Phd Project

Description of the project:

The development of research in the chemical field is of crucial importance in today's society because chemistry plays an essential role in all the technical-scientific challenges that humanity is called to face in the 21st century, from energy to health, from environmental protection to food sustainability, from atmospheric science to astrochemistry. Chemistry is also fundamental in many very important sectors for the Italian economy, such as textiles, cosmetics, materials for new technologies in mobility and construction. To respond to these challenges, it is necessary to train researchers who have a strong competence in the field of chemistry, but also creativity, originality and management skills, as well as a strong aptitude to tackle aspects that require multidisciplinarity, where the challenges are most played. In this context, the two proposing Departments, namely the Department of Chemistry "Giacomo Ciamician" and the Department of Industrial Chemistry "Toso Montanari", are able to provide an international level research environment. Both departments have recently moved to the new headquarter with state-of-the-art laboratories and infrastructuresthat cover all the chemical areas which actively interact with the other scientific and technological areas. Thanks to this context, as evidenced by recent experience, the PhD Program in Chemistry is able to train PhDs ready to respond to current scientific and technological challenges and who compete successfully in the labor market in Italy and worldwide.

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Course objectives:

The PhD in Chemistry aims to train PhDs with a high scientific qualification, able to carry out research in the field of chemistry, as well as in other sectors in which chemistry plays a predominant role. In addition to a training course centered on the main areas of Chemistry, made possible thanks to the skills of the two proposing Departments, attention will be paid to the multidisciplinary aspects of research and the integration with related disciplines (e.g. Physics, Biochemistry, Medicine, Engineering) in order to to stimulate creative thinking and originality, as well as to develop the necessary broad look at the important challenges that chemical research must face, from energy to health, from environmental protection to food sustainability, from Earth to space.

The educational objectives of the Doctorate include, as an integral part of the path, the achievement of skills relating to the organization and management of the research activity, including the drafting of projects, the presentation and discussion of the results obtained, the drafting of reports and publications, the deepening of problems relating to intellectual property and technology transfer, necessary skills, both within public and private research structures, for a researcher who wants to compete in the world of work.