Vacancies #

We very much welcome and support applications from underrepresented groups and from people of all shapes, shades, and genders. If you are uncertain about your possible role in our team, please do not hesitate to get in touch with Ke Li.

We have multiple fully funded PhD studentships available for September 2023 entry.

UKRI and CEMPS co-funded PhD studentship to commence on 25th September 2023 or as soon as possible thereafter. For eligible students the studentship will cover Home tuition fees plus an annual tax-free stipend of at least £17,668 for 3.5 years full-time, or pro rata for part-time study. More detailed information can be found from here.

Exeter-CSC PhD studentship is open for application. The application deadline for this entry is 4th January 2023. Please contact me as soon as possible about this opportunity and I can support your application materials. More detailed information can be found from here.

PhD

There are multiple opportunities available at the University of Exeter to fund your PhD study.

China Scholarship Council (Chinese Students): The University of Exeter is proud to offer up to 50 full-time PhD scholarships in collaboration with the China Scholarship Council (CSC). The application deadline is usually around the beginning of January. More detailed information can be found from here.
Doctor Training Partnerships (UK/EU & International Students): As a research intensive university in the UK, Exeter has strong commitments to work in partnerships with several research councils to fund talented students for a PhD. The deadline is usually around the end of January every year. More detailed information can be found from here.

Research Fellow

We welcome applications by post-doc and research fellows. Unfortunately, we do not have funding available at this time. However, if you want to propose a collaboration based on an externally-funded post-doctoral scholarship, please get in touch. Here are some potential funding opportunities:

Dorothy Hodkin Fellowship
Marie-Curie Fellowship
EPSRC Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Newton International Fellowships (for who are not based in the UK)
University Research Fellowship
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Research Fellowship
Royal Academy of Engineering Fellowship

Visiting Scholar

We are also welcome the self-funded visiting scholars (supported by CSC or other government organisations) to join the COLA Laboratory. Note that I prefer at most host 3 long-term (at least one year) visitors simultaneously in order to allocate enough supervision time.

Some useful tips to know when preparing your pitching email +

Use Subject Line: 20** Prospective Students/Postdoc/Visiting Scholar_YourName
Briefly introduce your education background, GPA/Rank, IELTS/TOEFL score, and other highlights (e.g., publications, previous awards and industrial experiences).
Briefly (1-page summary) introduce your research experience, and explain what your general research interests and strengths are.
Explain why you want to choose our lab. Briefly mention one of my recent work that you are most interested in, and discuss the potential extensions that you might want to work on.
Include your CV in the attachment.

Due to the large volume of inquiries, I cannot unfortunately afford to reply all those enquiry emails.

We are not able to host any summer intern in our lab at the moment.