External Opportunities

Current opportunities:

PhD and ECR opportunities from the catalysis community.


Catalyst Characterisation Specialist at BP

We are delighted to present this fantastic opportunity for a Catalyst Characterisation Specialist to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team that is responsible for fundamental and exploratory studies in chemistry to support bp group operations and to appraise and develop new low carbon technology opportunities for business renewal. Advanced Bio and…

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Characterisation and Modelling of Catalysts for Euro 7 Application PhD

The global effort to improve air quality and the associated implementation of emission regulations have been major driving factors for the development and adoption of new after-treatment technologies for automotive vehicles.  Since the conception of these standards, the automotive industry has been required to invest extensively in the development of…

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STFC Central Laser Facility Octopus and Ultra Facilities: Call for access 2022-1

Applications are now invited for funded access (facility overheads, UK travel and accommodation)to the Octopus and Ultra facilities of the Central Laser Facility (CLF) in the Research Complex at Harwell, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. Access to be scheduled January 2022 to June 2022 subject to the progress of our COVID recovery programme. The deadline for applications is 17:00 GMT (PROMPT) on Tuesday 27th July 2021 Please carefully read all of the…

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PDRA position available in the Durham Catalysis Group

An exciting new EPSRC-funded PDRA position is available in the Durham Catalysis Group with Simon Beaumont on new approaches to the dynamic operation of heterogeneous catalysts:  Deadline 3rd August 2021. The work will be supervised by Dr Simon Beaumont. Informal enquiries to Simon.Beaumont@durham.ac.uk welcome. For more information and to apply visit: https://durham.taleo.net/careersection/du_ext/jobdetail.ftl?job=21000642&tz=GMT%2B01%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FLondon

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Senior Scientist, Green Hydrogen, BP

Would you like to join a team of diverse and forward-thinking scientists who sit firmly at the heart of innovation and technology – advancing bps agenda towards a net zero world. We are delighted to offer this phenomenal opportunity for Senior Scientist to join us in actively developing and commercialising innovative…

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Three PhD studentships are available with University of Liverpool

Three PhD studentships are available in the Rosseinsky Group, University of Liverpool, as part of a Prosperity Partnership grant between the Universities of Liverpool and Oxford, and Unilever, investigating new catalysts for sustainable consumer products. For more information and to apply visit: Metal-organic framework derived multi-metallic catalysts and catalytic functionalisation…

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3 PhD positions with H2020-MSCA-ITN-EID project CHASS: Cu-CHA zeolite-based catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx in exhaust diesel gas

3 PhD positions available within H2020-MSCA-ITN-EID project CHASS: Cu-CHA zeolite-based catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx in exhaust diesel gas: addressing the issue of Sulfur Stability. Do you want to conduct applied research in heterogeneous catalysis within a network bringing together leading European groups in the field of…

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