Industrial Partner Co-funded PhD Studentship in Molecular Modelling of Natural and Environmental Materials University of Edinburgh in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity at the University of Edinburgh in cryo-DAC, biochar, carbon capture, molecular simulations, computational chemistry, and sustainable materials . This project, titled From Pollution to Permanent Carbon Storage via Cryo-DAC & Biochar , is being recruited through the E5 DTP at The University of Edinburgh . The research asks whether biochar can selectively capture CO2 from cold air , and which pore structures and surface chemistry features make this possible. The work combines molecu...

PhD opportunity at the University of Liverpool in Digital and Experimental Mechanochemistry for Next-Generation Elastomers . This project sits at the interface of polymer chemistry , polymer science , mechanochemistry , computational chemistry , and materials science . The research aims to build mechanistic understanding and predictive tools for designing high-performance elastomers for demanding industrial and technological applications. You will study how engineering elastomers degrade under e...

University of Bath, Department of Chemical Engineering, is advertising a PhD studentship on how molecular memory is written in molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) through atomistic simulation and reactive molecular dynamics . The project asks a fundamental question in polymer chemistry and computational materials design: how do template molecules, functional monomers, and cross-linkers organise before polymerisation, and how does the polymer network form around the template to create high-fide...

[Funding of fees plus a stipend per annum for 2026/7; stipend amount listed as £21,805.] University of Exeter is offering a PhD studentship in Electrochemical Lithium Extraction at the Penryn Campus. This project addresses a major challenge for the UK clean-energy transition: securing a resilient, sustainable supply of lithium for batteries, energy storage, and electric vehicles. The research will develop a lithium-selective membrane-based electrochemical extraction process for recovering lithiu...

Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) in Sustainable Manufacturing of Functional Ceramics at the University of Birmingham , School of Metallurgy and Materials, is open in the United Kingdom. This fixed-term postdoctoral research role is part of the SuMaCer project: Sustainable Manufacturing of Functional Ceramics for Europe’s Net-Zero Industry Energy Devices , funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe programme. The successful candidate will contribute to research on the sustainability assessm...