Vacancies
We are always willing to consider suitably qualified people as candidates for PhDs in the diamond group. If you have a first-class or upper-second-class degree in the areas of Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Physics, Materials, or even some branches of Engineering, and are interested in working in this field, please contact us. Funding could be available from grant awarding bodies, such as the EPSRC, and Departmental bursaries may also be available. There are also occasional vacancies for postdoctoral researchers, but these will be advertised below when they are available.
Suitably qualified overseas students wishing to study for a PhD here with their own source of funding are particularly welcome. Note, neither the University nor the UK government will fund overseas students for a PhD here, so candidates must have their own way to fund this, such as a government scholarship, Commonwealth scholarship, or personal funds. A PhD requires funding for 3.5 years, ans involves the living costs of the student (typically £20k a year for Bristol), University Overseas fees (~£27k a year), plus bench fees to pay for lab chemicals, consumables, access to instrumentation, etc (£10k per year).
We have taken students from China, India, Brazil, Taiwan and elsewhere in the world under these arrangements. Many countries have funding schemes o support overseas students coming to the UK to do a PhD here. For example China has the CSC Scholarships. If you do have suitable funding for up to 3 years, please contact us to enquire about possible PhD projects. Please note, that we cannot host 'summer internships' for overseas PhD students unless these are fully funded by an overseas body, which also needs to include reasonable bench fees or consumables costs.
Similarly, we are happy to host overseas postdocs and lecturers for periods of 6 months, 1 year or 2 years, provided they have their own source of funding, which would need to include their travel and UK living expenses, plus a small contribution (£5k p.a.) towards bench fees and access charges.
Current Vacancies
Specific vacancies
- There are no specific vacancies at present, however we obtain grants throughout the year so it's worth checking here regularly to see if any new positions have appeared.