PhD in Chemistry/Analytical Spectroscopy

Description

A full-time, fully funded PhD scholarship opportunity in the field of chemistry/analytical spectroscopy is available in the College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University. The successful candidate will join a motivated research team working on an Australian Research Council (ARC) funded Discovery Project titled “Mechano-driven decomposition of water to hydrogen peroxide and hydrogen” contributing to aspects of the multi-disciplinary project focused on spectroscopic and in situ characterisation of materials during processing. The PhD project will provide opportunities to utilise a range of techniques to understand chemical and physical processes occurring in the vortex fluidic device (VFD) including involvement in the development of in situ experiments. The candidate will have an opportunity to engage and collaborate with experts from within Flinders and across Australian and international universities.

Applicants must have completed an Honours or Masters degree in Chemistry or a related field. Someone with previous training in analytical spectroscopy and associated multivariate analysis/machine learning data analysis approaches is preferred. Applicants must have strong writing and communication abilities and be able to work effectively in a collaborative research team. The PhD scholarship is based at Flinders University under the guidance of Dr Sara Miller (Principal Supervisor) and co-supervised with Prof Colin Raston.

Benefits

• The scholarships will include a stipend valued at AUD 36,060 per annum.
• The scholarship will be awarded for 3 years, a 6-month extension on top of this will be subject to approval.
• This scholarship is open to domestic and international applicants. However, international applicants will require an international tuition fee waiver to be eligible for this scholarship, which would be applied for on behalf of the successful candidate.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the award of this scholarship a student must:

• meet PhD admission requirements including having an Australian Honours degree Class 1 or 2A or equivalent qualification (at least AQF Level 8), including a research component of at least 6 months’ full-time study achieving Distinction (75%) OR including evidence of equivalent research experience, such as a substantial first-author refereed publication;
• have a background in chemistry, analytical spectroscopy or a related field;
• ideally (not mandatory) have prior experience in spectroscopy-based techniques and the interpretation and analysis of spectroscopic data including multivariate analysis approaches;
• be available to commence as a full-time PhD student at Flinders University in the first half (ideally first quarter) of 2026.