About this role
Company description:
We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.
Job description:
The Role
Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD position at Newcastle University, as part of UNVEIL (Unified Nondestructive Evaluation of Historical Artifacts), a European Doctoral Network funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), Horizon Europe programme. The network brings together academic, industrial and cultural institutions across Europe to transform the diagnostics and preservation of cultural heritage.
The network offers 12 fully funded PhD positions across Europe at the intersection of advanced imaging, data fusion and cultural heritage. More information on the UNVEIL Project Website: unveil-dn.eu
Duration 36 month full time role commencing October 2026 (flexible).
Experts in Heritage Science and Conservation & Restoration work with large, diverse diagnostic datasets, yet integrating this information to create accurate Digital Twins remains a major challenge. This project aims to bridge this gap by fusing and visualising data from advanced NDE techniques to improve feature extraction, diagnostics, and generate precise Digital Twins.