertilization of crops.
The emissions are primarily caused by nitrogen added through fertilization. However, crop residues that are left in the field also results in nitrogen mineralization and eventually N2O emissions.
The IPCC are developing methods to estimate emission factors for these emissions which are eventually used for national greenhouse gas accounting. However, the current IPCC methodology used to account for N2O emissions from crop residues is very simplistic resulting in misguided assessments of mitigation measures and their potentials. The overall aim of N2OResidue is therefore to develop and document a new improved methodology for operational accounting of N2O emissions from crop residues at farm and national scales.
Deadline : 15 March 2024
(28) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Formal Verification
Today’s software and hardware systems produce massive amounts of data. Stream processing frameworks are vital tools for software engineers and data scientists to tame this data. They provide convenient programming abstractions that allow their users to express the desired data analysis. From the expressed analysis, they generate a distributed program and deploy it on computing clusters, which enables the massively parallel processing of data. Apache Flink, Apache Spark, and Google Cloud Dataflow are examples of mature stream processing frameworks that are widely used in industry. For thousands of users these frameworks serve as both the programming language and the operating system. Yet, these systems exhibit unreliable and unpredictable behavior, which prohibits their use in scenarios that cannot tolerate errors such as data loss. The goal of the PhD project is to contribute to an ongoing formalization effort using the Isabelle proof assistant towards the first formally verified system for the analysis of big data.
Deadline : March 15, 2024
(29) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Fellowship on Protein Phase Separation in Complex Environments
Biomolecular self-assembly is a key process in physics and chemistry and rules the correct functioning of living systems. In addition, many of the most prevalent human neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer´s and Parkinson´s, are characterised by the presence of so-called amyloid aggregates in the brain, which are the result of protein self-assembly. Several of the proteins identified in amyloid aggregates have been shown to undergo a process called liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS). The project aims to study intra and inter-protein interactions that initiate LLPS in intrinsically disordered protein (IDP) systems using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) combined with microscopy and fluorescence techniques. The project is funded by the Villum Foundation to Professor Vito Foderà (Department of Pharmacy), and in collaboration with the University of Cambridge (UK) and Forschungszentrum Juelich (DE).
Deadline : March 15st, 2024
(30) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Project in Universal growth laws of Viruses of Bacteria
We are looking for a talented, highly motivated and creative scientist who is interested in exploring fundamental questions in the exciting field of the physics of life. Scientists with strong mathematical and computational skills in physics/complex systems who want to extend their skills to biological systems with close collaboration with experimental biology are strongly encouraged to apply. The successful candidates must be imaginative and have the curiosity to drive the project. The candidate must have excellent English skills, both written and oral, and hold a Master’s degree in physics, biophysics, quantitative biology, complex systems, or related disciplines. If you are (or are eligible to be) enrolled at one of the faculty’s master programs in physics, it is also an option to be enrolled in the integrated MSc and PhD program (See below).
Deadline : 15 March 2024
(31) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Medical Image Analysis
Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) is a disease which affects lung function. It can severely affect quality of life and is one of the most common causes of death. Lung and airway abnormalities associated with COPD are visible on computed tomography (CT) scans. CT scans are, however, not done as part of normal COPD diagnosis, but in comparison to the simpler lung function tests done as part of normal diagnostics, information from such scans can be used to provide better insights into the anatomy and pathology in the individual case and can be used to provide early detection. Cancer treatments, such as radiotherapy, often involve CT images, and such treatments therefore offer a unique opportunity to quantify signs of COPD and use this information to provide early guidance and help to patients that is not otherwise available.
Deadline : 10 March 2024
(32) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH): Transnational Governance at the Climate-Biodiversity Frontier
Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship at the Department of Political Science. Supported by the Independent Research Fund Denmark, the chosen candidate will work on the project ‘Transnational Governance and the Politics of Transformative Change at the Climate-Biodiversity Frontier’ alongside Professor Michele Betsill (PI) and co-investigators Professor Harriet Bulkeley (Durham University/Utrecht University) and Professor Stacy VanDeveer (University of Massachusetts Boston). Enrollment will be at the Faculty of Social Sciences under Copenhagen Graduate School of Social Sciences.
Deadline : 10 March 2024
(33) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Theoretical Physics
Symmetry plays a fundamental role in quantum physics. Recent years have seen a paradigm shift in the understanding of global symmetries. This has unravelled new vastly generalized symmetries symmetries. Despite rapid progress, this is very much an evolving subject and both the general theory and its applications to quantum matter host many unresolved questions. The goal of this project is to advance the theory of global categorical symmetries and explore their implications for the phase diagrams of quantum matter. Key objectives include refining the classification of phases of matter using such symmetries, investigating their potential to stabilize fragile quantum states, and exploring whether the corresponding (topological) symmetry operators can encode robust quantum information
Deadline : March, 8th 2024.
(34) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in protein structure and function
The project is focused a small luciferase from the copepod Gaussia princeps which has a range of applications in molecular biology e.g. as reporter for gene expression and split-protein assays. It is among the most luminescent luciferases known. Nevertheless, structure elucidation has shown that the protein does not display a conventional hydrophobic core and has no obvious substrate binding pocket. Rather, the residual structure is extremely dynamic and shows peculiar and unconventional catalytic properties (please refer to doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.21.572513 and doi.org/10.1002/pro.4023). The catalytic mechanism remains unknown and the proposed project aims at understanding how the absence of a preformed active site can be coupled with high activity and highly specific substrate binding.
Deadline : 7 March 2024
(35) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowships in Astronomy
DARK welcomes applications for several PhD positions in astrophysics and cosmology under the general research theme of “time”. This includes:
- transient astrophysics: discovery (e.g., with the Legacy Survey of Space and Time) and follow-up observations (e.g., with JWST) of supernovae, kilonovae and lensed transients
- galaxy formation and evolution: high-redshift observations (with JWST) as well as theoretical/numerical simulation work
- cosmology: observational supernova (type Ia) cosmology, including the Hubble constant tension
- time: the concept of time in physics, numerical experiments, philosophy of time, artistic impressions
Deadline :07 March 2024
(36) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Biostatistics and Bayesian Inference
We invite highly qualified, thorough, and motivated applicants to apply for the position. The PhD will engage in research and application of Bayesian models tailored to capture the intricate dynamics of longitudinal data, allowing for robust inference and prediction of mental health outcomes over time. This includes the use of nonparametric approaches (e.g., Gaussian and Dirichlet processes), the handling of missing observations, the exploration of dynamic Bayesian networks, and latent growth curve models. A theoretical understanding of Bayesian methods and their implementation in e.g., Stan will be useful. Advanced knowledge of R is required.
Deadline : 5 March 2024
(37) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in computational biology at the Globe Institute
PhD candidate will work within the Korneliussen group and the computational team at the centers. The candidate will have opportunities to shape their projects in consultation with the advisor, and the project can range from theoretical methods development to empirical data analysis.
The focus of the PhD is the development and implementation of novel statistical methods for the analyses of DNA sequencing data. Of specific relevance to this Ph.D. position are methods for estimating genetic distance and full phylogenetic trees while taking into account molecular evolution substitution models.
Secondly, the hosting the CAEG center of excellence which is devoted to the data generation of ancient environmental genomes, these are very diverse projects spanning million-year-old material from extreme arctic environments and DNA sequencing data from lost civilizations in southeast Asia. A focus point for the Ph.D. is the development of programs to facilitate and possibly drive the data analyses of one of these large datasets and projects.
Deadline : 5 March 2024,
(38) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Project in land-use behavior and geoinformatics
The position is embedded in the EU-funded project ‘Towards Sustainable Land-use Strategies in the Context of Climate Change and Biodiversity Challenges in Europe (EUROPE-LAND)’ with the specific aim to foster a wide understanding of the key motivations and drivers behind land-use related decisions in Europe.
The successful candidate will work closely with a core project team consisting of assoc. prof. Martin Rudbeck Jepsen, UCPH, prof. Daniel Müller and Dr. Zhanli Sun from IAMO, DE, and assoc. prof. Anton Stahl Olafsson, UCPH. The team will use the EU Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) to reveal agricultural land use behavior and combine the IACS with the Land Parcel Identification System (LPIS) to spatialize IACS.
The candidate will as a first task collect and harmonize available IACS/LPIS data from all EU member states to create a geodatabase of IACS data harmonized by crop/subsidy codes. Based on this dataset, the candidate will categorize the land-use behavior revealed by the IACS data at farm level into archetypical behavioral types and map those for the entire EU with self-organizing maps (a type of artificial neural network) (Levers et al. 2018). Finally, the candidate will work with partners at Bialystok Technical University to compile a geodatabase of wetlands in the EU and intersect this with the IACS database to identify agriculturally managed wetlands.
Deadline : 5 March 2024
(39) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Project in Laser Enhanced Fabrication of Quantum Devices
State-of-the-art quantum devices will need state-of-the-art fabrication tools. In this project we will combine methods of quantum optics to enhance tomorrow’s fabrication tools.
This challenging and interdisciplinary PhD project will combine the fields of nanofabrication and laser technologies to explore fabrication methods that leverage the clean, precise and selective nature of lasers at the scale of individual atoms. The development of this technology is crucial for the next generation of quantum device fabrication techniques and has great commercial interest and potential for patenting. The skills and experience you will gather will make you highly valuable in the rapidly growing field of quantum technologies.
Deadline : 5 March 2024
(40) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD scholarships at Center for Economic Behaviour and Inequality (CEBI) at the Department of Economics
The positions are available for a 3-year period (for applicants holding a master degree in Economics), a 4-year period (under the so-called 4+4 model for applicants holding a BSc degree, and who have also completed one year of master level studies at the time of employment), or a 5-years period (for applicants holding a bachelor degree in Economics under the so-called 3+5 model).
Deadline : 3 March 2024
(41) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Fertilization and Climate Change
Nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important greenhouse gas. About 70% of the N2O emissions comes from agricultural fields as a consequence of nitrogen (N) fertilization of crops.
Foliar fertilization refers to a strategy where liquid fertilizer is applied directly on the leaves of growing plants. As the foliar fertilizer minimizes contact with the soil where the N2O producing processes occur, foliar N fertilization has the potential to reduce N2O emissions. However, currently there is very little evidence for this.
The FoliarN project, with which this PhD position is associated, aims to understand how foliar fertilization affects the turnover of N in plants and in the soil and provide knowledge that can be used to design foliar fertilization strategies and fertilizers that result in reduced emissions of N2O.
The PhD project will design foliar N fertilizers conduct assess the ability of the fertilizers to reduce N2O emissions when applied using different strategies. This involves experimental work in greenhouses using and 15N stable isotope labelling techniques to trace foliar fertilizers in plants parts and the soil and experiments in the the field using flux chambers to quantify N2O emissions.
Deadline : 3 March 2024
(42) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Screening flavour profiles of plant sources for enhanced quality and stability of non-alcoholic organic drinks
The candidate will join the collaborative STABLEDRINK project, a partnership between the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen, the Department of Food Science – Food Technology at Aarhus University, and a private enterprise Bite (www.bitedrink.com), an organic beverage producer. STABLEDRINK focuses on molecular flavour profiles from organically cultivated plants in Denmark and plant food co-products. The primary goal is to screen sustainable plant sources, including but not limited to wormwood, elderflower, rhubarb, berries, and co-products like citrus peel and berry pomace, with optimal flavour profiles for beverage creation.
Deadline : 1 March 2024
(43) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Fellowships in processes controlling transport of plant nutrients contained in nanoparticles (NPs) to produce the next generation fertilizers
In the project we study processes controlling transport of plant nutrients contained in nanoparticles (NPs) across the leaf surface, to produce the next generation of more efficient, sustainable and climate-friendly fertilizers.
We want to improve our understanding of how NPs interact with plant tissue at the tissue and cellular levels. Specifically, we want to study how NPs can be tailored to penetrate barriers at the leaf surface and within the mesophyll and vascular tissue to become internalized by the cell and/or translocated towards sink organs. In the projects, we take a mechanistic approach to gain an improved understanding on how the processes are controlled at the molecular and cellular levels. We will have a strong focus on how the nutritional status of plants influence how NPs interact with plants.
Deadline : 1 March 2024
(44) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Fellowship in Daphnia adaptation
We are looking for candidates within the field(s) of Ecology, Limnology or Marine Biology. It is an advantage to have previous work or research experience in zooplankton culturing techniques. Experience with large-scale experimental-design and executation is also advantageous. The candidate should have a curious and creative mind-set with a strong interest to work with organisms and in the field. It is also necessary to possess excellent data analysis, communication, presentation, and academic writing skills in English.
Deadline : 1 March 2024
(45) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD scholarship at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
The PhD programme provides PhD students with strong research training which opens up a window of opportunity to a variety of careers within the private and public sectors. The programme includes the drafting of a PhD thesis, active participation in research networks, PhD courses, teaching, and other forms of knowledge dissemination. The PhD programme can be undertaken as a three year full-time study within the framework of the 5+3 study programme, a four year full-time study programme within the framework of the 4+4 study programme, or a five year full-time study programme within the framework of the 3+5 study programme.
Deadline : 1 March 2024
(46) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Functional analyses of glycans and glycosaminoglycans
The Copenhagen Center for Glycomics (CCG) is composed of 5 research groups and hosts about 10 post docs and 15 PhD students in addition to Master students and guest researchers. CCG strives be a leader in glycosciences in pioneering transformation of the field towards wider integration into mainstream cell biology by developing experimental strategies, informatics approaches, and sustainable resources amenable not only to experts. We aim to facilitate discovery of diseases caused by altered glycosylation, develop new diagnostic and therapeutic tools, and identify new ways to design and produce improved glycoprotein drugs. CCG is a cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and training Center located on the 10th floor of the new Mærsk Tower science building within the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (ICMM). CCG has state-of-the-art facilities for mass spectrometry, flow cytometry, cell engineering, and glycan arrays, and group leaders hold diverse expertise in all areas of glycosciences. Our core valuables include glycoproteome data and bioinformatics tools, validated gene editing tools, glycoengineered cell libraries, and design matrices for recombinant production of glycotherapeutics. CCG hosts an international seminar series, PhD courses in glycobiology and gene editing, and participates in ICMMs education program. CCG also houses a spin-out (GlycoDisplay ApS) dedicated to developing improved glycoprotein drugs.
Deadline : March 1st 2024
(47) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD scholarships on Debt Behavior at Center for Economic Behaviour and Inequality (CEBI), UCPH
As a PhD student you will be affiliated with Center for Economic Behavior and inequality, CEBI, a center of Excellence funded by the Danish National Research Foundation. The main goal of CEBI is to provide cutting-edge empirical research on the role of behavior in generating inequality and its underlying sources. CEBI combines several fields and methods: Public Economics, Labor Economics, Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Household Finance, Political Economics, Microeconometrics, Experimental and Survey Methods and Structural Modelling. The current group includes 14 senior researchers, 11 junior researchers, 12 PhD students, 7 research assistants and 7 international researchers from New York University, Pompeu Fabra University, Princeton University and University of Zürich. For further information about CEBI see www.econ.ku.dk/cebi.
Deadline : March 1, 2024
(48) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Glacial history of the Greenland Ice Sheet at Globe Institute
This PhD project is part of the Center for Ice Sheet and Sea level Prediction (CISP) which overall aim is to make more reliable sea level prediction for the next 100-200 years. CISP is an international consortium with collaborators from Technical University of Denmark, National Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), University of Copenhagen, and Dartmouth College.
The PhD student will make a high-resolution reconstruction of the Greenland Ice Sheet since the Last Glacial Maximum to present based on existing and new data. The tasks include: 1) build a comprehensive database (GreenDated) of existing 10Be, 14C and OSL dates from Greenland. 2) map ice marginal landforms in Greenland. 3) make a late glacial and Holocene deglaciation chronology based on GreenDated and mapped landforms. 4) participate in fieldwork in S and W Greenland. 5) Integrate data into ice sheet models in collaboration with other CISP members.
Deadline : 29 February 2024
(49) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellow for mass spectrometry based proteomics investigation of disease mechanisms
The Cardiac Proteomics Group at Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen seeks to appoint a talented PhD fellow to outline protein regulations involved in the pathogenesis of cardiometabolic syndrome. The research fellow will investigate remodeling in hearts from animal models, patient samples as well as cell systems using quantitative proteomics-based approaches to identify molecular changes driving the disease state. The fellow will be part of a collaborative research environment and can expect involvement in multiple projects, covering experimental investigations of cellular and animal disease models in addition to work with human samples.
Deadline : 29 February 2024
(50) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: The Faculty of Law at the University of Copenhagen announces a number of fully funded PhD positions to commence in September 2024
The goal of the PhD programme is threefold: to prepare candidates for a continuing career in teaching and research; to educate a new generation of scholars to produce high-quality independent research; and to equip them with the analytical and problem-solving skills required for a successful career in both the public and private sectors.
Deadline :29 February 2024
(51) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Two PhD fellowships in Natural Language Processing
The overall goal of the research is to develop and evaluate language models that can process any written language by rendering text as images, which allows the models to learn from the visual similarities between written languages. Realizing this goal includes creating and implementing tokenization-free multilingual language models, the collection and curation of visually diverse language data, the training of small-scale and large-scale models, developing techniques for effective model quantization and compression, creating models that jointly process natural images and rendered text using a single interface, and the evaluation of such models. Your research will contribute to many aspects of this process and require detailed hands-on implementation and evaluation of cutting-edge machine learning models.
Deadline : 29 February 2024
(52) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Social Pharmacy at Department of Pharmacy
The project ‘How to talk about medicines? Treatment supporting counseling for citizens with anxiety and depression in community pharmacy’ [Hvordan skal vi samtale om medicin? Behandlingsunderstøttende samtaler på apoteket til borgere med angst og depression], sponsored by Velux, regards the development of the role of community pharmacy in supporting patients suffering from anxiety or depression to better medical treatment by offering new types of patient-centred counseling. Collaboration partners in the project are Pharmakon, Psykiatrifonden, Bedre Psykiatri – landsforeningen for pårørerende, Komitteen for Sundhedsoplysning, and the Department of Communication and Psychology from the University of Aalborg.
Deadline : 28 February 2024
(53) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in Neuroscience at the Department of Neuroscience
During the PhD study, the student will be Investigating the relationship between excitation and inhibition in the neocortex of wild type mice and mice carrying specific mutations responsible for neurodevelopmental encephalopathy. Data suggest that the mutation affects the behaviour of feedforward and feedback inhibition cortical microcircuits. In this research project, the student will test this hypothesis using high-density multielectrode arrays (Neuropixels 2.0 probes) combined with optotagging of virally expressed opsins in cortical interneurons and pyramidal neurons. The animal behaviour will be closely monitored using videography combined with the electrophysiology recordings. Computational analysis of data will take place using available software (Kilosort and Phy) in MATLAB, python along with custom-developed code for the experiments. The behaviour will be analysed using the video-recorded material and deep neural network via available software such as Deeplabcut and Cebra.
Deadline : 28 February 2024
(54) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD fellowship in plant-microbiome assembly
Novel strategies for eco-friendly and sustainable food production seek to explore and exploit the potential of the plant microbiome to promote growth, acquire nutrients, and induce resistance against pests and pathogens. Yet, we lack a fundamental understanding of the ecological factors controlling the establishment of a beneficial plant microbiome. Hence, we seek to test the ecological and evolutionary role of microbe-microbe interaction in the assembly and maturation of complex plant root microbiomes.
This project investigates the role of microbial interactions as key drivers for microbiome composition and activity, specifically focussing on interspecies cooperation/competition and the resulting priority effects. We work with the overarching hypothesis that microbial communities are composed of collaboromes, rather than independent species, that are characterized by being microscale focal points of interdependent bacteria showing essential microbe-microbe interactions. The emergent properties of these collaboromes present many beneficial consequences for plant growth and health.
Deadline : Open until filled
About The University of Copenhagen, Denmark – Official Website
The University of Copenhagen is a public research university in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia, and ranks as one of the top universities in the Nordic countries and Europe.
Its establishment sanctioned by Pope Sixtus IV, the University of Copenhagen was founded by Christian I of Denmark as a Catholic teaching institution with a predominantly theological focus. In 1537, it was re-established by King Christian III as part of the Lutheran Reformation. Up until the 18th century, the university was primarily concerned with educating clergymen. Through various reforms in the 18th and 19th century, the University of Copenhagen was transformed into a modern, secular university, with science and the humanities replacing theology as the main subjects studied and taught.
The University of Copenhagen consists of six different faculties, with teaching taking place in its four distinct campuses, all situated in Copenhagen. The university operates 36 different departments and 122 separate research centres in Copenhagen, as well as a number of museums and botanical gardens in and outside the Danish capital. The University of Copenhagen also owns and operates multiple research stations around Denmark, with two additional ones located in Greenland. Additionally, The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences and the public hospitals of the Capital and Zealand Region of Denmark constitute the conglomerate Copenhagen University Hospital.
A number of prominent scientific theories and schools of thought are namesakes of the University of Copenhagen. The famous Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics was conceived at the Niels Bohr Institute, which is part of the university. The Department of Political Science birthed the Copenhagen School of Security Studies, which is also named after the university. Others include the Copenhagen School of Theology and the Copenhagen School of Linguistics.
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