PhD and Postdoc Positions in Polymer Science in Denmark

CarbonLab at Aalborg University is seeking one or more PhD candidates to help advance Direct Air Capture (DAC) technologies. The project addresses the scientific and engineering challenges that remain before DAC can be deployed at very large scale, with a focus on developing energy-efficient, economically viable systems built on a deeper understanding of how materials, processes and system integration interact. The PhD work is linked to two research directions: developing process-aware methods f...

The University of Southern Denmark is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join the Biotechnology Section of the Department of Green Technology in Odense. The researcher will work in Associate Professor Ren Wei’s newly established group as part of the Horizon Europe EIC Pathfinder project CATAMPLAS. CATAMPLAS focuses on next-generation catalytic protein scaffolds, including engineered functional amyloids, for the enzymatic degradation of synthetic polymers. The project brings together interna...

This PhD project at the Technical University of Denmark focuses on the processing and modification of renewable polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) materials through reactive extrusion. The student will work on developing next-generation PHA compounds by combining advanced polymer processing, formulation design, and reactive processing routes. The project is centered on understanding and improving how PHA formulations behave during extrusion-based processing, with an emphasis on the links between formula...

This PhD project at DTU Energy , Technical University of Denmark, focuses on one of the central durability challenges in green hydrogen production: understanding how solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) degrade and how some of that degradation can be reversed during reversible operation. The student will use operando transmission electron microscopy to observe a miniaturised SOEC while it operates under gas atmospheres and temperatures up to 900 °C. The goal is to watch nanoscale changes as el...

This PhD project at the Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) explores how batteries work and fail at the molecular level, with the goal of informing better materials for safer, longer-lasting, higher-performing energy storage. The research combines magnetic resonance and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) with electrochemical methods to investigate battery materials and components in a non-destructive, chemically specific way. You will help develop and apply a suite of NM...

The Department of Green Technology at the University of Southern Denmark is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the Biotechnology Section to join a newly established group working with Associate Professor Ren Wei. The project sits within CATAMPLAS, a Horizon Europe EIC Pathfinder collaboration focused on developing next-generation catalytic protein scaffolds, including engineered functional amyloids, for the enzymatic degradation of synthetic polymers. The successful candidate will work at ...

This postdoctoral position is based in the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering at Aarhus University and is embedded in the Bioprocess Engineering environment. The successful researcher will work within the Microbial Conversion Technologies and Sustainable Process Systems Engineering groups on a collaborative demonstration project supported through the Danish Energy Agency’s Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme (EUDP), called DyneMe . The project focuses on inte...

The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Chemical Engineering invites applications for a three-year PhD position in polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) processing and modification by reactive extrusion in Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark. The project will develop next-generation renewable PHA compounds through advanced polymer processing, formulation, compounding, and reactive extrusion. The research will examine relationships between formulation, processing history, polymer structure, and final material properties...

Fully funded PhD position in Quantum Nanophotonics and Polaritonic Phenomena at the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark. The research will be conducted at the POLIMA Center for Polariton-driven Light-Matter Interactions within the Mads Clausen Institute. The project investigates theoretical polaritonic phenomena in two-dimensional material tunnel junctions, with emphasis on polariton-mediated inelastic electron tunnelling, van der Waals heterostructures, light–matter interactions, and quan...