Polymer Chemistry PhD Research Projects PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

Imperial College London Department of Chemical Engineering

PhD Studentship in Structural Battery Electrodes

Structural batteries, or structural materials that possess the ability to store and deliver electrical energy, could play a pivotal role in decarbonising challenging industries such as aviation, by integrating the power source within, say, the aeroplane fuselage itself. Read more

Supervisor: Dr HA Au

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

PhD in Predicting the environmental degradation of plastics

Supervisors: Prof A Dove, Prof S Krause

Understanding how plastics and polymers degrade in the environment is an important sustainability target. Our work in this area uses innovative analytical techniques and simulated environments to understand how specific plastics degrade in different environments. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Development of a DNA amplification-free assay for pathogen detection

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Applications are invited for a funded PhD position in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham. The School of Chemistry is keen to achieve a gender and diversity balance across the School and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S J Jones

Developing the next generation of broad-spectrum antiviral polymers

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Applications are invited for a funded PhD position in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham. The School of Chemistry is keen to achieve a gender and diversity balance across the School and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S J Jones

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

Self-regulating, self-cleaning biomaterials

A major problem associated with medical devices is infection. With infection rates of approaching 100% in some devices, ways to prevent formation of bacterial biofilm on medical device surfaces are urgently required. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C McCoy, Dr M Wylie

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

Durham University Department of Engineering

Fully Funded Doctoral Studentship in Polymer Chemistry: Multifunctional Electrolytes, Department of Engineering, Durham University.

Durham University, one of the top 100 universities in the world (ranked 82nd in QS World University Rankings 2022) is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD studentship to work within the Department of Engineering. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Shirshova

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

High-Resolution Imaging of Green Conjugated Polymers

Supervisor: Prof G Costantini

High-Resolution Imaging of Green Conjugated Polymers. A fully funded 3.5 years PhD position in the field of experimental nanoscience at surfaces and molecular imaging of conjugated polymers is available in the group of Prof. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Visualising Molecular Doping in Conjugated Polymers

Supervisor: Prof G Costantini

Visualising Molecular Doping in Conjugated Polymers. A fully funded 3.5 years PhD position in the field of experimental nanoscience at surfaces and molecular imaging of conjugated polymers is available in the group of Prof. Read more

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

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

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

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)

Design and engineering of peptides and proteins to create artificial metalloenzymes

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

The Rhys lab is an exciting new lab looking to recruit new students to design and engineer peptides and proteins for new applications (rhyslab.com). Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Rhys

Investigating new biocompatible polymers as biomaterials

Supervisor: Dr M Dr Maria Chiara Arno

A fully funded PhD studentship (UK tuition fees) is available in the group of Dr Arno at the University of Birmingham (group website. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

PhD in Chemistry: Computational design of new heterogeneous catalysts to support net zero: conversion of CO2 to methanol

Supervisor: Dr A Logsdail

Computational design of new heterogeneous catalysts to support net zero. conversion of CO2 to methanol . PhD Supervisor. Dr. Read more

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

PhD in Chemistry: Applications of main group Lewis acids in synthetic organic chemistry

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

Applications of main group Lewis acids in synthetic organic chemistry. This project will investigate the use of boron or aluminium Lewis acids in transformations typically catalysed by transition metals. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Melen

PhD in Chemistry: Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleotide Analogues

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

Nucleoside analogues (NAs) are an important class of antiviral and anticancer agents commonly used in the therapy of many different viral infections and cancer conditions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Serpi