3 PhD Positions in Soft Matter, Microfluidics, and Computational Biophysics (HECTOR Project) CNRS in France

Chemists are invited to a 1-year postdoctoral position at the Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (CNRS × Université de Rennes, France) on photoswitchable lanthanide complexes for next-generation bio-imaging . The project focuses on designing photochromic ligands , synthesizing lanthanide complexes , and studying NIR emission for super-resolution microscopy . This is a strong fit for candidates with a PhD in molecular chemistry and hands-on organic synthesis experience. The position is EUR...

Fully funded 4-year PhD opportunity in fluid mechanics and soft matter physics at LMFA, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 in Lyon, France . The project is titled “Droplet Redistribution by Rolling Wheels” and is described as an experimental PhD running from 2026–2030 . This is a strong fit for candidates interested in interfacial flows, droplet dynamics, soft matter, and applied mechanics. Funding: the post explicitly says the position is fully funded . No stipend amount, tuition details, or addi...

Dr. Sumit Kumar, Assistant Professor at Manipal Institute of Technology Bengaluru, MAHE, is looking for full-time PhD scholars to join his research group. The group works broadly in microfluidics and interdisciplinary microscale transport phenomena , with research directions including soft matter and interfacial transport, lab-on-a-chip systems, point-of-care technologies, electrowetting and droplet manipulation, biomedical and healthcare applications, microfluidic-assisted battery diagnostics a...

Postdoc opportunity at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Mechanical Engineering. This opening is for a postdoctoral researcher to work on cardiac growth and remodeling models for the next generation of virtual human twins . The project sits at the intersection of biomedical engineering , mechanical engineering , biomechanics , computational cardiac biophysics , and machine learning . The role is described as a full-time postdoc position within the EU-funded VITAL Horizon Europe project ...

RIKEN’s Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research is recruiting a Researcher, Special Researcher, or Research Associate for the Physical Biology Research Team in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The position focuses on physical biology , biophysics , theoretical biology , continuum mechanics , active matter , and related mathematical physics approaches to understand how order emerges in cells and multicellular tissues. The team combines theory and experiment to address problems in cell biology and d...