PhD Positions in Spectroscopy in China

[Competition-funded dual award PhD under the UoM-Peking University scheme; funding information is referenced on the dedicated dual-award page.] This PhD studentship is part of the Manchester–Peking dual award scheme and focuses on the synthesis and characterisation of new actinide–ligand multiple bonds, with uranium and thorium chemistry at the centre of the project. Building on preliminary results with a new ligand class in f-element chemistry, the student will work toward unprecedented bonding...

This PhD project explores single-molecule nanophotonics and plasmonics through the use of metallic nanocavities, metasurfaces and two-dimensional materials to confine light and enhance light–matter coupling at the nanoscale. The research focuses on detecting and spectroscopically analysing mid-infrared signatures of individual molecules. Molecular vibrations provide chemical fingerprints, while molecular frequency upconversion converts absorbed mid-infrared photons into visible photons that can ...

The Research School of Advanced Photon Science (RS-APS) is the doctoral research school of the Helmholtz Institute Jena at Friedrich Schiller University Jena. It is set within the physics campus of the university and connected to the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, bringing together university expertise and access to large-scale research facilities. The programme is designed to train doctoral researchers at the forefront of modern photon science. Students join a research environment...

This PhD project at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Southern Denmark explores how electrically controlled molecular motion can be translated into mechanical force and, ultimately, covalent bond cleavage. The research focuses on the design and synthesis of electroactive molecular machines built around [2]rotaxanes that combine a redox-active monopyrrolotetrathiafulvalene (MPTTF) unit with a cyclobis(paraquat-p-phenylene) (CBPQT4+) macrocycle and a furan-base...

The Karlsruhe School of Optics & Photonics (KSOP) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology offers a structured PhD programme focused on optics and photonics , two technologies at the centre of modern optical communications, sensing, biomedical diagnostics, lighting, and solar energy applications. The school is positioned at the interface of the natural sciences and engineering disciplines and brings together research across several closely linked areas. Doctoral researchers in KSOP can work acro...

This doctoral position is based at Uppsala University’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, in the Ångström laboratory, within the research program for Chemical and Bio-Molecular Physics. The program works on the fundamental properties and ultrafast processes of matter at atomic length and time scales, and develops novel X-ray methods and instrumentation for studying atoms, molecules, and chemical and biomolecular systems. The PhD student will join the division of X-ray Photon Science and work ...

Northumbria University is offering a fully funded PhD project entitled “Programmable luminescent tags for eco-efficient photonic devices.” The research addresses the need for reusable and ultimately compostable UV sensors for coatings, inks, adhesives, solar panels and electronics, where an incorrect UV dose can cause early failure or wasted energy. Inspired by quinine, the molecule responsible for tonic water’s fluorescence under UV light, the project will develop new molecules that begin to em...

The University of Liverpool is inviting applications for a PhD project titled Air2Fuel – Integrating and studying CO2 reduction electrocatalysts into artificial photosynthetic devices . The research will focus on developing, testing, and studying photocatalysts and CO2-reduction electrocatalysts. The project offers practical work with cutting-edge materials alongside the use of spectroscopic tools to investigate catalyst behavior and performance. Professor Alexander Cowan, Professor of Chemistry...

The University of Zurich is advertising PhD student and postdoctoral opportunities in high-throughput vibrational spectroscopy of protein dynamics , based in Zurich, Switzerland. The project centers on developing or applying high-throughput vibrational spectroscopy to investigate how proteins move, change conformation, and function. The research sits at the intersection of spectroscopy, biophysics, molecular science, and protein dynamics, offering an opportunity to work with advanced spectroscop...