PhD and Postdoctoral Positions in PFAS Remediation, Advanced Battery Materials, and Functional Polymers at The University of Queensland The University of Queensland in Australia

This 18-month postdoctoral project in circular polymer chemistry is based at the Institute of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences of Montpellier (ICGM), in collaboration with the French deep-tech start-up PETSHKA. The research will investigate sustainable routes for the chemical recycling and valorization of major polymers. The postdoctoral researcher will work on the catalytic depolymerization of polyurethanes and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) , examining how the structures of the resulting pro...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in catalysis, batteries, recycling, and advanced materials , with research themes spanning battery materials and energy storage , catalysis and photocatalysis , polymer chemistry , sustainable materials , and chemical recycling/circular technologies . The opportunity is associated with Macquarie University, Australia and the University of St Andrews, United Kingdom . The post highlights an international PhD pathway and notes that domestic and international candidates...

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...

[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...

PhD opportunity at Adelaide University , Australia, in sustainable lithium-ion battery recycling and selective lithium recovery . The project is an industry-linked research opportunity supported by an ARC Early Career Industry Fellowship . The research focuses on the fundamental chemistry and process engineering of recovering valuable metals from spent lithium-ion batteries, with particular emphasis on deep eutectic solvents (DESs) , selective leaching, solvent design, separation, solvent regene...