Biology and Biomaterials

In this Biology and Biomaterials PhD at the University of Brighton you will join our researchers as they examine and innovate in the structure, design and functional performance of natural and synthetically derived pure and composite biomaterials with diagnostic or therapeutic impact on living systems.

The University of Brighton conducts research within Biology and Biomaterials . It also has particular strengths in research in the fields of chemistry, chronic disease, ecology and conservation, paediatrics, sensory neuroscience, microbiology, biochemistry, regenerative medicine, ageing, diabetes, drug delivery, drug stability, and cancer.

Key facts

As a Biomaterials PhD student, you will benefit from

• a supervisory team comprising 2-3 members of academic staff. Depending on your research specialism you may also have an additional external supervisor from another school, research institution, or industry.

• desk space and access to a desktop PC, either in one of the postgraduate offices on the sixth floor of the award-winning Cockcroft Building.

• access to a range of electronic resources via the university’s Online Library, as well as to the physical book and journal collections housed within the Aldrich Library and other campus libraries.

• access to state-of-the-art research facilities on the Moulsecoomb Campus, including geochemical and geotechnical laboratories, microscopy laboratories (optical and scanning electron microscopes), specialist microbial and water quality laboratories.

Research interests include:

• Nanomaterials

• Smart and responsive polymers and polymer composites

• Bio-interfacial phenomena and biocompatibility

• Adsorbents for biotoxin removal

• Medical device technologies

• Ophthalmic biomaterials

• Drug delivery

• Environmental remediation