PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Materials Science in France

PhD opportunity in Catalytic Materials at CIRIMAT, LGC and CEA-Tech in Toulouse, France, within the INCANTO Project. The project focuses on binder jetting and DLI-CVD for the fabrication of high-surface-area objects , making this a strong fit for candidates interested in materials science , chemical engineering , and chemistry with an experimental profile. The supervision team includes Lucile Mage , Abderrahime Sekkat , Benoit Malard , and Claire Tendero . The advertised position is part of an a...

Postdoctoral position in chemistry available for 24 months at the University of Brest, within the COSM team at CEMCA (UMR CNRS 6521), Brest, France. The project focuses on functional macrocyclic chelators for imaging mass cytometry (IMC). IMC combines antibody-based detection with metal isotope labels to map many biological markers on tissue sections with high spatial precision. This project aims to expand the number of usable detection channels by designing new bifunctional chelators able to st...

PhD Opportunity at CEA, France (Paris-Saclay region) This post advertises a PhD position in multiscale modeling , molecular dynamics , hydrodynamics , and agentic AI at CEA , in collaboration between Maison de la Simulation and CEA DAM . The research topic is “Multiscale Modeling of Interface Instabilities under Dynamic Loading: From Atoms to Continuum in the Era of Agentic AI.” The project focuses on Richtmyer–Meshkov and Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities in materials under extreme dynamic loading....

PhD opportunity at the University of Caen Normandy, France in the ABTE laboratory, EcoTEA team, on foam-flow cleaning in milking systems . The project, called FOAMAT , focuses on improving cleaning performance while reducing water, energy, and detergent use. The research combines foam physical chemistry , fluid mechanics , process engineering , rheology , and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to understand how foam formulation, structure, and flow conditions affect the removal of dairy residues...

Postdoctoral position in mechanics of materials and structures at Université Grenoble Alpes in Grenoble, France, hosted by 3SR Laboratory (Sols, Solides, Structures, Risques) with CNRS and Grenoble INP involvement. The research topic is centered on advanced multiscale and/or AI-based approaches , making this a strong fit for candidates interested in mechanical engineering , materials science , and computational methods for structural analysis. AI experience is explicitly appreciated. Eligibility...

Postdoctoral position in patient-specific stent design by GPU-accelerated adaptive simulation within the ERC CURE project . The position is based at MINES Paris – PSL / CNRS , in the Computing and Fluids (CFL) Group at the Centre for Material Forming (CEMEF) , Sophia-Antipolis, France. Research interests include biomedical engineering , computational mechanics , scientific computing , applied mathematics , and high-performance computing for simulation-driven medical device design. Applicants sho...

Postdoctoral position in quantum microwave-to-optics conversion at Institut Néel – CNRS within the superconducting quantum circuits group. The project aims to develop a microwave-to-optical quantum interface for transferring quantum information between microwave and optical domains, enabling long-distance quantum communication and optically mediated entanglement between distant microwave qubits. The work sits at the intersection of physics , optomechanics , electromechanics , nanophotonics , sup...

Fully funded PhD position in Sustainable Functional Inks for Smart Textiles at Grenoble INP, France . The project is hosted in the LGP2 Laboratory with the MatBio and FunPrint Research Team under the SHEMOVES Project . The topic sits at the intersection of Chemical Engineering , Materials Science , and Polymer Science , with emphasis on ink formulation, rheology, printing processes, and bio-based materials for smart textile applications. Eligibility: applicants should hold a master's degree in C...

Institut Lumière Matière (CNRS / Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1) is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the NanoPhiA project within the French national research programme PEPR DIADEM . The position focuses on laser synthesis of nanoparticles , plasma diagnostics , optical emission spectroscopy , data analysis , and machine learning . The project aims to build an AI-based predictive framework linking nanoparticle synthesis conditions to resulting structures, combining experimental physics,...