PhD Opportunities in Soft Matter Physics in Canada

The PhD@Tec21 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Cofund doctoral programme offers seven full-time doctoral positions in mechanical engineering and chemical engineering at Université Grenoble Alpes in Grenoble, France. The programme trains researchers in interdisciplinary areas including environmental engineering, bioengineering, sustainable energy, transportation, ecotechnology and cleantech. Research projects span geomechanics, fluid mechanics, biophysics, rheophysics, materials behavior and multiphysics m...

German-French Graduate College in Statistical Physics of Complex Systems in Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium is a doctoral programme at Leipzig University for research training in statistical physics and related areas of complex systems. The graduate college combines analytical theory from Université de Lorraine in Nancy with long-standing computer simulation expertise at Leipzig, creating a joint research environment focused on advanced doctoral education. Students work across a broad set of top...

PhD positions are available in Statistical Physics and Active Matter in Göttingen, Germany, within a research environment focused on theoretical and computational research in nonequilibrium statistical physics and active matter . The project is supervised by Ramin Golestanian and is associated with current research activity in the broader area of living systems and soft condensed matter. The work is expected to involve interdisciplinary questions at the interface of physics, mathematics, and the...

PhD thesis opportunity at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) for a project on polymerization induced self-assembly studied by neutron scattering . This is a research-oriented doctoral position at a major international neutron research facility, ideal for candidates interested in soft matter, polymer systems, and advanced structural characterization. The project combines polymer chemistry with scattering-based analysis to investigate how polymerization drives self-assembly and the resulting nanosca...

PhD project: Watching aggregation in liquids with terahertz spectroscopy The University of Southampton is offering a competition-funded Doctor of Philosophy project in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, focused on how molecular-scale dynamics connect to mesoscale structure in complex liquids. The research will use intense terahertz spectroscopy to monitor structural evolution as molecules or particles aggregate, separate into phases, or coalesce into larger domains. The work will ...

RIKEN’s Research Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research is recruiting one Researcher, Special Researcher/Postdoctoral Fellow, or Research Associate for the Physical Biology Research Team in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan. The fixed-term position is available from April 1, 2027 or by consultation and will study fundamental principles governing cells and multicellular populations. The team combines mathematical science and life science to investigate order formation in living systems, including cellular pola...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of Glasgow in Biomedical Engineering , Rheology , Biophysics , and Mechanobiology . The project asks whether the mechanics of tissues can reveal disease by measuring how biological tissues deform, flow, and relax. The research builds on i-Rheo-Indent technology to uncover mechanical biomarkers of disease through rapid, broadband viscoelastic measurements. The work sits at the intersection of fundamental physics, soft matter, biomedical engineering, ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Colorado Boulder in the Soft and Living Matter Group with Professor Franck Vernerey . The project focuses on the mechanics of active and collective matter , making it a strong fit for students interested in physics , applied mathematics , mechanics , and related materials/soft matter research. The post is looking for a motivated PhD student . Candidates with backgrounds in applied mathematics, mechanics, or physics are especially encouraged to apply. The posi...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in Watching aggregation in liquids with terahertz spectroscopy . This project sits in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and the School of Physics and Astronomy , with supervision by Prof. Fabio Novelli . The research explores how liquids change structure as molecules or particles aggregate, separate into phases, or self-assemble into larger domains. Using intense terahertz spectroscopy , the project aims to connect molecular-scale d...