Physical Chemistry (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Viral-surface interactions studied by vibrational sum-frequency spectroscopy

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

The recent COVID-19 pandemic, and in particular fomite transmission of the virus, led to a lot of interest in how viral particles attached to surfaces, their survival times on different materials and how they transferred to hosts. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Thomas, Dr R Lindsay

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

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Understanding and preventing the denaturation of proteins on surfaces in manufacture, storage and delivery of biotherapeutics

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

Protein and peptide therapeutics are pharmaceutical drug treatments derived from natural sources. They are applied to a range of diseases from diabetes to novel cancer therapies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Thomas, Prof A Saiani

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

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Taking Light Induced Electron Paramagnetic Resonance In Cell for Biological Structural Determination

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

Studying the structure of proteins and other biological systems is an important step in understanding their function. Most structural studies are conducted in environments that are far away from native conditions, such as those found inside a cell. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Bowen, Dr J Rowbotham, Dr I Riddell, Dr D Heyes

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

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NMR approaches for understanding mass transfer in microbial biofilms and sessile microbial communities

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

Biofilms are structured sessile communities of microorganisms with relevance in many areas of life. They are almost omnipresent in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Nilsson, Prof A McBain

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

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High-throughput exploration of multicomponent metal organic frameworks (MOFs)

University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry

New porous materials are important for advances in key technologies such as carbon dioxide sequestration and storage or catalysts for clean manufacturing. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M J Rosseinsky, Dr A Katsoulidis

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

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Fully Funded PhD Program Opportunity

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), accredited in 2011 as a graduate university, is located in the beautiful subtropical island of Okinawa, Japan. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) International PhD Programme

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Bottom-Up Construction of a Synthetic Gap Junction

King’s College London School of Natural & Mathematical Sciences

Gap junctions play a crucial role in cellular communication, facilitating direct intercellular exchange of ions and small molecules. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Wallace, Prof C Lorenz, Dr J Burrone

10 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD studentship - Optimizing Pulse-Jet Cleaning for Sustainable Energy: A CFD Approach to Emissions Control

Newcastle University School of Engineering

This PhD project is part of the CDT in Process Industries: Net Zero. About the CDT. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Lee

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Fully-funded PhD in Biology EPSRC iCASE with FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDBK): Development of modular chromatography strategies for the straight through purification of biotherapeutic recombinant proteins from E.coli

University of York Department of Biology

Lead supervisor: Dr Michael Plevin (Department of Biology). Co-supervisors: Dr John Oyekan (Department of Computer Science) and Christopher Fox (Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies). Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Plevin

22 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Unlocking Next-Generation Solar Cells: Integrating Novel Non-Fullerene Acceptors with Metal Halide Perovskites

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

Solar cells are a cornerstone of the pursuit of sustainable energy. To make solar power more efficient and affordable, we need new materials and innovative designs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Ramadan, Dr RO Oliver

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

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Microbial Hydroponics - Novel Hydroponics Using Microbial Fuel Cells

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Yannis Ieropoulos, Yue Zhang, Paul Kemp . Project Description. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Y Ieropoulos

31 July 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Design and control of nanoparticle structuring and self-organisation

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Nature forms many materials which possess intricate structures on length scales from nanometres to many microns, which are important in applications ranging from biological systems to porous materials for energy storage. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Lue

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

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Novel porous materials for Carbon Capture Applications

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Building upon recent research, in the Fletcher group, which demonstrates the synthesis of new porous materials in the inorganic polymer framework and modified… Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Fletcher

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

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The automated construction of thermodynamic models for complex mixtures

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Process design requires accurate and reliable thermodynamic data for multicomponent mixtures in the system over a wide range conditions (e.g., solvents, impurity concentrations, temperatures, pressures) which are often missing, especially for new compounds. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Lue

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

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Catalytic reforming of syngas hydrocarbons to maximise hydrogen production

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Hydrogen is an energy source of the future. It is imperative to develop competitive hydrogen production technology from renewable sources such as biomass. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Li

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

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EPSRC - Synthesis of Supramolecules to Perform Light-Switchable Quantum Gates

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

An EPSRC DTG-sponsored PhD studentship is available to undertake research in making supramolecules to perform two-qubit gates by EPR spectroscopy in a collaborative project between three research groups at Manchester Chemistry. Read more

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

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

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Nanoporous Materials for Energy Absorption

University of Birmingham Department of Mechanical Engineering

Nanoporous materials such as Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are having their applications in mechanical energy absorption. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Sun

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

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Fouling Control of Water Treatment Membranes through Optimal and Sustainable Cleaning Strategies

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

Membrane fouling – the deposition of organic and inorganic matter on the membrane surface – is a major technical obstacle affecting membrane-based water treatment processes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Romero-Vargas Castrillon, Prof A Lips

19 June 2024 PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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Engineered nanomaterials for safe sustainable water purification

University of Liverpool School of Engineering

Access to clean drinking water and sanitation has seen substantial progress in recent time, however there is still a large part of the global population, that live mostly in rural settings, that lack this basic necessity. Read more

Supervisor: Prof RA D'Sa

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

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3D printing of nanocomposite drug delivery platforms

University of Liverpool School of Engineering

Hydrogel-based three-dimensional (3D) printing has garnered significant interest in various biomedical fields like tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and personalized medicine. Read more

Supervisor: Prof RA D'Sa

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

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Understanding interactions of proteins with polymer-coated nanoparticles

University of York York Biomedical Research Institute

Introduction. Polymer-coated nanoparticles are promising drug delivery vehicles. Multiple functionalities can be embedded into the nanoparticle structure to enable uptake of the drug-like molecules, their targeted delivery and controlled release. Read more

Supervisors: Prof V Chechik, Prof D Ungar

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

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Elucidating molecular transport mechanisms through atomistic simulations

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

Membrane-based processes for water treatment, such as reverse osmosis (RO), hold promise in tackling water scarcity locally and globally. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Romero-Vargas Castrillon, Dr R Pillai

6 December 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Membranes for carbon dioxide conversion for environmental and space exploration applications

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

The conversion of carbon dioxide to useful products is essential not only on Earth for reaching net zero targets, but also for space exploration and future planet colonisation. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Neagu, Dr V Inglezakis

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

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Pushing the scale boundaries for degradation simulations of industrially relevant materials

University of Southampton Chemistry

Supervisory Team: Chris-Kriton Skylaris. Project description. The computational simulation of chemical reactions in materials requires an accurate, explicit description of their electrons. Read more

Supervisor: Prof C K Skylaris

1 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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PhD in Chemistry: Computational design of new heterogeneous catalysts to support net zero: conversion of CO2 to methanol

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Chemistry

Computational design of new heterogeneous catalysts to support net zero. conversion of CO2 to methanol . PhD Supervisor. Dr. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Logsdail

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

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PhD in Chemistry: Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleotide Analogues

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Chemistry

Nucleoside analogues (NAs) are an important class of antiviral and anticancer agents commonly used in the therapy of many different viral infections and cancer conditions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Serpi

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

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PhD Project in Physical Chemistry and Biophysical Engineering – development of biosensor based on mechanochormic polymers –

The University of Tokyo Institute of Industrial Science

In the laboratory of Biophysical Engineering, the Institute of Industrial Science, at the University of Tokyo, Japan, we have an open project for Master or PhD students. Read more

Supervisor: Prof KS Sugihara

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

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CO2plus: Phase behavior of CO2+X in CO2 storage

Technical University of Denmark Center for Energy Resources Engineering

Centre for Energy Resources Engineering (CERE) at DTU Chemistry is seeking a talented PhD student to contribute to our CO2plus project. Read more

Supervisors: Dr W Yan, Prof E.H. Stenby

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

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Diagnosing and Preventing Misconceptions in Science Education

University of Strathclyde Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry

There is an opportunity for an interested potential PhD candidate to engage in a project focused on Science Education Research (SER). Read more

Supervisor: Dr FS Scott

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

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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Technology Enhanced Chemical Synthesis (TECS)

University of Bristol School of Chemistry

Our PhD programme combines world-leading research in Chemical Synthesis with state-of-the-art training in technology and automation to prepare you for a career in modern synthetic chemistry, whether in industry or academic research. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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We have 65 Physical Chemistry (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Physical Chemistry (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 65 Physical Chemistry (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Viral-surface interactions studied by vibrational sum-frequency spectroscopy

Understanding and preventing the denaturation of proteins on surfaces in manufacture, storage and delivery of biotherapeutics

Taking Light Induced Electron Paramagnetic Resonance In Cell for Biological Structural Determination

NMR approaches for understanding mass transfer in microbial biofilms and sessile microbial communities

High-throughput exploration of multicomponent metal organic frameworks (MOFs)

Fully Funded PhD Program Opportunity

Bottom-Up Construction of a Synthetic Gap Junction

PhD studentship - Optimizing Pulse-Jet Cleaning for Sustainable Energy: A CFD Approach to Emissions Control

Fully-funded PhD in Biology EPSRC iCASE with FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDBK): Development of modular chromatography strategies for the straight through purification of biotherapeutic recombinant proteins from E.coli

Unlocking Next-Generation Solar Cells: Integrating Novel Non-Fullerene Acceptors with Metal Halide Perovskites

Microbial Hydroponics - Novel Hydroponics Using Microbial Fuel Cells

Design and control of nanoparticle structuring and self-organisation

Novel porous materials for Carbon Capture Applications

The automated construction of thermodynamic models for complex mixtures

Catalytic reforming of syngas hydrocarbons to maximise hydrogen production

EPSRC - Synthesis of Supramolecules to Perform Light-Switchable Quantum Gates

Nanoporous Materials for Energy Absorption

Fouling Control of Water Treatment Membranes through Optimal and Sustainable Cleaning Strategies

Engineered nanomaterials for safe sustainable water purification

3D printing of nanocomposite drug delivery platforms

Understanding interactions of proteins with polymer-coated nanoparticles

Elucidating molecular transport mechanisms through atomistic simulations

Membranes for carbon dioxide conversion for environmental and space exploration applications

Pushing the scale boundaries for degradation simulations of industrially relevant materials

PhD in Chemistry: Computational design of new heterogeneous catalysts to support net zero: conversion of CO2 to methanol

PhD in Chemistry: Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleotide Analogues

PhD Project in Physical Chemistry and Biophysical Engineering – development of biosensor based on mechanochormic polymers –

CO2plus: Phase behavior of CO2+X in CO2 storage

Diagnosing and Preventing Misconceptions in Science Education

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Technology Enhanced Chemical Synthesis (TECS)

We have 65 Physical Chemistry (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Physical Chemistry (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 65 Physical Chemistry (career) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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