PhD in Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation

• Addressing key challenges in global medicines development
• Fully funded PhD studentships available
• Apply now for October 2019 start

CMAC, the EPSRC Future Manufacturing Research Hub in Continuous Manufacturing and Advanced Crystallisation, is a major initiative that aims to accelerate the adoption of continuous manufacturing technologies for high value chemical products such as pharmaceuticals. The Hub brings together a UK team that includes seven top research universities (Bath, Cambridge, Imperial College London, Loughborough, Leeds, Sheffield and Strathclyde) and eight pharmaceutical companies (AstraZeneca, GSK, Bayer, Lily, Novartis, Roche and Pfizer). We are now recruiting PhD students for our world-class post-graduate research degree programme with 3-4 year studentships starting in October 2019 across partner institutions.

The PhD Training Programme

The 3-4 year PhD programmes combines dynamic, multi-disciplinary training with pioneering research projects spanning the breadth of the Hub's manufacturing research scope with active involvement of industrial partners. Research opportunities include the following thematic areas:

• crystallisation control and particle engineering
• process analytical technologies
• powder processing and formulation
• process modelling and pharmaceutical regulation

Students will join an established community of doctoral researchers and benefit from support from internationally leading academic supervisors and expert industry practitioners and opinion leaders. Successful candidates will emerge with highly sought-after multidisciplinary skills and an international reputation for excellence in continuous manufacturing and crystallisation research.

How to Apply

We are inviting applications for fully funded studentships commencing October 2019 from students with a background in relevant disciplines of Science, Engineering including Pharmaceutical Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics and other related disciplines. The multidisciplinary programme offers a dynamic and exciting training programme to equip students with the necessary skills to tackle a range of research challenges across all of the thematic areas. Applications are welcomed from UK/EU students with, or expecting to obtain, a first class or upper second class honours degree in relevant disciplines. For more details on how to apply, or to find out more about the programme and opportunities, please visit the website or email [email protected].