PhD Students
Please see the admissions website for the details of the OIST PhD program and the application procedure. The admission to the PhD program of OIST is centralized and individual applications to the Unit cannot be considered. We are thus also unable to support applications to external scholarships for PhD studies, such as the MEXT scholarship. The Unit focuses on the multistep synthesis of functional polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, which are recently also called „nanographenes" or "molecular nanocarbons", investigations of their properties, and exploration of their applications in collaboration with internal and external partners. The Unit can supervise PhD projects in the related fields of organic chemistry, polymer chemistry, and supramolecular chemistry, as well as nanocarbon and materials chemistry at the interface with molecular science. The laboratory of the Unit is designed for the organic synthesis while the on-surface synthesis through the deposition of precursor molecules and visualization by the scanning tunneling microscopy under ultrahigh vacuum conditions can be performed in collaboration with Quantum Materials Science Unit. Collaborative projects with another research unit or an external partner can also be discussed, such as bioimaging/sensing and other bioapplications of nanographenes andTEM studies of molecular nanocarbons.
Master Students
OIST does not offer a Master's program, but the Unit can host a limited number of Master thesis projects focusing on the organic synthesis and characterizations of nanographenes or other molecular nanocarbons, for Master's degrees from other universities. Interested students are requested to apply to the OIST Research Internship Program (see below) after discussing with the Unit.
Research Internship
Please see the admissions website for the details of the OIST Research Internship Program. We are looking for interns who are motivated to work on the organic synthesis of functional polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and/or related projects in collaboration with other research units. Due to a large number of applications, only applicants with prior experiences of organic synthesis, bioimaging, or ultrahigh vacuum experiments can be considered.