PhD: ML‑Powered Flow Chemistry & Automated Screening

Closing Date: 29 April 2024 at 23:59

Eligibility: UK Applicants only

Funding

EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship offering the award of full academic fees, together with a tax-free maintenance grant of £19,237 per year for 3.5 years.

Lead Supervisor: Dr Adam Clayton

Co-supervisor: Professor Richard Bourne

Project summary

Are you a Chemist or Chemical Engineer looking to have a positive real-world impact on the efficiency of pharmaceutical development? Throughout this project you will develop a multidisciplinary skillset in flow chemistry, organic synthesis, and programming/reactor automation, which you will use to create new approaches for reaction screening and optimisation. In addition, this work will be conducted in collaboration with industrial partners, including multinational pharmaceutical companies.

Rapid transition from drug discovery to manufacturing is critical for the supply of clinical trials and ...