KCL 2025 Chemistry Studentship: Supramolecular Chemical Systems

They seek a creative, independent, PhD student to work in the Surman Lab (surmanlab.com) at KCL Chemistry, on Supramolecular and Systems Chemistry.

They seek a creative, independent, PhD student to work in the Surman Lab (surmanlab.com) at KCL Chemistry.

Our world is made with chemical catalysis, to facilitate and guide efficient transformation of raw materials to useful products. A most important aspect of catalysis is selectivity: the ability to guide a reaction ‘cleanly’ to a single desired result, rather than many different products. In an ideal world, all catalysis would be economic and sustainable, selectively guiding reactions to a single result (important both for purity/safety and resource-efficiency). In reality, industrial catalysts tend to fall into two categories: reasonably selective (BUT expensive, using metals like palladium which are depleting even faster than oil), or poorly selective (BUT cheap and sustainable).

• Table of Content
• About King's College London
• Chemistry Studentship: Supramolecular Chemical Systems
• Aim and Benefits of Chemistry Studentship: Supramolecular Chemical Systems
• Chemistry Studentship: Supramolecular Chemical Systems Courses
• Requirements for Chemistry Studentship: Supramolecular Chemical Systems Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Chemistry Studentship: Supramolecular Chemical Systems

Aim and Benefits of Chemistry Studentship: Supramolecular Chemical Systems

Studentship covers the following:

• Stipend: Tax-free stipend set at the standard UKRI rate, currently £22,780 per annum for the 25/26 academic year (including London Weighting Allowance)
• Bench Fees/RTSG: Research Training Support Grant allowance of approximately £4,500 per year for wet lab research
• Tuition fees: Covered by the studentship

Chemistry Studentship: Supramolecular Chemical Systems Courses

• Chemistry

Requirements for Chemistry Studentship: Supramolecular Chemical Systems Qualification

Prospective candidates should have a 1st or 2:1 M-level qualification in Chemistry, or a related programme (i.e. one providing skills appropriate to working safely in a wet chemistry lab), of any nationality/residency We’re a small, friendly, research group (surmanlab.com), and welcome eligible applicants from any personal background who are pleased to join a diverse group of scientists. Preference will be given to candidates open to this atmosphere, with experience in some of the following:

• Catalytic method development.
• Organic Synthesis. (e.g. Supramolecular hosts)
• Characterisation of non-covalent interactions. (e.g. specialist NMR, modelling titration data, ITC, etc).
• Materials Synthesis and characterisation. (e.g. heterogenous catalysts)
• General experience of a range of analytical chemistry.
• Automation of sample prep (e.g liquid handlers), data acquisition (instrumental) and processing (scripting/programming), and lab-based ‘tinkering’ (3D printing, CNC, Arduinos).
• A track-record of practical problem-solving, independence, and perseverance: in the chemical research lab and in any other sphere.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit KCL scholarship webpage