AS CDT PhD Projects

Title	PhD student	Supervisors	Partners
Performance Modelling of Photoelectrochemical Devices in Reduced Gravitational Environments		Katharina Brinkert	European Space Agency
Green graphite and graphene for lithium-ion battery innovation: Materials, manufacturing and characterisation		John Low	Graphene Star
Characterisation of Materials for Heterogeneous Catalysis Using Advanced Analytical Techniques		Richard Walton	Johnson Matthey
Understanding how molecules are delivered to biosurfaces from evaporating droplets		Pat Unwin	Syngenta
Probing improper ferroelectric switching and dielectric responses by in situ X-ray diffraction		Mark Senn
Spectromicroscopy to study the role of iron in Progressive Supranuclear Palsy		Joanna Collingwood	Diamond Light Source
Quantification of peptide secondary structure: The use of solid and solution state NMR to develop ATR FTIR spectroscopic methods.	Chris Trembath	Józef Lewandowski	AstraZeneca
Solar-assisted oxygen and fuel production for long-term space travels and Moon habitats	Shaumica Saravanabavan	Katharina Brinkert	European Space Agency
Extreme performance mass spectrometry for metals in biology and medicine	Edward Lant	Peter J. Sadler and Pete O'Connor	Bruker
Evaluation of the capabilities of 2-dimensional mass spectrometry in a variety of molecular systems	Callan Littlejohn	Pete O'Connor (Chemistry)	Verdel Instruments
Exploring Magnesium Chemistry : From Reactive Precursors To Synthetic Minerals	Katie Pickering	Richard Walton (Chemistry)	BYK
Developing light-driven molecular switches for use on solid substrates	Matt Stoodley	Reinhard Maurer (Chemistry) David Duncan (DLS)	Diamond Light Source
Investigating the atomic and electronic structures of nano-scale molecular metal-oxo clusters.	Tom Barnes	Sebastian Pike (Chemistry)
Probing drug-excipients interactions and their impact on solid-state stability of drug product by solid-state NMR spectroscopy and computational analysis	Liam Medlin	Steven Brown (Physics)	GSK
Microbial sunscreens for better life	Abbie Whittock	Vas Stavros (Chemistry)	Lubrizol
Developing fast magic-angle spinning (MAS) NMR methods for applications to both organic and bio-molecules in the solid state (warwick.ac.uk)	Ben Tatman	Steven Brown (Physics)	Bruker
Understanding Complex Polymer Structure	Lucas Al-Shok	David Haddleton (Chemistry)	Syngenta
Developing A Solvothermal Reaction Cell for in situ Neutron Scattering of Crystallisation	Mark Crossman	Richard Walton (Chemistry)	ISIS
Development of spectroscopic approaches for the characterisation of new pharmaceutical modalities	Mohammed Rahman	Steven Brown (Physics) and Pete O'Connor (Chemistry)	AstraZeneca
Characterisation of low work function, air-stable electrodes for organic photovoltaics	Simon Abrahamczyk	Ross Hatton (Chemistry)
Development and application of Electron Diffraction techniques for determination of molecular structure	Anton Cleverley	Corinne Smith (Life Sciences) and Richard Beanland (Physics)
Development and characterisation of endogenous/exogenous MRI contrast agents for application in neurodegenerative disease	Festus Slade	Joanna Collingwood	UHCW