PhD and Postdoc Positions in Geochemistry in China

This postdoctoral project is based at the Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques (CRPG, UMR 7358) in Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, within a geoscience research environment linked to the CNRS and the Université de Lorraine. The recruited researcher will join ongoing work in mineralogy and crystallography, with strong interactions across the laboratory and with the crystallography research group (CRM2). The project focuses on the characterization of demantoid garnet samples, including materia...

[Competition-funded dual award scheme; applicants are instructed to enter “Dual award funding” in the application form. The advert notes that not all advertised projects will necessarily offer a place on the programme.] This PhD project explores mineral–fluid–rock interactions in subsurface geological formations and how these coupled processes shape the performance and integrity of technologies central to the energy transition. The research is set against applications such as geothermal energy e...

The University of Cologne’s Institute of Geography is offering an interdisciplinary PhD project on the Rhine floodplain as a biogeochemically coupled system under stress. The project examines how altered hydrology shapes floodplain sediment dynamics and the wider ecosystem response, linking physical and geochemical processes with biodiversity, food webs, microbial activity, and greenhouse gas emissions. The doctoral researcher will contribute to a collaborative project with other PhD students an...

This funded PhD project investigates what happens on land when temperatures exceed 1.5°C and examines the long-term consequences of climate “overshoot.” The research will combine geochemical datasets with climate model simulations to determine how land systems respond to past, present and future warming. By connecting evidence from different climate periods with modelled future conditions, the project will contribute to improved assessments of the environmental consequences of exceeding 1.5°C of...

Adelaide University is seeking a Critical Minerals Postdoctoral Fellow to investigate rare earth element (REE) behaviour and concentration in regolith environments. The research addresses the scientific understanding of critical mineral systems and contributes to Australia’s critical minerals future. The successful postdoctoral researcher will join a national team within the ARC CCRF , a collaborative initiative focused on research and training related to critical minerals. The role provides an ...

This PhD project at Delft University of Technology focuses on extracting new mineral-exploration value from legacy geophysical datasets originally acquired for petroleum work. You will investigate the thin Kupferschiefer horizon beneath the Netherlands and the North Sea, combining well logs, seismic reflection data, basin analysis, geochemistry and mineralogical information to characterise the target and its mineral potential. The research is strongly interdisciplinary and sits at the intersecti...

This fully funded PhD project investigates how human impacts affect the growth of juvenile fishes during their first summer in dynamic, wave-swept sandy beach environments. The research will combine laboratory trials at Brixham Laboratory with extensive field sampling on beaches in Devon and Cornwall. The project will bring together biochemical, physiological and geochemical techniques to examine how warmer temperatures and high levels of beach visitation influence fish growth and the functionin...

Adelaide University is seeking a Critical Minerals Postdoctoral Fellow to join Earth Sciences at the City East Campus in Adelaide, Australia. The 30-month research program is focused on understanding how Rare Earth Elements (REE) are mobilised and concentrated in weathering environments. The project will investigate a range of critical-mineral systems, including ion-adsorption clay-hosted mineralisation, heavy mineral sands, tropical weathering profiles, carbonatite and phosphorite regolith hori...

The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Riverside anticipates appointments in its Postdoctoral Scholar Series. This postdoctoral role is designed to strengthen research and education activity across the university while contributing to the intellectual life of the department and its broader academic community. The position is framed around advanced research training and professional development for scholars with expertise in Earth and Planetary Sciences or...