Artificial Intelligence algorithms to predict aggregation and gel phenomena in peptide synthesis and isolation

Are you interested in helping to design the next generation of active molecules for applications in industry?  Are you looking for a PhD position that will provide research and training opportunities in artificial intelligence and computational chemistry?  Would you like to work in the UK but collaborate with a major international pharmaceutical partner?  If the answers are “yes”, then we would like to hear from you!

We are recruiting for a four-year PhD project on “Artificial Intelligence algorithms to predict aggregation and gel phenomena in peptide synthesis and isolation”.  The position is funded by the UKRI iCASE scheme and a major international pharmaceutical company. You will benefit from the excellent training and research opportunities at the University of Strathclyde, while having the chance to network and learn about pharmaceutical development by working in close collaboration with the industrial partner. This will include visiting the collaborator’s laboratories in the USA for short periods.

The studentship will be supervised by Prof. Tell Tuttle in the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde.  It will be based in the Strathclyde Computational and Theoretical Chemistry Hub (SCoTCH), a centre for excellence in computational molecular science.   The centre occupies modern computational laboratories with access to high-performance computing facilities including graphic processing units (GPUs).

We are committed to inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experience, and believe that diversity makes us stronger by bringing in new ideas and perspectives. The Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry holds an Athena Swan Silver Award for Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.

The University of Strathclyde was established in 1796 as 'the place of useful learning' and this remains at the forefront of our vision today for Strathclyde to be a leading international technological university that makes a positive difference to the lives of its students, to society and to the world.  Strathclyde was the first institute to win the coveted Times Higher Education “University of the Year” award twice, in 2012 and 2019, and has since been voted the Scottish University of the Year in 2020.   The University occupies a central position in Glasgow, only short journeys from Edinburgh and the Highlands and Islands.

Your application should contain:

• letter of motivation
• curriculum vitae
• research summary of past accomplishments
• transcripts of records from your University and copy of your degree
• Contact details of two reference persons that are able to provide letters of recommendation upon request.

Please submit your application as a single pdf file until 30 September 2023. Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered. After reception of the applications, selected candidates will be contacted for an interview. The positions will be filled as soon as suitable candidates have been found.