Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Liverpool, England invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Predicting drug-induced liver injury using circulating free DNA
Summary of PhD Program:
Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) remains a major cause of attrition for drugs during clinical development phase yet it remains difficult to monitor early signs of hepatotoxicity during clinical trials in humans. The current methods of monitoring hepatotoxicity depend on data obtained from tissue samples, or blood tests. However, tissue biopsies are typically inaccessible in clinical studies, and blood tests are often insensitive; only detecting toxicity after substantial tissue damage has occurred. A minimally invasive and sensitive method of monitoring toxicity would, therefore, provide vital insights during drug development in clinical settings.
Application Deadline: 2 February 2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Preparation and Characterisation of ‘Green’ Photocathodes for the Generation of High-Brightness Electron Beams
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will focus on development of techniques to manufacture high-performance thin-film photocathode electron sources for particle accelerators, modifying and expanding the deposition equipment and processes as necessary. The use of surfaces modified by techniques such as ion implantation will also be investigates. The goal is to identify the optimum materials and preparation techniques to achieve the highest levels of electron beam brightness, with the lowest intrinsic emittance and the longest operational lifetime.
Application Deadline: 31 January 2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Probing Death Decisions from Morphogen Gradient Fields
Summary of PhD Program:
Living systems compete with each other on the basis of available resources, mating or space. It’s not surprising that, within the living individual, the basic functional units of life – the cells – share these competitive attributes1. Cells compete for survival factors, space and also compare fitness traits to win the race of subsistence1-3. Cell Competition was found in Drosophila, where the so-called unfit cells were eliminated from the organ when confronted to the so-called fit cells4. Nowadays, we know that there are several mutations triggering these “battles”, where the ‘unfit cells’ are eliminated from the tissue in the presence of the ‘fit’ ones.
Application Deadline: 31 March 2024
4. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in Putting a brain in the mobile robotic chemist
Summary of PhD Program:
The overall goal of the Cooper group is to revolutionise the way that new materials are discovered by combining computational simulations, robotics, and materials synthesis. A central problem is the enormity of the potential chemical search space, and better navigation of this space is a grand scientific challenge for our times. There are two possible solutions: the use of computational design to target better materials and the use of robotics to search the available experimental space much faster. This project brings these two ideas together, building on our recent development of the world’s first mobile ‘robotic chemist’.
Application Deadline: 31 March 2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Quantum computing innovation to simulate quantum systems
Summary of PhD Program:
The project will begin by using existing noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices to simulate small physical systems, such as the lattice-regularized Wess–Zumino model — a supersymmetric quantum field theory that can exhibit spontaneous supersymmetry breaking. As part of this work, you will investigate the capabilities of a variety of NISQ devices, including systems based on binary qubits, d-state qudits, or continuous-variable qumodes, as well as the possibility of hybrid devices.
Application Deadline: 31 January 2024
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Reliable modelling of non-Newtonian sludge flows using novel computational fluid dynamics
Summary of PhD Program:
The project is interdisciplinary in two dimensions because it brings together experiments and simulations as well as solid and fluid mechanics. The integration of concepts and technology across these boundaries brings a level of adventure to the project which is countered by building on well-established research in solid mechanics on quantitative comparisons of measurements and predictions using orthogonal decomposition.
Application Deadline: 30 June 2024
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Searches for Axions in Ultra-Peripheral heavy ion collisions
Summary of PhD Program:
This project is about searching with ALPs using ultra-peripheral Pb—Pb collision (UPC) data recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. In these collisions2, the heavy ions interact electromagnetically without breaking up. They are ideal for the study of photon—photon produced resonances, like ALPs produced by the interaction of two photons. The ALPs then decay to photon—photon pair that can be recorded in the detector. Photon reconstruction and identification in ATLAS has not been optimized for the UPC environment and this opens an excellent opportunity to develop new techniques.
Application Deadline: 31 January 2024
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Surface Properties of High Entropy Alloys
Summary of PhD Program:
The discovery of high entropy alloys (HEA) has attracted much attention in the field of condensed matter physics and material engineering [1]. HEA are alloys formed by at least five elements randomly distributed on crystal lattice sites. They exhibit unexpected properties opening new areas of research in fundamental science and technological applications. Many of the potential applications of HEA such as catalysts and coating materials in transport and aerospace industries are related to surface phenomena. Therefore, an atomic scale understanding of HEA surfaces and interfaces would be vital to optimising these properties. This project deals with characterisation of surface atomic and electronic properties and oxidation behaviour of HEA using ultra-high vacuum-based experimental techniques including X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS), Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (STM), and Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED).
Application Deadline: 12 February 2024
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sustainable enantioselective cross-couplings: reaction development and applications in synthesis
Summary of PhD Program:
The project will involve the development of green and selective enantioselective cross-coupling and heterocyclisation reactions for use in pharmaceutical development and natural product synthesis. The research will encompass synthetic methodology development (including multi-step synthesis), organometallic chemistry, and physical organic chemistry. There is also the option of applying the chemistry in target directed synthesis. For exemplar publications, see: J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c10163; J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 16749
Application Deadline: 31 March 2024
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Synchrotron X-ray Studies of Energy Materials
Summary of PhD Program:
This project is linked to the XMaS facility in Grenoble where placements will take place and experiments will be conducted. The XMaS synchrotron beamline facility has recently been awarded a £9M grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) for the period 2024-2029 to further studies into the atomic structure, electronic structure and chemical properties of materials at varying length scales, utilising advanced sample environments to allow the materials to be studied under realistic operational conditions. XMaS (www.xmas.ac.uk) is located in Grenoble, France, at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF).
Application Deadline: 21 February 2024
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in The effect of free radicals on the pathogenesis of Alkaptonuria
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking a motivated researcher to work on a pioneering project investigating the role of oxidative stress in alkaptonuria (AKU) and associated conditions. AKU is a rare disorder of metabolism caused by congenital deficiency in the enzyme homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase (HGD), resulting in increased circulating concentrations of homogentisic acid (HGA). Over many years HGA is deposited in connective tissues throughout the body as a dark pigment, which is central to the devastating multiple organ pathology observed in AKU including severe early-onset osteoarthropathy and cardiac disease.
Application Deadline: 31 July 2024
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in diatom biodiversity
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project is part of a ‘Climate and Biodiversity’ project that spans laboratories in the UK and France across the genomics and modelling disciplines. This position in Liverpool will be focussed on using state-of-the-art global ocean biogeochemical models that include new Southern Ocean diatom groups that have the key unique traits that make Antarctic diatoms unique as regards to their temperate cousins. This will exploit existing data concerning their photosynthetic architecture and iron acquisition strategies and will develop further in response to new knowledge generate by project collaborators.
Application Deadline: 31 March 2024
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in cancer biology
Summary of PhD Program:
Histone supply and deposition is coordinated by a set of proteins called histone chaperones. These proteins collaborate with various cellular machineries to drive histone supply from the cytoplasm to the nucleus and to specific sites in the genome that require packaging into nucleosomes. In this PhD project, you will generate new mechanistic understanding of how histone supply chains integrate with different cellular processes that have yet to be explored. You will characterise these processes with a mixture of cell biology, proteomic assays, microscopy and spatial profiling technologies in cancer cell-lines and patient derived tissue biopsies.
Application Deadline: 9 February 2024
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Ultra High-Field for Enhanced Solid-State NMR of Materials
Summary of PhD Program:
To extend the applicability of NMR, the two key limiting factors of sensitivity (the relative intensity of the NMR signals vs the noise level) and resolution (the smallest peak separation that can be measured) must be addressed. Both are significantly improved at higher external magnetic field and the recent advancements in magnet technology have enabled the development of commercial ultra high-field NMR system up to 28.2 T (1.2 GHz 1H frequency). This PhD project will explore the opportunities available in MAS NMR at ultra high-field NMR and develop new, advanced capabilities for high resolution NMR spectroscopy in solids, in particular for nuclei with spin larger than 1/2 (quadrupolar nuclei) and for disordered solids.
Application Deadline: 19 February 2024
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Unlocking precision experiments
Summary of PhD Program:
The scientific program of AEgIS relies on the availability of a high quality cold positronium source that offers excellent control over its physical properties such as velocity, excited state and trajectory. In addition, the beam transport from the low energy ELENA storage ring to and into the experiment needs to be understood in great detail for maximum experimental output.
Application Deadline: 31 January 2024
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Upskilling robotic scientists for long-term laboratory workflows
Summary of PhD Program:
Human skills are indispensable if we envision the usability of robotic platforms to carry out autonomous long-term experiments in our current labs that have been designed by humans and for humans. Moreover, current ‘robotic scientists’ cannot generalise to new reactions This project will contribute towards our current goal of creating the next generation of robotic chemists capable of generalising to different long-term experiments. Specifically, we are seeking a candidate who would be excited about working in any of the following topics: (1) Safe Robot Manipulation in Laboratory Environments; (2) Introspective Robotic Scientists and (3) Dual-arm Laboratory Robot Skill Learning.
