Chemical Sciences PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships in Australia

Designing Catalysts Inspired by Enzymes with Real World Applications

Australian National University
Research School of Chemistry

Dr L Connal

Applications accepted all year round

Enzymes are nature’s catalysts, they perform highly specific chemical and physical functions from the generation of movement to the synthesis of DNA.

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Applications of optoelectronic spectroscopy for interface characterisation in crystalline silicon solar cells

Australian National University
Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering

Dr L Black, Prof D Macdonald

Application Deadline: 25 January 2019

Solar photovoltaic (PV) energy will be a critical technology in the coming decades to address the challenges of climate change and energy security, and the solar photovoltaic industry is rapidly growing.

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Development of novel hole-selective passivating contact materials for crystalline silicon solar cells

Australian National University
Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering

Dr L Black, Prof D Macdonald

Application Deadline: 25 January 2019

Solar photovoltaic (PV) energy will be a critical technology in the coming decades to address the challenges of climate change and energy security, and the solar photovoltaic industry is rapidly growing.

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Development of transparent electron-selective passivating contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells

Australian National University
Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering

Dr L Black, Prof D Macdonald

Application Deadline: 25 January 2019

Solar photovoltaic (PV) energy will be a critical technology in the coming decades to address the challenges of climate change and energy security, and the solar photovoltaic industry is rapidly growing.

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Electric fields as a chemical reagent – Electrostatic catalysis in diffusive systems

Curtin University
Department of Chemistry

Dr S Ciampi, Dr N Darwish

Applications accepted all year round

This proposal seeks to demonstrate how chemical catalysis by an electric field can allow unmatched control on chemical reactivity.

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Advanced Microstructure Design to Improve Formability of Ultra High Strength Steels in Conventional and Flexible Roll Forming

Deakin University
Coventry Deakin Cotutelle

Dr V Janik, Prof R Dashwood

Application Deadline: 20 January 2019

This PhD project is part of the Cotutelle arrangement between Coventry University, UK and Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

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Material monitoring for process control in the roll forming process

Deakin University
Coventry Deakin Cotutelle

Dr V Janik, Prof R Dashwood

Application Deadline: 20 January 2019

This PhD project is part of the Cotutelle arrangement between Coventry University, UK and Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.

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Roll forming carbon fiber reinforced metal hybrid (CFRMH) components

Deakin University
Insitute for Frontier Materials

Dr M Weiss

Application Deadline: 31 January 2019

The use of carbon fiber as a structural reinforcement for body structure applications is currently under investigation at the Ford Motor Company.

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EMBLA Project - Alternative splicing, intrinsically disordered regions and higher-order complex formation

Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Neuroscience

Dr R Weatheritt

Applications accepted all year round

More than 90% of human genes undergo alternative splicing, the process by which multiple, distinct transcript and protein variants are expressed from a single gene (Weatheritt et al., 2016).

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