PhD Opportunities in Organic Chemistry

Fully funded PhD position in Quantum Nanophotonics and Polaritonic Phenomena at the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark. The research will be conducted at the POLIMA Center for Polariton-driven Light-Matter Interactions within the Mads Clausen Institute. The project investigates theoretical polaritonic phenomena in two-dimensional material tunnel junctions, with emphasis on polariton-mediated inelastic electron tunnelling, van der Waals heterostructures, light–matter interactions, and quan...

PhD Position – Development of Advanced Thermal Batteries for Energy Storage The Instituto de Tecnología Química (CSIC-UPV) in Spain is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to work on advanced materials for sustainable energy technologies. The project focuses on next-generation thermal batteries based on thermochemical energy storage (TCES), with the goal of developing efficient, cost-effective, and scalable solutions for long-duration energy storage and renewable energy integration. The rese...

PhD Position in Electrochemical Engineering for Sustainable Lithium Recovery at the University of Bremen, Germany. The project focuses on sustainable resource recovery through electrochemical separation and membrane-based processes . Related research themes include lithium recovery, resource recovery, CO₂ capture and utilization, and battery recycling. The work is relevant to chemical engineering, electrochemistry, materials science, environmental sustainability, and circular-economy technologie...

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...

PhD opportunity in liver biology and metabolic disease research The Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition Group at the Institut de Recerca Sant Pau in Barcelona, Spain, is seeking a PhD candidate to apply for the FPU 2026 predoctoral fellowship. The project will investigate new molecular mechanisms involved in liver biology and metabolic diseases, including diabetes and obesity. The research combines cutting-edge omics technologies with experimental and translational approaches. Candidates may w...

The University of Oxford is offering a 3.5-year DPhil studentship in Control and Engineering Biology on the project “Learning and controlling cellular dynamics.” The research sits at the intersection of engineering, biology, control theory and machine learning. Potential directions include developing mathematical and computational models of cellular behaviour, designing feedback-control strategies, and building experimental tools using microfluidics, automated microscopy and light-controlled gen...

MSCA-funded PhD opportunity in coordination chemistry is available at Université de Toulouse (LCC-CNRS), France, in collaboration with the University of Calabria, Italy. The project investigates rare earth element selectivity of peptide-based ligands using advanced spectroscopy and computational modelling. The research will be conducted in Dr. Enrico Falcone’s group at the Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, with Prof. Mario Prejanò. Relevant methods include luminescence spectroscopy, NMR spec...

PhD position in structural mass spectrometry is available at the University of Geneva, Switzerland , in the Gabelica Group within the Biophysical and Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Section of Pharmaceutical Sciences. The project focuses on the structural mass spectrometry of oligonucleotides and their therapeutic applications. Research interests include molecular structure, biomolecular folding, oligonucleotide characterization, biophysical mass spectrometry, and pharmaceutical or b...

Eawag, the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, invites applications for three PhD positions in evolutionary ecology, evolutionary genomics, and ecosystem science. The four-year Swiss National Science Foundation-funded project investigates how biotic and abiotic selection shape species interactions, community assembly, evolution, and ecosystem functioning in sub-Arctic lakes of Southern Greenland. The three projects focus on: (1) evolutionary ecology of copepods, including ...