At the School of Physical Sciences, we are a dynamic research community, producing innovative and interdisciplinary research. Our work has application in many industries, including renewable energy, medicine and security.<\/p>\n
Below is a list of current self-funded Research Masters projects available within each listed group.<\/p>\n
The Applied Optics Group (AOG) develops advanced optical systems for imaging and sensing, with applications in medicine, science and industry. One of our core strengths is in optical coherence tomography for medical imaging, alongside research interests in adaptive\u00a0optics, microscopy, endoscopy, photoacoustics and spectroscopy. The group also has expertise in high-speed microwave photonics and acousto-, electro- and magneto-optics.<\/p>\n
MSc Project in Optical Machine Learning Classification for Spectroscopy<\/a><\/strong> Bridging the Gap Between Optical Coherence Tomography and Histology in Imaging Skin<\/a><\/strong> Parallel Processing of Optical Coherence Tomography Signals using Graphic Cards<\/a><\/strong> GPU-Based Parallel Optimisations in Image Processing<\/a><\/strong> Portable Optical Coherence Tomography for Angiography of the Eye with no Injection<\/a><\/strong> The group\u2019s present research spans a range of themes including Solar System and Space Science, the Interstellar Medium, Star Formation and Planetary Nebulae. The activities include infrared astronomy, astrobiology, astrochemistry, astrofluids and numerical astrophysics.<\/p>\n Research Masters in Observational Astrophysics:\u00a0Population of Young Stars<\/a><\/strong> Research Masters in Observational Astrophysics: Small Scale Structure and Properties of Accretion Disks around Young Stars<\/a><\/strong> Research Masters in Observational Astrophysics: Dips and outbursts in Stars<\/a><\/strong> Research Masters in High-Mass Star Formation<\/strong> The FMG is an interdisciplinary group carrying out research in a broad and diverse range of topics concerning the synthesis, characterization and modelling of functional materials, as exemplified by materials with useful optical, magnetic, catalytic, electronic and biomedical properties. The benefits of computer modelling and theory to augment experimental work are also exploited.<\/p>\n Determining the effect of polymer sequence on drug delivery into cancer cells<\/a><\/strong> Determination of Polyphosphoester Conformation at High Resolution<\/a><\/strong> Traceless polyprodrug formulation of bioactive phytochemicals <\/a><\/strong>(Collaborators: Prof Michelle Garrett, Kent Biosciences, and Dr Isabel Fong Lim, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak) Research Masters Project in All-nitroxyl, Water Soluble Radical Batteries<\/a><\/strong> Research Masters Project in Biomimetic, Recyclable Flow Batteries<\/a><\/strong> Research in inorganic materials chemistry developing new metal-organic frameworks with applications in Li and Na-ion batteries and ferroelectric memory storage<\/a><\/strong> Masters by Research Projects in Theory and Simulation of Structure-Property Relations in Functional Materials at the University of Kent<\/a><\/strong> Computational modelling for materials discovery of new silicate glasses<\/a><\/strong> MSc in Synthetic Organo-silicon Chemistry<\/a><\/strong> Projects in Forensic Science<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong> Further information and how to apply online for Postgraduate Research degrees can be found by visiting the Postgraduate Courses Page for the University of Kent<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nDr Michael Hughes<\/p>\n
\nProfessor Adrian Podoleanu<\/p>\n
\nProfessor Adrian Podoleanu, Dr Konstantin Kapinchev, Dr Adrian Bradu<\/p>\n
\nDr Adrian Bradu and co-supervisor Dr Konstantin Kapinchev<\/p>\n
\nProfessor Adrian Podoleanu, Dr Adrian Bradu and Dr Manuel Marques<\/p>\nCentre for Astrophysics and Planetary Science<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nDr Dirk Froebrich<\/p>\n
\nDr Dirk Froebrich<\/p>\n
\nDr Dirk Froebrich<\/p>\n
\n<\/a>Dr James Urquhart<\/p>\nFunctional Materials Group<\/a><\/h2>\n
\nDr Christopher Serpell (Collaborator: Prof. Martin Michaelis, Biosciences, University of Kent)<\/p>\n
\nDr Christopher Serpell<\/p>\n
\nDr Christopher Serpell (Collaborators: Prof Michelle Garrett, Kent Biosciences, and Dr Isabel Fong Lim, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak)<\/p>\n
\nDr Alex Murray<\/p>\n
\nDr Alex Murray<\/p>\n
\nDr Paul Saines<\/p>\n
\nDr Nick Bristowe<\/p>\n
\nDr Gavin Mountjoy<\/p>\n
\nDr Aniello Palma<\/p>\n
\nDr Will Gee<\/p>\n