PhD Opportunities in Catalysis

This PhD project in chemistry will develop metal-based molecular systems that can both detect chemical warfare agents and catalytically break them down into harmless or less harmful products. The research focuses on multifunctional coordination cages : discrete polymetallic architectures with tuneable internal cavities and rich host–guest chemistry. These systems will be designed to combine molecular recognition, optical sensing and catalytic remediation within a single platform. The student wil...

The PhD project is based at the Erlangen Center for Interface Research and Catalysis (ECRC) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and is hosted in the group of Prof. Jörg Libuda. The research explores catalytic processes on real and model catalyst systems with a strong focus on understanding how modifiers, additives, and activation procedures influence highly selective (de)functionalization reactions. The core of the work is an experimental investigation of catalytic functio...

Fully funded PhD and postdoctoral opportunities are available in Sustainable Chemical Engineering at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland. The research is based in the Laboratory of Sustainable and Catalytic Processing (LPDC), with a focus on sustainable catalytic processing, biobased polymers, and biobased surfactants. These opportunities are suitable for researchers interested in chemical engineering, catalysis, sustainable processing, chemistry, bioengineering, and mat...

The University of Duisburg-Essen in Duisburg, Germany, is recruiting a Doctoral Researcher in the Particle Science and Technology group within the Faculty of Engineering. The researcher will join the DFG-funded project “Uncovering the Interplay Between Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles and Nickel Substrates for Alkaline Oxygen Evolution.” The project examines how α-Fe 2 O 3 , γ-Fe 2 O 3 and Fe 3 O 4 interact with nickel substrates and affect catalytic activity during the alkaline oxygen evolution reactio...

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...

Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), China, is recruiting motivated PhD candidates for research fellowship opportunities in the Department of Chemistry. Research themes include organic synthesis, continuous-flow chemistry, heterogeneous asymmetric catalysis, high-throughput experimentation, artificial intelligence in chemistry, heterocycle synthesis, and dual catalysis. Candidates would join faculty-led research teams working on cutting-edge chemical research. Faculty contacts listed in th...

The University of Cambridge is inviting applications for PhD research opportunities in synthetic chemistry within the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry. Seven internationally leading research groups offer projects spanning reaction discovery, catalysis, molecular design, chemical biology, supramolecular chemistry, and computation. The research community focuses on inventing new reactions, discovering catalysts, understanding molecular behaviour, and developing tools with applications in biolo...

The University of Basel in Switzerland is offering a fully funded, four-year PhD position in the Atmospheric Sciences group within the Department of Environmental Sciences. The project focuses on aerosol-phase synthesis and photocatalytic applications of metal and metal oxide nanoparticles for CO2 reduction. The successful doctoral researcher will generate nanoparticles with different compositions in the gas phase and characterize them using advanced techniques, including transmission electron m...

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg is offering a three-year PhD student position in the Erlangen Center for Interface Research and Catalysis, within the group of Prof. Joerg Libuda. The project, based in Erlangen, Germany, investigates new concepts and materials for highly selective catalytic (de)functionalization reactions. The research will use in situ and operando approaches to study real and model catalysts, with particular emphasis on infrared spectroscopy techniques includin...