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Chemistry Postgraduate Research

Your chemistry research will answer fundamental scientific questions. It will address societal challenges and advance emerging technologies.

Research strengths

Our research delivers meaningful impact, including:

  • new medicines that revolutionise treatment of ovarian cancer
  • pioneering the ability to perform remote access crystallography experiments
  • new technologies for energy capture and storage
  • enzymes which promote deep cleaning

Fundamental chemical research underpins our discoveries. We've developed new synthetic approaches and methodologies for understanding chemicals reactively.

Working across our specialisms

We catalyse the applied research across our research strengths, which include:

  • medicinal chemistry and chemical biology
  • bio-inspired materials
  • energy materials and catalysis
  • synthesis, structure and reactivity
  • theory, computation and data science

Funding opportunities

We have a variety of funding available that you can apply for.

Current Funding Opportunities

PhD Studentship: A Build-couple-transform approach to diverse macrocyclic libraries for drug discovery.

Find out more here: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-funding/search-funding/?code=DLA2517

PhD Studentship – New Synthetic Methodologies towards Medicinally Relevant Groups combining Organocatalysis and Light Activation - https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-funding/search-funding/?code=DLA2518

PhD Studentship – New Synthetic Methodologies towards Medicinally Relevant Groups combining Organocatalysis and Light Activation - https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-funding/search-funding/?code=DLA2520

PhD Studentship in Development of Low-Light and Ambient Photovoltaic Devices for IoT Applications - https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-funding/search-funding/?code=DLA2522

PhD Studentship in Engineering bacterial fimbriae into advanced biomaterials for cell culture applications - https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-funding/search-funding/?code=DLA2523

PhD Studentship- Advanced Electro-Active Coordination Polymers as Energy Materials. - https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/fees-funding/search-funding/?code=snes298a