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November 2023 - Competition Funded PhD Position Available (UK students only) - Corrosion Inhibitors
An EPSRC Bragg Centre Doctoral Training Studentship (PhD) is available to UK students as part of a competition funded process. The project is in collaboration with colleagues in Mechanical Engineering (Prof. Richard Barker and Prof. Harvey Thompson) and will involve work with a commercial partner.
If the project is of interest to you please get in touch (p.d.thornton@leeds.ac.uk) and I would be happy to provide further information.
Application deadline = Monday 8th of January 2024
Project start date = Tuesday 1st of October 2024
July 2023 - Funded PhD Position Available - Biodegradable Polymers
A fully funded PhD project is available to UK students in the area of biodegradable polymers:
The project will involve polymer synthesis, characterisation, and use, and the application deadline is August 31st. If you are interested and would like to chat about the project then please contact me (p.d.thornton@leeds.ac.uk).
November 2022 - Funded PhD Position Available
A scholarship is available for a PhD project entitled Treating Hypoxic Tumours with Targeted Drug Delivery using New Hypoxia-Responsive Nanocomposites in collaboration with Professors Steve Marsden (PI) and David Jayne (Co-I).
The project is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership and offers an enhanced stipend for four years. If you would like further information about this project then please contact me (p.d.thornton@leeds.ac.uk) - the deadline to apply is the 13th of January 2023.
November 2022 - Funded PhD Position Available
We have a PhD scholarship available to conduct research in creating biodegradable polymers for use as deposition aids:
The research will be conducted between our group and the group of Dr David Harbottle (School of Chemical and Process Engineering) and will involve polymer synthesis, characterisation, and analysis. If you are interested in this position please contact me for further information - the deadline to apply via stage 1 and then stage 2 is the 6th of January 2023,
September 2022
Funding has been secured from the Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour for preliminary studies into the processing of biodegradable polymers by electrospinning. The research will be led by Patrick Wall.
July 2022
And Jason has now graduated! Here he is demonstrating how to rock the robes:
June 2022
Jason has been won the J B Cohen Prize, which is awarded to students whose theses have been adjudged to contain the most valuable contribution to knowledge. He will no doubt invest the £100 reward in polymer chemistry textbooks.
March 2022
Huayang graduates! Proud supervisor!
February 2022
Congratulations to Jason for passing his PhD viva! Jason's excellent thesis contains published research in areas including inorganic-polymer nanoparticles, antimicrobial organogels, and coloured polyesters - it really is the real deal!
November 2021
Research describing polymer-coated calcium carbonate nanoparticles that are capable of encapsulating a chemotherapeutic drug and displaying afterglow behaviour has been accepted for publication in Polymer Chemistry. The research was led by Jason Rowley and conducted in collaboration with David Green of Halmstad University.
November 2021
Sui Lam, also known as Wolter, has joined the team! Wolter's project will focus on the encapsulation and controlled release of organometallic complexes within/from polymeric architectures.
October 2021
We are delighted to welcome Xuchen to the group! Xuchen will be aiming to make a range of renewable polymers as for potential use as bioadsorbents, catalyst hosts, and controlled release vehicles.
September 2021
Welcome to Charlie and Meera who have joined our group as final year project students on the MChem and Chemistry and Maths programmes, respectively.
August 2021
Congratulations to Anna and Paddy for successfully completing their first year transfer reports and viva, enabling them to transfer to full PhD studies.
June 2021
Congratulations to Ziyu Gao who now begins a super-exciting research fellowship in the group of Francesca Santoro at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Naples, Italy. Good luck on your excellent research journey and quest for the perfect espresso Ziyu!