PhD in Clinical Mass Spectrometry

DPhil studentship in clinical mass spectrometry and machine learning, available from October 2026, supervised by Professor Claire Vallance in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford./nThe studentship will cover course fees at a Home rate and provide a stipend of no less than the standard UK Research Council rate (currently set at £20,780 p.a.) for four years./nResearch in the Vallance group involves application of atmospheric pressure and imaging mass spectrometry to clinical medicine and chemical reaction dynamics. The project extends a pilot study using atmospheric pressure ionisation mass spectrometry coupled with machine learning to investigate the infiltration zone between brain tumours and normal tissue, aiming to develop improved methods for defining the surgical boundary during tumour resection./nThe project is sponsored by the Doogood Foundation and will be carried out in close collaboration with consultant pathologist Olaf Ansorge and consultant neurosurgeon Puneet Plaha at Oxford’s John Radcliffe Hospital./nThe successful applicant will be based in the Chemistry Research Laboratory (CRL), Oxford, and will also spend significant time at the John Radcliffe hospital.