PhD Position in Analyzing Polymer Degradation by Soil Enzymes and Environmental Analytical Chemistry University of Vienna in Austria

PhD opportunity at the University of Warwick in a CASE project on combined chemical and biological treatments for man-made plastics . The project sits within the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership and is supervised by Prof Timothy Bugg and Prof Sébastien Perrier . This research combines polymer degradation , microbiology , biochemistry , materials science , and polymer chemistry to develop new approaches for recycling and treatment of plastic waste. The work will investigate c...

The MOCLab at Università di Padova is seeking two PhD candidates for AGRIPOLYS , a European MSCA Doctoral Network focused on polymers designed for agriculture. This opportunity sits at the intersection of polymer chemistry , biotechnology , materials science , agriculture , and sustainability . The two advertised PhD projects are: 1) Biodegradable polymers for beneficial microorganism survival and soil health . 2) Precision macromolecular carriers for targeted nucleic acid delivery in plants. Th...

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...

PhD opportunity for UK students at the University of York in a project on reducing chemical pollution through future farming systems . The advertised project is titled “Understanding consumers’ responses to underutilized crops and implications for the environment” and is associated with Eleanor Jew . This is a research-focused doctoral opening spanning environmental science , agriculture , and chemistry , with additional relevance to crop systems, consumer responses, and sustainability in farmin...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Functional Biomaterials for Sustainable Agriculture at Charles Sturt University This full-time, fixed-term postdoctoral opportunity is based at Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia . The project sits within an ARC Mid-Career Industry Fellowship and focuses on transforming agricultural waste into low-cost, high-quality substrates and soil amendment products. The research aims to develop controlled-release biomaterials that improve nut...