PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Chemistry in South Korea

서울대학교 이차전지혁신연구소 is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join its battery computational science and simulation research program. The institute was established as an Innovation Research Center (IRC) supported by Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Research Foundation of Korea. Its mission is to strengthen R&D capacity, train talent, and build a world-class research hub in battery science. The advertised position is centered on computational science for next-generation batteries...

Yeungnam University in South Korea is seeking a Research Professor / Postdoctoral Researcher to work on advanced materials and electrochemical technologies for energy storage and hydrogen production. The research focuses on supercapacitors and MXene aerogel/perovskite hybrid materials . The successful researcher will contribute to the fabrication of supercapacitor electrodes, electrochemical characterization, and the synthesis of functional materials designed for energy-related applications. The...

Gyeongsang National University in Jinju, South Korea, is offering one fully funded PhD opportunity in hydrogen energy and electrocatalysis. The research focuses on developing advanced electrocatalytic materials and innovative electrochemical technologies for sustainable hydrogen production and clean energy conversion. The doctoral researcher will work on electrocatalyst design and development for the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), with applications in anio...

Seoul National University in South Korea is hiring postdoctoral researchers to join a growing AI for Science research program led by Professor Yousung Jung. The initiative focuses on using artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific discovery. Research areas include scientific foundation models , LLM-based AI agents, multi-agent systems, agentic scientific discovery, self-driving laboratories, autonomous experimentation, and generative AI for molecular and materials discovery. The group aim...

Yerevan State University’s Computational Materials Science Laboratory is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in atomistic modelling and computational materials science, based in Armenia. The successful candidate will contribute to computational discovery of crystalline and amorphous materials for battery applications, 2D materials for energy applications, and AI-accelerated materials discovery. Research activities may include density functional theory calculations, phase sta...

Isaac Choi, Associate Professor of Chemistry at Chungbuk National University, is hiring a postdoctoral researcher for work in electroorganic synthesis using 3d transition metal catalysis . The position is scheduled to start on February 1, 2027 . Applications are due by November 20, 2026 . Details and application instructions are available through the Choi Group website's PostDoc tab. The opportunity is suited to researchers interested in organic chemistry, electrochemistry, synthetic chemistry, ...

Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Functional Polymers and Sustainable Energy Materials at Sunchon National University This is a postdoctoral opening at Sunchon National University in Korea, focused on functional polymers and sustainable energy materials . The position is aimed at researchers with backgrounds related to chemistry, physics, engineering, or technology, and it is explicitly advertised as a postdoc opportunity. The role sits at the intersection of polymer science and energy-related...