Open positions

We are recruiting PhD students for 2027 entry! Please reach out and have a chat.

Current open positions

Here are some open PhD projects:

Engineering scalable microbial recovery of critical metals from industrial waters to support the energy transition

Supervisors: Prof Jon Lloyd, Prof Rahul Raveendran Nair, Dr Jiyizhe Zhang

Funding: UoM PhD scholarship

Accelerating Chemical Process Development via Uncertainty-Aware Modelling and Experimental Design

Supervisors: Dr Tim Waite, Prof Sami Kaski, Dr Jiyizhe Zhang

Funding: AI in Decision Making for Complex System CDT

TBA

PhD and Postdoc scholarship/fellowships

If you are interested in working with us as a PhD student or a postdoc, please send me an email at jiyizhe.zhang@manchester.ac.uk. Please attach your CV and a brief statement of your motivation, please use the email title “PhD/Postdoc Inquiry-Your Name”.

Here are some scholarship opportunities for PhD applicants:

• President’s Doctoral Scholarship

• Dean’s Doctoral Scholarship

• CSC joint scholarship

• Dual-award PhD Program

Here are some fellowship opportunities for Postdoc applicants that are highly relevant to our research:

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships

• Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowships

• Royal Society Newton International Fellowship

Master/Undergraduate projects

If you are looking for a MEng/MSc project, please contact me via email or stop by my office (MECD Floor 4 - Office 27) if you are in UoM.

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