I am always looking for excellent and highly motivated PhD students, postdoctoral researchers and visiting researchers.

PhD Openings

We are accepting PhD applications all year round.

• English Language Requirement English language test certificate (minimum IELTS 6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in each skill or other equivalent English qualifications).

China Scholarship Council for Chinese PhD applicants

University of Aberdeen will waive the international tuition fees and the CSC will provide the living allowance. The application will open every year around October. Please note this is a two-step application.

• Step 1: You should first submit a full application (in English) to the University of Aberdeen. You have to get an unconditional offer before you place a CSC application to University of Aberdeen. The deadline for this step is usually in the early or middle of January.

• Step 2: If you are successful at step 1, you will then submit another full application (in Chinese) to the CSC in China. The deadline is usually in the middle of March. The result is usually announced in May. If you are successful in both steps, you will be awarded the full scholarship from CSC.

Fellowships for postdoctoral researchers

If you want to propose a collaboration based on an externally-funded post-doctoral scholarship, please get in touch with me. Here are some potential funding opportunities:

• Dorothy Hodkin Fellowship

• Marie-Curie Fellowship

• EPSRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship

• Royal Society Fellowships for researchers from North America and Asia

• Royal Society University Research Fellowship

• Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Research Fellowship

• Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship

• Newton International Fellowships