email: j.doulcet@lancaster.ac.uk

We are always looking to welcome talented enthusiastic students in our group here at Lancaster University.

Funded positions

Funded positions will be advertised here and in the usual places.

Self-funded positions

We have a wide range of projects available for students wishing to self-fund their MRes or PhD. Please get in touch with me (j.doulcet@lancaster.ac.uk) to discuss your next steps, including applying for the UK government doctoral loan.

Potential projects

Organic chemistry

• Heck/reductive Mizoroki Heck reactions of cyclic allyl amines
• Ni-catalysed allylation of carbonyls
• Multicomponent aryne reactions
• Frustrated Lewis pair mediated hydrogenation reactions
• Fe/photoredox dual catalysis

Post-docs

Funded positions would be advertised here and in the usual places. Otherwise, if you would like to join the Doulcet group, you should seek your own funding via post-doctoral fellowships. Contact Dr. Doulcet for more information and advice to apply for fellowships.

• Marie Curie fellowships
• Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 fellowships
• Newton International Fellowships
• Ramsay Memorial Fellowships
• Marshall Scholarships (for US researchers)
• DFG, DAAD and AvH Feodor Lynen fellowships (for German researchers)
• Swiss National Science Foundation (for Swiss researchers)
• Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (for Japanese researchers)
• Schlumberger Foundation (for female researchers from developing countries)

Undergraduate Students

Students wishing to carry out summer research in the group should contact me directly (j.doulcet@lancaster.ac.uk) to discuss potential projects. Several positions should be available every year, available to both UK and EU students.

Below are a list of sources for summer projects, and feel free to come see me to discuss applying for them.

• EPSRC Vacation Internship Bursary
• Wellcome Trust Biomedical Vacation Scholarship Scheme
• RSC Undergraduate Research Bursary
• Erasmus Programme Scholarships 
• RSC international student research bursary

RSC and EPSRC funded summer internships are generally available for Lancaster university students with deadlines for applications in spring time.

Students wishing to do their BSc. and MChem. research projects in the Doulcet group should contact me (j.doulcet@lancaster.ac.uk) as early as possible. Projects will be in synthetic organic chemistry and catalysis, and would be happy to suit your interests to a potential project.