University of Liverpool 2022 PhD in Organic Materials Discovery for International Students in UK

The position is available on the ambitious 5-year project: “Digital Navigation of Chemical Space for Function” that seeks to develop a new approach to materials design and discovery, exploiting machine learning and symbolic artificial intelligence, demonstrated by the realisation of new functional organic materials.

The PhD project is experimental-based, and we welcome applications from ambitious students who want to focus on developing new strategies to discover supramolecular organic materials using a combination of experimental methods and robotic platforms. The research team at Liverpool has wide-ranging expertise in the design, discovery, and characterisation of porous organic molecular crystals and organic photocatalysts. We envisage that the successful candidate will work in one of those areas. 

The successful candidate will develop a diverse skillset in organic synthesis, purification and characterisation (e.g., NMR, mass spectrometry, X-ray characterisation), and high-throughput synthesis and characterisation. More broadly, the successful candidate will integrate with a research team focused on developing mobile robots for research laboratories and contribute their chemistry-based expertise to those projects. An opportunity to integrate more extensively with the robotics team and develop expertise in this area will also be feasible during the project.

• Table of Content
• About University of Liverpool
• University of Liverpool PhD Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of University of Liverpool PhD Scholarship
• Requirements for University of Liverpool PhD Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University of Liverpool

University of Liverpool PhD Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of University of Liverpool PhD Scholarship

The award will pay full tuition fees and a maintenance grant for 3.5 years. The maintenance grant will be at the UKRI rate, currently £15,609.00 per annum for 2021-22, subject to possible increase . The award will pay full home tuition fees and a maintenance grant for 3.5 years. Non-UK applicants may have to contribute to the higher non-UK tuition fees.

Requirements for University of Liverpool PhD Scholarship Qualification

• To be eligible, the applicants must meet all the given criteria:
• Open to International applicants
• Students must have to enroll in the PhD degree programme at the University.
• The applicants must have strong math and programming skills.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Dr. Marc Little ([email protected]) by email.