Technology Enhanced Chemical Synthesis PhD

University of Bristol

Based at the School of Chemistry, our alternative to the traditional PhD offers a unique training period designed to strengthen your research techniques and introduce new technologies for Chemical Synthesis through lab rotations. You will benefit from developing a range of transferable skills (including presentation, teamwork and problem-solving) to enhance your employability.After successfully completing the training element, you will embark on a lab research project in Chemical Synthesis. During this time, your scientific development will continue to be enhanced by entrepreneurship training and further professional and academic courses provided by our industrial partners. As a result, you will end your PhD as a well-rounded candidate for both industry and academia.We are seeking applications from students covering the whole breadth of the synthetic chemistry spectrum. We encourage applications from students whose interests include:Metal catalysed transformationsNew scaffolds for medicines and agrochemicalsDesigner ligands for catalysisComputational modelling and automationDesign and synthesis of new bioactive and functional moleculesMain group chemistry: from molecules to materialsDevelopment of expedient new synthetic methodologiesChemistry, synthesis and activity of natural productsCleaner synthesis and reactor technology.Applications are welcomed from students with or expecting to gain a first or upper-second class honours MSci/MChem (or equivalent).