PhD Scholarship

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...

PhD Scholarship at Swinburne University of Technology in collaboration with CSIRO and industry partners. This fully funded doctoral opportunity focuses on sustainable lithium metal production , specifically an innovative solvent-route carbothermic reduction pathway for lithium oxide using a liquid metal solvent. The project is aimed at improving the environmental footprint of lithium metal manufacturing and supporting Australia’s critical minerals supply chain. Research themes include: thermodyn...

Fully funded PhD scholarship at The University of Queensland (Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology) on Sustainable Valorisation of Seaweeds for High-Value Biomaterials . The project, supported by the Marine Bioeconomy CRC , will develop an integrated biorefinery approach to transform Australian-grown Ulva seaweed into high-value, commercially relevant biomaterials. The research is strongly aligned with materials science , chemical engineering , biotechnology , bioprocess en...

PhD opportunity in Copper Ore Mineralogy and Economic Geology at Murdoch University, Perth, Australia. This funded project sits within the Sustainable Geochemistry & Mineral Sciences (GeMS) group and is supervised by Prof Artur Deditius. The research focuses on copper ore geology, mineralogy, textures, alteration, geochemistry, and geometallurgy, with industry-linked samples and context from BHP. Research themes: copper ore mineralogy, economic geology, geochemistry, geometallurgy, extractive me...

PhD opportunity at Murdoch University, Perth, Australia in copper concentrates , extractive metallurgy , separation chemistry , impurity management , mineralogy , geochemistry , and materials science . This funded PhD project asks how mineralogical information can be translated into selective chemistry that improves metal recovery while safely managing deleterious elements in copper concentrates. The work combines laboratory-scale extractive metallurgy experiments with advanced mineralogical and...