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University of Nottingham
Results from the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) reaffirm the University of Nottingham as among the best universities in the UK for the strength of our research.
Our research provides real-world responses to global challenges and we’re placed 7th in the UK for research power according to analysis by Times Higher Education
Securing sustainable food supplies, ending slavery, developing greener transport, and striving for net zero aviation are just some of the challenges where our world-leading researchers are driving innovation.
We support an international community of 3,000 researchers, 8,000 postgraduates and 160 research groups. Bringing together talented, passionate and dedicated people who strive to make discoveries that change lives and societies across the world.
Our REF2021 performance at a glance:
- 90%* of our research is classed as ‘world-leading’ (4*) or ‘internationally excellent’ (3*)
- 100%* of our research is recognised internationally
*According to analysis by Times Higher Education.
- 51% of our research is assessed as ‘world-leading’ (4*) for its impact*
*According to our own analysis
- We are placed in the top 5 for our research in Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Area Studies and Economics
- Our research in Public Health and Primary Care placed 1st in the UK for real-world impact, with Engineering placing third, and nine of our units of assessment are in the top 10 for the impact of their research
- We are placed 1st for our research environment in Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and Computer Sciences
Academic Units
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr F Perez-Cota)Cancer Research UK PhD: Cell fundamentals and diagnostics using biomechanics and artificial intelligence: - (ENG 186)
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof D Axinte)Computer vision and robot control for performing on-wing repair of aero-engines - (ENG - 193)
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof Tanvir Hussain)Fully Funded Coating PhD Studentship with Rolls Royce Thermally Sprayed Coatings to inhibit bondcoat – Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) Interactions - (ENG 1766)
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof D Axinte)Mechatronics system for hybrid manufacturing processing - (ENG 191)
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof D Axinte)Microstructural and surface integrity in machining of specialist composite materials for next generation aero-engine applications - (ENG 1317X2)
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Rishad Ahmed)PhD in Packaging of GaN Devices - (ENG 197)
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Michael Weif)PhD Studentship: Lawn grass microbial fuel cells for widespread energy harvesting - ENG 1738
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof D Axinte)Rolls Royce sponsored PhD scholarship - Machining of new aerospace materials - (ENG - 1591)
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof D Axinte)Rolls-Royce sponsored PhD Scholarship, Design and Simulation of Stiffness-Adjustable Robotic Systems for Performing on-Wing Repair of Aero-Engines - (ENG 192)
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof C Snape)Studentship in the Biochar Demonstrator: Advanced Methods for Assessing the Permanence of Biochar - (ENG 180)
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr F Perez-Cota)Super-optical resolution imaging using a phonon probe microscope - (ENG 1758)
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr X Dong)UK Atomic Energy Authority and University of Nottingham sponsored PhD scholarship – Extra-long compliant snake robot capable of self-localization for inspection in fusion power plants
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr A Mohammad)UK Atomic Energy Authority sponsored PhD scholarship – Developing a Miniaturised End-effector for Repair in Confined Spaces (F0200915)
The School of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham is one of the leading chemistry departments in the UK, with a reputation for world-class research and excellent teaching. With over 40 academic staff, our research interests are wide-ranging, from the traditional core of physical, organic and inorganic chemistry to the interfaces with biology, engineering, nanotechnology, materials science, physics and astronomy. The School of Chemistry was ranked second in the UK in terms of research quality in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise.
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr M Cliffe)Doping quantum radical metal-organic frameworks – DISCO MOF
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr L Ciano)From waste to resource: opportunities, challenges and economic viability of biorefineries in South Africa
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Darren Walsh)PhD role 2023/2024: Electrosynthesis
Nottingham Breast Cancer Research Centre (Formerly The School of Life Sciences) covers a wide spectrum of biological and medical sciences in both teaching and research. The expertise in the School spans molecular and cell biology, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, pharmacology, physiology, anatomy and zoology. The School aims to achieve Excellence in Education, both in its own undergraduate science and postgraduate MSc degrees and with the major contributions it makes to professional courses in Medicine, Pharmacy and Dietetics. The School has a substantial research portfolio and strives to achieve research excellence across this range. There is a large cohort of early career researchers, comprising postdoctoral research fellows and over 250 postgraduate research students, together with highly skilled technical staff underpinning the research activities.
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr A MacColl)Adaptation to environmental change in animals: ecology, evolution and genomics.
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof P S Dyer)Biology and genetics of reproduction in filamentous fungi
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr G Sheridan)Cancer Neuroscience: Investigating the impact of non-CNS tumours on neuronal plasticity in the brain
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr A Hume)Exosome biogenesis and organelle trafficking in neurodegeneration.
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr N Oldfield)Functional characterization of gonococcal toxin-antitoxin systems
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr M Georgiou)How to build and maintain a 3-dimensional polarised epithelial sheet
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr I R Mellor)Natural toxins and their synthetic analogues as tools to study ion channels and as potential drugs and pesticides
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr S Loughna)Providing insights into the molecular understanding of heart development and the formation of congenital heart defects.
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Michael Okun)Psychedelic drugs and serotonergic modulation of functional connectivity in neuronal microcircuits
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Klaus Winzer)Saving the planet through carbon recycling: engineering bacterial capture of gasified waste for bioplastics production
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr M Georgiou)The role of calcium signalling in regulating of tumour cell behaviour
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr C Friel)The role of microtubule regulators in the progression of cancer: investigating the link between BRCA2 and depolymerising kinesins.
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr M Georgiou)The use of Drosophila melanogaster to identify novel therapeutic agents for Alzheimer’s disease
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr W R A Brown)Using genome engineering and bioinformatics to understand heterochromatin and centromere function in Schizosaccharomyces pombe and in cancer cells
The School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham carries out world-leading research and provides outstanding research supervision and education. The school offers a huge breadth of subject matter, from medical engineering, to imaging, stem cell culture, epidemiology, computational modelling and clinical medicine.
Our research supervision and education processes have been built upon years of experience and global best practice, and have resulted in excellent completion rates, happy students and plentiful, high-impact research publications.
Students graduating from the School of Medicine are the next generation of high-profile biomedical researchers and teachers and go on to enjoy successful careers in hospitals, universities and industry.
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Peter Aldiss)Targeting the sweet tooth to curb population-wide sugar intake
The School of Pharmacy at the University of Nottingham has a world class reputation for its research and is ranked as the top Pharmacy School for research quality in the UK (RAE 2008). Our portfolio of multidisciplinary research is focussed on understanding and developing treatments for some of the most complex and challenging diseases of our time. To help achieve this we have a global network of academic and industrial collaborators. The School's excellence in research was recognised by the award of the 2007 Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation Category for 'enhancing significantly the development of new medicines'. The international quality of our academics and researchers has also been recognized by a number of current prestigious personal fellowships including a BBSRC Professorial Fellowship and two BBSRC David Phillips Fellowships.
The School has five major and integrated Research Divisions housed in state of the art modern facilities. Researchers receive funding from the UK Research Councils and the European Union as well as charities and industry. This funding helps us attract around 45 PhD students a year and supports many outstanding postdoctoral researchers.
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr G S Winkler)Discovery and profiling of small-molecule inhibitors of cellular nuclease enzymes
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr G S Winkler)Role of BTG1 and BTG2 in acute lymphocytic leukaemia and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr I Dreveny)Structural biology tools to investigate and target ubiquitin system proteases in cancer
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr G S Winkler)Structure and function of enzyme complexes involved in post-transcriptional gene regulation
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof Ioan Notingher)Development of multimodal optical microscopy for imaging tumour margins during skin cancer surgery