PhD opportunities in chemistry in united kingdom

Delighted to be recruiting for a new SWBio DTP PhD studentship at the University of Bath , focused on developing a mammalian platform to discover peptide regulators of transcription factors . The project will combine cell engineering , peptide-library screening , and biochemical characterisation , with links to Revolver Therapeutics and collaborators at the University of Bristol . This is a PhD opening in the broad areas of Biology , Biochemistry , Biomedical Engineering , and Chemistry . The po...

PhD studentship opportunity in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at The University of Manchester (UK) and Peking University (China) through a dual-degree award. The project focuses on bioinformatics , enzymology , and chemical biology to investigate antibacterial resistance, with an emphasis on selective pressure for AMR under environmental factors. The supervisors are Dr Yi Jin (Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Dale Fellow and PI at the University of Manchester) and Prof. Weiling Sun (Peking University). ...

[4-year EPSRC Industrial Doctoral Landscape Award studentship with annual tax-free stipend of £20,780 for 2025/26 (subject to annual uplift), full tuition fees paid, and substantial extra maintenance from the industrial sponsor.] The University of Manchester is offering a fully funded 4-year PhD studentship in the Department of Materials, in collaboration with Constellium, on the optimisation of thermomechanical ageing processing of high-strength 6xxx aluminium alloys. This project focuses on ho...

KU Leuven is offering a fully funded PhD opportunity in plant systems biology at the Division of Crop Biotechnics, Department of Biosystems, Belgium. The project is hosted by the labs of Prof. Devang Mehta and Prof. Hervé Vanderschuren, who work in experimental plant systems biology and tropical plant biotechnology. The research environment includes access to long-read sequencing, proteomics mass spectrometry, and membership in the Leuven Institute for Single-Cell Omics and the Leuven Plant Inst...

The SOLVOMET group in the Department of Chemistry at KU Leuven is offering a fully funded PhD position on carbonation in solvent extraction systems . The project sits at the interface of metallurgical chemistry, solvent extraction, CO2 utilization, and thermodynamic modelling. It is hosted in the SOLVOMET laboratory, a research group led by Prof. Koen Binnemans, with supervision by Prof. Koen Binnemans and Prof. Tom Van Gerven. The research addresses an urgent sustainability challenge: how to ca...

Leibniz-HKI is offering a Doctoral Researcher Position in Metagenomics within the Microbiome Dynamics (MBD) department in Jena, Germany. The position is hosted at the Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology – Hans Knöll Institute (HKI), an internationally oriented research environment focused on the pathobiology of microorganisms and the development of new natural product-based active compounds for infectious disease treatment. The PhD project sits at the intersectio...

PhD position at ETH Zurich in the NCCR Genesis research network focused on the rise of molecular complexity at the origin of life. The project is part of the National Centre of Competence in Research NCCR Genesis , a SNSF-funded interdisciplinary research infrastructure dedicated to understanding how life emerges in the Universe. The work connects chemistry, biology, physics, and earth and planetary sciences to address fundamental questions about prebiotic conditions, biosignatures, and the path...

KU Leuven is recruiting a Doctoral Candidate for the EU-funded MSCA Doctoral Network SPACE-MEL (101311007), an international training programme focused on spatial single-cell omics for melanoma precision medicine. The position is based at the Department of Oncology , Laboratory of Lipid Metabolism and Cancer , within the KU Leuven Institute for Single Cell Omics (LISCO) in Leuven, Belgium. The project is part of a wider European network of universities, clinical partners, technology providers an...

The University of Antwerp is offering a full-time doctoral scholarship holder position in machine learning for circular polyurethane design within the Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Engineering. The PhD project focuses on developing a quantum-to-plant model to predict polyurethane recyclability and separation energy from formulation. The research combines machine learning, cheminformatics, computational chemistry, polymer chemistry, molecular dynamics, and...