PhD Position: Turning Faecal Sludge into Clean Energy in Kenya and Ethiopia Wageningen University & Research in Netherlands

Wageningen University & Research is offering a four-year Sandwich PhD focused on turning faecal sludge into clean energy in Kenya and Ethiopia. The project investigates faecal sludge briquettes (FSB) as a sustainable alternative to firewood and charcoal, supporting urban sanitation, resource recovery, climate resilience, and just energy transitions. The PhD candidate will be based at the Environmental Technology group at Wageningen University & Research, with research carried out in collaboratio...

Politecnico di Milano is offering one postdoctoral contract in the Department of Energy at the Bovisa campus. The project is centered on catalytic processes for the synthesis of low-carbon fuels , combining literature analysis, simulation, mathematical modelling, and experimental work. The researcher will work on processes for producing fuels from CO and green hydrogen , with attention to renewable fuel pathways and to the development of e-fuels, e-chemicals, and bio-fuels . The experimental com...

Postdoctoral position at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering on the structural performance of polymers in an alkaline electrolyzer. The project focuses on long-term failure models, durability, and lifetime prediction for selected engineering thermoplastics used in alkaline electrolysis for green hydrogen production. The work is carried out in close collaboration with industrial partner Alquion and has a strong experimental character. Research top...

Postdoctoral position at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Faculty of Applied Sciences , working on the MetNH3Energy project at the intersection of hydrogen , ammonia , sustainability , and the energy transition. The project focuses on assessing the techno-economic and environmental performance of three ammonia value chains to identify sustainable pathways for carbon footprint reduction. The research includes process modeling , ex-ante techno-economic analysis (TEA) , and life cyc...

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...