Fully Funded PhD Scholarship: Scalable Advanced Nanomaterials for Catalysis

Start date: January 2020

Supervisor:
Dr Deb Roy, Department of Chemistry, College of Science
Professor Ken Meissner, Department of Physics

Project overview

Swansea University is seeking a top-class candidate to undertake a PhD studentship in the field of advanced nano-materials for catalysis. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work interdisciplinary and dynamic research environment in collaboration with Johnson Matthey, the leading catalyst manufacturer in the UK. The project will have the scope to work on synthesis as well as developing macro and nanoscale spectroscopic methods including micro-Raman and tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy with the aim of understanding properties at nanoscale. You will be based at the Department of Chemistry, and work in a dynamic collaborative environment with the Department of Physics, international collaborators such as Texas A&M and industry partners. Such research will enable a developing future variety of chemical processes that are deemed difficult or impossible with the current technologies.

Swansea University strongly encourages research collaboration worldwide and there may be opportunities for short term secondment abroad. This opportunity also provides a substantial tax-free stipend equivalent to many graduate jobs.

- Centre for Nanohealth
- Department of Chemistry

Eligibility
Academic requirements:

Candidates should have a minimum of a 2.1 undergraduate degree and/or a Master’s degree with Merit (or equivalent qualification) in Chemistry, Materials Science, Physics, Engineering or related discipline.

For candidates whose first language is not English, we require IELTS 6.5 (with 6.0 in each component) or equivalent. Please visit our website for a list of acceptable English language tests. We prefer candidates to have already met the English Language requirements at the point of application, although this is not a requirement.

Residency criteria:

This PhD scholarship is open to UK/EU applicants, or applicants with indefinite leave to remain in the UK.