Departmental PhD Scholarship

PhD Scholarship Project: Lignin valorisation for the circular economy at Imperial College London , Department of Chemical Engineering. This PhD project focuses on the valorisation of lignin, the most abundant renewable source of aromatic carbon on Earth. The research will convert lignin into well-defined aromatic and aliphatic building blocks using reductive catalytic fractionation, mechanocatalysis, and related depolymerisation strategies applied directly to lignocellulosic biomass. You will wo...

PhD opportunity at Monash University Malaysia under the Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2027) in sustainable ammonia production through thermocatalytic nitrogen conversion . This project sits at the intersection of chemical engineering , materials science , chemistry , and environmental science . The research aims to develop advanced thermocatalytic systems for efficient nitrogen activation and ammonia synthesis under milder, more sustainable conditions. Key themes include ratio...

PhD opportunity at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, UK, focused on PFAS removal from water using novel sorbent materials . The project addresses per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including legacy compounds such as PFOA and PFOS and newer PFAS alternatives, which are persistent, mobile, and bioaccumulative contaminants of major concern in drinking water, groundwater, soils, sediments, and biota. The research builds on the Fletcher group’s work in adsorption-based remediation an...

PhD opportunity in Sustainable Nanomaterials for Thermal Management of Industrial Systems at Aston University , delivered through the Net2Zero Centre for Doctoral Training in partnership with the University of Warwick and James Walker Ltd . This fully funded doctoral project focuses on biomass-derived nanomaterials from rice husk for phase-change thermal management applications. The research sits at the intersection of materials science , chemical engineering , polymer science , nanotechnology ,...

PhD Studentship in Chemical Engineering at the University of Nottingham, within the EPSRC and BBSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Negative Emission Technologies for Net Zero (CDT in Net2Zero). The project sits in the areas of chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science, chemistry, environmental science, biomass conversion, biochar, CO2 capture, BECCS, and negative emission technologies. The research aims to develop and demonstrate a laboratory-scale multifunctional reactor ...