Job/Scholarship Vacancies

A fully funded PhD scholarship in Chemistry is available for research into the interfacial behaviour of proteins. This PhD project is part of a newly funded Riddet Institute research programme on ‘Food Structure Design'. Interested applicants should discuss this opportunity with A/Prof Catherine Whitby and Prof Duncan McGillivray.

A fully funded PhD scholarship in Chemistry is available for research into formulating and characterising emulsions that contain polymer coacervate compartments. This PhD project is part of a newly funded MacDiarmid Institute research programme on ‘Reconfigurable Systems - Towards Zero Waste’. Interested applicants should discuss this opportunity with A/Prof Catherine Whitby and Prof Duncan McGillivray.

Recent work in Michèle Prinsep’s group reported the isolation and structural elucidation of five new members of the Denigrin family (DOI: 10.3390/md22050231). These newly reported compounds feature intriguing sulfation patterns of unclear biogenic origin. Assessment of the bioactivity of these compounds was limited by the low yield of purified compounds. In this project we propose to undertake total syntheses of these novel compounds and develop a general method for synthesis of this family enabling preparation of novel analogues. Expressions of interest should be sent to Dr Ben Dickson.

We are pleased to announce a funded Ph.D. scholarship opportunity at the University of Waikato: “At the limit: 14C dating the Aboriginal occupation of Australia.” supervised by A/Prof Fiona Petchey and A/Prof Michael Mucalo. The candidate will be based at the University of Waikato, and the project will involve periods of intensive laboratory work and data processing of samples sourced from stored archaeological collections and ongoing fieldwork. Applicants with a background in chemistry or environmental science will be considered. Interested applicants should discuss this opportunity with A/Prof Fiona Petchey .