PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Energy Engineering in Ireland

This postdoctoral position is based in the School of Engineering and Architecture at University College Cork and is embedded in a project on the long-term service performance and safety of ageing tunnels under climate change. The research focuses on an AI-empowered digital twin framework for in-service tunnel evaluation, with particular attention to ageing tunnel infrastructure associated with CERN. The successful researcher will contribute to field data collection , digital twin development , a...

The University of Limerick is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher in Hydrothermal Carbonisation within the Faculty of Science & Engineering and the Department of Chemical Science. The researcher will join a four-year project developing an integrated sludge management system for European Union wastewater treatment plants. The project combines hydrothermal carbonisation with resource recovery to improve energy efficiency, nutrient management and compliance with EU directives concerning effluent, slu...

The University of Limerick is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher (Level 1) in Electropolymerisation within the Faculty of Science & Engineering and the Department of Chemical Science. The project addresses the need for conductive thin films that combine high conductivity, long-term stability, flexibility, biocompatibility and scalable manufacturing. The research will develop an interfacial electrosynthesis platform for producing conducting polymer films that can overcome limitations associated wi...

University College Cork’s School of Physics is offering a 24-month full-time postdoctoral research position within the Macroscopic Quantum Science and Technology (MARQUIS) project. The role sits in a highly specialised quantum sensing and superconducting devices environment, where the research programme uses unique spin noise spectrometers such as QSNAP1 , TERTIA , and ANDROMEDA to study the surface, bulk, and nanoscale quantum properties of novel candidate materials. The successful candidate wi...

Alan Seltzer is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher and a PhD researcher to join a new research group at the University College Dublin School of Earth Sciences in Ireland. The positions are part of the ERC-funded TabPhish project, which explores groundwater systems and environmental change using noble gas and isotope geochemistry. The research offers opportunities for fieldwork and laboratory research, as well as collaboration with international partners, including co-supervisor Werner Aeschbac...

University College Dublin's School of Earth Sciences is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Level 1 or Level 2 for a temporary 30-month position in Ireland. The researcher will contribute to TabPhish , a five-year project funded by a European Research Council Starting Grant. The project develops and applies innovative geochemical tracer methods to investigate human impacts on groundwater systems over decadal to centennial timescales, with particular emphasis on long-term changes in nitr...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Biology at Maynooth University, Ireland The Biology Department at Maynooth University is recruiting a Post Doctoral Researcher for the Ancient Woodlands Ireland project. This is a full-time, fixed-term research post in Biology with strong links to Environmental Science , Geography , Earth Science , and Geology-related landscape change research through the use of GIS, remote sensing, paleoecology, and historical woodland analysis. The project aims to build an all-island...

Maynooth University’s Department of Biology is advertising a Post-Doctoral Researcher position in the Forest Ecology and Global Change lab for the Ancient Woodlands Ireland project. This project aims to build an all-island Ancient Woodlands Inventory for Ireland by combining established methods with new approaches. The work brings together GIS , remote sensing , paleoecology , contemporary ecology , and history to examine changes in woodland cover over the last 400 years and support woodland pro...

University College Cork is offering a 36-month fixed-term, full-time Postdoctoral Researcher position in Palaeoecology within the School of Archaeology and the Radical Humanities Laboratory. The post is part of the DeepCattle project, an ERC Consolidator Grant-funded research programme that investigates the deep history of commercial cattle farming in Europe. DeepCattle aims to trace the origins and expansion of beef and dairy production in rural Europe, and to understand how these changes shape...