Join us
Work with us
We welcome PhD students, postdocs and fellows with backgrounds in microfabrication, cell and molecular biology, and bioengineering.
Open positions
There are no advertised positions right now. We regularly host students and postdocs through the funding routes below, so do get in touch.
How to get in touch
Email ciro.chiappini@kcl.ac.uk with your CV, a few lines on why the lab's research interests you, and which funding route below you are considering.
Funding
Routes our students and postdocs use
PhD funding at King's is usually through a doctoral training programme or scholarship. Each one has its own deadline and eligibility; check the programme page and contact us early.
PhD students
Funded studentships and scholarships
- EB4BM: Engineering Biology for Biomedicine · BBSRC/MRC Doctoral Focal Award led by King's with Leeds and NPL
- MRC Doctoral Training at King's · MRC DTP / Doctoral Landscape Award (first DLA cohort October 2027)
- LIDo BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership
- Joint A*STAR – King's College London PhD · Includes 18–24 months at an A*STAR institute in Singapore
- EPSRC CDT in Advanced Engineering for Personalised Surgery & Intervention
- Hinduja Scholarships · For Indian nationals, through the Personalised Surgery & Intervention CDT
- King's–China Scholarship Council PhD Scholarship
More King's scholarships: postgraduate research funding
Postdocs
We support fellowship applications to every scheme, including
- MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships
- EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Royal Society Newton International Fellowships
- Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships
- Wellcome Early-Career Awards
Get in touch well before the deadline so we can build the proposal together.