NOTE: THIS POSITION IS NO LONGER OPEN
PhD Student Scholarship in Particle Physics Phenomenology
The School of Physics and Astronomy at Monash University and the Department of Physics at Warwick University are jointly offering a new three-year PhD student scholarship in Particle Physics Phenomenology (extendable to 3.5 years), focusing on physics at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN.
Theorise at Monash, experiment at Warwick/CERN
The student will be based primarily at Monash University's Clayton campus in Melbourne, Australia and supervised by Associate Professor Peter Skands from the Theoretical Physics group. The research program focuses on developing improved theoretical models for LHC particle collisions in the form of explicit Monte Carlo models, involving theoretical and phenomenological aspects. Main topics include:
- The PYTHIA event generator
- Particle physics phenomenology at LHC and beyond
- String fragmentation, multi-parton interactions, and particle spectra.
- Experimental constraints and model tests
Through the Monash Warwick Alliance component of this scholarship, the student will have the exceptional opportunity to join the ATLAS experiment at CERN's LHC, by association with the Elementary Particle Physics group at Warwick University. The main supervisors at Warwick are Associate Professor Sinead Farrington and Dr Tim Martin, both in the Elementary Particle Physics group. The Warwick component of the research program will focus on developing and performing direct experimental tests of the theoretical models being developed at Monash, using ATLAS data. The student will have the unique possibility to both develop and test collider physics models, using real data.
The Monash Warwick Alliance funding includes additional travel support for collaboration and exchange visits to the UK and/or CERN. The student will participate in the activities of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Particle Physics at the Terascale (CoEPP) in Australia, in which the School of Physics and Astronomy at Monash University is one of four collaborating top Australian research universities. The other partners are the Universities of Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide, which all host theoretical and experimental (ATLAS) particle physics groups. The student will also interact closely with other staff members in the theoretical physics group at Monash University, including Associate Professor Csaba Balazs and several post-doctoral research associates, in addition to other staff and students at the School of Physics and Astronomy.
The Monash Warwick Alliance is accelerating the exchange of people, ideas and information. It offers deep research collaborations, staff mobility and cooperation across every aspect of Monash and Warwick universities. The Alliance’s PhD programs are distinctive and draw on the education and research strengths of both universities.
Information for Applicants
- APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. THE SCHOLARSHIP IS NO LONGER OPEN.
- For Australian students, this Monash Warwick Alliance scholarship is equivalent to a standard PhD student scholarship of AUD$25.5k per year, with an additional small supplementary travel budget for collaboration and exchange visits to the UK / CERN.
- Students from overseas are also highly encouraged to apply. A separate (additional) scholarship must be secured to pay the Monash tuition fee for non-Australian nationals. For more information, see the following links on: 1) Applying for a PhD or MSc in Physics, 2) Monash University: Scholarships for International Students, and 3) Scholarship Opportunities for Science Postgraduates.
- The PhD certificate will be issued by Monash University.
- Deadline(s): The scholarship is no longer available for application.
