Use your advanced research skills to contribute to new developments in applied chemistry.

RMIT's modern, purpose-built and well-equipped facilities, including analytical instrumentation, will support your research.

The School of Science has expertise in molecular modelling and chemo-metrics that has found applications that span multiple research fields.

Our expertise in molecular modelling and chemo-metrics has found applications that span multiple research fields.

Under expert supervision, you will join researchers already active in:

• analytical chemistry (metabolomics, natural products extraction and identification), separation science (focus on gas and liquid chromatography), flow injection analysis and mass spectrometry)
• environmental analysis (air, soil and water quality, environmental contamination, biosolids, environmental toxicology)
• occupational health and safety (open systems research, management and governance, risk management)
• physical and materials chemistry (organic and inorganic synthesis, colloidal chemistry, functional surfaces, micro- and nano-technologies, nano-biotechnology, electrochemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, photocatalysis).

This PhD may be undertaken in a project, thesis with publication or thesis mode. Prospective candidates should discuss these modes of submission with their potential supervisor/s.

Many of our research activities are conducted within these related research centres:

• Centre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry
• Centre for Molecular and Nanoscale Physics.

The School of Science's researchers have a demonstrated record of success in collaborations, funding and research publications.

You will work with researchers who are past and present winners of ARC Future Fellowships and DECRAs, the AGR Matthey Gold medal for outstanding contribution in the field of applied gold chemistry, the RK Murphy Medal for Industrial Chemistry, the Silver Jubilee Medal of the Chromatography Society, London, the CLRI Padmabhushan Dr Y Nayudamma Chemcon Distinguished Speaker Award (awarded by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers).

The majority of our research staff are Members and Fellows of professional societies including: the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK, and the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI).

In the 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia assessments we were ranked at ‘well above world standard’ for physical chemistry and ‘above world standard’ for analytical chemistry.