PhD Chemistry

Our research areas

Our research-active academic staff are available to supervise research projects in the following areas: biomedical, molecular and analytical chemistry – the development of novel compounds and technologies for current and future challenges in biomedicine, health, prosperity, and the environment; materials and interfaces for the future – surface chemistry and catalysis, solid-state computational chemistry, and property modelling together with materials chemistry; soft matter – macromolecular chemistry, physical organic chemistry and surface chemistry. Industrial collaboration is one of our key strengths, and our research groups have worked on projects with many major organisations.

Join our Department to work alongside other PhD students and research staff and contribute to our research outputs. We are a friendly, supportive Department, fostering a collaborative culture that values the development of transferable skills. Each year, we attract awards from research councils, industry and the University of Reading to support new PhD students.