PhD in Chemistry

This is a joint PhD studentship between the University of Manchester and Diamond Light Source, the national synchrotron facility for the UK. The studentship is available for an October 2026 start and is of 3 ½ years duration./nThe PhD studentship project will use state-of-the-art experimental structural biology and computational tools to gain a deeper understanding of the environmentally important cytochrome P460 containing enzymes. Time resolved and spectroscopically validated crystal structures of enzyme intermediates will be used synergistically with quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (QM/MM) computational simulations to understand both the electronic states of enzyme intermediates and the transitions between them./nAs a joint studentship, around half of the project will be based in Manchester and half at the Harwell campus in Oxfordshire. The project will also be conducted in collaboration with researchers at STFC Daresbury Laboratory and the University of Bristol. The successful applicant will be based within the groups of and supervised by Prof. Sam Hay (Manchester) and Prof. Mike Hough (Diamond Light Source)./nThe successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£20,780 for 2025/26) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year.