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Block copolymers (BCPs) have potential in applications ranging from drug delivery to sensing or functional coatings due to their ability to form a wide range of controlled self-assembled nanostructures in solution. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L A Fielding, Dr N Fox

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Smart Design of Distillation Systems

The University of Manchester Department of Chemical Engineering

Distillation is one of the most commonly applied unit operations in the process industry, with significant capital and operation costs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Zhang

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Global Commodities in Early Modern Wills’: A Leverhulme Trust funded PhD Studentship in the Department of Archaeology and History

University of Exeter College of Humanities

Duration 3-year studentship. Funding source The Leverhulme Trust. Funding Home (UK) tuition fees and an annual maintenance allowance at current Research Council rate of £18,622 per year (2023/24 rate). Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Whittle, Dr L Sangha

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Leeds University Business School

University of Leeds Leeds University Business School

Challenge thinking. Create knowledge. Make an Impact. As a Leeds University Business School postgraduate researcher you will contribute fully to the advancement of knowledge within the Business School. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Business Research Programme

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Cooperative catalysis using iron-based Organometallic frustrated Lewis pairs

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

Frustrated Lewis pairs (FLPs) has led to major advances in the field of small molecule activation and catalysis, being considered as one of the most exciting modern-day developments in main group chemistry. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Willcox

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Novel materials-modelling strategies to guide experimental design and optimisation of high-entropy alloys

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are a new class of crystalline materials incorporating five or more components distributed homogenously over atomic sites. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Skelton, Dr D Lewis

31 July 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Interpretable machine learning to identify biomarkers from multi-omics data of human cancer

The University of Manchester Department of Computer Science

This project aims to address the critical field of cancer research, a leading cause of death globally. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Zhou

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Investigating Nanoscale Network Polymer Degradation

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

Research Group: Polymers and Composites

Network polymers are widely deployed as the matrix in structural composites and high-performance pigmented protective coatings. Surprisingly however, many fundamental aspects of how the properties and structure of these materials degrade upon exposure to the environment remains unknown. Read more

Supervisor: Miss SM Morsch

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Hidden singularities in equations of state

The University of Manchester Department of Chemical Engineering

In 1873, van der Waals proposed that the properties of both vapour and liquid could be described by a single mathematical equation [1]. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Masters

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Metamaterials for catalysis

The University of Manchester Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

A meta-atom is an engineered sub-wavelength structure that, when periodically arranged like an atomic lattice, enable optical, electronic, thermal, and chemical functionalities not seen in conventional designs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Loh

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Data-driven optimal prediction of bacteria growth

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

This project is devoted to an AI-based prediction of bacteria growth and its control by antibiotics. In synthetic biology, an improved understanding of bacterial regulatory circuits is required to develop complex biological systems with functionalities beyond existing in nature [1, 2]. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Utyuzhnikov

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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New Methods for modelling cofactor-dependent enzyme structure and function

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

Enzymes are Nature’s catalysts and many used cofactors and/or coenzymes to catalyse their reactions. While AI and homology methods now often allow the useful prediction of protein structure from amino acid sequence, this can be more challenging when the protein/enzyme contain cofactors. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Hay

27 October 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Near-wall domain decomposition for turbulence modelling based on RANS-LES

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

For many years, the resolution of the near-wall turbulent layer has been a hot topic in fluid dynamics. Near-wall turbulence modelling is a computationally expensive problem. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Utyuzhnikov, Prof D Laurence

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Science-based Modelling of Infrastructure Capital Carbon

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

In the UK, construction industry has direct control over ~25% of total Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Achintha

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Development of Graphene-enhanced Concrete for Real Life Construction Applications

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world with an annual consumption of over 10 billion cubic meters. Cement, which is the most carbon intensive constituent in concrete that contributes to about 80% of the total embodied carbon of concrete. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Achintha

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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