PhD SCHOLARSHIPS IN GREEN CHEMISTRY – 2010
PhD scholarship in Green Chemistry, Italy and Australia
Description :
A Scholarship to undertake a PhD in Chemistry (funded by the Italian Ministero dell’Università) is available as Cotutellebetween the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy) and the University of Sydney (Australia). A joint PhD degree will be awarded, basedupon submission of an English-language thesis and laboratory work at both Universities.Requirements
Applications from students of any nationality witha Honours, Masters or Laurea Specialistica degree in Chemistry and demonstrated research experience in synthetic chemistry are encouraged.
The three year Scholarship (total of 47,734 €) commences on Jan 1st, 2010.
Deadline
Deadline for applications is expected mid July 2009 (exact datewill be notified as soon as available). Applications in English will be filed through the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice Chemistry
Doctoral School web portal: http://www.unive.it/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=8102.
PhD Project Summary
The topic relates to Green Chemistry, i.e. theimplementation of new chemical processes with reduced environmental impact. It will involve the transformation of biomass (wood and seaalgae) into target value-added chemicals. The PhD candidate will identify and characterize suitable biomass feedstocks (USyd+UniVe), develop new physico-chemical technologies to separate biomass into its component sugars (USyd), and study new chemical processes to transform these into products of interest for the fine chemical industry (UniVe).
Homepage : Chemical Sciences
Category : PhD in chemistry
For application Contact
: c/o prof. Alvise Perosa Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali Università Ca’ Foscari Dorsoduro 2137 – 30123 Venezia, Italy
I have a Masters in Abnalytical Chemistry from Moi University in Kenya. My subject area of research thesis was on colour removal from tea factory wastewater using electrochemical process. The method worked out for wastewqater treatment. I am interseted to pursue a PhD in Chemsitry handling environmental issues.Please tell e more about this cholarship and how I can achieve my objective. I am also a staff of Moi University, Chemsitry Department