Current research degree projects
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
Explore our current postgraduate research degree and PhD opportunities.
Bacteria have been (in)famous for their remarkable ability to handle sudden, often unfavorable environmental changes, and to successfully occupy new habitats. This project will investigate genetic elements that control cellular processes enabling bacteria to withstand ever-changing conditions. These include temperature fluctuations and antibiotic exposure, by utilizing bacteriology, single-cell and computational approaches.
Free energy calculations using molecular dynamics are widely used in the pharmaceutical industry to predict drug binding affinities. Scaffold hopping presents distinct challenges however. The very large number of possible alternate scaffolds means that the method used must be very efficient, while the potentially large chemical change creates problems with method accuracy. In this project you will address these problems.
The project will focus on understanding the dynamic response of meta-structures subjected to multiple impacts, analyzing the material properties required for effective impact resistance, and developing optimized structural designs to mitigate damage and enhance overall structural resilience.
The Machine learning sustainable electricity markets PhD project offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the forefront of sustainable circular economies and operations through AI innovation.
This project aims to examine the role of the hard phase in supporting galling resistance and developing a microstructural model. This allows the role of the hard phase to be investigated under a range of operating loads informed by experiments. This PhD studentship is open only to UK, USA and Australian applicants.
The School of Chemistry is offering a fully funded PhD studentship to a highly motivated candidate to start in September 2024. This research project aims to develop new ways of constructing 3-dimensionally complex natural products using strategies inspired by their biosynthesis.