Fully Funded PhD Opportunities in Computational Modelling and Materials Science at University of Warwick University of Warwick in United Kingdom

Postdoctoral Research Associate opportunity at the University of Oxford , UK, in the group of Prof. Emilio Martinez-Pañeda . The project is ResistHfracture , supported by an ERC Starting Grant under the UK Horizon Europe Guarantee , and it focuses on developing the first generation of hydrogen-resistant alloys . This opening is especially relevant for candidates with training in Materials Science , Physics , Chemistry , or a closely related engineering discipline. The research themes include mec...

University College London (Department of Chemical Engineering) is advertising a fully funded PhD studentship on molecular crystal polymorphism , combining statistical mechanics , molecular simulation , and machine learning . The project focuses on predicting and controlling crystal form selection in molecular crystals, with applications in pharmaceutical solids and advanced molecular materials. Research directions include advanced free-energy methods, machine-learning potentials, generative mode...

PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia, School of Engineering, Mathematics and Physics, on developing a finite element based model for pellet relocation in nuclear reactor fuel. The project focuses on pellet-clad interaction (PCI) in nuclear fuel performance, with emphasis on modelling fuel pellet fragments, inertial behaviour, chemical species migration, and loss-of-coolant accident scenarios. The work compares and benchmarks modelling approaches in Abaqus and COMSOL, including the mo...

We are hiring a Computational Materials Scientist to join Amentum UK and International and work within a growing Multiscale Materials Modelling team. The role focuses on atomistic simulations and computational approaches to support mechanistic understanding of materials in reactor environments, with particular attention to fuel and cladding materials. Relevant study areas and skills include materials science , mathematical modelling , computational chemistry , molecular dynamics (e.g. LAMMPS, GR...

Call for Postdoctoral Fellowships under MSCA PF 2026 at the University of Leeds , hosted by Research@MechEng . The announcer, Masoud Jabbari (Assistant Professor at the University of Leeds; Visiting Researcher at the University of York), is looking for highly motivated postdoctoral researchers with a strong academic track record and a compelling research idea. Research areas include advanced materials processing and manufacturing, especially 3D printing for ceramics and polymers (explicitly not ...