Research opportunities

We recruit around 15-20 new PhD students each year and there are many opportunities for postgraduate research on new projects run under the six research themes described below

Bioanalysis and Analytical Methods (BAM)

Research that underpins tomorrow's sciences, from Biomedicine to Nanotechnology

Nanostructured Polymers and Biopolymers

Research at the forefront of polymer science & technology  

Reading Atmospheric Chemistry and Environmental Research (RACER)

We aim to improve the understanding of key processes affecting climate change
through experimental and modelling studies of gas-phase species as well as nucleation and ageing of atmospheric aerosols. 

Photoredox Processes and Structure of Functional Materials

Transition-metal cyanides.
Dark materials lighting up the world.
The combination of synthesis, structure and photophysics. 

Interfacial Chemistry

The interfacial chemistry team uses a wide range of analytical techniques to solve problems related to the structure, chemistry and functionality of atoms, molecules and bio-molecular structures bound at surfaces and interfaces.  

Synthesis and Chemical Biology

Design new methods to make novel chemical substances for interdisciplinary scientific attacks on problems of societal importance.