PhD research

We offer a broad range of cross-cutting PhD research projects that are relevant to addressing global challenges in the 21st century. Our research topics span energy, digitalisation, process engineering, sustainable industrial system design, food systems, bioprocessing and batteries. Our research projects are supervised by a team of experienced, world-class academics. We are specialising in both computational modelling and experimental based research, and have strong links with the industry.

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EPSRC DLA PhD Studentships – October 2026 Entry
We are recruiting 8 Doctoral Researchers for EPSRC-funded Doctoral Landscape Award, PhD studentships starting 1 October 2026. Projects must fall within EPSRC remit areas: Chemistry Engineering ICT Ma...

30/04/2026

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Developing Sustainable Decarbonised Polygeneration System Concept for the Production of Hydrogen, Chemicals and Energy
Polygeneration system is a highly integrated, flexible and robust system design concept that is capable of generating a spectrum of products such as chemicals, fuels, hydrogen, heat and power. This re...

Kok Siew Ng

Self Funded

Sustainable production of functional materials from waste
The waste generated from batteries is increasing each year around the world. There are various routes to process the waste batteries, however, there are a number of challenges which need to be overcom...

Abhishek Lahiri

Self Funded

Sustainable production of Vitamin K1
The project: Vitamin K1 is an essential nutrient in both human and animal nutrition. Given the increasing environmental pressures facing us as a society there is a need to develop safe, sustainable an...

Dale McClure

Self Funded