Chemical Sciences PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships in Sheffield

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.

We have worked with a number of water soluble polymer systems that are capable of encapsulating and solubilising various hydrophobic drug moieties.

Disease phenomics - quantifying the development of disease symptoms in infected plants

University of Sheffield
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences

Dr S A Rolfe

Applications accepted all year round

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.

Biology is undergoing a revolution as ‘omic technologies allow us to make hundreds or thousands of measurements on large populations of plants.

How does clubroot obtain nutrients from its living plant host?

University of Sheffield
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences

Dr S A Rolfe

Applications accepted all year round

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.

Clubroot is an important pathogen of Brassica crops. The disease is found throughout the world and causes severe economic losses.

University of Sheffield
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences

PhD in Chemical Ecology

Dr S Campbell

Applications accepted all year round

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.

In response to the near-universal threat of being consumed by insect herbivores, plants have evolved a sophisticated arsenal of chemical defences.

Development of methodologies to accelerate alloy design for additive manufacturing

University of Sheffield
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Research Group: MAPP - Manufacture using Advanced Powder Processes

Dr K Christofidou

Application Deadline: 30 April 2020

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 has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The ability to produce parts with complex geometries, previously inaccessible via traditional fabrication methods, has made additive manufacturing (AM) an enabling production process for a host of industries.

Coupled homogenization and precipitation kinetics during additive manufacture and processing

University of Sheffield
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Research Group: MAPP - Manufacture using Advanced Powder Processes

Dr M Anderson, Prof H Basoalto

Application Deadline: 30 April 2020

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 has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The additive manufacture of metal alloys through powder processing is an exciting field where the potential benefits to industry are numerous and the scientific problems are challenging.

Developing RNA therapeutics to target heart attack and stroke

University of Sheffield
Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease

Prof P Evans

Application Deadline: 1 May 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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 is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

The build-up of fatty deposits in arteries (called atherosclerosis) can lead to heart attack and stroke. This disease develops at branches and bends of arteries that are exposed to complex blood flow patterns which causes damage to vascular endothelial cells (a vital sheet of cells at the inner surface of arteries).

Synthesis and Structural Characterisation of Calcium Thickened Greases

University of Sheffield
Department of Chemistry

Dr OM Mykhaylyk, Prof A Ryan

Application Deadline: 23 April 2020

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 has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Lubricants have been in use for centuries. Their primary purpose is to increase efficiency of movement and reduce friction and wear between components.

Studying protein aggregation in patient derived cellular models of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

University of Sheffield
Department of Neuroscience

Dr S De, Dr L Ferraiuolo

Application Deadline: 24 April 2020

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 has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Aggregation and deposition of specific protein(s) are common hallmark of several neurodegenerative disorders including ALS. Aggregation of several proteins such as FUS, TDP-43, C9orf72, SOD1 are closely linked with ALS initiation and progression.

Water pollution control using polymer-inorganic complexes

Sheffield Hallam University
Materials and Engineering Research Institute

Dr F Clegg

Applications accepted all year round

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 Area. Water pollution arises via several different sources, including municipal, industrial (in particular petroleum) and agricultural activities.

Utilising sensors for predicting the residual strength of corroded reinforced concrete beams

Sheffield Hallam University
Materials and Engineering Research Institute

Prof F O'Flaherty, Dr V Starinieri

Applications accepted all year round

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 Area. The project is structural engineering based and will investigate the influence of corrosion on reinforced concrete beams using sensors to automatically detect differences in the ability of the structural member to carry its design load.

Driving forward the future of magnetic materials through advanced micromagnetic simulation

University of Sheffield
Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Dr J Dean

Application Deadline: 1 April 2020

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 has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

NOTE. This is an industrial CASE (Cooperative Awards in Science & Technology) award supported by Volkswagen (VW) and involves a three-month placement at their Research Centre in Wolfsburg, Germany.

Biogas enrichment and nutrient recovery from wastewater using bio-electrochemical systems

Sheffield Hallam University
Materials and Engineering Research Institute

Dr M Goel, Dr A Asthana

Applications accepted all year round

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 integrated biorefinery is emerging, sustainable, energy producing wastewater treatment, which can also provide a renewable source of various useful products, such as biohydrogen, bioelectricity, nutrients and other biobased products.

Aqueous Erosion-Corrosion Studies of nanoscale multilayer PVD coatings

Sheffield Hallam University
Materials and Engineering Research Institute

Dr Y Purandare, Prof P Hovsepian

Applications accepted all year round

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.

Solid particle erosion-corrosion of surfaces is highly destructive in nature and leads to deleterious effects such as loss of material, efficiency and economic losses.

PhD in glass and glass-ceramic materials for solar energy and environmental applications

Sheffield Hallam University
Materials and Engineering Research Institute

Prof Paul Bingham

Applications accepted all year round

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.

PhD candidates with a passion for materials science, engineering, physics and/or chemistry, applied to the fields of energy and the environment, should apply.