Why choose this programme

Contribute to an emerging and exciting discipline, that could hold the key to new approaches in solar energy, drugs and diagnostics, and even improve our understanding of how the brain works and the conceptual foundations of quantum theory
Carry out research using our advanced spectroscopy, ion beam proton irradiation, nanotechnology and mass spectrometry facilities within our Advanced Technology Institute, plus additional facilities at our partner institute, the National Physical Laboratory
Join the Leverhulme Doctoral Training Centre for Quantum Biology – the first centre of its kind in the world.

What you will study

Our Quantum Biology PhD gives you the opportunity to undertake an interdisciplinary research programme in a theoretical or experimental area of the discipline.

Depending on the availability of studentships, you could explore a topic such as:

Photosynthesis
Molecular mechanisms of mutation
Enzymes
Olfaction
Nanobiotechnology
Synthetic biology
Spin chemistry and biology.