Bath Monash Global PhD Programme in Sustainable & Circular Technologies

Applications for this programme are now open until 30 January 2023.

How to Apply

Please express interest for up to 3 projects in order of preference, and submit your application at the home institution of your preferred project. However, please note that you are applying for a joint PhD programme and applications will be processed as such.

For guidance on how to apply please refer to the application process section on the Phd Programmes page.

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Carbon contact perovskite solar cells: toward high efficiency and stability

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Magnetic Ionic Liquids for Electrodeposition of Materials for Sustainable Energy Applications

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eGas: Direct Electrocatalytic Generation of CO and H2 from Renewables

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Smart Mechanochemistry for a Solvent-free MOF Synthesis

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Development of point-of-care soil diagnostics for sustainable agriculture

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Sustainable Synthesis of Drug Scaffolds from Bioreneweable Feedstocks Using Visible Light Photocatalysis

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New Platforms for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting

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Machine learning for sustainable catalyst design: A combined computational and experimental approach

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Low-energy-footprint photocatalysis for H2 Evolution

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(Monash) Selective Alkaline Earth-centred Activation of Inert Bonds and Substrates

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(Monash) Sustainable Electrochemical Upgrading of CO2 and Biomass using Electrocatalysts with Isolated Atomic Sites

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(Monash) Application of portable near-infrared spectroscopy and plant-based substrates for the detection of Kidney disease

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(Monash) Making s-Block Elements Act Like Transition Metals

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(Monash) Ultra-fast isothermal pasteurization of opaque beverages using microcapillary membranes irradiated with UV-light

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(Monash) Challenging antimicrobial resistance with new gallium and Indium based complexes, materials, and coatings

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Bio-derived materials with enhanced properties: controlling the composition of bio-derived polymers through automation and machine learning

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Bio-based epoxy resins: Environmental Assessment of new sustainable materials

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Synthesis of Polyaminoboranes for Sustainable Applications

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Machine Learning for sustainable reaction design: A combined computational and experimental approach

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Synthesis and Application of Complexes for 21st Century Challenges

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Real-time online monitoring of controlled radical polymerisations in continuous flow

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Nanoscale Reaction Mapping for the Rational Design of Biomass Conversion Catalysts

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Chemical sensing of nitrous oxide--A pollutant of concern in multiple environmental contexts

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(Monash) Sustainable Water Splitting Using Electrocatalysts with Isolated Atomic Sites

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(Monash) Functionalised plant-based substrates for protein detection in urine using vibrational spectroscopy

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(Monash) Redox mediated nitrogen reduction to ammonia: a mechanism-guided approach to developing new catalysts for a sustainable future

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(Monash) Aluminium boryl complexes for catalytic CO2 deoxygenation

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Novel nanoporous composites for sustainable energy applications

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Lead-free pyroelectric materials for a new form of water treatment by harvesting low grade waste heat

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Biodegradable cellulose microcapsules for nutraceuticals delivery in food

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Peptide polymer fibres - Novel structures, syntheses and applications

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Lipid cubic phases sustainable nanomaterials to immobilize membrane proteins for biocatalysis and biosensors

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Machine learning for sustainable reaction design - A combined computational and experimental approach

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Real-time reaction monitoring of ‘living’ polymerisations in continuous flow

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(Monash) Ionic liquids based on earth-abundant aluminium

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(Monash) Sustainable Water Splitting Using Electrocatalysts with Isolated Atomic Sites

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(Monash) Chirality and potency assessment of drugs and emerging commercial Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, and Cannabis ruderalis species

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(Monash) Sodium an abundant workhorse metal for the enantioselective synthesis of bioactive heterocycles

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(Monash) Aluminium, magnesium and calcium centred Lewis acids as earth-abundant and sustainable catalysts

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(Monash) Developing thymidine-based green self-healing polymers

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(Monash) Sodium as a workhorse metal for the atom efficient enantioselective synthesis of bioactive heterocycles

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(Monash) Chemical design of a sustainable reactor for reducing oxygen and potentially carbon dioxide with industrial and climate applications

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Precise, rapid and scalable sustainable polymer synthesis by automated catalytic flow reactors

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Atomic layer deposited heterojunctions for light-driven water splitting in tandem cells

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Lipid cubic phases sustainable nanomaterials to immobilize membrane proteins for biocatalysis and biosensors

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Electronically-perturbed pnictogens as earth-abundant and sustainable catalysts

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Supramolecular photosystems

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Emulsions stabilized by cellulose & sugar-based stabilizers

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Big data and machine learning for sustainable synthesis

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Enabling efficient and scalable protocols for high-precision synthesis of complex polymer architectures with real-time reaction monitoring

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Polymerising, depolymerising and repurposing using iron catalysis

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Molecular understanding of the role of surface functionality on the properties of cellulose films and surfaces

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Novel nanoporous composites for sustainable energy applications

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Lead-free pyroelectric materials for a new form of water treatment by harvesting low grade waste heat

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(Monash) B-elemene as facile building block in sustainable polymer synthesis

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Can ionic liquids revolutionise sustainable polymers?

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Catalyst Reincarnation: Post-polymerization Functionality of Ring-opening Polymerisation Catalysts as Bioactive Additives in Biomedical Materials

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Catalytic arene functionalization with nucleophilic heavier alkaline earth reagents

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Molecular surface species and mechanism in energy conversion

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Printed cell scaffolds for rapid, robust tox testing of new chemicals – beyond animal testing

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Stabilising biopolymer based hydrogels for delivery of actives

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New bismuth-based biopolymer composites for challenging anti-microbial resistance

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Advanced, Tuneable Encapsulates prepared from Biodegradable Polymers and Silica

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Development of Analytical Methods for Enantioselective Assessment of Licit and Illicit Drugs

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β-elemene as facile building block in sustainable polymer synthesis

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Multi-detector online monitoring of precision polymerizations

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Developing Thymidine-Based Green Self-healing Polymers

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Addressing puzzles of enantioselective organocatalysis: A computational and physical organic chemistry approach

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