Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
As part of an EPSRC-funded initiative at the chemistry-chemical engineering interface, three PhD studentships are available for a project investigating the catalytic properties of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).
Studentship Area 1 will be based in the School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy at the University of East Anglia. This student will design and synthesise new chiral ligands for inclusion into MOFs, and investigate their potential as catalysts for a wide range of reaction types. For more details on this studentship, contact Dr. Sean Bew, School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, email
s.bew@uea.ac.uk.
Studentship Area 2 will be based in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath. This student will prepare and characterise MOFs based on the new ligands and undertake catalytic studies on them. For more details on this studentship, contact Dr. Andrew Burrows, Department of Chemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, email
a.d.burrows@bath.ac.uk.
Studentship Area 3 will be based in the School of Engineering and Electronics at the University of Edinburgh. This student will model adsorption and diffusion within the new materials, and measure diffusion properties. For more details on this studentship, contact Dr. Tina Düren, School of Engineering and Electronics, University of Edinburgh, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JL, email
tina.duren@ed.ac.uk.
The collaboration between the three groups is an important feature of this project, and the PhD students will each spend significant periods of time at the other institutions. It is expected that the three students will graduate with a unique perspective at the strategically important interface between chemistry and chemical engineering.