University of East Anglia, School of Chemistry PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

Prof N Le Brun, Dr A Gates

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Atmospheric nitrous oxide (N2O) not only destroys stratospheric ozone, it also accounts for ~10% of the impact due to greenhouse gases.

Developing new methods for counting and identifying microplastics in environmental samples (MAYESAU19SF)

Dr A G Mayes, Dr G Malin

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

As people become ever more aware of the enormous global problem of plastic litter, there has been a corresponding rapid increase in concern about microplastics accumulating in the environment.

Dynamics of topological processes in spinor Bose-Einstein Condensates (BORGHMU19SF)

Dr M Borgh

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Modern experimental techniques have brought atomic quantum gases to the forefront as systems where objects and processes may be studied that find analogues in seemingly distant areas of physics, including condensed-matter physics and early-universe cosmology [i].

Exploring the extreme magnetospheres and interiors of young neutron stars (FERDMANRU19SF)

Dr R Ferdman

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The investigation of recently formed neutron stars through observations of pulsars can shed important light on their exotic interiors and the evolution of their powerful magnetic fields.

How Chlamydia uses disorder to invade the host cell (BLUMENSCHEINTU19SF)

Dr T Blumenschein

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) lack a single well-defined conformation and are instead flexible, exploring multiple possible conformations.

How Does The Protein Corona Affect The Intra-Cellular Behaviour Of Nanoparticles? (MARINMU19SF)

Dr M J Marin

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Research in the Marín group focuses on the application of nanoscience to address biological challenges. The main interests are in the synthesis and the use of nanomaterials as intracellular sensors and as drug delivery systems for cancer treatment.

Hybrid Polyoxometalate-Polymer Solar Cells and Field Effect Transistors (FIELDENJ3U19SF)

Dr J Fielden

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Polyoxometalates (POMs) are a large class of molecular metal oxide clusters, with a wide range of structures and useful properties.(i) Amongst these is…

Molecular assemblies for technology and security applications (CAMMIDGEAU19SF)

Prof A N Cammidge, Dr T E Storr

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

This PhD project will exploit recent advances in the group to investigate new porphyrin-phthalocyanine hybrids and their subsequent assembly into higher-order supermolecules.

Multiheme Cytochromes as Molecular Wires for Energy Technologies (BUTTJ2U19SF)

Prof J Butt, Dr T Clarke

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Certain bacteria have a natural ability to exchange electrons between their internal and external environments. This behavior allows coupling of catalytic transformations inside the bacteria to complementary redox transformations of catalysts and electrodes outside the cell.

Nitrogen activation by first-row transition metals (WRIGHTJU19SF)

Dr J Wright

Application Deadline: 31 May 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Nitrogen fixation is essential in supporting modern societies. food production for a growing global population is dependent on our ability to produce fertilizers on a grand scale.