PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Soft Matter Physics in France

This postdoctoral research position is part of the CoLiFlow project, funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR), and focuses on the physical mechanisms governing the formation, stability and dynamics of foams in mixtures of organic liquids. The project sits at the intersection of soft matter physics , interfacial physico-chemistry and fluid mechanics. The researcher will investigate how liquid properties and flow conditions influence foam formation and lifetime, addressing unresolved qu...

The PhD@Tec21 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Cofund doctoral programme offers seven full-time doctoral positions in mechanical engineering and chemical engineering at Université Grenoble Alpes in Grenoble, France. The programme trains researchers in interdisciplinary areas including environmental engineering, bioengineering, sustainable energy, transportation, ecotechnology and cleantech. Research projects span geomechanics, fluid mechanics, biophysics, rheophysics, materials behavior and multiphysics m...

PhD thesis opportunity at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) for a project on polymerization induced self-assembly studied by neutron scattering . This is a research-oriented doctoral position at a major international neutron research facility, ideal for candidates interested in soft matter, polymer systems, and advanced structural characterization. The project combines polymer chemistry with scattering-based analysis to investigate how polymerization drives self-assembly and the resulting nanosca...

Postdoctoral position at Aix-Marseille Université / LAI (Marseille-Luminy) in the project Modelling bacterial transport strategies in real-life environments . This postdoc sits at the interface of biophysics, active matter, stochastic transport, porous-media physics, and optimal control . The project studies magnetotactic bacteria , which align with Earth’s magnetic field while responding to chemical and oxygen cues. A key scientific goal is to understand how these bacteria navigate in heterogen...

The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France, offers a fully funded PhD position in collaboration with the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), focusing on the biophysical mechanisms of dengue virus replication. The project, titled 'Lipid Droplets as Biophysical Models for Understanding Viral Replication: Molecular Mechanisms of Dengue Capsid Protein Binding Probed by Neutron Scattering,' aims to unravel how dengue virus capsid proteins interact with lipid droplet surfaces—a p...

The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France, offers a PhD position focused on studying Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (PISA) using neutron scattering techniques. The successful candidate will join the LSS group at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), working primarily with the small angle neutron scattering (SANS) team. The project leverages two advanced SANS instruments, D11 and D22, to investigate large-scale structures and kinetic processes in soft matter systems...

The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France, offers a unique PhD opportunity focused on the structural study of the stratum corneum lipid interfaces. This project aims to advance our understanding of the human skin’s primary barrier, the stratum corneum, by investigating the interface between corneocytes and intercellular lipids using state-of-the-art neutron diffraction, neutron reflectometry, and advanced optical microscopy techniques. The research is fundamentally o...