Organic Chemistry (quantum) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 18 Organic Chemistry (quantum) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Developing novel Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Methods for Pulsed Dipolar Spectroscopy and Quantum Information Processing

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

In the last decade significant improvements in the hardware available for Electron Paramagnetic Resonance measurements. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Bowen, Prof E McInnes, Prof D Collison, Prof R Winpenny

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

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Shell-doped quantum dots as smart “on-off” catalysts for thermally sensitive organic transformations

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Quantum dots (QDs) are photoluminescent nanoparticles which reside at the cutting edge of opto-electronic device development, with the 2023 Nobel prize in chemistry awarded to 3 of the most prominent scientists in the field. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Bear

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

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Synthesis of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons for Quantum and Electronic Devices

University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry

A PhD studentship is available in the group of Iain Wright School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Dr Iain A. Wright | School of Chemistry (ed.ac.uk). Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Wright

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

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High-throughput first-principle simulations of charge transport in organic semiconductors

University of Liverpool Department of Mathematical Sciences

This project focuses on application of first-principle, fully quantum simulation methods such as Hybrid Monte-Carlo to study charge transport in a vast class of quasi-2D molecular organic semiconductors (rubrene, pentacene, and >4000 other materials). Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Buividovich, Prof A Troisi

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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(MRC DTP CASE) Prediction of substrate binding geometry and strength in promiscuous enzymes: computational chemistry applicable to the design of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

We are often taught about the power of enzymes to select particular substrates from the biological milieu and of their ability to perform highly selective reactions on those substrates. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Leach, Dr S De Visser, Dr C Trujillo

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Accelerating energy landscape exploration through optimisation, approximation and parallelisation

University of Liverpool School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science

Many heuristic methods (random walks, probabilistic selection, genetic algorithms) for energy landscape exploration in Crystal Structure Prediction (CSP) [1] are very important material discovery tools [2]. Read more

Supervisor: Prof I Potapov

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Developing novel light-induced in-situ Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) methods

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

Light-induced in-situ Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) studies are a growing field in both continuous wave and pulsed EPR. It can be used to monitor photoactivated chemical and biochemical reactions involving radical reagents, projects or intermediates. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Bowen, Prof D Collison, Dr A Golovanov

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

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Computational Modelling of Organometallic Reactivity and Catalysis

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

A PhD position is available in the group of Prof. Stuart Macgregor to work on the computational modelling of organometallic reactivity and catalysis. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Macgregor

26 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Design and Synthesis of Peptide-derived Receptors for Binding Small Molecules

University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry

A PhD studentship is available in the groups of Prof. Scott Cockroft and Dr Annamaria Lilienkampf School of Chemistry, The University of Edinburgh; https://www.cockroft.chem.ed.ac.uk in collaboration with DSTL. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S L Cockroft, Dr AL Lilienkampf

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

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Deploying safer robot chemists in real laboratory environments

University of Liverpool School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science

Robotic chemists [1] are a totally new and disruptive development in human-centric labs, and these systems are already beginning to carry out complex experiments that require skills beyond sample transportation (e.g., sample weighing [2] and scraping samples from vials [3]. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Pizzuto

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Digital discovery of new photocatalysts for photoredox catalysis (EPSRC CDT PhD studentship in collaboration with AstraZeneca)

University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry

Photoredox catalysis has come to the forefront in organic synthesis as a powerful strategy for the activation of small molecules [1]. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JW Ward, Prof A Troisi

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Development of bespoke algorithms for autonomous optimisation in flow

University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry

A key challenge in materials science is how to efficiently and sustainably arrive at the optimal conditions for material production. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Slater

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Computationally driving automated functional materials discovery for net zero technologies with machine reasoning and decision-making

University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry

This project, suited to a student with a Computer Science or Mathematics background, will formally define the nature and consequences of the decisions that need to be made in the automated workflow and identify both the optimal combination of existing methods and tools to accelerate discovery and the gaps in capability that currently exist. Read more

Supervisors: Prof RIJ Ibsen-Jensen, Prof M J Rosseinsky

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Automated experimental functional materials discovery for net zero technologies

University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry

The discovery of materials that will drive technologies for the net zero transition, such as batteries, solar absorbers, rare-earth-free magnets for wind power and myriad other unmet needs, is a scientific and societal grand challenge that requires experimental realisation of materials in the laboratory. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M J Rosseinsky

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Non-Metal Organic Frameworks for proton and ion conduction

University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry

We have recently developed a novel class of porous materials, non-metal organic frameworks [1], that display remarkable proton and ion conduction properties. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A I Cooper, Dr LJ Hardwick

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Explaining structure-property relations in the materials space

University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry

This project aims to explain important materials properties from geometric invariants of crystal structures. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Kurlin, Prof A I Cooper

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Functional Materials Discovery Using Artificial Intelligence

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemistry

A fully funded PhD studentship (3 years) in computational chemistry (materials discovery) is open at the University of Strathclyde commencing October 2024. . Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Nematiaram

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

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Fully-funded PhD position available in synthetic organometallic chemistry for functional materials at the Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London

Imperial College London Department of Chemistry

Start date. Oct 2024. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Project summary. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Long

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

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We have 18 Organic Chemistry (quantum) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Organic Chemistry (quantum) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 18 Organic Chemistry (quantum) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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