Newcastle University, England invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at Newcastle University, England.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship – Reducing the Carbon Footprints of Syngenta Processes by Process Intensification via Flow Chemistry
Syngenta, a global leader in agricultural science and technology, is committed to developing innovative solutions that help farmers grow crops more sustainably while addressing global food security challenges. With a focus on cutting-edge research and development, Syngenta continually explores new methodologies to enhance its product development and manufacturing processes.
In line with this commitment, Syngenta is exploring the potential of “flow chemistry” in agrochemical research and production. This approach, which has gained significant traction in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, offers numerous advantages for rapid process development and scale-up, while ensuring more efficient continuous processing compared to traditional batch methods.
This project aims to design and test cutting edge laboratory-scale continuous reactors, applying them to various agrochemical reactions currently performed in batch. This initiative seeks to demonstrate “process intensification” and facilitate rapid, scalable process development and optimization. Previous work in this area has shown that many batch processes can be made significantly more sustainable through this method.
This work will potentially lead to substantial reductions in Syngenta’s carbon footprint and supporting Syngenta’s journey towards Net Zero emissions.
To bridge the gap between laboratory research and industrial application, this project includes a valuable secondment opportunity at one of Syngenta’s key manufacturing sites. During this period, researchers will work closely with production teams to:
1. Assess the feasibility of implementing flow chemistry processes in a real-world manufacturing environment
2. Identify potential challenges and opportunities for scaling up laboratory successes
3. Collaborate on adapting flow chemistry techniques to meet specific production requirements
4. Gain insights into regulatory and safety considerations for industrial-scale implementation
Deadline : 28th April 2025
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship – Systematic investigation of pyrolysis process and products for sustainable biochar production
Circular Carbon is one of the largest producers of biochar (ca 3000t/a) in Europe to date, with an industrial facility recovering agricultural residues from the global market leader in cocoa butter production (Barry Callebaut). Circular Carbon currently uses pyrolysis, a thermochemical conversion technology, for biochar production and currently uses the gaseous product of pyrolysis for renewable pyrolysis steam production. While currently successful, the increasing demand for biochar and its by-products in high-value applications necessitates a thorough examination of the existing process and products to optimize efficiency and enhance overall performance.
This PhD project aims to systematically investigate and enhance the pyrolysis process of crop waste, focusing on improving efficiency and product quality. The research will cover various aspects of the process, including exploring the entire operational range across different production scales to minimize environmental impact and production costs. Additionally, the study will assess potential revenue streams for Circular Carbon by analysing advanced application scenarios for the solid, liquid, and gaseous by-products of pyrolysis. These analyses will be based on process and product characterisation, comprehensive life cycle and techno-economic assessments to align with evolving market trends and client needs, as well as to support biochar-based carbon dioxide removal initiatives.
Deadline : 29th April 2025
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD studentship in Brain, Brawn, and Bugs: cognitive and physical factors of insect dexterity
Having hands to manipulate objects has enabled humans to develop pivotal innovations, including tools and shelter. Most other animals lack hands, and yet many can still skilfully manipulate objects, such as food and nest materials. Insects, for example, can build structures and handle food despite having tiny brains and simple appendages.
This interdisciplinary project will examine how insects achieve this dexterity, by studying foraging in praying mantises and bumblebees using behavioural experiments, micro-CT scanning, myogram reading, and advanced motion analysis. Working with scientists at Liverpool, Sussex, and Edinburgh, we will study how dexterous behaviour changes throughout lifetime, providing possible novel models for studying how ageing affects human dexterity.
This project will equip the student with a unique scientific niche of general scientific skills in behavioural research, as well as highly interdisciplinary computational skills, by learning to collect and analyse data from micro-CT scanning, motion tracking, and electromyography.
Deadline : 30th April 2025
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD studentship in Computer Science
The School of Computing at Newcastle University expects to offer one full time home PhD studentship on a subset of the following projects:
- Building a Trusted Smart Home Ecosystem with Zero Trust Principles
- Physics-Informed Data-Driven Techniques for Secure and Safe Autonomous Systems
- Adaptive Trajectory Optimization of 6G-Endable Drones Integrating Multi-Access Edge Computing for Border Surveillance
- Promoting AI Literacy through Interactive Visualisations
- Disparity Correction in Machine Learning for Healthcare
- Design and Implementation of Computation and Communication Efficient Distributed Machine Learning Frameworks for Edge AI
Deadline : 16 May 2025
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD studentship in lymphoma biology – Functional analysis of TP53 mutations in childhood Burkitt lymphoma
Are you interested in understanding the molecular drivers of cancer as they apply to patient management and drug resistance? This project will investigate how TP53 mutations affect the basic biology of Burkitt lymphoma and drive the development of therapy resistance.
Childhood Burkitt lymphoma has a very good chance of cure but treatment is extremely intensive and many children receive too much toxic chemotherapy. Currently, clinical risk stratification does not include molecular factors. However, we have shown that TP53 mutations are strongly associated with risk of relapse, following which the chance of survival becomes extremely remote. How TP53 mutations cause relapse remains unknown.
Using our unique collection of patient-derived models, you will map the epigenetic/transcriptional consequences of different TP53 mutations and use contemporary gene editing techniques to experimentally validate your findings. Your work will identify more accurate predictors of relapse as well as biological pathways driving therapy resistance. You will develop patient-derived assays to investigate drugable pathways.
Working in an internationally recognised centre for children’s cancer research, you will be supported to: develop advanced skills in cellular and molecular research; learn to analyse your data; present your analysis with a strong focus on oral and written skills. Your research will address current clinical challenges faced by our patients.
Deadline : Friday 2nd May 2025
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship in Translational Immunology: understanding the immunobiology of flare and remission in rheumatoid arthritis
Interested in immunology and its application to human disease? This PhD project will focus on rheumatoid arthritis and aims to better understand the immunological basis of disease flare and remission.
We seek an enthusiastic and motivated student to work within our team of scientists as we strive to understand the basis of rheumatic diseases and novel approaches to their treatment. This three-year PhD project will focus on understanding the underlying immunobiology of flare and remission in rheumatoid arthritis. You will have access to samples and data from previous and ongoing experimental medicine studies within our group, ultimately working towards translation of your findings to a feasible assay suitable for future clinical development.
You will have access to state-of-the-art technology and expertise within Newcastle University, including our world-class Core Flow Cytometry and Core Genomics Facilities. You will gain experience in laboratory skills including tissue culture and spectral flow cytometry, as well as presentation and scientific writing skills. The opportunity to develop skills in multi-dimensional data analysis with support from our bioinformatics colleagues is also available. You will be supported by a dedicated team of academic supervisors, and have access to the University’s postgraduate researcher skills development programme.
Deadline : 18th May 2025
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD studentship – Investigating the molecular mechanisms behind iron and siderophore uptake in pathogenic bacteria
Iron is essential for bacterial cells to grow and replicate. Bacteria rely on iron scavenged from their environment for survival and its availability is particularly critical during infection, where the host sequesters iron to hamper pathogen proliferation. Under such iron-limiting conditions bacteria secrete small molecules called siderophores that can capture ionic forms of iron and subsequently transport the iron loaded siderophores inside the cells. Siderophores also function as bacterial virulence factors and influence microbial communities and ecological dynamics. Due to their essential nature as scavengers of iron, siderophores are very attractive vehicles for the transport of antimicrobial compounds. Chemical fusion of antibiotics to siderophores allows for targeted delivery into cell using the bacterium’s own transport machinery. By understanding the molecular details of siderophore transport my group aims to devise novel antimicrobial compounds.
This PhD studentship will focus on the siderophore transport pathways of the clinically important human pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The project will use chemical-genetic screens to identify novel pathways in siderophore and iron uptake with a focus on membrane transporters. Mechanistic insights into the function and specificity of these transporters will be studied using other microbiology, biochemical and structural biology techniques.
Deadline : 30/04/2025
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: High-throughput nanoscale crystallisation of linear and macrocyclic peptides
4 year Chemistry PhD in chemical crystallography for pharmaceutically relevant molecules, on high-throughput crystallisation and single crystal X-ray crystallography (SCXRD) of linear and macrocyclic peptides.
Many modern drug molecules are complex linear and cyclic synthetic polypeptides. Crystallisation of such molecules presents a very challenging problem, however success in such an endeavour is key for both structural elucidation by single crystal X-ray diffraction analysis (SCXRD) and for cost effective purification. This project will develop new high-throughput Encapsulated Nanodroplet Crystallisation (ENaCt) methods, based on previous work in the group (Chem 2020, 6, p1755; JACS 2023, 145, p23352; ChemSocRev 2023, p1995), for the crystallisation and analysis of medically relevant complex polypeptides.
Training and experience will be provided in both modern crystallisation methods and SCXRD of complex small molecules, including the use of robotics for high-throughput experimentation.
The Newcastle University supervisory team consists of Dr Michael Hall and Prof Mike Probert, and you will work alongside members of their group, and UK National Crystallography staff. The Newcastle research group is an internationally leading laboratory for small molecule crystallography and SCXRD, with cutting edge modern equipment and resources.
This PhD is offered in collaboration with MSD, and includes a potential industrial placement opportunity in New Jersey, USA, as part of the project.
Deadline : 22nd April 2025
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD studentship: Nitrous oxide in the wastewater industry: Measurement, monitoring, and mitigation
The project focuses on nitrous oxide (N2O) within the wider context of nitrogen cycling during wastewater treatment. N2O is a potent greenhouse gas and traditional aerobic activated sludge processes are hotspots for extremely high N2O emissions. It is generally considered that imbalances in nitrogen cycling pathways, such as nitrification and denitrification, determine the level of N2O emissions. However, this requires quantification. Therefore, the project will initially experimentally measure N2O alongside key parameters including temperature, oxygen, nitrogen loading, and the functional genes of key N-cycling bacteria to gain a greater understanding of the interactions. A key outcome of this initial work will be to inform the on-site monitoring of N2O and related N-compounds associated with wastewater treatment. The project will also conduct on-site measurements to determine how different treatment processes, e.g. oxidation ditches, and biofilm reactors, can be optimized for N2O mitigation or ultimately complete N2O removal. Overall, the project represents a unique opportunity to engage with the water utility sector with regards to greenhouse gas emissions and help shape the trajectory of mitigation activities.
Deadline : Friday 2 May 2025 or until the position is filled
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD studentship: Understanding the retention and treatment of highway runoff pollutants within roadside bioretention systems – and implications for design and long-term maintenance
Significant risks posed by highway runoff to the UK water environment have been exposed by industry associations, government and environmental organisations, scientists, and media streams in recent months. The composition of road runoff, which includes road salts, heavy metals, hydrocarbons and PAHs, PFAS, PFOS, PFOA, and a suite of microplastics and tyre wear constituents, means harmful pollutants may be present in significant concentrations.
Roadside bioretention systems are routinely considered as a runoff capture mechanism. Partnership investment programmes, Ofwat funded green economic recovery investments, and DEFRA funded innovation resilience programmes are also implementing these systems at scale. However, there is very limited consistent research evidence on the efficacy of different engineered filter media and soils to capture and retain pollutants and the influence of overlying vegetation; on the likely migration of pollutants through the soil horizons with time; and on the implications of pollutant capture on long-term maintenance needs and final decommissioning. This project will monitor real-world bioretention systems, alongside controlled dosing trials at the UKCRIC National Green Infrastructure Facility, to provide an evidence base and better understand the true performance of these strategies.
Deadline : Friday 2 May 2025 or until the position
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(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentships – Process Industries: Net Zero – Data Driven Optimisation for Process Scale-up
This PhD project is part of the CDT in Process Industries: Net Zero. The successful PhD student will be co-supervised by academics from the Process Intensification Group at Newcastle University. Nestling has designed a containerised cultivation and processing plant for a broad range of microorganisms with a focus on mycelium. The system is fully automated; the SCADA system is connected to the cloud and provides performance data, enabling the monitoring of critical process parameters (CPPs) and critical quality attributes (CQAs). Nestling wishes to collect the data and apply machine learning techniques to identify process efficiency improvements and enable prediction across scales for a given biological process.
The PhD project will develop, construct and apply Machine Learning techniques to the process data generated at the pilot scale to enable the prediction of process performance at larger scale. This will enable customers using Nestling’s new platform to recognise best practice, identify key vulnerabilities and predict economic outcomes from process deviations.
Deadline : 12th May 2025
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(12) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentship: 3D-Printed Reactors for Shrinking Chemical Processes
The PINZ CDT will train the next generation of process and chemical engineers, and chemists, to develop the new processes, process technologies and green chemistries required for the process industries’ transition to Net Zero.
“Flow chemistry” is increasingly of interest in the chemicals and pharmaceuticals industries, to allow rapid process development and scale-up, whilst ensuring inherently more efficient continuous, rather than batch, processing.
In this project, novel laboratory-scale continuous reactors will be designed and 3d-printed, and applied to a variety of real reactions from industry, currently performed in batch, to demonstrate “process intensification” and rapid, scalable process development/optimisation. Previous work in the area by the Process Intensification Group has demonstrated that many batch processes can be made significantly “greener” via this method of process development. One recent example is a 200-fold reduction in reactor size while removing an organic solvent altogether, whilst maintaining productivity and improving yield/selectivity etc. We expect to achieve similar results with our current reactions, leading to huge reductions in carbon footprint, to help the process industries move towards Net Zero. Our 3d printing approach is highly flexible, meaning the impact of this work will be potentially far-reaching.
Deadline : 24th April 2025
(13) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: PhD Studentships – Process Industries: Net Zero – Biorenewable antioxidants production for enhanced sustainability of polymeric materials
The PINZ CDT will train the next generation of process and chemical engineers, and chemists, to develop the new processes, process technologies and green chemistries required for the process industries’ transition to Net Zero.
Several types of polymeric materials undergo rapid degradation under both storage and use, unless antioxidants and stabilisers are added to suppress undesirable reactions. This project is co-funded by Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. and will be focused on the identification and further development of routes for effective extraction and modification of biorenewable antioxidants and stabilisers in order to enhance the sustainability of polymeric materials. The candidate will research biomass sources and extraction techniques, exploit chemical modification pathways, and investigate performance of the novel preservatives in final application scenarios.
You will be co-supervised by a team of supervisors at Newcastle University and the industry sponsor Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. Project co-creation with our industrial partner will guarantee the industrial relevance and impact of the research. Some projects may also be in collaboration with our partners at the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence at University of York.
You will be taught a range of skills to complement, drive and strengthen your research: life-cycle analysis, techno-economic analysis, digital and business skills, ethics etc. You will also undertake short courses in the core subjects of this PhD programme including process intensification and green chemistry.
Deadline : 22nd April 2025
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Newcastle University (legally the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university based in Newcastle upon Tyne, North East England. It has overseas campuses in Singapore and Malaysia. The university is a red brick university and a member of the Russell Group, an association of research-intensive UK universities.
The university finds its roots in the School of Medicine and Surgery (later the College of Medicine), established in 1834, and the College of Physical Science (later renamed Armstrong College), founded in 1871. These two colleges came to form the larger division of the federal University of Durham, with the Durham Colleges forming the other. The Newcastle colleges merged to form King’s College in 1937. In 1963, following an Act of Parliament, King’s College became the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
The university subdivides into three faculties: the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; the Faculty of Medical Sciences; and the Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering. The university offers around 175 full-time undergraduate degree programmes in a wide range of subject areas spanning arts, sciences, engineering and medicine, together with approximately 340 postgraduate taught and research programmes across a range of disciplines.The annual income of the institution for 2021–22 was £543.2 million of which £109.6 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £624.3 million.
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