PhD in Chemical Engineering

This is a unique opportunity to join a cutting-edge PhD project in collaboration with leading energy materials researchers and industry partners. Ion-exchange membranes are key to electrochemical devices, yet balancing performance and stability remains a challenge. This project will develop humidity-controlled terahertz spectroscopy to probe water properties within membranes, advancing material insights to optimise trade-offs for next-generation energy technologies. The PhD candidate will develop and optimise the technique further, integrating with advanced instrumentation and custom software to unlock new functionalities. The refined technique will be applied to characterise both commercial and custom-designed membranes, generating fundamental insights that will guide the design of next-generation energy materials in close collaboration with world-leading membrane experts and key manufacturers.