A fully-funded PhD studentship is available for a project starting in October 2009
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The successful candidate will use laser spectroscopy to investigate molecular clusters inside superfluid liquid helium nanodroplets. The aim will be to use these as model systems to explore the mechanism of solvation processes occurring in everyday chemistry. The work will employ state-of-the-art techniques to tackle a problem of intense scientific interest. You will join a well-equipped, well-staffed and highly active research group that employs a variety of spectroscopic and mass spectrometric techniques to understand the properties of molecules, clusters and nanoparticles.
Candidates must be strongly motivated and have a first degree background in chemistry, physics or a related subject. Applicants with a master's degree (MSci, MChem, MPhys or MSc) or equivalent in one of these fields is preferred. The stipend is at the standard rate for UK PhD students. Because of restrictions imposed by the funding body, applications are open only to UK citizens and EU nationals who have been resident in the UK for a minimum of three years prior to the start of the project.
For further information, including informal enquiries and information about the application procedure, please contact one of the following:
Dr Andrew M. Ellis, Department of Chemistry, University of Leicester, UK. Email: [log in to unmask]; tel. +44-(0)116 252 2138
Dr Klaus von Haeften, Department of Physics, University of Leicester, UK. Email: [log in to unmask]
Some general information about our research projects can be found at http://www.le.ac.uk/ch/staff/ame2_resint.html
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Dr Andrew M. Ellis
Department of Chemistry
University of Leicester
Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
email: [log in to unmask]
Tel. 0116 2522138 Fax 0116 2523789
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