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Postgraduate Vacancies

The School is organised into three Sections: Inorganic and Materials, Organic and Biological, Physical and Theoretical covering a broad range of research areas and further details are available on academic staff web pages. Scholarships are awarded in all branches of chemistry and to apply for a PhD or MSc programme please complete an application form.

In addition there are opportunities for postgraduate studies within the two Doctoral Training Centres: Chemical Synthesis DTC and Functional Nanomaterials DTC.

If you require further information about opportunities for postgraduate research please contact the appropriate Postgraduate Admissions co-ordinator:

Inorganic and Materials Chemistry: Professor Paul Pringle
Organic and Biological Chemistry: Professor Chris Willis
Physical and Theoretical Chemistry: Dr Paul Bartlett

If you are uncertain which of the above to contact, please email the Director of Graduate Recruitment, Professor Chris Willis.

Specific Current Postgraduate Vacancies

In addition to funding in all branches of chemistry, scholarships are currently available for the following specific projects within the School of Chemistry. For further information, contact the appropriate member of academic staff directly. Unless otherwise stated, studentships are available only to citizens of the UK or other EU countries.

There are more than 40 non-CO₂ greenhouse gases present in significant quantities in the atmosphere, many of which are much more fast-growing than CO₂. One family of gases of particular concern are the hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), which are widely-used replacements for the ozone-destroying CFCs. Per tonne of emissions, these gases are tens to thousands of times more potent than CO₂ and some are increasing in concentration by tens of percent per year. This 3-year NERC-funded PhD studentship in the Atmospheric Chemistry Research Group (supervisors: Matt Rigby and Simon O'Doherty) will develop new methods to determine the sources and sinks of these gases at global and national scales using atmospheric measurements and chemical transport models. More details.
Applications are welcomed for studentships at the interface of chemistry and biology funded by the BBSRC SWDTP. There are projects led by staff from the School of Chemistry in the field of World Class Bioscience (Dr Matt Crump, Profs Tom Simpson, Chris Willis and Dek Woolfson) and in Food Security by Prof Russell Cox. Further information and project summaries are available at: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/science/prospective/scienceswdtp.html. Please contact individual supervisors for further information. Closing date 10th Feb 2012.
A PhD studentship funded by the European Research Council (ERC) is available for a UK/EU student to work with Dr Wuge Briscoe on a project titled "Liposomes at Interfaces", with applications in drug delivery and biolubrication. The project will involve experiments at international facilities, e.g. in France and Israel. The studentship can begin at any time in 2012.For more details, please contact Dr Wuge Briscoe.
3 Marie Curie PhD studentships are available in Dr Wuge Briscoe's group to to study the interfacial properties of novel responsive polymers and self-assembled polymer nanoparticles, as part of an EU-wide training network. These studentships, to begin in Oct 2012, are suitable for EU nationals. One of the students will be formally employed by Proctor & Gamble (P&G) during the project to collaborate with Dr Elaine Baxter to explore possible applications of the polymer systems in personal care products. All three will have the opportunities to work with collaborators in Sweden, France, Denmark, Norway and Hungary, as well as Durham Chemistry and Bristol Physics. For more details, please contact Dr Wuge Briscoe.
A 3-year PhD studentship funded by the EU as part of the MEDGATE project is available to work with Prof Rich Pancost and Dr Rachel Flecker on 'Assessing the impact of exchange on Mediterranean temperature and salinity'. This project will use UK37, TEX86 and hydrogen isotopic analysis of algal biomarkers to reconstruct ancient sea surface temperature and salinity changes. The studentship will start between July-September 2012. For more details, please visit the MEDGATE project or contact Prof Rich Pancost.
One EPSRC funded Ph.D. studentship is available to work with Dr Stuart Greaves on the dynamics of gas liquid surface reactions, in particular studying the reactions of radicals on liquid surfaces which are of importance to atmospheric chemistry. The studentship is funded for 42 months, starting any time in 2012 and is available for UK or EU nationals. Please contact Dr Stuart Greaves for further information.
One 4 Year BBSRC PhD Studentship in collaboration with UCB Biopharma to work with Dr Matthew Crump on 'Investigation of the scope and limitations of capillary flow NMR as a medium throughput screening technology for generation of positional information in ligand-protein and protein-protein complexes'. The studentship will start in January 2012. Please see jobs.ac.uk for the full studentship details or contact Dr Matthew Crump for further information.
One Ph.D. studentship funded by the EPSRC is available to work with Professor Jonathan Reid on the optical manipulation, characterisation and dynamics of aerosol particles , in particular studying the impact of aerosols on the atmosphere. The studentship is funded for up to 42 months, starting anytime in 2012 and is available for UK or EU nationals. Please contact Prof Jonathan Reid for further information.

More vacancies will be added soon, watch this space ...

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