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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Saptarsi Ghosh <saptarsi.ghosh@swansea.ac.uk>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 16, 2024 2:35 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Fabien Massabuau <f.massabuau@strath.ac.uk>; Rachel A. Oliver <rao28@cam.ac.uk><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Request to circulate PhD position in UKNC mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">I am writing to you about a fully funded PhD position available in our group on wide bandgap semiconductors. Could you please circulate this to the UKNC mailing list? I do not have
access to the mailing list currently.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In brief, the position will focus on material to device correlation in
<b>wide bandgap semiconductors for electronics</b> (GaN, Ga2O3, or SiC). It would be ideal for a recent graduate in materials science, physics, or electrical engineering. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The points to note about the position (<a href="https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships/research/science-engineering-epsrc-phd-materials-and-devices-rs655.php">Science
and Engineering : EPSRC iCASE and IQE Funded PhD Scholarship: Next-generation Wide-bandgap Materials and Devices (RS655) - Swansea University</a>) are,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This is in collaboration with<b> IQE</b> and the scholarship benefits from a<b> £2,500</b> top-up to the usual annual stipend of
<b>£19,237</b> <o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The full cost of <b>UK tuition fee</b> will also be paid and additional generous yearly research expense will be available<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The student will be based at and benefit from Swansea University's flagship £55M facility, Centre for Integrative Semiconductor manufacturing (<b>CISM</b>)<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Open to applicants eligible to pay tuition fees at the
<b>UK rate</b> <b>only</b> and the student must be able to start in from <b>October 2024. </b><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Along with me, there are other industrial and academic supervisors involved, but I am happy to be the point of contact (<a href="mailto:saptarsi.ghosh@swansea.ac.uk">saptarsi.ghosh@swansea.ac.uk</a>)
and respond to all informal queries. Application deadline is 28<sup>th</sup> August.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Many thanks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Saptarsi Ghosh (<i>he, him, his</i>), Lecturer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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