A fully funded PhD studentship is available  at Cardiff University, UK entitled “Adhesive contact interactions between nanorough biomedical and pharmaceutical nanomaterials”. Closing date 31st January 2012.

Requirements
Upper Second Class Honours Degree or above, in Colloid and Surface Science/Engineering, Nanotechnology, Biophysics, Mechanical Engineering (Tribology, Mechanics of Materials).

Eligibility
The full studentship (fees and stipend) is available to UK or EU students only. The total stipend will be £13,590 per annum. Applications from other candidates with their own sources of funding are welcomed. Outstanding students will be eligible for the award of a prestigious President’s Scholarship

Start date of PhD
1 October 2012

Informal Enquiries
Dr Polina Prokopovich
+44(0)29208 75820.

This project is 50% funded by the Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University and 50% funded by the Arthritis Research UK Biomechanics and Bioengineering Centre of Excellence

Discipline Hopping: Opportunities exist to work across academic disciplines such as Biomedical Engineering, Pharmacy, Material and Mechanical Engineering (nano- and bio-tribology), Nanotechnology and Orthopaedics.

Apply on line to Dr Polina Prokopovich, Welsh School of Pharmacy

Closing Date
January 31st 2012.