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.

Feel free to get in touch with your prospective supervisor(s) to find out more about the project(s).

Fully-funded PhD opportunities

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Unravelling unexpected impacts of pharmaceuticals on mollusc development.NERC DLA TREES STUDENTSHIP
This project investigates how drugs designed to treat prostate cancer make snail shells not curly. Molluscs comprise a large and diverse phylum, second only to Arthropoda in the number of species. Pol...

Alice Baynes
Thomas Miller

17/12/2025

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Alice Baynes
Thomas Miller

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Self-funded PhD Opportunities

Description
Supervisor
Funding
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
The sustainability of hydrogen production for future energy uses
Hydrogen is being promoted as a potentially low-carbon fuel for use in both transport and electricity generation. There are many routes and processes by which hydrogen can be produced, but are any of ...
Colin Axon
Peter Hewitson
Self Funded