PhD projects

Project	Supervisor	Funding	Keywords	hide Departments	Departments
Aryne-mediated synthesis of biologically active heterocycles	Jones, Dr Chris	CONACYT CSC	Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Biocatalysis at the nanoscale	Roessler, Dr Maxie	CONACYT CSC	Analytical chemistry, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry, Physical chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Biomarkers of Subjective Vitality	Jones, Dr Janelle (primary) Pluess, Dr Michael (secondary)	CONACYT CSC	Subjective Vitality; Well-Being; Biomarkers; Longitudinal Studies; Health	Biological and Experimental Psychology	Biological and Experimental Psychology
Centromere inheritance in S. pombe and beyond	Subramanian, Dr Lakxmi	CONACYT CSC HEC Pakistan IDB	Biochemistry, Cell Biology/Development, Evolution, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Biology	Cell and Molecular Biology	Cell and Molecular Biology
Combining biophysical and synthetic chemistry to decipher a key enzyme in respiration	Roessler, Dr Maxie and Jones, Dr Chris	CONACYT HEC Pakistan IDB	Analytical chemistry, Biochemistry, Organic chemistry, Physical chemistry, Synthetic chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Comparative physiology and evolution of neuropeptide signalling	Elphick, Prof Maurice	CONACYT CSC	Neurobiology, Evolution, Echinoderms, Bioinformatics, Genomics, Transcriptomics, Peptidomics, Molecular Histology	Organismal Biology	Organismal Biology
Computational modeling of photo-phenomena in condensed phase	Crespo-Otero, Dr Rachel	CONACYT CSC	Biophysics, Computational Chemistry, Materials Science, Physical Chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Computational modelling of protein dynamics in heart disease	Fornili, Dr Arianna		Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Computational Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Computational simulations of molecular switches	Crespo-Otero, Dr Rachel	CSC	Biophysics, Computational Chemistry, Materials Science, Physical Chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Contextual information in adaptation	Mareschal, Dr Isabelle	CONACYT	Neuroscience	Biological and Experimental Psychology	Biological and Experimental Psychology
Developing novel drugs to target Chagas disease	Wilkinson, Dr Shane	CONACYT	Chagas disease, Trypanosoma, Nitroreductase, DNA repair, Interstrand crosslink, Prodrugs	Cell and Molecular Biology	Cell and Molecular Biology
Developing prodrugs to target neglected tropical diseases	Wilkinson, Dr Shane	CSC	Chagas disease, Trypanosoma, Nitroreductase, DNA repair, Interstrand crosslink, Prodrugs	Cell and Molecular Biology	Cell and Molecular Biology
Developing novel drugs to target Leishmaniasis	Wilkinson, Dr Shane	CONACYT	Leishmaniasis, Nitroreductase, DNA repair, Interstrand crosslink, Prodrugs	Cell and Molecular Biology	Cell and Molecular Biology
Developing novel synthetic strategies for the synthesis of metallic ceramics at lower temperature	Giordano, Dr Cristina	CSC	Materials chemistry, Nanotechnology, Physical chemistry, Synthesis	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Development and characterization of new energy materials	Abrahams, Dr Isaac	CONACYT	Electrochemistry, Inorganic chemistry Materials science	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Divergent synthesis of polycyclic heterocycles via direct C(sp3)-H bond activation	Jones, Dr Christopher	CONACYT CSC	Organic chemistry, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Synthetic chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Dynamic interactions between people in complex decision making contexts	Osman, Dr Magda	CONACYT CSC	Psychology, Behaviour, Mental model, Decision making	Biological and Experimental Psychology	Biological and Experimental Psychology
Electrocatalysts in Nanotubes: A Nanotechnology Computational and Experimental Approach	Di Tommaso, Dr Devis		Computational chemistry, Environmental chemistry, Materials science, Physical chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Enzyme catalysis and materials chemistry	Roessler, Dr Maxie	CONACYT CSC	Analytical chemistry, Biochemistry, Electrochemistry, Materials science, Physical chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Exploring the impact of plant genome size on community structure dependent on soils and underlying geology	Leitch, Prof. Andrew	Self-funded	Botany/Plant science, Cell Biology/Development, Ecology, Conservation, Genetics	Organismal Biology	Organismal Biology
Evolutionary genomics in ants	Wurm, Dr Yannick	CONACYT NERC DTP	Genetics, Social evolution, Next generation sequencing, Bioinformatics	Organismal Biology	Organismal Biology
Gene-Environment Interaction and Mental Health Across the Life Course	Pluess, Dr Michael	CONACYT CSC	Well-being, Mental health, Gene-Environment interaction, Genetics; Differential susceptibility, Vantage sensitivity, Cohort studies	Biological and Experimental Psychology	Biological and Experimental Psychology
G-Protein Coupled Receptors as therapeutic targets in drug discovery	Howell, Dr Lesley	Self-funded	Medicinal chemistry, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Synthetic chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
How do human cells ensure the accurate segregation of chromosomes?	Draviam, Dr Viji	Self-funded	Biochemistry, Cancer/Oncology, Cell biology/development, Genetics, Molecular biology	Cell and Molecular Biology	Cell and Molecular Biology
Identification of inhibitors of the pro-survival protein Mcl-1	Howell, Dr Lesley	Self-funded	Medicinal chemistry, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Synthetic chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Improved computational methods for quantitative proteomics	Bessant, Prof. Conrad	CONACYT	Analytical chemistry, Biochemistry, Applied mathematics, Bioinformatics, Computer science, Data analysis, Software engineering	Cell and Molecular Biology	Cell and Molecular Biology
Ion-Selective Organic Materials for Bioelectronic Applications	Nielsen, Dr Christian	CONACYT CSC	Organic chemistry, Materials chemistry, Synthetic chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Increasing plant stress tolerance by unravelling and exploiting the mechanism of the photosynthetic NDH complex	Roessler, Dr Maxie and Hanke, Dr Guy	CONACYT CSC HEC Pakistan IDB	Biophysics, Biochemistry, Genetics	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
The evolution of immunity in species exposed to invading pathogens	Knell, Dr Rob	CONACYT	Ecology, Conservation, Evolution, Parasitology, Immunity	Organismal Biology	Organismal Biology
Life Course Predictors of Psychological Well-Being	Pluess, Dr Michael	CONACYT CSC	Well-Being, Positive Development, Life-Course, Competence, Cohort Studies	Biological and Experimental Psychology	Biological and Experimental Psychology
Light-driven Fe-catalysed reduction of C-C multiple bondsAn approximation to the direct use of alkenes and alkynes as nucleophilic alkyl-/alkenyl- synthons	Cambeiro, Dr Xacobe	CSC	Organic Chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Loneliness and its effects on vision and decision making	Mareschal, Dr Isabelle	Self-funded	Psychology, Mental health, Cognitive psychology	Biological and Experimental Psychology	Biological and Experimental Psychology
Luminescent metal complexes for optoelectronics based on fluorinated organic ligands	Wyatt, Dr Peter	CONACYT	Organic Synthesis, Photonic Materials, Organofluorine, Luminescence, Optoelectronics	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Magnetic metal carbides and nitrides as alternative materials for bio-related applications	Giordano, Dr Cristina	CSC	Materials chemistry, Nanotechnology, Physical chemistry, Synthesis	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Mechanisms that drive aneuploidy in cancers	Draviam, Dr Viji	CONACYT CSC	Biochemistry, Cancer/Oncology, Cell Biology/Development, Data Analysis	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Metal catalysed activation of dioxygen (air) for selective substrate oxidation	Sheriff, Dr Tippu	CONACYT	Selective Oxidation, Dioxygen, Hydrogen Peroxide, Catalysis, Green Chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Metal-free C(sp3)-H arylation of unsaturated heterocycles	Jones, Dr Christopher	CSC	Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Synthetic Chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Modelling of hybrid nanostructures for nanoelectronics and renewable energy applications	Crespo-Otero, Dr Rachel, Palma, Dr Matteo	CONACYT CSC	Biophysics, Computational chemistry, Materials science, Physical chemistry,	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Molecular genetics of psychiatric disease	Brennan, Dr Caroline	CONACYT CSC	Bioinformatics, genes, psychiatric disease, zebrafish	Biological and Experimental Psychology	Biological and Experimental Psychology
Neural dynamics of learning from feedback: tracking and affecting subjective feedback evaluation	Di Bernardi Luft, Dr Caroline	CONACYT CSC	Electrophysiology, Signal processing, Artificial intelligence, Brain stimulation	Biological and Experimental Psychology	Biological and Experimental Psychology
New microbial quality testing for drinking water device	Zarbakhsh, Dr Ali	CONACYT	Environmental Chemistry, Materials Science, Physical Chemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
New tools for conservation: dissecting the relative contribution of genetic and epigenetic changes to adaptive evolution	Eizaguirre, Dr Christophe	CONACYT	Ecology and Conservation, Evolution, Genetics	Organismal Biology	Organismal Biology
Protein Misfolding and the Molecular Basis of Alzheimer’s Disease	Viles, Dr John	CONACYT CSC	Biochemistry, Neurodegeneration, Protein Mis-folding	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Self-assembled block copolymers as drug delivery systems for skin treatments	Resmini, Prof Marina	CONACYT	Nanomaterials, Drug delivery, Self-assembled nanoparticles, Dermal delivery	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Social dynamic decision making	Osman, Dr Magda	CONACYT	Psychology, Neuroscience	Biological and Experimental Psychology	Biological and Experimental Psychology
Social Groups, Resilience, Health and Well-being	Jones, Dr Janelle	CONACYT	Social groups, Identity, Mental health, Stress, Resilience, Well-being, Psychophysics, Psychoneuroendocrinology	Biological and Experimental Psychology	Biological and Experimental Psychology
Structural molecular biology of the type II bacterial secretion system	Pickersgill, Prof. Richard	CONACYT	Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry
Understanding the molecular mechanism of type-IX secretion in Porphyromonas gingivalis	Garnett, Dr James	CONACYT CSC Self-funded	Bacteria, Biochemistry / biophysics, Microbiology, Molecular biology / cloning, Structural biology	Chemistry and Biochemistry	Chemistry and Biochemistry

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