PhD Position in Life-Like Polyurethane Materials for Soft Robotics Empa in Switzerland

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...

PhD opportunity in Polymer Mechanochemistry at the Adolphe Merkle Institute , within the Polymer Chemistry and Materials group led by Prof. Christoph Weder at the Université de Fribourg (University of Fribourg). The project focuses on developing supramolecular mechanophores for responsive polymers and biological force mapping . This is an interdisciplinary research opportunity in chemistry and materials science, with a strong emphasis on polymer synthesis and organic synthesis experience. Applic...

LCSO Lab at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is nearly done hiring for 2027 and has one remaining opening for either a PhD student or a postdoctoral fellow starting in Fall 2027 . The lab is the Waser Organic Chemistry Laboratory , so the core research area is organic chemistry . The post does not provide detailed project topics, funding terms, or eligibility specifics, but it does clearly indicate that applications will be considered until 2026-09-30 . If you are interested in a ...

The Laboratory of Synthetic Polymer Chemistry (LCPS) at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), led by Assistant Professor Suong Nguyen, is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position starting in Summer or Fall 2026. The group focuses on the development of novel catalysts and methodologies for precise control over polymerization reactions, aiming to discover new reactivities and enable access to functional and sustainable polymers. Research in the group is highly interdisc...

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...