2019 ICIQ PhD Fellowship Programme: Chemistry 1826 views

The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) institutes the PhD Fellowship Programme with the aim to support excellent students from all over the world to enroll in a training and research programme in the area of chemistry ultimately leading to the completion of a Doctoral Thesis in partnership with the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV).

Start of fellowships: September-October, 2019

Requirements:

• The programme is open to graduate students from any nationality.
• Candidates must have a Master or an equivalent degree in the areas of Chemistry, Pharmacy, Physics, Chemical Engineering or related disciplines that must be completed by the time of enrollment in the PhD programme.

Applications:

• Apply online with the following documents:
• CV (in PDF format) including the academic background, labour or research experience, publications, conferences, grants and awards, previous participation in ICIQ programmes, other relevant merits and references.
• Personal statement that describes the applicant’s academic background, research experience and career goals (maximum two DIN A4 pages, in PDF format).
• Official transcripts of BSc and MSc studies in PDF format.
• A scanned copy of the certified academic record of the studies granting access to the PhD programme (BSC and MSc if available).
• Contact details for letters of recommendation of two University professors or other relevant individuals who can assess the candidate’s potential for research.
• Applicants must supply evidence of their proficiency in written and oral communication in the English language (B2 certificate, First Certificate, IELTS 6 or equivalent).

Available positions:

The projects offered by the supervisors are the following:

Position 1: Supervisor: Prof Ruben Martin

Project: Catalytic Functionalization of carbon-heteroatom bonds

Number of positions: 1

Reference: PhD 2019-07

Position 2: Supervisor: Prof Ruben Martin

Project: Catalytic functionalization of chemical feedstocks en route to valuable chemicals

Number of positions: 1

Reference: PhD 2019-08

Position 3: Supervisor: Prof Ruben Martin

Project: Harnessing open-shell intermediates for C–C bond-forming reactions

Number of positions: 1

Reference: PhD 2019-09

Position 4: Supervisor: Prof Feliu Maseras

Project: Computational Photocatalysis

Number of positions: 1

Reference: PhD 2019-10

Position 5: Supervisor: Prof Paolo Melchiorre

Project: Photochemical Enantioselective Organic Catalysis: Making Biologically Relevant Chiral Molecules with Light

Number of positions: 2

Reference: PhD 2019-11 and PhD 2019-12

Position 6: Supervisor: Prof Paolo Melchiorre

Project: Developing Photochemical Enantioselective Processes through a Mechanistically-guided Approach

Number of positions: 1

Reference: PhD 2019-13

Position 7: Supervisor: Prof Paolo Melchiorre

Project: Synergies between Photochemistry and Metal-mediated Catalysis

Number of positions: 1

Reference: PhD 2019-14

Position 8: Supervisor: Prof Paolo Melchiorre

Project: New Radical Generation Strategies Driven by Visible Light

Number of positions: 1

Reference: PhD 2019-15

Position 9: Supervisor: Prof Kilian Muñiz

Project: Alkaloid Total Synthesis through Oxidative Amination Reactions

Number of positions: 1

Reference: PhD 2019-16

Position 10: Supervisor: Dr Elisabet Romero

Project: Design, Construction, and Investigation of Chromophore-Protein Assemblies able to perform Ultrafast Energy and Electron Transfer Processes

Number of positions: 2

References: PhD 2019-17 and PhD 2019-18

Position 11: Supervisor: Dr Elisabet Romero

Project: The Role of Coherence in Enhancing the Efficiency of Light Harvesting and Charge Separation in Photosynthesis

Number of positions: 1

Reference: PhD 2019-19

Second call of 2019 ICIQ PhD Fellowship Programme is now OPEN!!!