We have 27 PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in St Andrews

Open PhD position on Genome Stability and Biochemistry. Joint PhD scholarship - St Andrews and Bonn-Biology. Untying the knot. Remodelling of G4 structures by the NER machinery- implications in human DNA repair and regulatory pathways. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Penedo, Prof K Paeschke

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD position in synthetic inorganic/organometallic chemistry: New reactivity from unusual molecular main group compounds

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

The chemistry of the main group elements has seen some remarkable advances in the past years. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Stasch

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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4 year PhD in Enantioselective Catalysis and developing Lewis base-mediated transformations

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

Our research is currently directed towards developing catalytic methods for the promotion of a range of synthetic transformations with varying applications in asymmetric synthesis. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Smith

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Mobile EEG: memory and attention in the wild.

University of St Andrews School of Psychology

What neural systems and processes support cognitive processes like attending and remembering? How do we use cognitive abilities like memory and attention… Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Donaldson

1 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Molecular switches

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

Research activities in Kilian group are centred on the design and synthesis of novel organophosphorus and heavier Group 15 (As, Sb, Bi) organoelement compounds. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Kilian

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD position in Organometallic Catalysis: New Catalytic Methods for Green Organic Synthesis / CO2 utilisation / Plastic Recycling

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

About the Project. Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD position to work in the lab of Dr. Amit Kumar at the School of Chemistry, University of St. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Kumar

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Evaluating the Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Genotypic Antibiotic Tolerance Among Important Bacterial Pathogens

University of St Andrews School of Biology

Antibiotic resistance jeopardises our ability to effectively treat bacterial infections, yet it is not the only survival strategy pathogenic bacteria use to evade killing by antibiotics. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Hobbs, Dr J pearson, Dr B Parcell

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Advanced Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy – method development and applications

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy is a magnetic resonance technique that is exclusively and exquisitely sensitive to unpaired electrons that are found in radicals and paramagnetic metal complexes. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B E Bode

Year round applications PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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Modelling ultra-low frequency (ULF) waves in Earth’s magnetosphere

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

The Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group (SMTG) in the School and Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, is looking for applicants for a funded PhD project for a start in September/October 2024. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Elsden

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Enantioselective Cobalt-Catalysed Skeletal Rearrangements

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

Research in the Johnston group broadly focuses on the development of new catalytic reactions for (i) the streamlined synthesis of known small molecules or (ii) unprecedented access to novel building blocks, with potential applications in drug discovery and agrochemistry. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C P Johnston

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Statistical ‘omics on graphs

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

The field of statistical genomics (and related omics) is rapidly accepting that graphical models have a role to play in addressing the complexity of the molecular systems being investigated. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Lynch, Dr CB Bleak

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Computational Modelling of Organometallic Reactivity and Catalysis

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

A PhD position is available in the group of Prof. Stuart Macgregor to work on the computational modelling of organometallic reactivity and catalysis. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Macgregor

26 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Hidden Markov models for spatially structured populations

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Hidden Markov models (HMMs) offer a very powerful, flexible, and efficient structure for likelihood computation. They’re a popular tool for problems… Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Worthington, Dr C Sutherland

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Exploring synergies between statistical ecology and statistical genomics

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

While superficially different, these two areas of research share several questions in common (How many species? How many of each species? How are the species distributed spatially? How should we sample?) that differ fundamentally only in whether the species in question are flora and fauna or nucleic acids and proteins. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Worthington

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Movement through space and time, realistic movement for species abundance methods

University of St Andrews School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Division of Statistics

Evidence-based conservation and ecology are reliant on wildlife surveys. As a result, there exists a range of methods that have been developed specifically… Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Worthington, Prof DLB Borchers

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 27 PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in St Andrews

PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in St Andrews

We have 27 PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in St Andrews

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