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hARDIMAN RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS

The School of Chemistry in conjunction with NUI Galway are delighted to announce details of the prestigious Hardiman Research Scholarship ( link). This 4-year PhD bursary is open to everyone and is aimed at attracting the best undergraduates to NUI Galway in order to carry out world class research. Applicants may nominate 1-3 potential supervisors and must not hold a PhD registration elsewhere. Moreover the School of Chemistry offers a structured PhD format designed to give the postgraduate a more balanced education via a large and varied selection of master-classes and practical modules covering all aspects of Chemistry, with the ultimate goal of producing top quality multi-faceted research chemists.

A list of all research supervisors (and their projects for 2011/12) within the School of Chemistry are provided below.

Supervisor	Research Project
Prof. Paul Murphy	Synthesis of anti-cancer molecules. The project will be concerned with the design & synthesis of new peptidomimetics. These compounds will be tested for their effects in cancer and other disease. A PhD student working on this topic should have an interest in molecular modelling, drug design & synthetic chemistry and medicinal chemistry. The project is focussed on new biopharmaceutical development.
Dr Fawaz Aldabbagh	Drug Discovery: Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Anti-Cancer Agents.
Dr Liam Carroll
Dr Peter Crowley	Protein-based molecular devices are the future of the biomedical and biotech industries. The Crowley lab is developing new methods to control protein self-assembly, which provides the cornerstone for this important field. We are seeking a talented and highly-motivated chemistry graduate (or related discipline) to join our SFI-funded team.
Dr Andrea Erxleben	My research activities in the areas of Bioinorganic and Medicinal Inorganic Chemistry focus on metal ion – biomolecule interactions and on the development of metal-based anticancer agents. The PhD project will be concerned with the synthesis and study of novel antitumoural Pt(IV) complexes with bioactive and receptor-specific ligands for targeted delivery.
Dr Leigh Jones	Research interests: Molecular and extended magnetic materials. This project focuses on producing magnetic coolants which are able to lower their temperature into the mK regime via external magnetic field fluctuations. Potential applications lie in the field of nanotechnology (i.e. as thin films that cool microchips via surface attachment).
Dr Donal Leech	Transforming biological recognition into electrical response: from biosensors to biopower.
Dr Patrick O’Leary	Interests: Asymmetric catalysis, ligand design, chiral synthesis, synthetic method development. Project: We have recently developed a novel ligand class the 4,4’BOX ligands. This project aims to make the second generation of these ligands building selectivity and activity. We will also introduce additional functionality into the ligands to make hybrid ligands.
Dr Alan Ryder	Two projects: 1). Novel analytical methods for biopharmaceutical, forensics, and polymer applications. Research involves fluorescence & Raman spectroscopies coupled with chemometrics for quantifying complex mixtures. 2). Biophysics: Investigating the use of Single molecule detection and advanced microscopy based methods for protein-surface and polymer characterisation.
Prof. Robert Woods

School of Chemistry
National University of Ireland, Galway, University Road, Galway, Ireland.
Head of School: Prof. Paul Murphy, B.Sc., Ph.D.
Phone: +353 (0)91 492460
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