China
Peking University
About the Project The PhD project offers training in modern theoretical and computational chemistry, with a focus on quantum statistical mechanics and nonadiabatic quantum molecular dynamics. The work addresses how nuclear quantum effects and electronically nonadiabatic transitions influence chemical reactivity, charge and energy transport, and photoinduced processes in molecular and condensed-phase systems.
- Location
- Beijing, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
China
Peking University
About the Project Projects in this direction will use small molecules and bioactive natural products to investigate fundamental biological questions across human, plant, animal and microbial systems. Individual projects may focus on disease mechanisms, plant immunity, insect behaviour, host–pathogen interactions or chemical communication between organisms.
- Location
- Beijing, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
China
Peking University
About the Project Proteins rarely act in isolation. Understanding how they fold, assemble, and interact in the crowded environment of living cells is essential for uncovering the molecular basis of health and disease. While recent advances in photo-cross-linking mass spectrometry (photo-XL-MS) have allowed us to map protein interactomes and structural conformations at near-atomic spatial resolution, living systems are inherently dynamic.
- Location
- Beijing, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
China
Peking University
About the Project Projects in this direction will investigate molecular mechanisms that drive major human diseases and identify new therapeutic targets. Research may begin with disease-associated phenotypes, endogenous metabolites, candidate genes or pathways identified from patient samples, or findings from multi-omics analyses, and will integrate these observations with mechanistic biology using primary cells, engineered cell lines, organoids and animal models.
- Location
- Beijing, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
China
Peking University
About the Project This PhD project will develop first-in-class small-molecule therapeutic candidates for diseases with substantial unmet medical need. The work will span target selection, assay development, compound screening, medicinal chemistry, mechanism-of-action studies and preclinical validation. You will develop biochemical, biophysical or cell-based assays, identify and validate screening hits, and evaluate potency, selectivity and cellular activity.
- Location
- Beijing, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
China
Peking University
About the Project The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to the development of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). There is a remarkable journey of these synthetic materials from theoretical conception toward real-world applications. We target the design and synthesis of new porous materials, primarily MOFs and zeolites, showing exceptional stability and functions tailored for energy storage, clean-air technology, carbon capture, and sustainable catalysis.
- Location
- Beijing, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
China
Peking University
About the Project Myocardial infarction (MI) remains a leading cause of death worldwide, driven by irreversible cardiomyocyte loss and inadequate vascularization following arterial occlusion. Current clinical interventions, including bypass grafts, stents, and systemic drug therapies, offer only palliative relief and fail to restore lost cardiac function.
- Location
- Beijing, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
China
Peking University
About the Project Projects in this direction aim to uncover how nature produces structurally complex bioactive natural products and use these insights to develop new biosynthetic and biocatalytic systems. You will mine candidate genes and enzymes through genomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, bioinformatics, followed by functional characterization through heterologous expression and advanced analytical platforms (LC–MS, NMR).
- Location
- Beijing, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only