國家留學基金委與利物浦大學聯(lián)合獎學金 (自然科學與工程學院)：
2021年度博士生項目招生宣傳

    國家留學基金委與利物浦大學 (UoL)2021年度的博士及訪問學者項目-自然科學與工程學院-招生正在進行，該項目以中國國家留學基金管理委員會(CSC)和利物浦大學(UoL)之間已簽訂的合作協(xié)議為基礎(chǔ)，旨在為中國大學/研究機構(gòu)的符合資格的學生、學者提供優(yōu)質(zhì)的研究培訓(xùn)與合作，為中國大學及研究機構(gòu)的研究生和訪問學者提供獨特的機會和良好的平臺，在這一世界領(lǐng)先的研究機構(gòu)中進行科學研究、開發(fā)應(yīng)用，在最高級別的期刊上發(fā)表研究成果，并在化學、材料、藥物、生物化學等相關(guān)領(lǐng)域獲得全新研究技術(shù)方面的豐富經(jīng)驗。


1.   計劃概述
CSC/UoL聯(lián)合獎學金項目將在以下三個項目類別中展開合作：

1.1化學（材料、藥物、生物化學及相關(guān)領(lǐng)域），數(shù)學，物理專業(yè)全日制攻讀博士學位學生
    所選中國學生將參加 CSC/UoL 的指定博士計劃，時長不超過 48 個月。如果所選中國學生成功完成指定項目的要求并為論文答辯，UoL 將依據(jù)其正常資格授予規(guī)則和程序向該等學生授予博士學位。招生名額5-10名。

1.2化學（材料、藥物、生物化學及相關(guān)領(lǐng)域），數(shù)學，物理專業(yè)的定期訪問學者
    訪問學者將加入CSC/UoL的指定研究項目, 時長在 6 個月至 12 個月之間。此類訪問學者的人數(shù)不限名額。

2.   合作領(lǐng)域
遴選的參與2020年的CSC/UoL 聯(lián)合博士生項目的化學系相關(guān)專業(yè)導(dǎo)師包括：

1.        O'Neil教授—藥物化學，藥理化學 （Prof O'Neil's research interests include synthetic methodology including catalytic oxidation processes, fluorine substitution in bioorganic chemistry, drug metabolism and the medicinal chemistry of antimalarial and antimycobacterial drugs and novel drugs for the treatment of filariasis, pancreatitis and neuropathic pain.  his group also has been involved in a project focused on the rationale redesign of resistance breaking vector control agents. he have published over 150 papers and reviews and fifteen patents. his research has led to a drug candidate (isoquine) entering clinical trials in 2008 and they also have recently candidate selected three additional antimalarials (rka 182, faq4, e209) for full preclinical testing on route to phase 1 clinical trials in humans.  more recently, they have also candidate selected a new potential drug, awz1066, for the treatment of the filarial diseases lymphatic filariasis (elephnatisais) and ochocerciasis (river blindness).  they have also initiated research into superoxide dismutase (sod-1) that are relevant to its involvement in motor neuron disease with hasnain and antonyuk.
he currently run the medicinal chemistry group at liverpool which is one of europe’s leading academic groups focused on early stage drug discovery. through the establishment of public private partnerships with major pharma and organisations such as the medicines for malaria venture (mmv) and tb alliance many of our early stage projects have been developed to the point of candidate selection and clinical trials in humans. his group works on a wide range of therapeutic areas focussed on antimalarial, antibacterial (anti-wolbachia), anti-tuberculous agents with more recent studies focused in the pain, pancreatitis and anti-fungal areas.  there are four main research themes that include: (1) drug design of new antimicrobial agents; (2) molecular modelling and cheminformatics; (3) safe-drug design; (4) semi-synthetic natural product drug design.1）m. j. capper, gareth. s.a. wright et al., the cysteine-reactive small molecule ebselen facilitates effective sod1 maturation, nature communications, 2018, 9, 1693。 2）johnston, k. l.; cook, d. a. n.; berry, n. g.; hong, w. d.; clare, r. h.; goddard, m.; ford, l.; nixon, g. l.; o'neill, p. m.; ward, s. a.; taylor, m. j., identification and prioritization of novel anti-wolbachia chemotypes from screening a 10,000-compound diversity library. science advances 2017, 3 (9). 3）o'neill, p. m.; amewu, r. k. et al., a tetraoxane-based antimalarial drug candidate that overcomes pfk13-c580y dependent artemisinin resistance. nature communications, 2017, 8, 15159。 4）hong, w. d.; gibbons, p. d. et al., rational design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of heterocyclic quinolones targeting the respiratory chain of mycobacterium tuberculosis. journal of medicinal chemistry, 2017, 60, 3703-3726. 5）ismail, h.m.; barton, v.e.; panchana, m.; charoensutthivarakul, s. et al., a click chemistry-based proteomic approach reveals that 1,2,4-trioxolane and artemisinin antimalarials share a common protein alkylation profile, angewandte chemie-international edition 2016, 55, 6401-6405。 6）ismail, h. m.; barton, v.; phanchana, m.; charoensutthivarakul, s.; wong, m. h. l. et al.,  artemisinin activity-based probes identify multiple molecular targets within the asexual stage of the malaria parasites plasmodium falciparum 3d7. proc. natl. acad. sci. u. s. a., 2016, 113, 2080-2085。 7）wong, m.n.l.; bryan, h.k.; copple, i.m.; jenkins, r.e. et al., design and synthesis of irreversible analogues of bardoxolone methyl for the identification of pharmacologically relevant targets and interaction sites, j. med. chem. 2016, 59 , 2396-2409。
（相關(guān)鏈接：https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/chem ... edicinal-chemistry/）

2.        Brust 教授—功能化界面化學，納米金屬表面化學及成膜
（Prof. Mathias Brust has 25 years of experience in the chemistry of metal nanoparticles. his best-known work is the development of a simple two-phase liquid/liquid route for the preparation of thiolate-protected gold nanoparticles. this protocol is now generally referred to as the Brust-Schiffrin-method and is being used in laboratories all over the world for a host of applications ranging from molecular electronics to cancer research.
much of the more recent research in the Brust group has focused on the interactions of metal nanoparticles with biological systems, chiefly on the cellular and subcellular level. particular attention has been paid to cellular uptake and intracellular fate of nanoparticles and to opportunities arising from it for imaging, diagnostics and therapy.
Brust was awarded a prestigious European research council advanced grant in 2013 and, over the past five years, has explored the possibilities of creating active matter on the nanoscale, far away from chemical equilibrium. Energy conversion in living cells, such as atp production, has served as a guiding principle. This has led to novel research on ion and electron transport in micro-heterogeneous systems including emulsions and dispersions of vesicles.
Current and future projects include studies of ion and electron transfer across biological membranes, the use of gold nanoparticles as artificial carriers and shuttles for ionic and electronic charge, electrochemical studies in emulsions and pickering emulsions, interactions of gold nanoparticles with green plants and chloroplasts, self-propelling nano-motors, and nonequilibrium nanotechnology in general. we are interested in everything that is novel, exiting and can be attempted with simple functionalized gold nanoparticles.）
（相關(guān)鏈接：https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/chem ... ias-brust/research/）
3.        Shchukin教授—新材料，新能源（Prof. Dmitry Shchukin, works on controlled delivery of active agents and energy (electric, bio, thermal) by layer-by-layer planar and encapsulation approaches (>250 publications, h-factor 60, >10000 citations). He has been awarded by ERC consolidator grant (2015), ERC proof-of-concept grant (2017), and rsc brian mercer (uk) awards, nanofutur and format (germany) prizes.
Research activities include the study of the non-equilibrated interfaces, development of composite hollow nanocontainers  with controlled shell permeability for encapsulation of the energy-enriched materials, phase change materials, drugs, corrosion inhibitors; development of nanocontainer-based feedback active surfaces for further application in active self-healing materials, catalysis, biochemistry and medicine; synthesis of nanomaterials with new properties in the ultrasonic cavitation zone, synthesis of amorphous nanocomposites with enhanced catalytic performance in non-equilibrated conditions at the cavitation interface; ultrasonic surface modification of metals for catalytic and biomedical (implants) applications.
applications from students with the background in materials chemistry, polymer chemistry, ultrasound, physical chemistry, self-healing materials, energy harvesting, storage and controlled delivery and other related fields.
Potential research topics are： 1） new nanomaterials for energy applications;2）- self-healing materials (also including materials for wood and historical heritage preservation); 3） antifouling coatings; 4）  application of ultrasound in photocatalysis and photovoltaics）
相關(guān)鏈接：https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/dmitry-shchukin/,
4.        Aissa 副教授—有機化學，精準催化合成 （Christophe Aïssa obtained his PhD under the supervision of professor Malacria (university paris 6, france) in 2001, focussing on the study of the factors influencing the outcome of transannular radical cyclisations cascades directed toward the synthesis of natural sesquiterpenes. he then joined professor Fürstner group (mpi for coal research, Mülheim/Ruhr, Germany) as postdoctoral research assistant, working on the total synthesis of biologically active marine secondary metabolites. in 2003, he was appointed senior scientist within the same group, working further on total syntheses, but also on transition-metal catalysed reactions. in July 2007, he was appointed lecturer at the university of Liverpool with a RCUK fellowship。
His group works on organic synthesis through transition-metal-catalysed activation of otherwise inert bonds, in particular c╟h and c╟c bonds, with the long-term aim to develop sustainable synthetic chemistry. here is a selection of papers that illustrate their work ：barday, m.; janot, c.; halcovitch, n. r.; muir, j.; aïssa, c. cross-coupling of α-carbonyl sulfoxonium ylides with c╟h bonds. angew. chem. int. ed. 2017, 56, 13117╟13121.2)yip, s. y. y.; aïssa, c. isomerization of olefins triggered by rhodium-catalyzed c╟h bond activation: control of endocyclic β-hydrogen elimination. angew. chem. int. ed. 2015, 54, 6870╟6873. 3)aïssa, c.; ho, k. y. t.; tetlow, d. j.; pin-no, m. diastereoselective carbocyclization of 1,6-heptadienes triggered by rhodium-catalyzed activation of an olefinic c╟h bond. angew. chem. int. ed. 2014, 53, 4209╟4212. 4)ho, k. y. t. h.; aïssa, c. regioselective cycloaddition of 3-azetidinones and 3-oxetanones with alkynes through nickel-catalysed carbon-carbon bond activation. chem. eur. j. 2012, 18, 3486╟3489. 5)crépin, d.; dawick, j.; aïssa, c. combined rhodium-catalyzed carbon-hydrogen activation and β-carbon elimination to access eight-membered rings. angew. chem. int. ed. 2010, 49, 620╟623.）
（相關(guān)鏈接：https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/christophe-aissa/）

5.        Hasell 研究員—富硫有機聚合物的研發(fā)與應(yīng)用開發(fā)porous materials are permeable, high surface area materials with applications in gas storage, catalysis, and filtration. there has been considerable interest in porous materials over the last ten years, and metal-organic frameworks and porous polymers with incredible properties have been reported. however, many of these new materials are limited in application due to the high cost of production. we are developing new porous materials from inorganic waste and other low cost or renewable resources. the target is to produce materials with superior properties, but at a cost that makes them useful for widespread practical applications, especially filtration of toxic pollutants from water and air flows. a good example is sulphur-polymers. sulfur is an industrial by-product of oil refining. we recently showed that when polymers made from elemental sulfur are made porous, they can be used to filter mercury from water. （相關(guān)鏈接：https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/thomas-hasell/）
6.        Cowan 教授---有機電化學，表面電化學 （Dr Alex Cowan ) is a reader in chemistry and epsrc research fellow (2013-21) in the department of chemistry and the Stephenson institute for renewable energy at the university of Liverpool (UoL). Prior to this role ac held the independent positions of senior Lecturer (2015-2017) and Lecturer (2012-2015) at UoL and Lecturer in renewable fuel synthesis at Imperial College London (2011-12). AC is a former associate editor of rsc advances and he sits on the advisory board of the uk solar fuels network (epsrc). through this role, and through additional activities with the royal society, ac has represented the uk academic communities interests in co2 conversion extensively to both uk government/policy makers and to policy and science leaders world-wide.
His research focuses on scalable catalytic systems for the production of fuels from abundant and was molecules including carbon dioxide and water. ac has particular expertise in the development and spectroscopic study of photo- and electrocatalytic water splitting and co2 catalysts and electrodes. his group is widely recognised for the application of fast transient spectroscopy to rationalise device and catalyst efficiencies under operating conditions. recent highlights in co2 chemistry (chem. sci., 2018, 2016, j. am. chem. soc., 2017) and water splitting materials (adv. energy mat., 2017, chem sci, 2015, angew. chem. int ed., 2016, 2014) appearing in high impact journals.
project for joint phd: understanding the mechanism of electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction to fuel ╟ enabling rational material design: the application of surface selective (sum frequency generation (sfg) spectroscopy to rationalise the mechanisms occurring during carbon dioxide reduction at electrodes. this knowledge will then be applied, through collaborative partnerships, to the design of new improved electrode materials.  
(相關(guān)鏈接：https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/alexander-cowan/)
7.        Macdonald高級講師—納米藥物/材料化學---Tom graduated with a BSc and MSc from school of materials in manchester in 2005, before obtaining a PhD in 2008. his research focussed on the design and synthesis of enzyme responsive hydrogels for drug delivery, under the supervision of prof. rein ulijn and prof. Brian Saunders at the university of Manchester. he then worked from unilever as a research scientist investigating the delivery of home and personal-care actives, before joining the university of liverpool as a postdoctoral research associate working in prof. Steve Rannard's group, where he developed drug nanoparticles for the treatment of hiv/aids. tom went on to work in the group of prof. andy cooper in 2012, undertaking research investigating the high throughput synthesis and characterisation of microporous polymers. in November 2013, he was appointed to a lectureship in nanomedicine, his current research interests include the synthesis of nanomaterials for drug delivery and the design of responsive hydrogels for biomedical applications。Tom's research is focussed on synthesis of nanomaterials for drug delivery and the design of responsive hydrogels for biomedical applications. （projects: 1. design of degradable nanogels for use in long-acting in situ forming drug delivery systems; 2. using asymmetric flow field flow fractionation to characterise the properties and behaviours of nanomedicines）

（相關(guān)鏈接：https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/chemistry/staff/thomas-mcdonald/）

8.        Dr. Andrea Vezzoli—講師 分子器件/納米材料Dr. Andrea Vezzoli obtained his PhD in chemistry from the university of Liverpool in 2015, supervised by prof. Simon J. Higgins, working on the synthesis of compounds for molecular electronics studies. he has then remained in Liverpool as a research associate where his work focussed on the fabrication of hybrid metal-molecule-semiconductor devices for spintronics applications, under the supervision of prof. Richard J. Nichols. in 2019, he was promoted to the role of lecturer at the university of Liverpool, and he was then awarded a prestigious royal society university research fellowship to study single-photon molecular emitters.
Andrea’s research interests lie in the synthesis and preparation of compounds suitable for molecular electronic studies and the fabrication of single-molecule and solid-state sandwich devices, where prominent quantum effects (e.g. interference, confinement, etc.) are harnessed and exploited to impart novel behaviour with high efficiency and low power consumption.
（projets: quantum-enhanced molecular devices: will study quantum effects in molecular electronic devices, to enhance their performances as sensors, light sources, and thermoelectric converters.）
（more information are available at the address: https://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~skeja/）


3.   入選標準
(1)  候選人在申請之際是中華人民共和國的公民和永久居民；
(2)  候選人當前未在國外工作或?qū)W習；
(3)  成功入選的候選人在完成學習和/或研究后必須回到中國；
(4)  候選人必須持有 UoL 的無條件錄取通知書。因此，他們必須滿足 UoL 規(guī)定的相關(guān)學術(shù)入學要求，包括較高的英語熟練度；
(5)  候選人應(yīng)有志在 UoL 和 CSC 確定的某個優(yōu)先學術(shù)領(lǐng)域中學習/研究。但是，其他學習/研究領(lǐng)域的申請者，亦會列入考慮范圍之內(nèi)。此外，支持的學術(shù)領(lǐng)域，還受到 UoL 相關(guān)學習計劃可得性的約束。
(6)  候選人應(yīng)填寫“CSC 申請表”和“CSC 用人單位推薦表”（可從以下網(wǎng)址獲�。�https://apply.csc.edu.cn/），來滿足 CSC 制定的選拔標準。
(7) 英語成績要求：
   雅思： 總成績6.5， 各單項成績不低于5.5。
   托福： 總成績88， 各單項成績寫作、聽力不低于21；閱讀不低于22；口語不低于23。

4.   申請和選拔流程
(1)  UoL 應(yīng)在每個學年開始之際，告知 CSC 隨后學年提供的獎學金數(shù)以及建議的項目名稱。
(2)  候選人應(yīng)在 UoL 所規(guī)定申請截止日期前直接申請 UoL 錄取。
      候選人應(yīng)在申請中表明其申請 CSC/UoL 聯(lián)合獎學金計劃， 并注明博士期間所感興趣的研究領(lǐng)域/方向以及所選導(dǎo)師， 如：納米表面化學/Brust教授等等。
(3)  UoL將對候選人進行評估。每年 3 月 1日前，UoL 會向 CSC 和每一位合資格候選人提供錄取通知書的副本。該錄取通知書，在學術(shù)表現(xiàn)和英語能力方面應(yīng)是無條件的。該錄取通知書還應(yīng)表明，若合資格候選人獲得 CSC 支持，UoL 將提供獎學金免除全額學費。
(4) 候選人在收到 UoL 錄取通知書后，必須填寫資金贊助申請表和用人單位推薦表（表格可通過以下網(wǎng)址在線獲�。�https://apply.csc.edu.cn），另外向 CSC 申請資金贊助。已簽名的“CSC 申請表”以及填寫好的“CSC 用人單位推薦表”的復(fù)印文本、UoL 完整申請的副本（包括其它支持性文件）、UoL 無條件錄取通知書的副本，必須在每年 3 月 20 日之前通過 CSC 申請機構(gòu)提交至 CSC。
(5)  CSC 將依據(jù) CSC 的要求和優(yōu)先考慮事項對候選人進行評估，并向 UoL/CSC 提供獎學金獲得者的最終名單，告知成功入選的候選人。

5.   資金贊助模式

    UoL 將為成功入選的申請者提供獎學金免除全額學費。CSC 將考慮為成功入選的申請者提供中國政府規(guī)定的生活津貼、往返英國的國際機票費用以及簽證申請費。

    對于每位全日制博士學位計劃的獎學金享受者，將獲得長達 48 個月的獎學金保證，對于每位共同指導(dǎo)式“三明治”博士學位項目的獎學金享受者，將獲得 6-24 個月的資金贊助。

6.   候選人指導(dǎo)

    UoL 將為成功入選的候選人分配一位主要學術(shù)導(dǎo)師。學生將有權(quán)使用自然科學與工程學院的相關(guān)科研配套設(shè)備。

7.   聯(lián)系方式
請將填好的報名申請表與相關(guān)要求文件發(fā)送至：

Dr. Xiaofeng Wu, Email: cscfse@liverpool.ac.uk,
                         xfwu@liverpool.ac.uk



8.   背景介紹
  利物浦大學化學系
     利物浦大學化學系是集有機化學、無機化學、材料化學、生物化學、分析化學、表面化學以及均相多相催化化學等于一體的大系�；瘜W家羅伯特·魯賓遜爵士在此工作期間獲得了1947年的諾貝爾化學獎。利物浦化學系一直在發(fā)展壯大。在最新的進展中，2014年12月18日，英國唯一由官方每7年發(fā)布一次的REF英國大學科研實力（原RAE）評比中，利物浦大學化學系整體排名位列全英國第2名（僅次于劍橋），化學系的材料化學以及發(fā)表高質(zhì)量論文數(shù)量更是排名第1。這充分體現(xiàn)和說明了利物浦大學化學系的科研實力以及競爭力，特別是材料學科的科研競爭力和成果更是讓人驚嘆！

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