PhD Vacancies Aberdeen

To view further details about any opportunity listed below please click on the studentship title. If you do not find a studentship of interest and still wish to pursue postgraduate research studies please contact us directly for help in finding a supervisor and funding in your area of interest.

Title	A New Approach to Regional Greenhouse Gas Budgeting and Management
Discipline	Geography and Environment
Supervisors	Dr. Colin Hunter, Professor Pete Smith, Professor Bill Slee
Funding Notes	The annual stipend is £12,000 and all fees will be paid as part of the studentship. An additional sum will also be available to cover research expenses (fieldwork, conference attendance etc).

Title	Computational/Theoretical Chemistry: “Isomerising silicon hydrides: potential energy surfaces and vibrationrotation quantum dynamics"
Discipline	Chemistry
Supervisors	Dr. Mark Law (University of Aberdeen) and Dr. Tanja van Mourik (St. Andrews University)
Funding Notes	The funding covers a stipend for 3.5 years (at typically £12940 per year) and all fees at the home rate.

Title	Generation of Training Images for use in Multi-Point Statistics-Based Reservoir Modelling of Fluvial Systems
Discipline	Geology and Petroleum Geology
Supervisors	Professor Adrian Hartley and Professor John Howell (Bergen)
Funding Notes	Sponsored by Total (£75k).

Title	Surface Chemistry and Heterogeneous Catalysis
Discipline	Chemistry
Supervisors	Professor J. Anderson and Dr R.P.K. Wells.
Funding Notes	These studentships are fully funded but note that fees can only be paid for EU/Home students. All studentships involve collaboration with UK based industry and involve opportunity for periods of training with the industrial sponsor.

Title	The Inhibition of Crystal Growth: Solutions to Problems in Oil and Gas Recovery
Discipline	Chemistry
Supervisors	Professor Russell Howe
Funding Notes	Home fees and stipend at the standard EPSRC rate, for three years.