PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in mining engineering in Spain

The University of Arizona is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate I in the School of Mining Engineering and Mineral Resources in Tucson, Arizona, United States. This postdoctoral opening focuses on chemistry , chemical engineering , hydrometallurgy , and mining engineering . The researcher will develop and test methods for extracting, precipitating, and concentrating germanium and other trace metals from aqueous solutions, help design scaled-up extraction systems, and support chemical an...

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Mineral Processing at The University of Queensland , based at University Mine - Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Australia . This is a research-focused, full-time fixed-term position for up to 12 months within the Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Information Technology and the Sustainable Minerals Institute , working with the Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre (JKMRC) . The role is aimed at an emerging researcher interested in mineral processing , geometa...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Computer Science at Örebro University , Sweden. This fixed-term, full-time two-year postdoctoral appointment is located at the School of Science and Technology and is centred on machine learning and signal processing for proprioceptive sensing . The project focuses on an industrially relevant sensing challenge: using vibration signals from mining machines to estimate rock fragmentation underground, where conventional cameras and sensors are limited. The research aims t...

Doctoral Researcher in Rock Mechanics for Underground Hydrogen Storage and Risk-Based Design at Aalto University (School of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering), based at the Otaniemi campus in Espoo, Finland . This PhD position focuses on rock mechanics , underground hydrogen storage , risk-based design , geomechanics, numerical modelling, probabilistic methods, and experimental rock engineering. The project is part of the Research Council of Finland project Safety of High-Pressure Sto...

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) is hiring multiple Postdoctoral Scholars in the Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP) Division, within the Fusion Science & Ion Beam Technology Program. This opportunity focuses on physics , nuclear engineering , nuclear techniques for mining applications , and the detection of critical minerals and rare earth elements . The postdoc will work on associated particle imaging , X-ray technology , pulsed neutron techniques , and data fusion meth...

FRIAS Fellowship Programme 2027/28 is open at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS), University of Freiburg, Germany. This is a fully funded research fellowship for 3–10 months, designed for interdisciplinary research in an international environment. The post highlights support for researchers interested in sustainability, raw materials value chain, and related areas that connect with mining engineering, environmental science, materials science, and earth science. Funding includes ...

Murdoch University is advertising three fully funded industry-linked PhD scholarships in Copper: From Ore to Flowsheet . This is a research opportunity for candidates interested in mining-related doctoral study, copper ore processing, mineral processing, and flowsheet development. The post highlights a world-class team and access to state-of-the-art research facilities. Named supervisors/researchers mentioned in the post include Fang Xia , Artur Deditius , Hans Oskierski , and Xiangpeng Gao . Th...

Pleased to share a fully funded PhD project at The University of Queensland in the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering . The project is titled “Computational investigation of nanoparticle dynamics under electrokinetic control in viscoelastic suspensions” and is being advertised by Christopher Leonardi (Associate Professor at UQ) with collaborators Travis Mitchell , Dan YUAN , and Jun ZHANG from Griffith University . This opportunity is well suited to students interested in mechanical eng...

Fully funded PhD Graduate Research Assistant opportunity in the Separation & Purification Technologies Research Group at the University of Nevada, Reno . The project focuses on separation and purification technologies for critical mineral recovery , resource recovery from wastewater and mine/industrial residues, and recycling/upcycling processes. This is a strong fit for students interested in chemical engineering, materials science, chemistry, environmental science, and mining-related recovery ...