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School of Physical and Chemical Sciences

PhD Projects

Our School is recognised for its high-quality research with 94% of our research rated "world-leading or internationally excellent" by the Research Excellence Framework 2014.

Opportunities for funding for PhD in Chemistry

Project Title Supervisor
Observational cosmology with upcoming surveys (China Scholarship Council project) Professor Chris Clarkson
Elucidating the fate of iron and copper based nanofertilizer in soil-plant system using isotope labelling and synchrotron techniques (QM Studentship) Dr Peng Zhang
Nanotechnology Strategies for the Assembly of Nanohybrid Systems and Devices (China Scholarship Council Project) Professor Matteo Palma
Programmable Actuating Materials (China Scholarship Council project) Dr Yao Lu
New organic semiconductors for bioelectronic and neuromorphic applications (China Scholarship Council project) Dr Christian Nielsen
Development of new electrolytes for all-solid-state battery systems(China Scholarship Council project) Dr Isaac Abrahams
Minimizing exciton and charge losses in next generation organic solar cell materials with extremely weak vibronic coupling, a single molecule approach (China Scholarship Council project) Dr Stoichko Dimitrov
Helicenes and Chiral Spin Filtering (China Scholarship Council project) Dr Jochen Brandt
Computational Catalyst Design for Value-Added Molecule Conversion (China Scholarship Council project) Dr Devis Di Tommaso
Photocatalysis with Soft Semiconductors (China Scholarship Council project) Dr Stoichko Dimitrov
From data to discovery: development of a comprehensive bioinformatic toolkit for myosin studies (China Scholarship Council project) Dr Arianna Fornili
Study on microwave-initiated tandem catalysis (Self-funded project) Dr Michael Jie
Low carbon emissions (net zero) upcycling of 3D printing plastic waste (Self-funded project) Dr Michael Jie
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