PhD Opportunities in Molecular Dynamics in United Kingdom

The University of East Anglia in Norwich, United Kingdom, is offering a full-time PhD studentship in ultrafast spectroscopy with structured light , supervised by Dr Kayn Forbes. The project begins on 1 October 2027 and explores how specially designed light fields can reveal molecular and material dynamics beyond the reach of conventional spectroscopy. The research will combine pump–probe spectroscopy, structured-light photonics, analytical theory, and computational modelling. It will investigate...

The SurPhase Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network is recruiting 12 fully funded PhD/Doctoral Candidate positions across the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, Sabancı University in Türkiye, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Norway, and the University of Padova in Italy. The doctoral projects focus on advanced surface engineering and thermal-fluid science, including flow boiling, condensation, additive manufacturing, Molecul...

[Studentship provides full fees and a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7; funded by EPSRC.] University of Exeter PhD studentship in In Silico Directed Evolution of Biological Qubits: Rational Design of Nanoscale Quantum Transducers . This project sits at the interface of quantum biology, protein engineering, computational chemistry, and AI-driven molecular design. The research aims to move beyond passive fluorescence-based quantum sensing toward active biological transduction , where geneti...

PhD opportunity in molecular modelling at the University of Edinburgh, School of Chemistry , seeking an industrial partner to co-fund a studentship starting in 2027/28 . The project sits within the research programme of Valentina Erastova , whose group studies molecular models of complex systems with a strong emphasis on natural materials and environmental applications . The post is flexible and can be shaped around topics such as clays , biochar , layered minerals , other layered materials , so...

PhD opportunity in AI-powered enzyme engineering and computational chemistry at the University of Bristol , offered through a BBSRC SWBio CASE PhD project in partnership with AstraZeneca . The project is titled Optimizing biocatalysts for industry through machine-learning based enzyme activity screening (no. 3680). It focuses on developing and applying advanced computational workflows that combine machine-learned potentials , molecular simulation , and enzyme engineering to predict enzyme activi...

PhD studentship opportunity at the University of Exeter through the SWBio DTP Hub Doctoral Training Partnership. The project is led by Wendy Noble, with co-supervision from Robert Williams (University of Bath), Rosie Bamford, and Clémence Bernard. It will investigate the expression and function of novel tau isoforms in the healthy and diseased brain, and their potential contribution to dementia. This is a strong opportunity for candidates interested in neuroscience, dementia research, neurodegen...

AstraZeneca-funded PhD studentship at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics . The project, Physics-Guided Representation Learning from Free Energy Perturbation Data for Affinity Prediction and Candidate Down-Selection , sits at the interface of statistical machine learning , molecular simulation , drug discovery , and computational chemistry . The successful student will work on developing new machine-learning methods for predicting molecul...

PhD opportunity at the University of Edinburgh in cryo-DAC, biochar, carbon capture, molecular simulations, computational chemistry, and sustainable materials . This project, titled From Pollution to Permanent Carbon Storage via Cryo-DAC & Biochar , is being recruited through the E5 DTP at The University of Edinburgh . The research asks whether biochar can selectively capture CO2 from cold air , and which pore structures and surface chemistry features make this possible. The work combines molecu...

Coventry University’s Centre for Discoveries in Life Science is advertising a funded PhD project within the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP), a BBSRC-funded Doctoral Training Partnership involving Coventry University, the University of Warwick, the University of Birmingham, the University of Leicester, Aston University, and Harper Adams University. The project is titled “Regulation of amylin 1 receptor signalling by lipids in obesity and diabetes” . It sits at the in...