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Multiple Fully Funded PhD Opportunities at Stony Brook University 2025-2026
An assistant professor at Stony Brook University is currently recruiting PhD students for particular research opportunities with full sponsorship for both 2025 and 2026. Interested applicants should go through the details below and submit their applications.
About Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University is one of the best universities located on Long Island, with a total number of 18,200 undergraduates and 8,810 Graduate students. It has 1,075 faculty members with a faculty-to-student ratio of 19:1. According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Stony Brook is ranked in the top 1% of universities worldwide and offers more than 200 majors, minors, and combined degree programs. According to Kiplinger, Stony Brook is among the top 35 public universities and colleges in terms of value.
Nearly 90% of their recent grads are either working or enrolled in graduate school, and more than 350 organizations hire on campus.A proud member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), Stony Brook University is a flagship R1 university in the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The esteemed faculty of Stony Brook, which was ranked #58 nationally by U.S. News in 2025, has seven Nobel Prize winners. Strong industrial linkages with top high-tech firms like IBM, Siemens, and regional agencies are fostered by its close proximity to New York City, which supports significant research and employment opportunities.
What to Know About this PhD Position
For Fall 2025, Spring 2026, and Fall 2026, Stony Brook University's incoming assistant professor of civil engineering, Zhichen Liu, is looking for several Ph.D. candidates. With a focus on automation, electrification, and connection, her research lab develops cutting-edge computational tools and models for mobility and logistics systems. Among the instructions are, but are not restricted to:
- AI-enabled modeling and optimization of complex transportation networks.
- Learning, adaptation, and policy design in human–autonomous vehicle interactions.
- Economic modeling and regulation in multimodal transportation and the sharing economy.
Qualifications for this PhD Position at Stony Brook University
Interested applicants should have the following qualifications in order to be considered:
- Proficiency in programming and computational tools is preferred.
- A strong background and interest in operations research (convex/nonconvex/stochastic optimization), machine learning (deep/reinforcement learning), game theory, or mechanism design is preferred.
- Hold or pursue a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field.
Benefits of the Scholarship
All applicants who are accepted into this Ph.D. position will be provided with very competitive financial support and tuition remission, which will support them throughout their studies.
About the PI
In the fall of 2025, Zhichen Liu will become an assistant professor in Stony Brook University's Department of Civil Engineering. She has a dual Master's degree in Industrial and Operations Engineering and is presently working toward her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering at the University of Michigan under the guidance of Dr. Yafeng Yin. She was a visiting scientist at General Motors before becoming a first author in prestigious journals like Transportation Science and Transportation Research Part C. Zhichen was chosen as the only worldwide recipient of the esteemed 2025 Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship and received the Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship.
How to Apply
After going through the eligibility criteria above and are interested in this PhD position, please send an email to zhichenliu6@gmail.com with the following guidelines:
- Subject line: "Prospective Student - YOURNAME"
- Include these documents in PDF format
- CV
- Transcript
- A brief research statement.
- Depending on your visa status, you may begin in Fall 2025 or Spring 2026.
For more details, you can send an email to zhichenliu6@gmail.com