PhD in Electrochemical Recycling of Permanent Magnets for Sustainable Energy Materials RMIT University in Australia

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...

Funded PhD opportunity at Coventry University in the Centre for Discoveries in Life Sciences, delivered through the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP). This project focuses on bioleaching , tantalum recovery , superalloy waste , critical minerals , and environmental biotechnology . The research will investigate microbial mechanisms for mobilising tantalum from superalloy-processing wastes and selectively removing contaminating metals such as calcium and tungsten. It co...

Queen's University is advertising multiple fully funded PhD positions in the De France Lab , in collaboration with the Jessop and Cunningham groups. The research focus is on sustainable materials and green chemistry , making this a strong fit for applicants interested in materials science, chemistry, and sustainability-oriented research. The post says the positions are open to motivated candidates and that applications are welcome from all eligible applicants. Start dates are listed as January o...

Funded PhD opportunity in Chemistry focusing on MXene composites for capacitive deionization at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China . The project is associated with Prof. Meng Ding's Group in the School of Science , and the PhD is awarded by the University of Liverpool, UK . This opening is a strong fit for candidates interested in Chemistry , Materials Science , Chemical Engineering , Environmental Science , and related areas. The research topic suggests work on advanced functional mater...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at Brunel University of London within a NERC TREES Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA) for 2027. The project is titled A Systems Approach to Understanding the Environmental Fate and Impacts of Electronic Waste and focuses on the environmental fate and impacts of electronic waste, with strong links to Environmental Science , Chemical Engineering , Physics , Chemistry , and data-driven methods such as machine learning and data science . The PhD is interdisciplinary and incl...