PhD Opportunities in Architecture

Aarhus University PhD position: NCREDIBLE The Center for Quantitative Genetics and Genomics at Aarhus University is offering a PhD project entitled Better Nitrogen efficiency by improving Cow Resilience, Eating Dynamics, Breeding and Lifetime Efficiency (NCREDIBLE) . The project addresses how dairy cattle can contribute to more sustainable dairy production through improved biological efficiency and resilience. The research brings together quantitative genetics, dairy cattle breeding, animal resi...

Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon is offering a four-year PhD position in physics-guided digital twin development at the Institute of Material and Process Design in Geesthacht, Germany. The project combines machine learning with computer simulations to address complex problems in materials science, computational engineering and advanced manufacturing. The doctoral researcher will develop supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement-learning models for clustering, classification and regression. These models...

The Johnson Lab in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Kansas is offering a fully funded PhD position beginning in Fall 2027 in photosynthesis and global ecology. The project will link plant physiology experiments with satellite remote sensing and Earth system modeling to improve understanding of photosynthesis and the global carbon cycle. The doctoral researcher will work across experimental plant science, ecological analysis, remote sensing, and Earth system s...

PhD position in integrated power, gas and hydrogen systems at the Institute of Climate and Energy Research – Energy Systems Engineering (ICE-1), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, in Jülich, Germany. The research focuses on developing scenario-based modelling, simulation and analysis methods for coupled electricity and gas infrastructures in Europe. The project will investigate how electricity, natural gas and hydrogen systems interact under future energy-transition scenarios, supporting informed de...

PhD in Optimization of Emergency Services under Decentralized Capacity Sources at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. The project focuses on optimizing emergency response systems through mathematical modelling, machine learning, simulation, optimization and game theory. The research addresses how emergency services can be designed and coordinated when capacity sources are decentralized, combining operations research with computational and analytical ...

The Hobday Group at the University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry is offering a PhD project on solid-state refrigerants, materials that can pump heat when squeezed and may provide alternatives to harmful refrigerant gases. The research will investigate why some materials show excellent solid-state refrigeration performance. The successful student will map the energetic pathways and molecular dynamics that control how these materials respond to pressure, building an understanding from the atomi...

The Polar Remote Sensing Research Group at McGill University is recruiting at least one MSc student and one PhD student for the Fall 2027 intake. The project focuses on radar remote sensing of Arctic sea ice using multi-frequency synthetic aperture radar (SAR) . Students will investigate Arctic sea-ice conditions through radar-based remote sensing, contributing to polar observation and the interpretation of multi-frequency SAR data. The work is based in Dr. Mallik Mahmud’s lab within the Polar R...

The Smart Building Materials Lab in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Calgary is offering fully funded master's and PhD research positions in sustainable building materials. The research focuses on developing and applying low-carbon construction materials, advancing sustainable manufacturing, and supporting circular construction approaches. The positions also involve AI-enabled sensing and materials science, creating an interdisciplinary research environment at the interse...

The Olden Lab in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at the University of British Columbia is offering funded MSc and PhD opportunities in freshwater science in Vancouver, Canada. The positions focus on major freshwater research challenges, including freshwater conservation , climate change, sustainable water management, biodiversity, environmental DNA (eDNA), and machine learning. Students will be able to develop research connected to the conservation and management of freshwater...