Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Associate Positions in Bioenergy, Sustainable Technologies, and Mercury Mitigation at IIT Madras Indian Institute of Technology Madras in India

Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies (BEST) Lab at Indian Institute of Technology Madras is hiring for research positions in Environmental Science , Biology , and Chemical Engineering . Open roles include a postdoctoral researcher , a research associate (for candidates with bachelor’s or master’s backgrounds), and an additional postdoctoral researcher focused on mercury mitigation . The research involves anaerobic biohydrogen production , pilot-level bioreactors , and site visits, suggesting h...

Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD position under the BITS Pilani–IIT Roorkee Joint PhD programme . The project is titled “Rewiring Microalgal metabolism via Adaptive Laboratory Evolution for Flue Gas Valorization” and sits at the interface of algal biotechnology , bioprocess engineering , omics-based technologies , metabolomics , and biological CCUS (carbon capture, utilization, and storage). The work will involve microalgal cultivation , understanding metabolic constraints under h...

RWTH Aachen University is advertising several new PhD positions in the group for Industrial Biotechnology , with starts planned for Q1 2027 and potentially also Q4 2026 . The first vacancy is linked in the post, and more openings are expected to be posted later. The research environment is centered on developing new methods and technologies for innovative biotechnological processes. The goal is to convert renewable resources or waste streams into valuable products such as chemicals. The group is...

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham is advertising a PhD opening in AI-Integrated Sustainable Bioenergy and Waste-to-Energy Systems in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. This opportunity is centered on research at the intersection of Environmental Science , Biology , Computer Science , and energy/process engineering. The topic suggests work on sustainable bioenergy pathways, waste valorization, AI-enabled optimization, and waste-to-energy system design. The post is brief and does not list detailed eligibilit...

PhD opening at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal (IISER Bhopal) in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Assistant Professor Sohini Bhattacharyya is looking for PhD students to join her research group. The group works on sustainable critical mineral recovery , with current interests in lithium-ion battery recycling , green hydrometallurgy , and recovery from unconventional resources. Applicants with backgrounds in Chemistry , Chemical Engineering , or Materials Scie...