Applications are invited for a PhD studentship funded by Loughborough University to start in October 2015. The project will be based in the Departments of Chemistry and of Design at Loughborough University.

This studentship is one of five new studentships in the mini-Centre for Doctoral Training – ‘Policing for the Future: Socio-Technical Resilience and Innovation’.  It involves developing a novel collaboration between the two departments in question that aims to assess the feasibility of matching fingerprint development techniques to a novel method of rapidly providing an in-situ physical characterisation of the potential suspect.  The work is necessarily multi-disciplinary in nature and will require the evaluation of the effectiveness of the background theory involved, the new technology employed and the protocols developed.

The studentship is for 3 years and is intended to start on 1st October 2015. The studentship provides a tax free stipend of £13,863 per annum for the duration of the studentship plus tuition fees at the UK/EU rate. For an international student, the difference in the UK/EU and international tuition fees will need to be met by the student or from other funding sources.

Students will normally need to hold, or expect to gain, at least a 2:1 degree (or equivalent) in a pertinent discipline such as Chemistry, Forensic Science or Ergonomics (a Master’s degree in such areas will be an advantage) and be able to demonstrate data handling experience and interest in / knowledge of current forensic initiatives. 

General information about the Department of Chemistry can be found at: www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/chemistry/

General information about the Department of Design can be found at: www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/lds/

For informal enquiries about the project, please contact:

Dr Paul Kelly
Department of Chemistry
Loughborough University 
LE11 3TU, UK

E-mail: P.F.Kelly<στο>lboro.ac.uk

To apply, please complete the online application using the following link:https://luis.lboro.ac.uk/web_apx/f?p=100:1

Interviews are likely to take place in late March or early April

Please quote the following reference when applying: GS15SPGS/M4