Opportunities
If you are interested in joining our group, please email Dr Maxie Roessler with your CV and cover letter.
Postdoctoral opportunities
We always welcome enquiries from outstanding candidates to support applications for independent postdoctoral fellowships or short-term visits. Examples include Marie-Sklodovska-Curie fellowships, and Newton International Fellowships. Short-term funding opportunities are available through the RSC, the DAAD and the Fulbright Commission.
PhD opportunities
We always welcome enquiries from outstanding candidates to support applications for future PhD opportunities or short-term visits. Many of our PhD students are part of the Centre for Pulse EPR spectroscopy (PEPR) or are affiliated with the Institute of Chemical Biology CDT (ICB-CDT).
International PhD scholarship opportunities
We are keen to support outstanding international students to apply for international scholarships. Funding opportunities include the President's PhD Scolarship, Chemistry Doctoral Scolarships, the China Scholarship Council (CSC), the Imperial Marshall Scholarship, the Schrodinger Scholarship Scheme.
Current advertisments
Transforming our understanding of electron transfer in membrane proteins through automation, additive manufacturing and spectroelectrochemistry (4 years funded) Supervisors: Dr Maxie Roessler (Department of Chemistry, Imperial), Professor Oscar Ces (Department of Chemistry, Imperial), Dr James Hindley (Department of Chemistry, Imperial)
Abstract: Electron transfer processes in membrane proteins underpin fundamentally important biological processes, such as respiration and photosynthesis. Capturing paramagnetic reaction intermediates is key to understanding how these proteins function. However, capturing truly catalytic intermediates (rather than resting or off-cycle states), while harnessing information on both reactivity and structure, has remained a holy grail. We will enable the generation and interrogation of such catalytic intermediates in two exemplary and important membrane-bound oxidoreductase enzymes through the development of film-electrochemical EPR (FE-EPR) for membrane proteins. The challenging physical sciences innovation required to unlock the ability to study the time-dependent nature of these molecular interactions is timely and made possible by developing automated platforms for placing membrane proteins into artificial vesicles which incorporate in situ measurement of protein activity and computer-guided optimization processes, as well as additive manufacturing of tailored electrodes. Another crucial element is our recent proof-of concept demonstration that small-molecular catalysts can be interrogated with real-time FE-EPR (Nature Chemistry 2024). The advances in understanding the molecular interactions that underpin respiration and photosynthesis will pave the way to healthy ageing and sustainable agriculture, whilst the methodologies developed will be widely applicable in chemical biology and beyond.
Institute of Chemical Biology PhD studentship, entry October 2024. Deadline for applications: 7th April 2024. Apply here.
Enquires to m.roessler@imperial.ac.uk welcome.
Undergraduate students
If you are interested in joining the group over the summer, opportunities include the Imperial UROP placement program, RSC Undergraduate Research Bursaries, Biochemical Society Summer Studentships and Wellcome Trust Scholarships. We also welcome enquiries from exchange students. Possible funding may be available, for example, through the DAAD or Erasmus + (we have hosted students from both of these schemes).