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Organic Chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 167 Organic Chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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Aerogel composites of porous crystalline materials for gas separation

In a recent perspective article, Scholl and Lively listed the “seven chemical separations to change the world” [1]. These include, inter alia, hydrocarbons from crude oil, alkenes from alkanes, greenhouse gases from dilute emissions, benzene derivatives from each other and trace contaminants from water. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof LB Barbour, Dr GL Lloyd
 18 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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IAH PhD Project: Integrative organic bioelectronics to support and monitor human health

You will be part of the vibrant Bath Institute for the Augmented Human (IAH), providing opportunities to enhance your soft skills and to interact with researchers from different disciplines and Med Tech experts through dedicated training, workshops and events. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Mehrban, Dr D Koutsouras
 20 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Calcium-Sulphur Batteries

Calcium-sulphur (Ca-S) batteries hold the promise of high energy density batteries, consisting of low-cost, abundant, non-toxic materials, calcium anode and sulphur cathode. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Lekakou, Dr D Commandeur, Prof M Baker
 23 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Data-driven Catalyst Design: Integrating Quantum Chemistry and Machine Learning

This PhD project aims to transform catalyst design by integrating quantum chemistry (QM), machine learning (ML), and high-throughput experimentation (HTE). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Trujillo
 15 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Sensing the unseen: How diatoms detect and respond to highly dilute sex-inducing pheromones

Background. Diatoms are abundant unicellular microalgae that contribute approximately 20% of global photosynthetic CO₂ fixation. Despite their vital role in regulating Earth’s climate, fundamental aspects of their biology, such as sexual reproduction, remain poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G. Pohnert, Dr M Knaden
 22 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MSc by Research in Biology : Complex carbohydrate fermentation by the human gut microbiota and the consequences for host biology

Project title. Complex carbohydrate fermentation by the human gut microbiota and the consequences for host biology. Primary Supervisor. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Cartmell, Prof G Thomas
 31 May 2025  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Catalysis of Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution

Background. Nucleophilic aromatic substitution is one of the most fundamentally important class of reactions in organic chemistry. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M James
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD in Chemistry: Safe Removal and Recovery of the Heavier Group 15 Compounds (Bi, Sb, As): EPSRC IDLA PhD

The aim of the Industrial Doctoral Landscape Award (IDLA) PhD studentship, jointly sponsored by EPSRC and dstl will be to develop new synthetic routes for the safe removal and recovery of the heavier group 15 compounds (Bi, Sb, As). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R Melen
 17 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Understanding the structural basis of the mechanism of action of therapeutic oligonucleotides

Project Background. There is a recent groundswell in the utility of therapeutic oligonucleotides to treat diseases not possible via conventional small molecule approaches. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G Burley, Dr D Palmer
 4 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Efficient and sustainable offshore wind turbine-driven green Hydrogen production

This PhD scholarship is offered by the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience, a partnership between the Universities of Durham, Hull, Loughborough and Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MI Ismail, Prof MN Nishihara, Dr S Lyth, Dr MS Smailes
 9 May 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD Studentship in organic synthesis and chemical biology: Backbone modifications for therapeutic oligonucleotides

Supervisory Team. Dr Ysobel Baker and Prof Diana Baralle. This project focuses on developing novel backbone-modified therapeutic oligonucleotides (ONs) to improve stability, uptake, and affinity. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Baker
 20 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Autonomous flow production of molecular materials

Porous molecular materials—organic solids made from discrete molecules rather than extended frameworks—promise to deliver flexible solutions to pressing challenges. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Slater, Dr S Chong, Dr L McHugh
 28 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD Studentship - Biorenewable antioxidants production for enhanced sustainability of polymeric materials

The PINZ CDT will train the next generation of process and chemical engineers, and chemists, to develop the new processes, process technologies and green chemistries required for the process industries’ transition to Net Zero. . Read more
 Supervisors: Dr FRA Russo Abegao, Prof K Boodhoo
 22 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Biomimetic Total Synthesis of Natural Products

This PhD studentship will be focused on the biomimetic total synthesis of complex natural products. The chemical feasibility of proposed biosynthetic pathways towards biologically active natural products will be investigated. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Lawrence
 4 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Synthesis of Shielded Molecular Radicals for Quantum Information Technologies

A PhD studentship is available in the group of Dr Iain Wright, University of Edinburgh; School of Chemistry, Dr Iain A. Wright | The University of Edinburgh. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Wright
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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