PhD Opportunities in Spectroscopy

The University of Nottingham’s School of Chemistry is seeking research students for a 2026 Chemistry PhD. The programme supports independent, in-depth research addressing global challenges in cleaner energy, sustainable synthesis, new materials, healthcare and drug discovery. Research is organised around molecular bonding and spectroscopy, materials, synthesis and catalysis, and biological chemistry. Potential projects may involve chemical synthesis of bioactive natural products, novel catalyst ...

The University of Oslo invites applications for a three-year PhD Research Fellowship in Planetary Atmospheric Chemistry using Quantum Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry’s Section for Theoretical Chemistry. The position is based at the Life Science Building at Blindern, Oslo, Norway, within the Research Council of Norway-funded project Molecular Atmospheric Chemistry on Alien Worlds (MACAW) . The project uses quantum chemistry, electronic structure methods, high-performance computing, and m...

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...

Eindhoven University of Technology is offering a PhD position in Supramolecular Interactions in Organic Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors (OMIECs) . The project investigates how molecular-scale supramolecular interactions influence the real-world performance of functional materials. The research will examine the interplay between supramolecular interactions and electrochemical doping in OMIECs, with the goal of understanding the underlying mechanisms during operation. The PhD researcher will use...

[EPSRC-funded studentship providing fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] PhD studentship at the University of Exeter on AI-enabled smart spectroscopy pixels for revealing how microbes respond to antibiotics. This interdisciplinary project combines physics, materials engineering, computer science, and bioscience to develop intelligent spectroscopy pixels and advanced photodetectors for biological sensing. The research will use compact quantum and nonlinear photodetector devices, ...

[Fully funded 4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship including tuition fees, an annual stipend of £21,805 (2026/27 rate), and a Research Training Support Grant of £5,000 per year.] PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia in the Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Programme (NRPDTP): Rewiring Photosynthetic Pathways in a Purple Bacterium . This fully funded 4-year PhD project focuses on engineering the purple phototrophic ba...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in AI-assisted vibrational spectroscopy and quantitative biomarker analysis for next-generation cancer diagnostics . This postgraduate research project sits within the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and focuses on developing sensitive, non-invasive methods for early cancer detection. The work combines Mid-IR spectroscopy , Raman spectroscopy , on-chip photonic devices , and machine learning to study cancer-related biomarkers includin...

We are inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in an interdisciplinary joint programme between Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani and IISER Tirupati . The project focuses on the direct selection of RNA-based fluorescent light-up aptamer (FLAP) biosensors using microfluidics to detect and study metabolite dynamics in live cells . This opportunity is especially relevant for students interested in Chemical Biology , Organic Chemistry , Synthetic Biology , RNA Biology , ...

PhD position at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin, Germany, in the Department of Interface Science headed by Prof. Beatriz Roldan Cuenya . The project is titled Operando characterization of electrochemical carbon capture processes and is hosted in the Carbon capture group led by Dr. Valentin Briega Martos . This research focuses on electrochemical carbon capture , electrocatalysis , and operando characterization of CO2 reduction in capture liquids. The work uses in si...