PhD Opportunities in Materials Science in Australia

Fully funded PhD scholarship at Western Sydney University , Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment (HIE), for a project on microbial diversity, exchange and ecological interactions between Australian native bees and their associated mites . The project investigates largely unknown relationships among bees, mites and microorganisms, including microbial diversity, potential transmission pathways and ecological significance. Methods include fieldwork , advanced microscopy and molecular techniques...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in catalysis, batteries, recycling, and advanced materials , with research themes spanning battery materials and energy storage , catalysis and photocatalysis , polymer chemistry , sustainable materials , and chemical recycling/circular technologies . The opportunity is associated with Macquarie University, Australia and the University of St Andrews, United Kingdom . The post highlights an international PhD pathway and notes that domestic and international candidates...

PhD scholarship opportunity in PFAS thermal desorption and destruction at the University of Newcastle in collaboration with CSIRO and industry partner SV Joint Venture Pty Ltd trading as EarthSure . This project sits within the CSIRO Industry PhD Program (iPhD) and focuses on applied research that addresses real-world environmental remediation challenges in Australia. The research aims to improve understanding of how PFAS are desorbed from impacted soils and destroyed in the gas phase within a c...

PhD scholarship opportunity at The University of Newcastle in printed solar technology , photovoltaics , and solar energy . This iPhD project focuses on developing a technical framework for testing printed solar technologies , an emerging class of ultra-lightweight, flexible photovoltaics. The research aims to address the gap between current international standards and the unique degradation and performance characteristics of printed solar devices. The project will investigate how printed solar ...

PhD Opportunity at UNSW Sydney: Engineering Biomimetic Materials for Long-Lasting Heart Valve This post advertises a PhD opening in biomedical engineering focused on developing next-generation regenerative heart valve technologies. The project is based at UNSW Sydney and is led by Professor Jelena Rnjak-Kovacina as primary supervisor, with an international supervisory team including Professor Steven Wise (University of Sydney) and Professor Thomas Scheibel (University of Bayreuth, Germany). The ...

Western Sydney University is advertising 25+ fully funded PhD project scholarships across Engineering, Health, Psychology, Environment, and Education in Australia. The projects span a wide range of research areas, including legal needs and access to justice, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prison healthcare, ectomycorrhizal fungi and the soil microbiome, motivation and familiarity vs. novelty in aged care and ageing, speech and language learning, regional migrant settlement, agrisolar inte...

Adelaide University is advertising a PhD scholarship opportunity in the research group led by Jingrun Ran , focused on the atomic-level design and fabrication of advanced photocatalysts for renewable solar-energy-driven reactions. The advertised research areas include solar-powered catalysis , photocatalytic plastic upcycling , CO₂ conversion , and advanced catalytic materials . This opportunity is especially relevant for students with backgrounds in chemistry , chemical engineering , materials ...

Two PhD scholarships are available for a 2027 start at Deakin University (Institute for Frontier Materials, Burwood Campus / Melbourne ) in research on polymer electrolytes for sodium batteries . The projects are supported by an Australian Research Council-funded project and focus on automated molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to screen poly(ionic liquid)-based materials . The research aims to identify molecular design strategies for highly conductive electrolytes with favourable mechanical pr...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney) in agrivoltaics , with research at the intersection of photovoltaics , advanced materials , optics , and sustainable agriculture . The project is described as mainly experimental, with some modelling, and is supported by the Land and Primary Industries Network and the NSW Decarbonisation Hub . It will jointly involve Prof. Ziv Hameiri at UNSW SPREE – School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering and is asso...