Mineral Processing University of Queensland in Australia

Fully funded PhD opportunity at The University of Queensland in PFAS remediation , water treatment , polymer chemistry , and materials science . The project is led by Associate Professor Cheng Zhang (Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, UQ) and is supported through an ARC Industry Mid-Career Fellowship in collaboration with The Chemours Company and Queensland Water Directorate (qldwater) . The research focuses on developing next-generation sorbents and magnetic ion-exchang...

Adelaide University is advertising a PhD scholarship opportunity in the research group led by Jingrun Ran , focused on the atomic-level design and fabrication of advanced photocatalysts for renewable solar-energy-driven reactions. The advertised research areas include solar-powered catalysis , photocatalytic plastic upcycling , CO₂ conversion , and advanced catalytic materials . This opportunity is especially relevant for students with backgrounds in chemistry , chemical engineering , materials ...

PhD opportunity at The University of Queensland in the School of Chemical Engineering, focused on engineering next-generation nanocatalysts for solar-driven production of methanol . The project targets the conversion of CO2 and CO from industrial emissions and by-products into methanol and related fuels via a photothermal pathway . Research will involve nanomaterials synthesis , catalyst design, and advanced characterisation to build robust structure–activity relationships. Students will gain ha...

🚨 PhD Scholarship Opportunity at RMIT University in collaboration with CSIRO Energy . This funded project is titled “Catalyst and Membrane Engineering for Electrochemical Co-Production of Ethylene and Green Hydrogen from Ethane” . It sits at the intersection of chemical engineering , chemistry , materials science , catalysis , electrochemistry , and membrane engineering , with a strong focus on sustainable fuels and clean-energy chemical manufacturing. The research aims to develop a low-temperat...

PhD opportunity at The University of Queensland (St Lucia, Australia) in photothermal catalysis and solar methanol synthesis . The project, titled “Unravelling the photothermal effect in solar methanol synthesis” , explores how light-driven and heat-driven effects work together to improve catalyst performance for converting small molecules such as CO2 or CO into fuels like methanol under mild, energy-efficient conditions. You will work across chemical engineering , chemistry , materials science ...