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PDRA Positions

Funded vacancies will be advertised when available. The links below detail other potential sources of funding. Please contact Matthew by email (matthew.langton@chem.ox.ac.uk) if you would like to discuss applying for a fellowship, including a cover letter detailing your research interests and CV. Assistance will be provided for competitive applicants.

Current vacancies

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Artificial Molecular Machines
Closing date: 26th August 2026, 12:00
Read more and apply here

Funding sources

The Royal Society Newton Fellowships

Marie Curie Fellowships

Violet and Samuel Glasstone Research Fellowships

Max Planck Society Fellowships

Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation

EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowships

NATO Science for Peace Program

EMBO Fellowships

Oxford Colleges Junior Research Fellowships

General information regarding funding can be found here.

DPhil Positions

We expect to take on 2-3 DPhil (PhD) students each year, depending on funding. Applications must be received via the central university application portal; informal enquires can be directed to Matthew. Funded studentships are typically advertised on the departmental webpage. There are a wide range of scholarships available to study in Oxford. More information can be found here.

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We are a member group of the Inorganic Materials for Advanced Manufacturing Centre for Doctoral Training (IMAT CDT) which offers a fully-funded four year course comprising taught courses and a forty-two month substantive research project. We have hosted numerous DPhil students from the previous OxICFM CDT.

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We are also affiliated with the Chemical Synthesis for a Healthy Planet (CSHP) CDT and the Chemistry in Cells CDT. We have hosted both full DPhil projects and rotation students from the previous SBM organic chemistry CDT; as well as the Interdisciplinary Bioscience (BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership).

Current DPhil opportunities

This page will be updated as DPhil opportunities become available.

Part II Positions

We host typically 2-3 Part II students in the group each year, and projects typically involve a combination of synthesis of molecular systems and determining their properties and functions through quantitative spectroscopic and imaging techniques. Recent Part II's have seen their work published (see below), and stayed on in the group (or moved elsewhere) for a DPhil. Three of our recent students have won the thesis prize / runner up prize for best Part II inorganic chemistry thesis.

Recent papers co-authored by undergraduate students (underlined):

Off-On Photo- and Redox- Triggered Anion Transport Using an Indole-Based Hydrogen Bond Switch

M. Ahmad, A. Muir and M. J. Langton, ACS Omega, 2024, 9, 45, 45572-45580

Coupling Photoresponsive Transmembrane Ion Transport with Transition Metal Catalysis

X. Chao, T. G. Johnson, M. Temian, A. Docker, A. L. D. Wallabregue, A. Scott, S. J. Conway and M. J. Langton, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2024, ASAP

Inter-Vesicle Signal Transduction Using a Photo-Responsive Zinc Ionophore

S. A. Gartland, T. G. Johnson, E. Walkley and M. J. Langton, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2023, 62, e202309080

Halogen Bonding Relay and Mobile Anion Transporters with Kinetically Controlled Chloride Selectivity

T. G. Johnson, A. Docker, A. Sadeghi-Kelishadi and M. J. Langton, Chem. Sci., 2023, 14, 5006-5013

Photo-switchable Anion Binding and Catalysis with a Visible Light Responsive Halogen Bonding Receptor

A. Kerckhoffs, I. Moss and M. J. Langton, Chem. Commun., 2023, 59, 51-54

A Photo-responsive Transmembrane Anion Transporter Relay

T. G. Johnson, A. Sadeghi-Kelishadi and M. J. Langton, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2022, 114, 10455-10461

Red-shifted Tetra-ortho-halo-azobenzenes for Photo-regulated Transmembrane Anion Transport

A. Kerckhoffs, Z. Bo, S. E. Penty, F. Duarte and M. J. Langton, Org. Biomol. Chem., 2021, 19, 9058-9067

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