PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Catalysis in Spain

BioComp at Universitat Jaume I in Castelló, Spain, announces an open PhD position for a highly motivated candidate to join its research team under Call Ref. 3580. The BioComp group, led by Vicent Moliner, focuses on the computational description of catalysis phenomena in biological systems. The opportunity is relevant to candidates interested in computational chemistry, biocatalysis, molecular modeling, computational biology, and the study of catalytic mechanisms in biological systems. Applicant...

Postdoctoral Researcher opportunity at the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2) in the Advanced Electron Nanoscopy (GAeN) Group. This position is part of the NEXPECH2 project, focused on green hydrogen , sustainable energy, and catalytic nanomaterials for photoelectrochemical (PEC) systems. The successful candidate will use advanced scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) , transmission electron microscopy (TEM) , and FIB methods to study the structure and behavior...

Postdoc opportunity in synthetic organic chemistry at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Madrid, Spain), in the Organic Chemistry Department and the Catalysis and Artificial Intelligence (CATIA) group . The project is with Dr. Javier Corpas and focuses on total synthesis , retrosynthetic analysis , and the development of new catalytic methods , including organometallic catalysis and photocatalysis . The research has an applied angle toward the synthesis of new therapeutic agents against Alzheimer’s...

✨ The CATIA research group at the Organic Chemistry Department of Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), Spain , is advertising a 3-year postdoctoral position in Synthetic Organic Chemistry . The project focuses on total synthesis , organometallic catalysis , and photocatalysis , with the goal of developing new therapeutic agents against Alzheimer’s disease . The successful candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Javier Corpas and contribute to retrosynthetic planning, laboratory-scale s...

The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) is offering a fully funded PhD programme in chemistry for exceptional graduate students from around the world. This third call is for a doctoral project titled AI-Accelerated Photochemical Upgrading of Pollutants in Flow , supervised by Dr. Jesus Sanjose-Orduna and Prof. Monica Perez-Temprano at ICIQ in Tarragona, Spain, in collaboration with the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). The project sits at the intersection of chemistry, catalysis...

The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), in partnership with the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), is offering a fully funded PhD position in chemistry for the 2026 third call. The project is supervised by Prof. Arjan Kleij and focuses on the design, synthesis and application of circular polymers . The research will investigate the catalytic preparation of new polymer systems using both covalent and non-covalent polymerization techniques, with an emphasis on circularity, recycli...