Two Competition Funded PhD Studentships Available!

We have two competitive PhD Studentiships available to join our group in October 2025 at the University of York (UK)!!!

1. DiMeN PhD Studentship A competition-funded joint project with the group of Dr. Jamie Blaza at the University of York working on the discovery and evaluation of ruthenium compounds with antimycobacterial activity. More info and application instructions:

MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership:: Exploration of Ruthenium Complexes as Potential Candidates against Mycobacteria

Find out how to apply for this position Here

2. UoY PhD Studentship A competition-funded project in the Frei Lab. This project will focus on the exploration of novel ligand and metal chemistry to prepare modular metal complex libraries that will be evaluated for their biological properties.

More info and application instructions: Exploring Metalloantibiotics with Modular Synthesis, Automation and Machine Learning

For any questions about the project please directly reach out to Angelo (thefreilab@gmail.com). Applications submitted via email will not be considered

Check out our recent two publications to get an idea of what we are doing: Combinatorial Synthesis of 420 MnCO3 complexes (MnCO3 Paper) and ML applied to metalloantibiotics (Machine Learning Paper)