PhD Studentships

Nottingham University Business School; Ashington; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded 42 months

Job summary

Nottingham University Business School invites applications for a fully funded 42‑month research studentship. The project focuses on green and sustainable chemistry, developing an open‑source electronic lab notebook and cloud deployment, with ML applied to chemistry challenges.

Supervision by Jonathan Hirst and collaboration with the Royal Academy of Engineering Chairs in Emerging Technologies, plus co‑supervision from the Business School to explore AI business models and routes to market.

Qualifications

• Interest in chemistry and machine learning
• Ability to program and apply ML algorithms
• Collaborative research with chemists and business school

Job description

The research will be supervised primarily by Jonathan Hirst and is part of a major award from the Royal Academy of Engineering Chairs in Emerging Technologies scheme, in which we have developed an open-source electronic lab notebook, deployed on the cloud at https://ai4green.app. The projects will involve close collaboration with synthetic chemists with a specific focus on green and sustainable chemistry. The studentships will provide a range of experience in computer programming and the development and application of machine learning algorithms to chemistry.

One of the studentships will have a significant business development component in the vein of an 'evangelist developer', i.e., someone who is technically skilled but also interested in promoting uptake of the software. This project is planned to be run in collaboration with and co-supervision from the Nottingham University Business School, with one of the strands of research focusing on understanding emerging AI-based technology business models, knowledge exchange processes and routes to market.

Funding notes: The studentships are fully funded for 42 months. Stipend at the RCUK rate (currently £21,805 per annum) and tuition fees will be paid at the UK rate. International students will have to pay the difference between UK and international fees.