Study with us Open Study with us menu Work with us Open Work with us menu Why Strathclyde? Open Why Strathclyde? menu Toggle search Home Page Study with usPostgraduate research & PhD opportunities Postgraduate research & PhD opportunities Search Filter your results Showing 166 results Sort by Relevancy Ending soonest Start over Structured Light Lasers Deadline: Open-ended In this PhD project – funded by the Leverhulme Trust and in collaboration with Dr Sonja Franke-Arnold at the University of Glasgow – you will demonstrate storage and processing of OAM information in a rubidium vapour. Supervisors: Dr Aidan Arnold Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Read more Multiscale neural imaging - from synapse to whole organism Deadline: Open-ended Advances in microscopy allow imaging on scales ranging from single molecules to whole organism. This project involves developing a microscope that will allow images of whole invertebrates (likely C. Elegans nematode worms) be correlated with nanoscopic (super-reolution) images of sub-cellular regions within them. Supervisors: Dr Brian Patton Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Quantum Information Theory Deadline: Open-ended An EPSRC funded studentship in theoretical quantum information, specifically the relationship between decoherence, non-classicality, and the efficacy of quantum information tasks. Supervisors: Dr Daniel Oi Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Read more Microfluidics Deadline: Open-ended In recent years there has been an explosive growth of interest in the behaviour and control of fluids at small (typically sub-millimetre) scales motivated by a range of novel applications including ink-jet printing and lab-on-a-chip technologies. Supervisors: Professor Stephen Wilson Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics, Physics Funded: unfunded Read more Development of a spatially resolved spectroscopy probe for application in pharmaceutical drying processes Deadline: Open-ended In this project, the student will be involved in an industrial funded project to develop and use spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS) and spatially resolved diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (SR-DRS) for obtaining insight into sub-surface powder drying behaviour. Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more PhD Politics Deadline: 25 February 2022 The University of Strathclyde’s Centre for Energy Policy (CEP) is offering an exciting opportunity for a fully funded PhD Politics to explore the broader economic and societal outcomes of efforts to meet net zero/climate change targets such as industrial decarbonisation, heat decarbonisation, energy efficiency and electrification of transport. Supervisors: Professor Karen Turner, Dr Antonios Katris, Dr Oluwafisayo Titilope Alabi Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Politics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Inspiring Children’s Futures Doctoral Research Centre PhD funded studentships in Politics: Focus on government policy implementation for children’s wellbeing Deadline: 31 January 2022 The Institute for Inspiring Children’s Futures Doctoral Research Centre (DRC) is focussing unwaveringly on ‘Achieving the Well-being of Children in the COVID-19 Recovery Decade’. Driven by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, this DRC aims to generate new knowledge, and apply this effectively in policy, professional practice environments, and the settings in which children live their lives. Supervisors: Dr Fabrizio De Francesco Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Politics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more An investigation into an aspect of Science Education Research Deadline: Open-ended You will work under the supervision of Dr Fraser J Scott to investigate an aspect of Science Education Research. This will likely be on a topic involving the overlap of Science and Mathematics education, but the specific topic is open for discussion. Supervisors: Dr Fraser Scott Mode of study: Full Time, Part Time Subject: Chemistry, Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Accelerating the clinical introduction of novel antibiotic combinations effective against Gram-negative pathogens Deadline: Open-ended You will work under the supervision of Dr Fraser J Scott to investigate Strathclyde Minor Groove Binders in combination with existing antibiotics. Experimental work will involve in vitro susceptibility testing, toxicity testing, and mechanism of action studies on clinical isolates. Supervisors: Dr Fraser Scott Mode of study: Full Time, Part Time Subject: Chemistry, Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Determination & behaviour of microplastics in terrestrial systems Deadline: Open-ended This PhD involves the development of analytical methods and their application to investigate the behaviour of microplastic pollutants in the environment. Laboratory and field studies will be used to assess the ability of microplastics to transport potentially toxic elements in terrestrial systems. Supervisors: Dr Christine Davidson, Professor John Liggat Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemistry Funded: unfunded Read more Portable screening of illicit drugs for forensic analysis Deadline: Open-ended Developing novel methodologies for portable detection of a variety of illicit substances including but not limited to drugs of abuse, explosives, gunshot residue and / or screening of bodily fluids at crime scenes. Supervisors: Dr Lynn Dennany Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time, Part Time Subject: Forensic science, Chemistry Funded: unfunded Read more Developing point of care sensors for biomedical diagnostics Deadline: Open-ended Developing novel methodologies for portable, rapid, point-of-care detection of a variety of biomedically relevant markers for use in biomedical diagnostics Supervisors: Dr Lynn Dennany Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time, Part Time Subject: Chemistry, Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Understanding How Cancer Cells Respond to Treatment Using Raman Spectroscopy Deadline: Open-ended This project will investigate Raman scattering and its variations (surface enhanced (SERS) and stimulated (SRS)) to assess cancer cells and tissue prior to and following treatment with conventional anticancer drugs and particularly new alternative drugs that have shown promise as anticancer agents. Supervisors: Professor Duncan Graham Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemistry Funded: unfunded Read more Raman probes to determine cellular redox potential Deadline: Open-ended The discovery of new medicines to treat disease requires the identification, understanding and validation of biological pathways and targets. This project resides in the Healthcare technologies theme, aligning with the growth area of Chemical Biology and the areas of Analytical Science and Synthetic Organic Chemistry. Supervisors: Professor Nick Tomkinson Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemistry, Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Funding towards: Equipment costs, Travel costs Read more Developing an ultrawide dynamic range analytical platform for biomarker panel analysis Deadline: Open-ended The aim of this project is to address the challenge of directly detecting disease biomarker panels in serum featuring target species whose relative concentrations span many orders of magnitude. Supervisors: Dr Alastair Wark Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Biomedical engineering, Chemistry, Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Conjugated polymer photocatalysts for carbon dioxide reduction Deadline: Open-ended Design and application of new conjugated polymer photocatalysts for light-driven conversion of carbon dioxide into useful chemical intermediates. Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemistry Funded: unfunded Read more Developing new treatments for leishmaniasis Deadline: Open-ended The prospective student will work with Dr Fraser Scott to develop new treatments for leishmaniasis using the novel class of anti-infective agents, Strathclyde Minor Groove Binders. This will involve a combination of synthetic chemistry, biophysical measurements and biological evaluation. Supervisors: Dr Fraser Scott Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time, Part Time Subject: Chemistry, Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Investigation of the interactions between microplastics and potentially toxic elements in terrestrial environments Deadline: Open-ended This PhD project will investigate the chemical interactions between microplastics, soil/sediment, and potentially toxic elements (PTE) through laboratory and field experiments. It will involve aspects of analytical, physical and environmental chemistry. Supervisors: Dr Christine Davidson, Professor John Liggat Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemistry Funded: unfunded Read more Tuned Iridium Catalysts to Deliver an Array of Synthetic Efficiency and Selectivity Deadline: Open-ended This project will specifically expand upon Professor Kerr’s iridium-based catalysts for application in a portfolio of important transformations in organic synthesis and of direct relevance to the pharmaceutical industry. Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemistry Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Equipment costs, Travel costs, Stipend Read more Novel Preconditioned Iterative Methods for Radial Basis Linear Systems Deadline: Open-ended This project will develop effective solvers for linear systems in these RBF methods. In particular, we will focus on certain iterative methods (Krylov subspace methods) that start with an initial guess of the solution that is improved at each step. Supervisors: Dr Jennifer Pestana Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: unfunded Read more Numerical Methods for SDEs under the Local Lipschitz Condition Deadline: Open-ended The aims of this PhD is to develop the truncated EM method are to study the strong convergence in finite-time for SDEs under the generalised Khasminskii condition and its convergence rate and to investigate the numerical stability of the nonlinear SDEs. Supervisors: Professor Xuerong Mao Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: unfunded Read more Stochastic Modelling of Saving Accounts Linked to Stock Market Deadline: Open-ended This project is to perform the stochastic and numerical analysis on the stock market linked savings accounts in order to establish the theory on the mean percentage of return (MPR). Supervisors: Professor Xuerong Mao Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: unfunded Read more Time-dependent Scattering Problems Deadline: Open-ended Time dependent wave propagation and scattering is important in acoustics, electromagnetics and seismology. Supervisors: Dr Penny Davies Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: unfunded Read more What is the role of discarding in the dynamics of the demersal fish community of the Firth of Clyde? Deadline: Open-ended The purpose of this project is to conduct a comprehensive extraction and synthesis of all the relevant data for demersal fish species in the Firth of Clyde. Supervisors: Dr Robin Cook Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Permutation tableaux, the Abelian Sandpile Model & Asymmetric Exclusion Processes Deadline: Open-ended Study permutation tableaux such as the Le- and EW-tableaux, their connections to Abelian Sandpile Model and Asymmetric Exclusion Processes, and the connection between these two models afforded by the tableaux. Supervisors: Professor Einar Steingrimsson Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: unfunded Read more Uniform Distribution of Resources within a City Deadline: Open-ended To ensure that a person taking any route in a city has the same experience, e.g. seeing a city map, we need methods to cover the routes without over-deploying resources. We will use tools in Graph Theory and Combinatorics to optimally deploy resources across a city to have maximum effect on those navigating it. Supervisors: Dr Sergey Kitaev Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: unfunded Read more Computational Fluid Dynamics of Liquid Crystals Deadline: Open-ended Liquid crystals are fluids that show local orientational order. The interplay between orientation and flow in these substances is very intricate and can lead to interesting macroscopic phenomena, many of which are not yet fully understood. This project will study such phenomena using mathematical and numerical models. Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: unfunded Read more Monotone Grid Classes of Permutations Deadline: Open-ended The goal of this project is the exact enumeration of classes of permutations that can be plotted on monotone curves in grids. At present, an effective procedure is only known for so-called “skinny” classes. The general problem is challenging because permutations have multiple ways of being plotted on the curves. Supervisors: Dr David Bevan Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: unfunded Read more Theory of elasticity of unconventional nematic liquid crystals Deadline: Open-ended The aim of this project is the generalise the existing molecular-statistical theory of elasticity of nematic liquid crystals to the case of bent-core nematics, composed of biaxial and polar molecules, using the preliminary results obtained in recent years. Supervisors: Professor Mikhail Osipov Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: unfunded Read more Theory of cholesteric ordering in lyotropic liquid crystals Deadline: Open-ended The aim of this project is to develop a molecular-statistical theory of chirality transfer in cholecteric nanorod phase, determined by steric and electrostatic chiral interactions, and quantitatively describe the variation of helix pitch as a function of rod length, concentration, dispersity and temperature. Supervisors: Professor Mikhail Osipov Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: unfunded Read more Algorithmic Bias in Search Engines Deadline: Open-ended We are looking for PhD Students interested in making search engines (and machine learning in general) fairer, more transparent and explainable. Supervisors: Dr Leif Azzopardi Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Computer and information sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Autonomous Systems Evolution Deadline: Open-ended The goal of the project is to investigate the use of evolutionary computation in the development of autonomous systems. Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Computer and information sciences Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Studies of the interaction of intense laser pulses with plasma as ultra-compact accelerators, plasma-based laser amplifiers, and coherent and incoherent attosecond x-ray sources Deadline: Open-ended PhDs are available in an exciting and challenging research area, with a vibrant group of experimentalists and theoreticians developing and applying ultra-compact accelerators and x-ray sources based on laser-plasma interactions. Supervisors: Professor Dino Jaroszynski Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Read more Quantum Technologies: Atom Interferometry Deadline: Open-ended A fully-funded position to undertake research in the ground-breaking field of quantum sensing and measurement, after the first year specialising in Atom Interferometry. Supervisors: Dr Paul Griffin Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Read more Quantum nonlinearities in dielectric nanoparticles Deadline: Open-ended We focus on new nonlinear regimes with input powers so low that they enable all-optical processing and the exploitation of the fundamental advantages of quantum technologies at the nanoscale. Supervisors: Dr Francesco Papoff, Professor Gian-Luca Oppo Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: unfunded Read more Nanoscale 3D transfer printing for hybrid photonic device fabrication Deadline: Open-ended This project will develop chip scale optoelectronic systems through the 3-dimensional printing of nanoscale building block components such as nanolasers and thin film electronics. Supervisors: Professor Martin Dawson, Professor Michael Strain Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Electronic and electrical engineering, Physics Funded: funded Read more Diamond for laser engineering: lasers for manufacturing and sensing Deadline: Open-ended Diamond is an exciting and enabling material of laser engineering. This project will aim to exploit diamond directly as a laser gain material so as to fully exploit its excellent thermal and mechanical properties. Supervisors: Professor Alan Kemp Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Read more Advanced image analysis of semiconductor structures Deadline: Open-ended This project is focussed on advanced modern image analysis and pattern recognition methods to study the microscopy and spectroscopy of semiconductor structures and devices. Developing automated and robust methods to look at images and video will revolutionise this area. Supervisors: Dr Ben Hourahine, Dr Paul Edwards Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Probing Quantum States With Silicon Carbide Nanoelectronics Deadline: Open-ended This project focuses on the realisation of quantum phenomena in commercially-compatible electronic devices, such as transistors and diodes in silicon carbide. The main goal is to couple electron spins to electromagnetic radiation, in order to manipulate and read quantum states. Supervisors: Dr Alessandro Rossi Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Characterisation of Ga2O3 materials for ultraviolet optoelectronic devices Deadline: Open-ended Gallium oxide is an emerging semiconductor offering promises for applications in ultraviolet optical devices. The project aims to improve our understanding of the material, elucidate the mechanisms leading to its optical properties, and exploit the findings to produce better devices. Supervisors: Dr Fabien Massabuau Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Phase transitions in open quantum systems Deadline: Open-ended This project will develop new numerical techniques for studying many-body quantum systems far from equilibrium, exploring the possible phase transitions which can be realised. Supervisors: Dr Peter Kirton Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Quantum properties of integrated frequency combs for applications in computing, communications and sensing Deadline: 10 December 2021 This experimental project will investigate the quantum properties of the frequency combs generated via parametric processes in integrated platforms (waveguides and microresonators). The student will work on the generation, characterisation and applications of highly entangled cluster states. Supervisors: Dr Lucia Caspani, Professor Michael Strain Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Photoconduction of wide bandgap semiconductor materials and devices Deadline: Open-ended Wide bandgap semiconductors are vital materials for applications in ultraviolet optoelectronic devices. The project will investigate the photoconduction properties of several wide bandgap semiconductors, with a particular focus on corundum phase alpha Gallium Oxide (α-Ga2O3). Supervisors: Dr Fabien Massabuau Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time, Part Time Subject: Physics Funded: unfunded Read more Integrated Control Electronics for Semiconductor Quantum Devices Deadline: Open-ended The advance of integrated electronics for the control and readout of semiconductor quantum devices will be the focus of this experimental project. The student will develop both classical and quantum hardware and will characterise it at cryogenic temperatures. Supervisors: Dr Alessandro Rossi Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Travel costs, Stipend Read more Photonic Technologies for Ultrafast Neuromorphic Information Processing Deadline: 10 December 2021 This PhD project will develop neuromorphic (brain-like) photonic systems built from semiconductor lasers and other advanced optical components, capable of performing complex data processing tasks at ultrafast speeds, for use in Artificial Intelligence functionalities (e.g. image processing, pattern recognition). Supervisors: Dr Antonio Hurtado, Professor Michael Strain Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Visible light photonic circuits for quantum technology applications Deadline: 10 December 2021 Design, micro-fabrication and characterisation of on-chip optical circuits in the visible spectral region. Efficient photon generation and manipulation targeting quantum optical applications. Supervisors: Professor Michael Strain, Dr Lucia Caspani Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Nanoscale assembly methods for manufacturing of quantum photonic systems Deadline: 10 December 2021 The student will design and fabricate nanoscale systems for quantum applications using state-of-the-art 3D assembly tools, nano-accurate microscopy and will measure the devices in optical laboratories. Supervisors: Professor Michael Strain, Professor Martin Dawson Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Industrial CASE PhD Studentship in Quantum devices based on silicon carbide transistors Deadline: Open-ended The development of quantum electronics in silicon carbide will be the main focus of this project. Through a balanced mix of academic and industrial research activities, the student will design, manufacture and test novel electronics relevant to the nascent fields of quantum computing and quantum sensing. Supervisors: Dr Alessandro Rossi Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Travel costs, Stipend Read more Role of mast cells in the development of obesity and diabetes Deadline: Open-ended Immunology, infection, diabetes, mast cells, autoimmunity, obesity Cellular Basis of Disease Supervisors: Dr Catherine Lawrence, Dr Hui-Rong Jiang Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Multiscale characterization of particle dissolution Deadline: Open-ended Advanced manufacturing (Daniel Markl), Drug Delivery (Health and Wellbeing – Z Rattray) Supervisors: Dr Zahra Rattray, Dr Daniel Markl Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Development of a vaccine against leishmaniasis Deadline: Open-ended Leishmaniasis is a serious health threat. Current there is no clinical vaccine. This project will build on pervious studies to develop a recombinant protein vaccine to protects against leishmaniasis. Supervisors: Dr Katharine Carter, Dr Martin Wiese Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Disarm and disengage: repurposing old drugs for bad bugs Deadline: Open-ended Microbiology and Industrial Biotechnology; Streptomyces; Antimicrobial resistance; natural product biosynthesis Supervisors: Professor Paul Hoskisson, Dr Arnaud Javelle Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Comparative metabolomics of phylogenetically diverse actinomycetes Deadline: Open-ended Marine microbial chemistry Actinomycetes Marine natural products Specialized metabolism Comparative metabolomics Antibiotic Discovery Supervisors: Dr Katherine Duncan Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Characterisation of novel streptomycete telomeric proteins Deadline: Open-ended Microbiology and Industrial Biotechnology, antibiotic-producing bacteria, genomics, genetics Supervisors: Dr Paul Herron, Dr Nicholas Tucker Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Application of pharmacoepidemiological approaches to investigate the utilisation pattern, clinical effectiveness and safety of the novel medications used in the management of cardiovascular diseases Deadline: Open-ended Drug utilisation research; adherence; clinical effectiveness; Antimicrobial Resistance; antimicrobial stewardship; Health Service Research Supervisors: Dr Amanj Kurdi Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Understanding the role of specific immune molecules in the development of multiple sclerosis Deadline: Open-ended Neuroscience, immunology, multiple sclerosis Supervisors: Dr Hui-Rong Jiang, Dr Trevor Bushell Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Role of the microbiome in gastrointestinal nematode induced enteropathy Deadline: Open-ended Inflammation, microbiome, helminths, mast cells, immunology, cytokines, costimulation Cellular Basis of Disease Supervisors: Dr Catherine Lawrence, Dr Katharine Carter Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Targeting the Nuclear Import Pathway as a Treatment for Triple Negative Breast Cancer Deadline: Open-ended Cellular Basis of Disease (Health and Wellbeing- Z and N Rattray), Metabolomics (Health and Wellbeing, Measurement and enabling sciences- N Rattray), Drug Delivery (Health and Wellbeing – Z Rattray) Supervisors: Dr Zahra Rattray, Dr Nicholas Rattray Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Proximity Labelling proteins near glucose transporters Deadline: Open-ended Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Diabetes Cell Biology Supervisors: Professor Gwyn Gould, Professor Luke Chamberlain Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Multicomponent materials under extreme conditions Deadline: Open-ended Materials & Manufacture. High-pressure; co-crystals; polymorphism, diffraction, spectroscopy Supervisors: Dr Iain Oswald Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Development of a light treatment device for cutaneous leishmaniasis Deadline: Open-ended Leishmaniasis is a serious health threat. We have preliminary data to show that light can have anti-leishmanial activity and the aim of this project is to design a medicinal device that can be used to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis. Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more The use of machine learning in diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis Deadline: Open-ended Leishmaniasis is a serious health threat. Diagnosis can be completed using different techniques but the gold standard is identifying parasites in stained samples from infected individuals. In this project we will look at using machine learning in parasite diagnosis Supervisors: Dr Katharine Carter, Professor Crawford Revie Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Developing novel treatment for Alzheimers disease through understanding the disease immunopathogenesis Deadline: Open-ended Neuroscience immunology neurodegenerative diseases Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Protein kinases as drug target against the infectious disease Human Leishmaniasis Deadline: Open-ended Protein kinase, Leishmania, signal transduction, protein-protein interaction. Cellular Basis of Disease/Cancer and Inflammatory Disease Supervisors: Dr Martin Wiese, Professor Craig Roberts Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Flagellum length regulation in Leishmania Deadline: Open-ended Protein kinase, Leishmania, signal transduction, protein-protein interaction. Cellular Basis of Disease/Cancer and Inflammatory Disease Supervisors: Dr Martin Wiese, Dr Craig Robertson Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Identifying genetic factors that protect against neurofibrillary tangles pathologies in Alzheimer’s disease Deadline: Open-ended Cellular Basis of Disease: Neurodegeneration, Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics Supervisors: Dr Ben Pickard Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Biomedical use of Silk Deadline: Open-ended Drug and stem cell delivery using biopolymers Supervisors: Dr Philipp Seib Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Is PAR2 activation neuroprotective in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease? Deadline: Open-ended Neuroscience & Mental Health proteinase-activated receptor 2, Alzheimer’s disease, β-amyloid cytokines, major depressive disorder, treatment-resistant depression Supervisors: Dr Trevor Bushell, Dr Shuzo Sakata Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Investigating cardiac glucose transport and mitochondrial function in a pharmacological model of hypertension Deadline: Open-ended The project will explore novel strategies to study cardiac cellular metabolism using isolated primary adult cardiac cells and the use of spheroids. Supervisors: Dr Susan Currie, Dr Susan Chalmers, Professor Gwyn Gould Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Development of novel Inhibitors of CXCL12 production as new medicines for cancer and inflammation Deadline: Open-ended CLXL12, cancer, Nuclear factor kappa B, signalling, molecular. Cellular Basis of disease/Drug discovery Supervisors: Professor Robin Plevin, Dr Kathryn McIntosh Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more The role of right coronary artery perfusion on right ventricular function in pulmonary arterial hypertension Deadline: Open-ended Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Cardiovascular physiology and biology, pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular function, right coronary artery perfusion, right ventricular ischemia Supervisors: Dr Lian Tian Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Control of transporter function in health and disease Deadline: Open-ended Cardiovascular disease Diabetes Obesity Membrane transport Membrane trafficking Supervisors: Professor Gwyn Gould Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Medical Silks Deadline: Open-ended This cross disciplinary PhD project will explore physical modifications of the protein biopolymer silk that will be 3D printed into higher order structures. These modifications are aimed at maximising the function of silk to ultimately enhance the performance of silk to serve as tissue matrix for stem cells. Supervisors: Dr Philipp Seib Mode of study: Full Time, Part Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Advancing digital design of pharmaceutical products Deadline: 30 November 2021 This is an EPSRC iCASE award funded with Astra Zeneca and CMAC - Future manufacturing research hub. It is a combined experimental and data modelling project in relation to manufacture of tablets for pharmaceutical use. Supervisors: Dr John Robertson, Dr Daniel Markl Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Travel costs, Stipend Read more Laser cooling & Bose-Einstein condensation Deadline: Open-ended This PhD will investigate novel ways to laser cool two-electron atoms all the way to Bose-Einstein condensation – to provide new insight into the formation of condensates, and potential applications in precision measurements. Supervisors: Professor Erling Riis Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: unfunded Read more High-Speed LiFi Receivers Deadline: Open-ended The aim of this project is to take LiFi technology to the next level by designing ultra-high-speed, laser-based optical wireless communication receivers for sixth generation (6G)-and-beyond wireless systems with aggregate data rates of terabit/s (Tb/s). Supervisors: Professor Harald Haas Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Electronic and electrical engineering Funded: funded Funding towards: International fee, Home fee, Stipend Read more High-Speed LiFi Transmitters Deadline: Open-ended The aim of this project is to take LiFi technology to the next level by designing ultra-high-speed, laser-based optical wireless communication transmitters for sixth generation (6G)-and-beyond wireless systems with aggregate data rates of terabit/s (Tb/s). Supervisors: Professor Harald Haas Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Electronic and electrical engineering Funded: funded Funding towards: International fee, Home fee, Stipend Read more Distributed gamma dosimetry with fibre-optic cables Deadline: 31 January 2022 This project will develop fibre-optic sensors for remote, distributed gamma dosimetry. The aim is to use state-of-the-art approaches in sensor hardware and software development to produce a measurement system which can distinguish between gamma ray energies over a high measurement range. Supervisors: Dr Marcus Perry, Dr Joanna Renshaw, Professor Pawel Niewczas Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Electronic and electrical engineering, Civil and environmental engineering Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Equipment costs, Travel costs, Stipend Read more Developing a digital twin for next generation forging of high-value titanium alloy components Deadline: 31 January 2022 The goal of the project is to develop a digital twin of state-of-the-art open and closed die hot forging processes used for manufacturing high-performance titanium alloy components. This will be achieved by developing novel experimentally-informed multi-scale materials simulations to build up forging behaviour maps as a function of the manufacturing variables. Supervisors: Dr Vassili Vorontsov, Dr Salaheddin Rahimi Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Design manufacture and engineering management Funded: funded Funding towards: International fee, Home fee, Stipend Read more Improving purity of crystalline pharmaceutical products using advanced nano-tomography techniques Deadline: Open-ended Filtration and washing of pharmaceutical products is classically undertaken empirically. This project will use nano-computed tomography (nano-CT), a high-resolution cross-sectional imaging technique to track the progress of washing at high resolution in real time. Supervisors: Professor Chris John Price, Dr Kate Dobson Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Direct numerical simulation of polymeric-fluid flows Deadline: Open-ended The purpose of this project is to apply a formulation to polymeric turbulent boundary layer flows and, in this way, to make some first, yet decisive, steps in the physics and algorithmics of fully-coupled polymeric boundary layer turbulence. Supervisors: Dr Demosthenes Kivotides Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Investigation of pharmaceutical crystallisation using small angle x-ray scattering Deadline: Open-ended The project will focus on the applications of latest Small-angle X-ray scattering system in CMAC (EPSRC Centre of excellence in continuous manufacturing and crystallisation) to provide mechanistic understanding of interparticle interaction in dense system under repulsive or attractive interactions. Supervisors: Dr Yi-Chieh Chen, Professor Jan Sefcik Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Computational design of bio-inspired silica materials for carbon capture Deadline: Open-ended This project aims to develop a new multi-scale simulation model to describe the entire synthesis process of bio-inspired silica materials. The model will then be used to design an ideal material for carbon capture applications. Supervisors: Dr Miguel Jorge Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Development of learner autonomy in student-centred learning environments in engineering Deadline: Open-ended This project will investigate behavioural and performance characteristics of students when working in Problem-Based and Enquiry-based learning activities in order to elucidate the link between the use of these approaches and the development of learner’s autonomy. Supervisors: Dr Esther Ventura-Medina, Dr Tony Anderson Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Tuning materials from within: growing endo/exo-particles for energy conversion devices Deadline: Open-ended This PhD project will explore the design, characterisation and application of exsolved materials for power-to-X energy conversion devices where X can be fuels, chemicals, heat or power, all essential for transitioning to a clean, sustainable energy economy. Supervisors: Dr Dragos Neagu Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Instant-on solid oxide cells for hydrogen production and power generation Deadline: Open-ended This PhD project will develop reversible solid oxide cells based on a newly discovered class of materials, so called exsolved or emergent materials. Supervisors: Dr Dragos Neagu Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Hybrid data-driven and first principles models for crystal nucleation and growth Deadline: Open-ended The project will explore the use of hybrid models that combine the advantages of data-driven and physics-based first principles models to enhance the performance of current models for crystal nucleation and growth in chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Supervisors: Dr Javier Cardona Amengual, Professor Jan Sefcik Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Finite temperature superfluid turbulence flow-structure interactions via immersed boundary methods Deadline: Open-ended The research is a co-operation with researchers at California Institute of Technology, and will pioneer superfluid flow-structure interactions with are of key importance in technological and astronomical applications. Supervisors: Dr Demosthenes Kivotides Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Understanding & Deploying Nickel Catalysis for Cross-Coupling Deadline: Open-ended The student will investigate and quantify structure/reactivity relationships in nickel catalysis using a range of techniques including organic/organometallic synthesis, physical organic chemistry, and density functional theory, as appropriate. Supervisors: Dr David Nelson Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time, Part Time Subject: Chemistry Funded: unfunded Read more New Metal-Catalysed Methods for C-H Activation Processes Deadline: Open-ended This project will explore new methods for directed meta-C-H activation to deliver complementary, flexible, and powerful methods to access a variety of pharmaceutically desired organic products and isotopically labelled late stage candidate-type molecules. Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemistry Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Equipment costs, Travel costs, Stipend Read more Mathematical Modelling & Analysis of Thin-Film Flows Deadline: Open-ended The proposed project will use a variety of analytical and numerical methods to bring new understanding into a range of real-world problems involving thin films of both simple and complex fluids. Supervisors: Professor Stephen Wilson Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics, Physics Funded: unfunded Read more Dynamics of Self-Rewetting Droplets Deadline: Open-ended There is currently great interest in self-rewetting fluids whose surface tension exhibits a local minimum with temperature. The aim of the project is bring new insight into the understanding of these novel fluids, and hence to harness the properties of droplets of such fluids in a range of technological applications. Supervisors: Professor Stephen Wilson Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: unfunded Read more Robust numerical models for high-frequency wave propagation problems Deadline: Open-ended The aim of this project is to build and analyse a new generation of spectral preconditioners based on generalised eigenvalue problems allowing a robust behaviour with respect to the physical properties of the medium. This requires a combination of numerical analysis and spectral analysis tools. Supervisors: Professor Victorita Dolean Maini, Dr Matthias Langer Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more A new super-resolution optical microscopy method for live cell imaging Deadline: Open-ended A project to develop and use a new super-resolution optical microscope to obtain very high spatial resolution images of fluorescently labelled live cells. Supervisors: Professor Gail McConnell Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Read more Beam-driven plasma wakefield acceleration at Strathclyde/SLAC/UCLA/RadiaBeam Deadline: Open-ended Motivated PhD candidates, ideally with a background in laser and/or beam driven plasma wakefield acceleration are required to help lay the foundations in the quest towards 5th generation light sources and ultra-compact electron accelerators - the time-resolved microscopes of the 21st century. Supervisors: Professor Bernhard Hidding Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Read more Super-resolution imaging of biological organisms: seeing below the classical limits Deadline: Open-ended This PhD project aims to develop a comprehensive suite of tools and techniques that will enable superresolution imaging of nanodiamonds in living tissue, with a particular emphasis on imaging neurons. Supervisors: Dr Brian Patton Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics, Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: funded Read more Microscopic mapping and spectroscopy of III-nitride semiconductors and devices Deadline: Open-ended This project involves different microscopic techniques to investigate semiconductor heterostructures and light-emitting diode devices, performed on our suite of scanning electron microscopes, providing information on material properties at length scales ranging from nanometres to centimetres. Supervisors: Professor Robert Martin Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: unfunded Read more Ultra-precise Atomic Magnetometry for Unshielded Measurements Deadline: Open-ended A fully-funded position to undertake research in the ground-breaking field of quantum sensing and measurement, after the first year specialising in Magnetometry. Supervisors: Professor Erling Riis Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Read more Energy Transfer at the Nanoscale Deadline: Open-ended PhD position available to undertake frontier research in nanotechnology of noble metal nanoparticles. Supervisors: Dr Yu Chen Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: unfunded Read more Quantum Technologies: Atomic Clocks Deadline: Open-ended A fully-funded position to undertake research in the ground-breaking field of quantum sensing and measurement, after the first year specialising in Atomic Clocks. Supervisors: Dr Paul Griffin Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Read more Graph representations Deadline: Open-ended Graph representations became crucial with the advent of the computer era for storing graphs in computer memory. However, graph representations, e.g. those involving patterns in words, are also useful in solving problems on graphs as they may allow transferring a graph problem to that on other objects hence solving it. Supervisors: Dr Sergey Kitaev Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: unfunded Read more Spectral biclustering Deadline: Open-ended Effective methods have been derived for dividing a network into coherent communities using spectral information obtained from the network. Biclustering has received far less attention. We will develop new methods and analysis for this problem, starting from recent work using a bistochastic representation of a network. Supervisors: Dr Philip Knight Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time, Part Time, Distance Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: unfunded Read more Jamming-free quantum lidar Deadline: Open-ended This project in quantum optics will analyse practical quantum radar and lidar scenarios with realistic detectors in a jamming/spoofing environment. Supervisors: Professor John Jeffers, Dr Jonathan Pritchard Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Future Free Electron Laser light sources Deadline: Open-ended Free-Electron Lasers (FELs) use electron beams produced by particle accelerators to generate intense electromagnetic radiation from microwaves into the hard X-ray, which is of particular interest to a wide range of users. This project will look at developing new types of FEL output further enhancing their applications. Supervisors: Dr Brian McNeil Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: unfunded Read more Colloidal Semiconductors for Photonics Deadline: 10 December 2021 This project will pioneer assemblies of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals and their combination with gallium nitride optoelectronics for novel forms of lighting, visible light communications and miniature lasers. Supervisors: Dr Nicolas Laurand, Professor Martin Dawson Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Surface Treatments & Evaluation Methods for Industrial Hot Forging Operations Deadline: 31 December 2021 This project will evaluate and derisk a candidate HIPIMS coating in terms of hot forging a nickel-base superalloy. Performance will be benchmarked against conventional die surface treatments. Supervisors: Dr Evgenia Yakushina, Dr Christopher Fleming Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Design manufacture and engineering management Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more PhD Student Excellence Awards 2022/23 (SEA) Deadline: 12 December 2021 The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is pleased to invite applications from excellent students with original research proposals for the University of Strathclyde Student Excellence Awards for commencing study in October 2022. These awards will cover student fees (at UK rates) and a stipend in line with UK Research Council rates. Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: History, Speech and language therapy, Education, Law, Creative writing, English, Psychology, Social work and social policy, Journalism, Gender studies, Counselling Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Electroforming 4.0 Deadline: Open-ended The project involves the development of a pilot scale reactor with instrumentation that will enable the interrogation and optimisation an electroforming process. Both scientific and statistical techniques will be employed to interpret process data enabling process control. Supervisors: Professor Sudipta Roy Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Fast solvers for PDE problems Deadline: Open-ended Many problems are described by partial differential equations that are too difficult to solve analytically. Numerical solutions must be used, which typically require the solution of linear systems. This project will look at how to solve these linear systems efficiently. Supervisors: Dr Jennifer Pestana Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time, Part Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: unfunded Read more Inspiring Children’s Futures Doctoral Research Centre PhD funded studentship in Law: Focus on child friendly justice systems Deadline: 31 January 2022 The Institute for Inspiring Children’s Futures Doctoral Research Centre (DRC) is focussing unwaveringly on ‘Achieving the Well-being of Children in the COVID-19 Recovery Decade’. Driven by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, this DRC aims to generate new knowledge, and apply this effectively in policy, professional practice environments, and the settings in which children live their lives. Supervisors: Professor Claire McDiarmid, Ms Nina Vaswani Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Law Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more How & Why of Matrix Balancing Deadline: Open-ended Matrix balancing aims to transform a nonnegative matrix A by a diagonal scaling by matrices D and E so that P = DAE has prescribed row and column sums. Historical motivation for achieving the balance has included interpreting economic data, preconditioning sparse matrices and understanding traffic circulation. Supervisors: Dr Philip Knight Mode of study: Full Time, Part Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics, Physics Funded: unfunded Read more Principal Permutation Classes Deadline: Open-ended The goal of this project is to explore fundamental structural questions concerning sets of permutations that avoid a single pattern. The study of these combinatorial objects was initiated by Donald Knuth in the 1960s when he investigated which permutations could be sorted by being passed through a stack. Supervisors: Dr David Bevan Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Mathematics and statistics Funded: unfunded Read more Development & manufacture of laser mirror coatings for future gravitational wave observatories & other space applications Deadline: Open-ended 3.5 year PhD opportunity with Biomedical Engineering and the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland. Supervisors: Professor Stuart Reid, Dr Remi Christophe Zante Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Biomedical engineering, Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more PhD Non-thermal transient plasma discharges for environmental applications Deadline: Open-ended A three year PhD investigating the efficiency of transient non-thermal plasma discharges for different environmental applications is offered by the High Voltage Technologies (HVT) Research group within the Institute for Energy & Environment. Supervisors: Dr Igor Timoshkin Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Electronic and electrical engineering, Physics Funded: unfunded Read more 10 Fully Funded PhD studentships within Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Ultrasonic Engineering (FUSE CDT) Deadline: 31 January 2022 UKRI EPSRC are funding FUSE CDT, based in the universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde with over 40 industrial partners covering a broad range of application areas. There are 10+ four-year research studentships available for a September 2022 start. Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time, Part Time Subject: Electronic and electrical engineering, Computer and information sciences, Mechanical and aerospace engineering, Chemistry, Mathematics and statistics, Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Boeing and NMIS 4 year PhD studentship - Room temperature flow forming of aerospace titanium components Deadline: 31 December 2021 This four-year PhD study will address several key areas of knowledge on flow forming. Supervisors: Professor Paul Blackwell, Dr Jianglin Huang Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Design manufacture and engineering management Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Sustainable paper making using foam Deadline: Open-ended This modelling and simulation study will investigate the complex processes that occur when foam, rather than water, is used as a carrier for fibres during papermaking, with a view towards reducing the overall water footprint of the paper production process. Supervisors: Dr Paul Grassia, Dr Leo Lue Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Predicting drug solubility in different solvents using molecular simulation and machine learning Deadline: Open-ended This project aims to develop a new computational tool, combining molecular simulations and machine learning approaches, to predict the solubility of complex pharmaceutical molecules in a variety of solvents. Supervisors: Dr Miguel Jorge, Professor Chris John Price Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more New methods for removal of pollutants from water Deadline: Open-ended Focussed on the development of novel sorption systems for water remediation, the project combines materials development, characterisation and testing for a range of pollutants, including pharmaceuticals and heavy metal species. Supervisors: Professor Ashleigh Fletcher Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more New methods of carbon capture using green materials Deadline: Open-ended The project aims to address the issues related to low capacity and poor kinetics of sorbents used for post combustion carbon dioxide capture applications. Supervisors: Professor Ashleigh Fletcher Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Catalytic reforming of syngas hydrocarbons to maximise hydrogen production Deadline: Open-ended The proposed project aims to develop new technology for reforming syngas hydrocarbons to promote hydrogen production from biomass, it addresses the issues of global importance, which are committed to making a useful and positive contribution to clean energy challenges locally and globally. Supervisors: Dr Jun Li Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Valorisation of wet biomass waste for sustainable production of fuels and chemicals Deadline: Open-ended This project will undertake studies on the processes and technology required to convert biomass waste into a range of hydrocarbons. This research project requires both modelling and experimental studies to analyse the waste to energy process and the fuel properties of hydrocarbons and chemicals produced. Supervisors: Dr Jun Li, Dr Leo Lue Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Designing colloidal films and membranes with complex interactions Deadline: Open-ended Many applications rely on structured films and membranes, such as selective filters, adsorbents, and biological systems. The project will use computer modelling to analyse how particles with complex interactions aggregate to form films with complex structure and complex time-evolution. Supervisors: Dr Mark Haw Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Intelligent decision system for development of efficient pharmaceutical separation processes Deadline: Open-ended This work will use a combination of machine learning and molecular thermodynamic modelling to develop a methodology to efficiently develop accurate mathematical representations of the thermodynamics of complex multicomponent mixtures, with a focus on the pharmaceutical industry. Supervisors: Dr Leo Lue, Professor Jan Sefcik Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Modelling the effect of the electric double layer on electron transfer kinetics Deadline: Open-ended This project will develop improved theories of electrochemical reactions by combining recent advances in the description of the electric double layer with those in electron transfer kinetics. Supervisors: Dr Leo Lue Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Foam improved oil recovery Deadline: Open-ended This modelling and simulation study will investigate processes that occur when foam injection is used to displace fluids from an oil reservoir, and in particular what happens as the foam front changes direction as additional injection wells are brought online. Supervisors: Dr Paul Grassia, Dr Leo Lue Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Clean energy technologies for a rapidly developing world Deadline: Open-ended To enhance equitable energy access and reduce global emissions from energy generation, this project will focus on developing a clean energy technology based on waste utilisation and thermochemical conversion (e.g. gasification, combustion, pyrolysis or hybrid) approaches. Supervisors: Dr Tosin Somorin Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Atomic/molecular insights into the formation of valuable products from waste biomass Deadline: Open-ended Quantum Chemistry and Molecular Dynamics calculations will be carried out to explore the mechanism and kinetics of lignocellulosic biomass processing and the conversion of waste into valuable products. Supervisors: Dr Xiaolei Zhang Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Embedded optical sensors for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells Deadline: Open-ended This project aims to develop embedded optical fibre sensors for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells to characterise catalyst degradation mechanisms under realistic operating conditions. Supervisors: Dr Edward Brightman, Dr Yi-Chieh Chen Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Development of chemically safe redox flow batteries Deadline: Open-ended Redox flow batteries conventionally employ toxic and corrosive transition metals such as vanadium. This project will develop neutral aqueous organic redox electrolytes suitable for high performance flow batteries with benign chemical properties in terms of safety, cost and end-of-life recycling. Supervisors: Dr Edward Brightman, Dr Leonard Berlouis Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Effects of hydrogen addition on soot formation in flames: experimental investigation by laser imaging Deadline: Open-ended This projects involves the application of laser imaging techniques to study soot formation. The particular interest is in flames where hydrogen is blended with hydrocarbon fuel. The ultimate goal is improved understanding (and thus minimisation) of pollutant formation. Supervisors: Dr Iain Burns Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more The birth of crystals: new understanding of nucleation by localised triggering and direct measurement Deadline: Open-ended We will develop an innovative technique to study crystal nucleation, using an optical tweezer to generate a localized shear flow in a crystallizing solution, thus triggering nucleation in a known position enabling direct measurement of the growing nucleus. Supervisors: Dr Mark Haw, Dr Leo Lue, Professor Jan Sefcik Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Tense solid oxide cells – boosting clean energy conversion through nanoscale strain Deadline: Open-ended This PhD project will explore the design, characterisation and application of new materials for electrochemical power-to-X conversion (X = fuels, chemicals) devices essential for transitioning to a clean, sustainable energy economy. Supervisors: Dr Dragos Neagu, Dr Edward Brightman Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Direct Numerical Simulation of Ferrofluid flows Deadline: Open-ended Employ finite volume solvers for turbulent and creeping flows in conjunction with stochastic differential flow solvers to model directly mesoscopic and macroscopic ferrofluid flows. Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Multimodal remote sensing and Machine Learning for Precision Agriculture Deadline: Open-ended The project will explore the use of Machine Learning for the analysis and fusion of data from multiple sensors in agricultural applications. Satellite and drone multispectral imagery together with ground sensors will inform decision support tools for advanced farm management. Supervisors: Dr Javier Cardona Amengual, Dr Christos Tachtatzis Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Ultracold fermions in a quantum gas microscope Deadline: Open-ended We invite outstanding and motivated students to join our team, for research on ultracold atoms in optical lattices. We use a quantum-gas microscope to measure the dynamics of ultracold fermions at the single atom level. Supervisors: Professor Stefan Kuhr Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Theoretical and numerical studies of high intensity laser-plasma interaction and applications Deadline: Open-ended Two PhD positions for UK and EU students are available funded by University of Strathclyde and collaboration partners to work on laser-plasma based particle accelerators and plasma photonics for high power lasers via theory and large scale of numerical simulation. Supervisors: Professor Zheng-Ming Sheng Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Quantum Dot Spin State Tailoring for Scalable On-Chip Quantum Information Processing Deadline: Open-ended In this project we will investigate various approaches for on-demand engineering of trapped spin states in charged quantum dots through a series of coherent control experiments that will explore how the different approaches affect the performance of all optically operated universal single qubit gates. Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Read more Theory and simulations of frequency combs in micro-ring resonators Deadline: Open-ended Modelling of laser light propagating in micro-ring resonators in collaboration with experiments performed at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light in Erlangen (Germany). Applications of these devices are in atomic clocks, quantum technologies, telecommunication, GPS and integrated photonic circuits. Supervisors: Professor Gian-Luca Oppo Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time, Part Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: International fee, Home fee, Equipment costs, Travel costs, Stipend Read more Quantum Enhanced Imaging with Micro-LED Ultrafast Electronic Visual Display Technology Deadline: 10 December 2021 Micro-LED technology offers high-resolution displays with an unprecedented nanosecond time response. In this project, we will develop sophisticated pattern-projection systems based on custom micro-LED displays and explore their applications in quantum-enhanced imaging using single-photon detection. Supervisors: Dr Johannes Herrnsdorf, Professor Martin Dawson Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Deep ultraviolet micro-LEDs for advanced optical sensing & communications Deadline: 10 December 2021 Micro-LEDs are revolutionising the display industry. We aim to fabricate novel versions of these devices operating across the ultraviolet region of the spectrum, offering new applications in optical wireless communications and remote detection of atmospheric gases and pollutants. Supervisors: Professor Martin Dawson, Dr Johannes Herrnsdorf Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Development of novel tumour-targeted nanomedicines for cancer therapy Deadline: Open-ended The student will have the opportunity to learn a wide range of multidisciplinary techniques: synthesis and characterization of the nanomedicines, cell culture, in vitro analysis techniques (cytotoxicity assay, confocal microscopy) and in vivo analysis Supervisors: Dr Christine Dufès Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more DNA-Binding Antibiotics – Targeting multidrug resistant bacteria Deadline: Open-ended Molecular Biology Microbiology Genomics Antibiotic Resistance Gene Regulation Transcription Chemical Biology Medicinal Chemistry Supervisors: Dr Nicholas Tucker Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Effect of hydrostatic and non-hydrostatic compression on pharmaceutical materials Deadline: Open-ended Materials & Manufacture. High-pressure; co-crystals; polymorphism, diffraction, spectroscopy. Supervisors: Dr Iain Oswald Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Anti-parasitical drug targeting and validation Deadline: Open-ended Helminth, parasite, drug therapy Cellular Basis of Disease Supervisors: Dr Catherine Lawrence, Dr Katharine Carter Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Continuous manufacturing of liposome formulations incorporating anti-cancer agents: Exploiting novel methods in microfluidics. Deadline: Open-ended Advanced manufacturing (Y Perrie); Drug Delivery (Health and Wellbeing – Y Perrie, Z Rattray); Particle Characterization (Measurement and Enabling Technologies, Z Rattray) Supervisors: Professor Yvonne Perrie, Dr Zahra Rattray Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Multimodal in-situ monitoring and modelling of particle dissolution Deadline: Open-ended Advanced manufacturing (D Markl), Drug Delivery (Health and Wellbeing – Z Rattray) Supervisors: Dr Daniel Markl, Dr Zahra Rattray Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Investigating Extracellular Vesicle release of pro-coagulant biomarkers Deadline: Open-ended Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Cell Biology Supervisors: Dr Margaret Rose Cunningham, Professor Gwyn Gould, Professor Robin Plevin Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Does proteinase-activated receptor 2 (PAR2) activation play a key role in depression? Deadline: Open-ended Research group: Neuroscience & Mental Health Key words: proteinase-activated receptor 2, inflammation, cytokines, major depressive disorder, treatment-resistant depression. Supervisors: Dr Trevor Bushell Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Anti-cancer cardiotoxicity and metabolic mechanisms in healthy and diseased hearts Deadline: Open-ended cardiotoxicity, cancer drugs, safety pharmacology, cardiac hypertrophy, metabolomics Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Research Group Supervisors: Dr Susan Currie Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, International Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more De-risking and upskilling Lipid Nanoparticle Production Deadline: 1 December 2021 To widen the use of nanomedicines, this project will focus on developing nanomedicine formulation and manufacturing knowledge and expertise. Supervisors: Professor Yvonne Perrie Fee status: Home (Scottish) Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Modelling and AI-Driven Optimisation of Pharmaceutical Tablet Manufacturing Deadline: 1 December 2021 This project, in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline, is an excellent opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research at the interface of pharmaceutical manufacturing and data science with the aim of accelerating the development of the next generation of medicines. Supervisors: Dr Daniel Markl Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Equipment costs, Travel costs, Stipend Read more System design on co-production of transport fuel and value-added chemicals from waste biomass Deadline: Open-ended In this project, an integrated system will be designed and developed to ensure efficient generation of liquid transportation fuels whilst maximising the value of biomass into value-added chemicals by controlling structure and functionality as they form. Supervisors: Dr Xiaolei Zhang Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Data-driven approaches for in-line monitoring of particle attributes in chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes Deadline: Open-ended The project will investigate Machine Learning and Deep Learning approaches to extract and fuse multiple data streams from multi-sensor setups in chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing through a combination of experimental work, data analytics and process simulation. Supervisors: Dr Javier Cardona Amengual, Dr Yi-Chieh Chen, Dr Christos Tachtatzis Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Electronic and electrical engineering, Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Nanocomposites hyper-activity in heterogeneous non-catalytic and catalytic reactions Deadline: Open-ended This research will investigate the effect of supported nanopaticles size on the reactivity of nanocomposite materials in heterogeneous reactions. The fundamental questions are how the reactivity scales with the nanoparticles size and whether the stoichiometry of the reaction is affected. Supervisors: Dr Vasileios Inglezakis Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Adsorption of water-containing mixtures in Metal-Organic Framework materials Deadline: Open-ended This project aims to apply molecular simulation methods to study gas separation from mixtures containing water in novel Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) materials. New molecular models will be developed to improve adsorption predictions with application in carbon capture from humid streams. Supervisors: Dr Miguel Jorge Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more Towards the development of a novel class of broad-spectrum anti-infective drugs Deadline: Open-ended You will work under the supervision of Dr Fraser J Scott to develop Strathclyde Minor Groove Binders as anti-infective agents. Experimental work will include organic chemistry, but also biochemical (enzyme assays), biophysical (UV-vis, NMR) and biology (in vitro activity) aspects. Supervisors: Dr Fraser Scott Mode of study: Full Time, Part Time Subject: Chemistry, Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more 3-D nanoscale structural analysis in the scanning electron microscope through application of direct electron detectors Deadline: Open-ended This project is focused on developing and applying next generation detectors for the scanning electron microscopy techniques of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and electron channelling contrast imaging (ECCI). Supervisors: Dr Carol Trager-Cowan Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Read more Theory and simulation of generation of frequency combs in micro-resonators Deadline: Open-ended The project develops, optimises, and strategically compares accurate mathematical models for the generation of frequency combs in micro-resonators in a close connection with the experiments performed at NPL in Dr Del'Haye's laboratory. Supervisors: Professor Gian-Luca Oppo, Dr Francesco Papoff Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Read more Ultra-intense laser-plasma interactions: High field physics and ion acceleration in the radiation-dominated regime Deadline: Open-ended A fully-funded PhD studentship is available in high power laser-plasma physics, working within a vibrant team of experimentalists and theoreticians, to investigate the onset of a new regime of high-field relativistic plasmas. Supervisors: Professor Paul McKenna Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Read more Theory and simulation of micro-resonator devices for quantum technologies Deadline: Open-ended We explore nonlinear quantum regimes of the coupling between light and matter for ultra-low power micro and nano-lasers. These are promising candidates to achieve high efficiency, high speed, and a small footprint. Supervisors: Professor Gian-Luca Oppo, Dr Francesco Papoff Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Development of compact remote gas detection devices using chip-scale deep ultra-violet light-emitting diodes and single photon detectors Deadline: 10 December 2021 This project will develop remote Raman spectroscopy systems based on digitally interfaced Gallium Nitride light-emitting diodes and silicon single-photon avalanche diodes. Supervisors: Dr Johannes Herrnsdorf, Professor Martin Dawson Fee status: Home (Scottish), Rest of UK, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Physics Funded: funded Funding towards: Home fee, Stipend Read more Does mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatases (MKP-2) play a critical role in regulating neurotransmitter release and synaptic transmission? Deadline: Open-ended Neuroscience & Mental Health MKP-2, synaptic vesicles, neurotransmitter, synaptic transmission Supervisors: Dr Trevor Bushell, Professor Gwyn Gould Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Mechanism of action and therapeutic potential of the anti-inflammatory parasitic worm product ES-62 Deadline: Open-ended Parasitic worm; immunomodulation; inflammation; anti-inflammatory drug development Supervisors: Professor William Harnett Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more Advancing Next-Generation Waste-to-Energy Technologies Deadline: Open-ended This project aims to develop next-generation waste valorisation and waste-to-energy approaches for organic waste treatment using a lab-scale experimental approach and mathematical models. Supervisors: Dr Tosin Somorin Fee status: Home (Scottish), EU, Rest of UK, International, The Channels Islands and Isle of Man Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Chemical and process engineering Funded: unfunded Read more State-dependent and cell-type-specific auditory cortical processing on multiple timescales Deadline: Open-ended Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, Ageing, Machine Learning Supervisors: Dr Shuzo Sakata Mode of study: Full Time Subject: Pharmacy and biomedical sciences Funded: unfunded Read more HomeStudy with usPostgraduate research & PhD opportunities Our faculties & departments Engineering Architecture Biomedical Engineering Chemical & Process Engineering Civil & Environmental Engineering Design, Manufacturing & Engineering Management Electronic & Electrical Engineering Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering Humanities & Social Sciences Centre for Lifelong Learning Education Government & Public Policy Humanities Law Psychological Sciences & Health Social Work & Social Policy Science Computer & Information Sciences Mathematics & Statistics Physics Pure & Applied Chemistry Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences Strathclyde Business School Accounting & Finance Economics Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship Management Science Marketing MBA & General Management Strathclyde Executive Education & Development Work, Employment & Organisation Professional Services Conferencing & Events Estates Services Finance Directorate Human Resources Information Services Directorate Innovation & Industry Engagement Internal Audit Research & Knowledge Exchange Services Strategy & Policy Student Experience & Enhancement Services Safety, Health & Wellbeing Online services Staff email Student email (@uni.strath.ac.uk) Myplace PEGASUS PURE KnowledgeBase Timetables Lab availability Telephone Directory Report IT problems & IT Service Status Service Catalogue ULab SharePoint Zoom Quick links Website Privacy Policy Cookie Notice Accessibility statement Equality & Diversity Vacancies Modern Slavery Statement Access to information Library Complaints procedure Strathcloud ShareFile Strath Union Careers Mobile app Download the app Stay in touch Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Linkedin Contact us The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263. 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