PhD in Life Cycle Assessment and Resource Efficiency of Lignin-Based Materials University of Bayreuth in Germany

Forschungszentrum Jülich is offering a PhD position at the Institute of Climate and Energy Systems – Jülich Systems Analysis (ICE-2), within the Department of Circular Economy. The doctoral project addresses the sustainability of a planned data center supporting the Einstein Telescope, a next-generation gravitational-wave detector that will require extensive computing and data-storage infrastructure. The research will assess how high-performance computing infrastructure can meet demanding enviro...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to advance lifecycle analysis and technoeconomic analysis for major U.S. industries. The position is based in the Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies Group within the Manufacturing Science Division of ORNL’s Energy Science and Technology Directorate. The researcher will contribute to two major efforts. One focuses on identifying cost-effective emerging and industrial-scale technologies for recycling critical minerals from elec...

FernUniversität in Hagen is advertising a research assistant (PhD opportunity) at the Chair of Production and Logistics Management for work connected to the interdisciplinary project UN:PACK . The project focuses on sustainable logistics , circular economy , and the development of a standardized, decentralized, and scalable reusable packaging pooling system for communal catering contexts such as schools and kindergartens. The role is research- and teaching-oriented and includes analyzing, modeli...

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH is offering a Master Thesis in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, geoscience, and related fields focused on the synthesis and characterization of NiAl layered double hydroxides as precursors for Ni-based CO₂ methanation catalysts . The project is rooted in power-to-gas technologies and the Sabatier reaction , aiming to convert hydrogen and carbon dioxide into synthetic methane. The research goal is to understand the structure-activity relationship o...

Funded PhD opportunity at Coventry University within the Centre for Discoveries in Life Science and the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) . The project is titled Sustainable Rare Earth Element Recovery from Secondary Resources: Integrating Bioleaching, Metabolic Engineering and Life Cycle Assessment . It focuses on recovering rare earth elements from electronic waste using engineered yeast-based bioleaching, with an emphasis on microbiology , biotechnology , metabolic...