PhD Scholarship in Utilisation of Vegetable Oils to Produce Sustainable Chemicals and Biofuels Imperial College London in United Kingdom

Fully funded DPhil/PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford in sonochemistry , CO2 emissions reduction , CCUS , sonochemical reactor design , sonochemical CO2 chemistry , catalysis , and technoeconomic analysis (TEA) . This opening is part of James Kwan’s EPSRC Open Fellowship project #SonoNetZero , which aims to tackle CO2 emissions through carbon capture, utilization, and storage using sonochemistry. The project spans research from reactor design through chemistry and catalysis to TEA, maki...

PhD opportunity at the University of St Andrews in the School of Chemistry with Dr Amit Kumar and the Kumar Research Group. This funded PhD project focuses on the chemical upcycling of nitrile gloves through catalysis , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , and inorganic chemistry . The research will develop new catalysts and methodologies for transforming nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR), a material widely used in nitrile gloves, into value-added polymers and explore applications for the result...

📢 A PhD opportunity is coming soon at the Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination (LCC-CNRS) in Toulouse, France. The project will focus on carbonylation reactions using CO₂ and single-atom catalysts, bringing together chemistry , catalysis , nanomaterials , heterogeneous catalysis , and sustainable chemistry . The position also includes a planned research stay in Japan through collaboration with The University of Tokyo / the Nozaki Group. This is a doctoral opening, and the post indicates that th...

PhD positions are open in the research group of Manoj B. Gawande at the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai Marathwada Campus (Jalna, India). The group works in chemistry , with a strong focus on catalysis , single-atom materials , single-site catalysis , photocatalytic and electrocatalytic organic transformations , sustainable organic synthesis , and CO2 capture and valorization . The announcement invites applications for one or two PhD positions . The preferred background is an MSc in Che...

PhD opportunity at Sheffield Hallam University in advanced wasteform development for challenging nuclear waste streams . The project sits within the School of Engineering and Built Environment and is aimed at supporting the UK nuclear industry by improving the immobilisation and long-term disposal of difficult legacy wastes. The research focuses on materials science , chemical engineering , and nuclear waste management . You will design glass and glass-ceramic compositions, prepare and melt surr...