PhD Studentship: Mono-Material Barrier Films for Sustainable and Circular Plastic Packaging Applications

Eligibility: Funding is available to eligible home fee status and UK domicile EU students.Start date: Ongoing or as soon as possible Project OverviewPlastic packaging materials play a crucial role in today's society, offering advantages such as versatility, hygiene, safety, lightweight properties, and, notably, a low carbon footprint when compared to...

Funding Source: IndustryEligibility: Available to eligible Home fee status and UK domicile EU studentsStart Date: OngoingCourse: MPhil/PhDProject OverviewRubbers are ubiquitous materials in modern society and have played important roles across industries. As the key component to connecting the vehicle to the road, the performance of the tyre directly...

Solid-Supported Chalcogen Bonding CatalysisA 3.5 year fully-funded PhD position is available in the group of Dr Mark Greenhalgh at the University of Warwick, in collaboration with GoldenKeys High-Tech Materials Co. Ltd., China. The position will remain open until filled, so please get in touch at your earliest convenience.Background: Chalcogen bonding is an...

Funding availability: The studentship is normally only available to home (UK) students, but there is a possibility to extend it to an EU/international student.)Start date: October 2024 (some flexibility)Duration: 3.5 yearsDeadline: Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the post is filled. Final deadline 1st May 2024.Project...

Award Summary: Fully funded PhD (100% tuition fees and annual stipend of £18,622) starting September 2024, full time for 3-3.5 years fixed term. Project Overview: This PhD aims to examine the impact of nano- and microplastic accumulation on skeletal muscle function and will provide important insight into the threat of plastic pollution to human health....

Sept 2024 projectAbout the ProjectAt Coventry University, the Research Centre for Fluid and Complex Systems (FCS) is pushing back research boundaries and delivering real-world solutions to complex fundamental and applied challenges.Project detailsFCS brings together almost 60 leading applied mathematicians, statistical physicists, experimentalists,...

Project Page – Centre Project Overview We are seeking exceptional candidates with a passion for interdisciplinary research in the fields of Physics, Engineering, and Materia Science for a fully funded 3.5-year PhD research project. This exciting research project aims to develop beam-steering programmable metasurfaces capable of controlling electromagnetic...

Project Page – CentreProject OverviewWe are seeking exceptional candidates with a passion for interdisciplinary research in the fields of Physics, Engineering, and Materia Science for a fully funded 3.5-year PhD research project.This exciting research project aims to develop beam-steering programmable metasurfaces capable of controlling electromagnetic...

We are seeking a highly-motivated PhD candidate to join our interdisciplinary team to work on a collaborative project.G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) form the largest family of membrane proteins in the human genome and are the therapeutic target for ~40% of clinically-prescribed drugs. Understanding their structure & function at the molecular level is of...

We are seeking a highly-motivated PhD candidate to join our interdisciplinary team to work on a collaborative project. G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) form the largest family of membrane proteins in the human genome and are the therapeutic target for ~40% of clinically-prescribed drugs. Understanding their structure & function at the molecular level is...

Applications are invited for a 3.5-year PhD studentship on 'Post-Hurricane Damage and Recovery: A remote assessment of agricultural resilience in the Caribbean'. Project BackgroundHurricanes cause widespread damage to agriculture, resulting in vegetation loss and decreased productivity. The Caribbean region, specifically, is affected by three major...

Applications are invited for a 3.5-year PhD studentship on ‘Post-Hurricane Damage and Recovery: A remote assessment of agricultural resilience in the Caribbean’.  Project Background Hurricanes cause widespread damage to agriculture, resulting in vegetation loss and decreased productivity. The Caribbean region, specifically, is affected by three major...

Interviews are due to take place in mid-May. We are looking to appoint a Senior Clinical Fellow to our innovative and ambitious Plastic surgery department which is expanding both clinically and academically in terms of number of consultants, workload and increasing sub-specialisation for a period of 12 months from September 2024. The successful...

Join the Frontier of Cardiovascular HealthcareCardiovascular diseases can cause severe clinical events and have consisted a leading cause mortality globally. The coronary artery disease (CAD) and coronary microvascular dysfunction (CMVD) are two major mechanisms of myocardial ischemia. Currently, the accurate diagnosis of CMVD depends on invasive...

Supervisors: Dr. Ferran Brosa Planella, Dr. Radu Cimpeanu, Prof. Louis PiperSummary:Manufacturing not only has a significant impact on battery performance and lifetime, but also on cost and environmental impact. A key process (yet not a well-studied one) is the so-called filling, in which a liquid electrolyte is incorporated into the battery, occupying the...

A Midlands based battery cell research and manufacturing centre is currently recruiting a Senior Battery Scientist. The Senior Battery Scientist will: Support the verification of battery materials supplied by third parties against specification and the due diligence process of ensuring safe use in the facility. Liaise with external suppliers covering...

There is an opportunity for a highly-motivated PhD candidate to join our interdisciplinary team to investigate G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs).GPCRs are the therapeutic target for ~40% of clinically-prescribed drugs and are of critical inter-est to the pharmaceutical industry with respect to future drug discovery. They also form the larg-est family of...

Funding Source: Lord Bhattacharyya FundEligibly: Home fee status and UK domicile EU students.Start Date: Ongoing or as soon as possible Project OverviewThis is a challenging and unique PhD opportunity for a student with a good materials, physics and/or engineering background, interested in applying their knowledge to the rapidly growing and multidisciplinary...

Funding Source: Lord Bhattacharyya Fund Eligibly: Home fee status and UK domicile EU students. Start Date: Ongoing or as soon as possible  Project Overview This is a challenging and unique PhD opportunity for a student with a good materials, physics and/or engineering background, interested in applying their knowledge to the rapidly growing and...

Supervisors: Dr. Ravindra Desai (Physics), Dr Dimitri Veras (Physics)Summary:Extreme Space Weather is driven by large-scale eruptions from the Sun called coronal mass ejections. Upon arrival at the Earth, these produce amazing auroral displays but also endanger satellites and disrupt communication signals. Accurately modelling magnetosphere-atmosphere energy...