PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in materials science in Australia

Western Sydney University is advertising 25+ fully funded PhD project scholarships across Engineering, Health, Psychology, Environment, and Education in Australia. The projects span a wide range of research areas, including legal needs and access to justice, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prison healthcare, ectomycorrhizal fungi and the soil microbiome, motivation and familiarity vs. novelty in aged care and ageing, speech and language learning, regional migrant settlement, agrisolar inte...

Research Fellow (A) – Phosphorus and Potassium Fertilisers at Adelaide University , based in the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine at the Waite Campus in Australia . This full-time fixed-term research role runs until February 2031 and sits within a collaborative, multi-party funded project with the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC) , The Mosaic Company (USA) , and Omnia Specialties Australia . The work focuses on fertiliser chemistry , especially the development of more effic...

CERC Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Innovation for Northern Beef Systems at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia. This is a postdoctoral fellowship focused on digital agriculture , virtual fencing , livestock systems , rangeland science , agricultural science , and environmental science . The project investigates how virtual fencing and on-farm sensor technologies influence productivity, land condition, grazing management, stocking strategies, a...

The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is advertising a Postdoctoral Fellow position in the School of Materials Science and Engineering in Sydney, Australia. The project focuses on superconducting materials , emerging quantum materials , and the development of superconducting quantum sensors . The successful candidate will work with a Molecular Beam Epitaxy and Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (MBE-STM) system and other device fabrication instruments, contributing to research at the intersection...

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 ...

Mehran Ghasemlou, McKenzie Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, is looking for a new PhD student. The project interests are centered on Polymer Science , Chemical Engineering , and Materials Science / material engineering. Students with a background in materials science, chemistry, polymer science, chemical engineering, or a related discipline are encouraged to get in touch. This is a PhD opening at the University of Melbourne in Australia . The post specifically notes that internatio...