{"id":12353,"date":"2026-09-21T14:56:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nanohelp.eu\/careers\/?post_type=job_listing&#038;p=12353"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:56:25","slug":"phd-nano-enabled-materials-nanoscience-research-university-of-strathclyde-uk","status":"publish","type":"job_listing","link":"https:\/\/nanohelp.eu\/careers\/job\/phd-nano-enabled-materials-nanoscience-research-university-of-strathclyde-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD &#8211; Nano-enabled Materials \/ Nanoscience research, University of Strathclyde UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Organization:<\/strong> University of Strathclyde<\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty\/Department\/Division:<\/strong> Faculty of Science and Faculty of Engineering, including Physics, Pure &amp; Applied Chemistry, Chemical and Process Engineering, Institute of Photonics, and Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences (SIPBS)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> Glasgow, United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p><strong>Position:<\/strong> PhD \u2013 Nano-enabled Materials \/ Nanoscience Research<\/p>\n<h3>Project Overview<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The University of Strathclyde offers 3-to-4-year full-time PhD research opportunities across nano-enabled materials and nanoscience, spanning science, engineering, photonics, healthcare, energy, and advanced materials.<\/li>\n<li>Research opportunities cover areas including nanomedicine and drug delivery, photonics and optical materials, sustainable nanomaterials, energy-related materials, bionanotechnology, spectroscopy, and computationally assisted nanomaterial discovery.<\/li>\n<li>Research projects may investigate non-viral nanomedicines for applications such as blood-brain barrier targeting, photonic supraparticles for nanolasers and sensing, semiconductor nanocrystals, sustainable nanomaterial synthesis, and nanoparticle\u2013cell interactions.<\/li>\n<li>Computational research includes the use of simulation and machine-learning-assisted approaches to investigate nanoparticle assembly and nanoscale organization.<\/li>\n<li>Research is supported by multidisciplinary groups across the University of Strathclyde, including Physics, Pure &amp; 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