Available Projects

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital and Automated Materials Chemistry will train cohorts of researchers with capabilities in materials chemistry, digital intelligence and automation.

Students joining the DAMC CDT will develop core expertise in robotic, digital, chemical and physical thinking, which they will apply in their domain-specific research in materials design, discovery and processing. By working with each other and benefiting from a tailored training programme they will become both leaders and fully participating team players, aware of the best practices in inclusive and diverse R&D environments.

Applicants are advised to review our "how to apply" guide and submit an online application as soon as possible (no later than the application deadline indicated in the project advert).  

Please see the full list of projects starting in academic year 2026-27 below. For the latest announcements, please follow our LinkedIn or revisit this page regularly.

List of PhD projects starting in academic year 2026-27 

OPEN PROJECTS:

• Automated Virtual and Physical Screening of Molecules for Application in Optoelectronics Devices
• Autonomous, On-Demand Manufacture of Polymer Nanomaterials in Continuous-Flow
• A Fast Validation of the Symmetry Principle for Molecular Synthesisability
• Crystal Structure Generation by Constrained Combinatorial Sampling
• Digital Exploration of Sulfur-Polymer Development
• Discovering New Materials in the Laboratory with Automated Reasoning and Explainable AI
• Introducing Temperature and Disorder into Digital Materials Discovery Workflows
• Molecular Modelling and Data-Driven Discovery of Sustainable Home-Care Products
• Real Time Mixing Control in Flow Chemistry

List of PhD projects starting in academic year 2025-26 

• Digital Exploration of Novel Polymeric Materials for Structural Composites (available to start as soon as possible)