Fully funded PhDs in Alternative proteins launched
Five Fully-Funded PhDs are available joining the National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC), with opportunities for international collaboration.
The School of Food Science and Nutrition are pleased to announce five Fully-Funded PhD studentships spread across food science and nutrition on alternative proteins who will be joining the National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC). All PhD students will have exciting opportunities to collaborate and do placements at industry partners across continents within NAPIC and also receive entrepreneurial training. The deadline for applications is Friday, 28 February 2025.
The scholarship covers UK/ Ireland tuition fees, a maintenance grant and bench fees.
The five PhD projects cover the following areas. Follow the links for application details.
1. Microbubbles stabilised by plant protein-polysaccharide complexes: from oral processing to rational design of sustainable food foams: https://phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/403-microbubbles-stabilised-by-plant-protein-polysaccharide-complexes:-from-oral-processing-to-rational-design-of-sustainable-food-foams (Supervisors: Prof. Anwesha Sarkar, Dr.. Siavash Soltanahmadi, Prof. Gleb Yakubov, Prof. Brent S. Murray).
2. Assessment of Potential Allergenicity of Alternative Proteins and Effect of Processing for Food Safety: https://phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/404-assessment-of-potential-allergenicity-of-alternative-proteins-and-effect-of-processing-for-food-safety (Supervisors: Dr. Alan Javier Hernandez Alvarez, Christine Boesch, Dr. Taskeen Niaz.)
3. Plant proteins as modulators of gut-brain axis and their contribution to metabolic health: https://phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/405-plant-proteins-as-modulators-of-gut-brain-axis-and-their-contribution-to-metabolic-health (Supervisors: Dr. Christine Boesch, Dr. Alan Javier Hernandez Alvarez, Dr. Mark Hopkins, Dr. Taskeen Niaz).
4. Colloidal performance of plant proteins – unravelling shear-hydration-surface activity synergies: https://phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/406-colloidal-performance-of-plant-proteins-%E2%80%93--unravelling-shear-hydration-surface-activity-synergies (Supervisors: Prof. Brent S. Murray, Prof. Anwesha Sarkar, Dr. Amin Sadeghpour).
5. Design and prototyping of a novel biosensor for measuring nutritional equivalence of plant based proteins: https://phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/407-design-and-prototyping-of-a-novel-biosensor-for-measuring-nutritional-equivalence-of-plant-based-proteins (Supervisors: Prof. Kieran Tuohy, Dr. Anthony Buckley, Dr. Christine Boesch).
Funding
The funding covers a maintenance grant of £19,237 per year and UK/ Ireland tuition fees as well as the bench fees. International applicants are welcome to apply but would need to cover the difference between UK and International tuition fees.
Deadline
Deadline of application: Friday, 28 February 2025
