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Chemistry PhD

University of glasgow, different course options.

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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

Subject areas

Chemistry (General)

Course type

Our research groups are involved in projects across a wide range of traditional subjects such as synthesis, catalysis and spectroscopy, This research ultimately leads to discoveries in new molecular magnets, plasmonics, battery technology, medical imaging agents and applications for 3D printing.

We provide a truly dynamic research environment. At any time we have about 40 academic staff, 120 research students and 40 research assistants and fellows, all working in close collaboration with industry in the UK and internationally.

We host a range of RCUK and industrially-funded research projects, and several research fellowships.

We are a member of ScotCHEM that brings together seven universities in Scotland. ScotCHEM is committed to excellence and to providing the highest quality postgraduate education and researcher experience. The umbrella structure of ScotCHEM encompasses West CHEM, a dynamic research environment which links the chemistry research schools of the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde.

Research areas

Our research encompasses traditional organic, inorganic and physical chemistry and is organised into the following research groupings:

• Chemical Biology and Precision Synthesis
• Chemical Photonics
• Complex Chemistry
• Energy Conversion and Storage
• Heterogeneous Catalysis
• Supramolecular, Electronic and Magnetic Systems

Illustrative research topics

• Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis
• Computational theory
• Sensing, imaging and diagnostics
• Oxidative stress and cancer
• Anti- microbial, viral and parasitic drugs
• Synthetic biology
• Synthetic methodology and total synthesis of natural products
• Inorganic biology
• Synthetic systems and hybrid devices
• Ultrafast chemical physics
• Photonics and metamaterials
• Solid-state NMR
• Photochemistry and chemical dynamics
• Visualisation and manipulation of chemical structures
• Biomaterials
• Microporous solids
• Single molecule magnets
• Sustainable energy and hydrogen storage materials
• Conjugated and non-conjugated polymer synthesis, photovoltaics.

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2.1 Honours degree or equivalent.

The University of Glasgow is one of four ancient universities in Scotland, founded back in 1451. Alumni include seven Nobel Prize winners, Scotland’s First Minister and a Prime Minister, while Albert Einstein gave a seminal lecture on the theory of relativity there in 1933. The university consists of four colleges: College of Arts College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences College of Science and Engineering College of... more

Chemistry MSc

Full time | 12 months | SEP-25

Chemistry MSc (Research)

Full time | 1 year | SEP-25

Chemistry MPhil

Full time | 2 years | SEP-25

Industrial Heterogeneous Catalysis MRes

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Chemistry PhD University of Glasgow

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PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

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Course summary

Our research groups are involved in projects across a wide range of traditional subjects such as synthesis, catalysis and spectroscopy, This research ultimately leads to discoveries in new molecular magnets, plasmonics, battery technology, medical imaging agents and applications for 3D printing.

We provide a truly dynamic research environment. At any time we have about 40 academic staff, 120 research students and 40 research assistants and fellows, all working in close collaboration with industry in the UK and internationally.

We host a range of RCUK and industrially-funded research projects, and several research fellowships.

We are a member of ScotCHEM that brings together seven universities in Scotland. ScotCHEM is committed to excellence and to providing the highest quality postgraduate education and researcher experience. The umbrella structure of ScotCHEM encompasses West CHEM, a dynamic research environment which links the chemistry research schools of the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde.

Research areas

Our research encompasses traditional organic, inorganic and physical chemistry and is organised into the following research groupings:

• Chemical Biology and Precision Synthesis
• Chemical Photonics
• Complex Chemistry
• Energy Conversion and Storage
• Heterogeneous Catalysis
• Supramolecular, Electronic and Magnetic Systems

Illustrative research topics

• Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis
• Computational theory
• Sensing, imaging and diagnostics
• Oxidative stress and cancer
• Anti- microbial, viral and parasitic drugs
• Synthetic biology
• Synthetic methodology and total synthesis of natural products
• Inorganic biology
• Synthetic systems and hybrid devices
• Ultrafast chemical physics
• Photonics and metamaterials
• Solid-state NMR
• Photochemistry and chemical dynamics
• Visualisation and manipulation of chemical structures
• Biomaterials
• Microporous solids
• Single molecule magnets
• Sustainable energy and hydrogen storage materials
• Conjugated and non-conjugated polymer synthesis, photovoltaics.

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£ 30,240 per year

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University of Glasgow, The Fraser Building, 65 Hillhead Street, Glasgow, Glasgow, City Of, G12 8QQ, Scotland

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Prof Ross S Forgan FRSE FRSC

Professor of Supramolecular and Materials Chemistry

School of Chemistry

University of Glasgow

MChem(Hons) 1st Class, University of Edinburgh, 2004

PhD, University of Edinburgh, 2008

Prof Ross Forgan is Professor of Supramolecular and Materials Chemistry at the University of Glasgow. His research into the application of metal-organic frameworks in biomimetic catalysis and nanoscale drug delivery is underpinned by fundamental studies into molecular recognition and self-assembly processes inside nanoporous materials.

He graduated with a PhD in supramolecular inorganic chemistry, under the supervision of Prof Peter Tasker, from the University of Edinburgh in 2008. A three year postdoctoral position (2008-2011) with Nobel Laureate Prof Sir J Fraser Stoddart at Northwestern University, USA, saw him research organic interlocked molecules, chemical topology and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). He returned to Scotland in 2011 as a senior research fellow in Prof Lee Cronin’s group at the University of Glasgow, investigating hybrid materials and applications of 3D-printing. After 11 months, he was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2012-2021) to begin his independent academic career, with subsequent promotions to Reader in 2016 and Professor in 2019.

To date Forgan has published 97 papers and 2 patents, and has given many invited seminars and lectures at conferences and universities around the world. In 2016 he won a highly prestigious ERC Starting Grant, while he was awarded the Sessler Early Career Researcher Prize in 2018, the RSC Bob Hay Lectureship in 2020, and the RSC Peter Day Memorial Prize in 2024. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, where he is President of its Porous Materials Interest Group . He is Director of the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Diversity Led, Mission-Driven Research . He also currently teaches the Chemistry 1 Transition Metals lecture course - click here for additional materials - and the final year i4 Applied Coordination Chemistry course. He is the Head of the Functional Molecules and Assemblies Research Grouping and the School of Chemistry Impact Champion.

Home.   Contact: Prof Ross Forgan, B3-38, Joseph Black Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, 01413305166, [email protected] .