MSc Scholarship for Home Students

The department has several scholarships available to students who are offer holders for any of the following programmes, for 2023 entry: 

MSc Applied Computational Science and Engineering [contact: Ying Ashton]
MSc Environmental Data Science and Machine Learning [contact: Ying Ashton]
MSc Geo-Energy with Machine Learning and Data Science [contact: Sophie Pirouet]

Scholarships will provide £10,000 towards tuition fees for each successful candidate and will be awarded to candidates who demonstrate exceptional academic merit and/or potential.

How to apply 

To request the scholarship application form, please email the course administrator (name above) and apply for the programme by 21 July 2023 and complete the application form by 31 July 2023.  

(Date Posted 3 May 2023)

Jess Wade makes The Washington Post - "She’s made 1,750 Wikipedia bios for female scientists who haven’t gotten their due".

Jess Wade is an Imperial College Research Fellow investigating spin selective charge transport through chiral systems in the Department of Materials. Outside of the lab, Jess is involved with several science communication and outreach initiatives. She is committed to improving diversity in science, both online and offline, and since the start of 2018 has written over 1,750 Wikipedia biographies of women and people of colour scientists. Jess's efforts, to ensure those underrepresented within the science community are celebrated, were recently published in The Washington Post. 

‘Not only do we not have enough women in science, but we aren’t doing enough to celebrate the ones we have,’ said physicist Jess Wade.

(Date posted: 20th October 2022)

Changing the Face of Science

Do you want access to Academic, Career, Social and Financial resources & opportunities? Would you like to connect with upper year students and get advice on how to excel in your studies and enjoy your degree? Are you of a Black, Mixed Heritage, or Minority background, or, are you the first in your family to go to university?

If you answered YES to any of the above, click here for more details and to register for the Changing the Face of Science programme. 

(Date Posted: 12th October 2022)

 52nd BUSSTEPP Summer School

(Date Posted: 24 January 2023)

Paid student job opportunity – become a Welcome Ambassador!

Dear students,

Applications are now open for the Welcome Ambassador scheme 2023! Welcome Ambassadors play a crucial role in supporting the experience of our new undergraduate and postgraduate students at Imperial during the Welcome season at the start of term. Working alongside volunteer staff Ambassadors, student Ambassadors provide on-the-ground support in three main areas:

• Move-in team: helping new students move into halls of residence on move-in days.
• Event support: working as ushers, coordinators and even co-hosts of the various Welcome events.
• Welcome Hub: a friendly face on campus, answering student queries and offering practical guidance and information.

You might remember an Ambassador in a bright yellow t-shirt helping you move your possessions or providing you campus directions on your first day!

This paid role is perfect for any returning student (UG or PG) who is friendly, organised, approachable and proactive. You can find out more about the scheme and how to apply on the Welcome Ambassador webpage.

The deadline for applications is 09:00 on Tuesday 1^st August. If you have any questions, please contact welcome-to-imperial@imperial.ac.uk.

(Date Posted 12 July 2023)

Applications for Summer Accelerator 2023 are now open!

All students, alumni (from the past three years), and early career researchers across the College, regardless of faculty and level of study, are eligible to apply.

Summer Accelerator is Imperial’s 12-week entrepreneurship programme that helps teams fast track the commercial development of their idea and get them closer to being investor ready.

7 teams will have a chance to receive 12 weeks of:

• Exclusive workshops
• Business coaching
• Expert support
• Pitch training
• Networking and more,

all culminating in a chance to pitch in front of investors at the programmes showcase event!

Visit the following link to find out more and apply: https://www.imperialenterpriselab.com/summer-accelerator/

(Date Posted 28 June 2023)

 CoachBright: An Introduction & Our Spring Opportunities

We are a social mobility charity that is working to make education fairer for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. We work with local schools across London to provide pupils with 1:2 or 1:3 academic coaching through a programme designed to improve grades, confidence, independence and resilience.

We are about to launch our Spring programmes across London and are in need of around 300 volunteers, to coach either Maths, English or Science. We provide all our volunteer coaches with training DBS checks, SSAT leadership accreditations, and it can count towards students placement hours if necessary.

Students can sign up to volunteer with us directly via this link: https://bit.ly/londonapplications2023

(Date Posted: 09 February 2023)

Ogden Trust Teach Physics Internships

Our yearly applications for Teach Physics is here. Teach Physics internships provide four-week school placements for undergraduate students to give an intensive experience of teaching physics across schools in England. I have attached the Teach Physics leaflet for those of you who may need a  little refresher on the internship and other key information. Please also feel free to share this within your network. If your students should require any more information, they can contact me directly at teachphysics@ogdentrust.com

Students can apply directly here

(Date Posted 5 December 2022)

 The Complex Media Optics Lab has three post-doc/PhD openings on the topic of wavefront shaping for ultrafast nonlinear spectroscopy and computational Raman microspectroscopy. A short description is below with a link to full description and related references:

1 - The candidate will develop novel wavefront shaping methods for ultrafast nonlinear spectroscopy of complex systems. We aim at investigating ultrafast nonlinear processes with highly scattering samples. Here is the offer:
https://mycore.core-cloud.net/index.php/s/EOdneBSX3vcAbkq/download

2 - The candidate will expand the compressive Raman imaging concept (originally developed for bio-imaging) for novel operando imaging methods of new battery materials. This is part of a recent collaboration with researchers at the College de France and funded by the European Union. Here is the offer:
https://mycore.core-cloud.net/index.php/s/l5p5pWpkffZ2RNu/download

3 - The candidate will develop a new high-speed high-dynamic-range Raman microscope. We aim to use this microscope to investigate bacteria biofilm formation with colleagues at the Laboratoire Jean-Perrin. It is funded by the Agence National de la Recherche. Here is a direct link to the offer:
https://mycore.core-cloud.net/index.php/s/OoqUO2FKtOJfecw/download

All positions are for 2 years (renewable) as post-doc, or 3 years as PhD.

(Date Posted 2 August 2023)

Research Fellow/PhD Candidate - Information and Decision Theory in Biosensing and Diagnostics – IDMxS, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

Digital molecular assays aim to detect, identify, and quantify different molecular species in a massively parallel manner. They therefore rely on the ability to execute potentially millions of single molecule assays, each of which can be read out individually. Optical imaging offers a natural, fast and inherently digitised readout whereby ultimately each individual pixel could correspond to readout of different molecular assays.  Within the field of imaging, great efforts are often spent on obtaining high quality images possessing a large fidelity with the original scene, such that design criteria are based on improving aberration tolerances or resolution. However, image fidelity is often of secondary importance in digital molecular analytics, where the task is binary detection or identification of individual molecular species. In such scenarios an informatic approach, whereby an imaging system is considered as a channel through which information is transmitted, is more appropriate. The recorded image is then treated as a message from which we determine the presence or absence of target analyte molecules via subsequent processing.

In this project, the principles of information theory, statistical signal estimation and noise modelling will be applied to design and optimisation of hybrid and multimodal imaging systems with a view to performing robust and quantitative digital molecular analytics. Performance of diagnostic systems will be assessed in terms of entropy, Fisher information, and other related informatic metrics. Estimation, signal processing and machine learning algorithms will be developed for optimal data fusion in multi-modal imaging and sensing systems. The ideal candidate has an enthusiasm for informatics, statistical analysis and algorithm development. They would have a first degree (and PhD for RF position) in physics, engineering, or mathematics with strong analytical, mathematical and programming skills.

More details and the application link for this position can be found here:

RF position:

https://ntu.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/NTU-Main-Campus-Singapore/Research-Fellow--Information-and-Decision-Theory-in-Biosensing-and-Diagnostics-_R00014424.

PhD scholarship:

https://www.ntu.edu.sg/graduate-college/admissions/programme/interdisciplinary-graduate-programme/admission-requirement

https://www.ntu.edu.sg/admissions/graduate/radmissionguide#Content_C047_Col00

https://venus.wis.ntu.edu.sg/GOAL/OnlineApplicationModule/frmOnlineApplication.ASPX

Please contact Matthew Foreman for further information.

Research Fellow/PhD Candidate - Complex Photonic Network Ensembles for Sensing Applications – EEE, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

Complex and random nanophotonic networks, formed for example by a web of interconnected optical waveguides, are an emerging optical technology offering a unique and novel approach to light transport, lasing, data processing and optical control. Intrinsically, light propagating in an optical network, or graph, undergoes multiple scattering, which can lead to a diverse range of phenomena such as Anderson localisation, loop resonances and long range correlations. Moreover, optical modes formed by recurrent scattering and interference, are highly sensitive to network topology, connectivity, scattering node properties and the balance of optical losses and gain. In our group we have recently shown that multiple scattering in a quasi-two dimensional optical systems, can be leveraged to significantly enhance the sensitivity of optical single molecule biosensors when these cooperative and localisation effects are appropriately engineered. Complex photonic networks therefore represent a promising, yet unexplored, platform for sensing which will be explored in this project.

During the course of this project, you will develop rigorous simulation models for light propagation in random and complex photonic networks and study the statistical properties of different network ensembles. Enhancements of light-matter interactions will be theoretically investigated and the use of spectral transmission properties for network fingerprinting established. Physically constrained and machine learning based algorithms will be developed for sensogram analysis, system optimisation and network design. Additionally you will quantify the information capacity and sensitivity of the complex photonic network to external perturbations. This analysis will pave the way for advancing the understanding of information-carrying capabilities within complex photonic networks and their practical applications in robust communication systems, or distributed sensing applications. The ideal candidate has a keen enthusiasm for theoretical optics and an interest in development of new applied methodologies for optical sensing. They would have a first degree (and PhD for RF position) in physics, engineering, or mathematics with strong analytical, mathematical and programming skills.

RF position: Please contact Matthew Foreman for further information.

PhD scholarship: More details on scholarships can be found here: https://mrforeman.com/downloads/misc/EEE_PhD_2023.pdf

PhD Candidate - Sensing Properties of Unconventional Whispering Gallery Modes Resonances - EEE, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

The ability to detect single molecules and precisely monitor their behaviour is critical to understanding key processes in biology such as protein folding, DNA synthesis and membrane transport. Modern biosensing techniques often exploit the advantages offered by optical technologies, namely speed, flexibility and low cost. An important and powerful example is that of a whispering gallery mode (WGM) sensor in which light is confined in a dielectric microstructure and brought to repeatedly interfere with itself. As a result, only specific optical frequencies can be supported and reside within the cavity without suffering large losses. Sensitivity to single bioparticles has been demonstrated by monitoring perturbations to the spectral properties of optical WGMs and hence they represent an indispensable component of next generation high-performance optical biosensing.

In the quest to push the sensitivity limits to enable detection of smaller bioparticles, or facilitate earlier disease detection, we have recently considered advanced WGM sensing platforms, such as hybrid photonic-plasmonic systems and droplet resonators. In this PhD project a number of novel unconventional whispering gallery modes will be studied theoretically and their sensing characteristics established. Analytic techniques to enable quantification of bioparticles, including size, shape and enantiomer characterisation will be established. The ideal candidate has a keen enthusiasm for theoretical optics and an interest in development of new applied methodologies for optical sensing. They would have a first degree in physics, engineering, or mathematics with strong analytical, mathematical and programming skills.

Please contact Matthew Foreman for further information.

More details on scholarships can be found here: https://mrforeman.com/downloads/misc/EEE_PhD_2023.pdf

SISSA, the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste, Italy, welcomes applications for 2 PhD fellowships in Physics and Chemistry of Biological Systems (theory and computation).

Candidates should apply by August 28, 2023 and submit their application exclusively online at:

https://pica.cineca.it/sissa/phd-fcsb-pnrr-2023/

Successful applicants will be admitted to a four-year programme, involving an initial training period based on interdisciplinary courses followed by supervised research activity in subject areas such as:

• Soft matter physics
• Stat-mech of complex molecular systems
• Data analysis
• Physical chemistry
• Bioinformatics
• Advanced simulation techniques

Applicants should have a strong background in Physics, Chemistry or related subjects and are expected to obtain their M.Sc. degree(laurea magistrale or equivalent) by October 31, 2023.

SISSA Felowships

FAUST PhD Opportunities

(Date Posted 2 August 2023)

Fire evacuation assembly points for Blackett & Huxley

Dear all,

Thank you for the feedback provided following the triggering of the fire alarm in the Blackett Building last Tuesday. Please see below for the assembly points that should be used when evacuating from Blackett (points A or B) and Huxley (points A or C). You must use the nearest escape route which may not be the same route you normally use. For example, in Blackett there are the east and west stairwells which connect floors 0-7, in addition to the main stairwell which connects all floors. Always use the break glass to release exit doors and keep roads clear in case emergency vehicles need access.

Further information on fire safety can be found here: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/estates-facilities/health-and-safety/fire-safety/