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metals PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 85 metals PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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PhD in Chemistry: Computer simulation of metal-amyloid interaction and its role in plaque formation

Alzheimer’s disease is one of the greatest healthcare challenges facing 21st century society. AD is associated with formation of fibrils and plaques in brain tissue that impair proper functioning of neurons. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Platts
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Metals and host-pathogen interactions: the role of metal handling systems in the human gastrointestinal pathogen Campylobacter jejuni

Campylobacter jejuni is a globally important food-borne pathogen causing an estimated 400-500 million cases of acute human gastroenteritis each year. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Cavet, Dr D Linton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD in Chemistry: Asymmetric catalysis using environmentally benign calcium complexes

Dr Ben Ward http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/38527-ward-benjamin is looking for a PhD student to work on the research project ’Asymmetric catalysis using environmentally benign calcium complexes’. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Ward
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Development of a novel biosorbent material for removal of heavy metals from groundwater.

The north-east has a long tradition of mining and heavy industry including steel production that stretches back more than 150 years. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Ryan
 31 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Why is the Universe getting cleaner by the day? Modelling dust, gas and metals in high redshift galaxies using BEDE

High redshift galaxies discovered using submillimetre surveys of the sky (so-called submillimetre galaxies) are likely ancestors of present-day massive early-type galaxies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Gomez, Prof S Eales
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Hydrogen fluidised bed reactions for zero-CO2 production of key metals from mineral oxide ores

Description. A fully-funded PhD studentship (NZ$35,000 p.a. + all university fees) is available to work on a research project investigating hydrogen fluidised-bed reduction mechanisms for metal oxide ores, within our world-leading research group in New Zealand. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Bumby
 29 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Metals, Microbes, and Mathematics: Understanding Coexistence with Toxic Nutrients

How can mathematics help to unlock the secrets of microbial life? Microbial communities are shaped by a delicate balance of metal nutrition and toxicity, influencing ecosystems from the human body to the environment. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Patterson
 31 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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New design methodologies for open pit mines of reduced carbon footprint for the extraction of green economy metals

A key policy objective of the United Kingdom government is to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. This requires the decarbonization of all the major sources of emissions direct and indirect, i.e. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Utili
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Antibiotics from the abyss – assessing the impact of deep-sea mining on biodiscovery

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is predicted to cause more than 10 million deaths annually by 2050, making it the greatest threat, globally, to human health. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Duncan
 31 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[FSE Bicentenary PhD] Critical Metal Deposits in Shale Formations: a Data Science and Experimental Approach

The increasing global demand for critical metals such as lithium, rare earth elements (REEs), cobalt, chromium and uranium, has prompted interest in assessing non-traditional economic sources for their discovery and extraction. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Taylor, Dr V Coker
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Molecular mechanisms underpinning A. baumannii virulence

 . Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health threat. Acinetobacter baumannii, is the leading cause of nosocomial infections worldwide, where its high resistance to antibiotic treatments and ability to cause lethal infections, has led to its categorisation as a “critical priority” pathogen by the WHO1. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CJ Harding, Prof A Kadioglu
 1 June 2025  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Superconductivity of kagome' metals (Ref: PH/JB-SF1/2025)

Applications are invited for a PhD position at Loughborough University to start in October 2025 or later. The project will be based in the Physics Department and will be supervised by Prof. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Betouras, Dr I Rousochatzakis
 1 July 2025  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Intensified solvent extractions for isotopic enrichment of fusion reactor metals

Vacancy information. The Department of Chemical Engineering at University College London (UCL) is one of the top research and teaching departments in the UK with a world-class standing. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Angeli
 24 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD in Chemistry: Sustainable Catalysis Using Non-Metals

This research program will illustrate new design strategies to synthesise ambiphilic molecules that contain both electrophilic (Lewis acidic) and nucleophilic (Lewis basic) sites that may be employed as catalysts (known as Frustrated Lewis Pairs). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R Melen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Adding functionality to C. difficile’s armour – integrative structural biology studies of SlpA and CWPs

Are you interested in a PhD studying antibiotic resistant bacteria and keen to develop your research skills in microbiology combined computational methods as well as understand how proteins work and their intricate structures and how they interact with metals?. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Salgado
 31 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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