PhD in Sustainable Energy: Organic Synthesis and Conjugated Materials Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar

PhD opportunity at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Doha, Qatar for a Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainable Energy programme. The research project is in organic synthesis and conjugated materials for sustainable energy, with a focus on the design and synthesis of functional conjugated molecules and polymers. This is a strong fit for candidates interested in chemistry , organic chemistry , synthetic organic chemistry , materials science , and NMR spectroscopy . The ideal applicant should have a degr...

PhD position available at BOKU University in Tulln, Austria (near Vienna) on green polymers from plant oils . The project, From Mixtures to Models: Plant-Oil Polymer Networks , is FWF-funded and aims to understand how the molecular structure of plant oils influences the properties of the resulting polymers. The research will involve synthesizing well-defined building blocks from plant oils, converting them into polymer networks, and characterizing their properties. This opportunity is well suite...

The Laboratory of Synthetic Polymer Chemistry (LCPS) at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, led by Professor Suong Nguyen, is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in Synthetic Polymer Chemistry. The research group focuses on the interface of polymer chemistry, catalysis, and synthetic organic chemistry, aiming to develop new polymerization methods, discover new reactivities, and create functional and sustainable polymers. This four-year PhD position...

PhD opportunity in Sustainable Supramolecular Structured Liquids at the University of York This funded PhD project explores supramolecular chemistry , structured liquids , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , and synthetic chemistry to develop sustainable alternatives to oil-derived viscosification agents used in consumer and personal care products. The project aims to design low-molecular-weight building blocks that self-assemble into liquid modifiers with tunable performance and improved en...

Empa, the Swiss research institution in the ETH Domain, is recruiting a motivated PhD student for the Laboratory for Functional Polymers at Empa Dübendorf. The project is funded through an EU grant and is part of research on novel dielectric elastic materials. The successful candidate will work on the synthesis of specially designed polymers and elastomers with improved dielectric and mechanical properties. In addition to synthesis, the project includes evaluation of dielectric, optical, mechani...