Fully funded PhD scholarships available at the EPSRC and SFI CDT in Sustainable Chemistry
Academic year 2022-23

Bioelectrochemical applications for sustainable technologies (BeAST)

Cells operate in part by careful orchestration of bioelectrical circuits. Bio-electrochemical systems (BES) in which we finely control these circuits offer a potentially disruptive technology to sustainable produce chemicals. This will be achieved by the advancement in microbial synthesis using renewable electricity, H2 and CO2 from waste or captured from the atmosphere. This CDT Theme proposal will enable a step-change in our ability to tune the electrical-cellular-directed production of valuable chemicals from waste gases. This will be accomplished by engineering bioelectrical circuits and biomimetic wiring of cells to electrodes. The material of the electrodes will be modulated using novel catalytic mechanisms able to integrate with conductive wires and redox bio-circuits enabling paradigm-shifting methods to control the underlying biology.

For more information and to apply, please visit: https://suschem-nottingham-cdt.ac.uk/index.php/apply