PhD and Postdoc Positions in Automated Laboratory for Plastic Recycling and DISC3lab ETH Zürich in Switzerland

ETH Zurich is advertising a Postdoc position in circular plastics within planetary boundaries in the Energy and Process Systems Engineering (EPSE) Group, led by Prof. André Bardow at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (D-MAVT). The project is part of the recently funded ERC Advanced Grant DISC3Lab and focuses on building a validated discovery loop for sustainable chemical processes, with a particular emphasis on solvent-based plastics recycling . The research explores how to cr...

PhD opportunity in sustainable carbon research at North Carolina State University , within Sunkyu Park's research group in the Forest Biomaterials Department . The post invites highly motivated students to join cutting-edge research on sustainable carbon materials . This is a research-focused doctoral opening for students interested in carbon materials, sustainability, and related materials science topics. Eligibility highlights: the post emphasizes motivation and interest in the research area. ...

Open PhD position in CIRCULARIS: Upcycling PET Waste into AI-Designed MOF Adsorbents for PFAS Removal at Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien) , Vienna, Austria, in the Institute of Applied Physics group led by Olga Guselnikova . The project sits at the intersection of chemistry , materials science , environmental science , and chemical engineering , with a focus on PET waste upcycling , metal-organic framework (MOF) adsorbents , AI-designed materials , and PFAS removal . This is a research-orie...

PhD position in Automated Laboratory for Plastic Recycling at ETH Zürich in the Energy and Process Systems Engineering (EPSE) Group , led by Prof. André Bardow . This doctoral project is part of the recently funded ERC Advanced Grant DISC3Lab and focuses on developing an automated small-scale experimental platform for sustainable chemical processes, especially solvent-based recycling of plastics . The research combines chemical engineering , process engineering , microfluidics , laser spectrosco...

ETH Zürich’s Energy and Process Systems Engineering (EPSE) Group is offering a PhD position in an automated laboratory for plastic recycling. The project sits at the intersection of chemical engineering, thermodynamics, microfluidics, spectroscopy, and sustainable process design, with a strong emphasis on experimental discovery for solvent-based plastic recycling. The doctoral researcher will work within the EPSE group led by Prof. Dr. André Bardow, contributing to the recently funded ERC Advanc...