PhD Opportunities in Organic Chemistry in Finland

The Department of Chemistry at the Autonomous University of Madrid offers a PhD position in organic synthesis and catalysis . The doctoral researcher will join the doctoral student programme at UAM and work within the group of Prof. Mariola Tortosa . The project focuses on the development of novel asymmetric catalytic transformations using transition metals . This is a research opportunity for a first-stage researcher interested in advanced organic synthesis, catalysis design, and mechanistic or...

This four-year PhD project at The University of Manchester will develop chemical sensors for measuring tensile forces in living cells and tissues. Mechanical forces influence cellular processes such as cell division, stem cell differentiation and gene expression, as well as tissue-level processes including morphogenesis, wound healing, immune responses and cancer metastasis. However, techniques for measuring forces inside live tissues remain limited. The project will use mechanochromic molecules...

This PhD project is focused on organic chemistry of boron and main group elements at the University of Pardubice . The topic points to advanced synthetic and mechanistic chemistry, with the student working in an area that combines organic synthesis with the chemistry of main-group compounds. The position is advertised as a PhD position within the university’s chemistry environment. It is presented as a single opening, and the project title suggests research centered on boron-containing molecules...

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...

HIPOLE Jena, the Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications, is seeking a PhD student to work on the synthesis and characterization of redox-active polymers for sustainable energy storage and conversion technologies. The project is affiliated with the Collaborative Research Center TRR234 CataLight and based in the research group of Prof. Dr. Ulrich S. Schubert . CataLight investigates the controlled integration of molecular, light-driven catalytic units into hierarchically structure...

PhD opportunity at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur for candidates interested in interdisciplinary research spanning chemical biology, peptide chemistry, drug discovery and bioorthogonal chemistry. The research environment is connected with contemporary approaches in chemical biology and molecular discovery, including peptide-based research and the development or application of chemical tools for biological systems. Potential research interests include cyclic peptides, chemical epige...

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is offering a PhD project in the Department of Chemistry at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, supervised by Prof. Dr. Oliver Seitz . The position is embedded in bioorganic synthesis at the chemistry/biochemistry interface and focuses on the chemical construction of peptide-DNA and peptide-PNA conjugates. The doctoral researcher will work on the synthesis and biological evaluation of these conjugates, combining organic synthesis with analytical and bi...

Project overview: The MOC Lab at the University of Padova is recruiting two doctoral researchers for the POLY4EV Marie Sklodowska-Curie Doctoral Network, an international consortium focused on polymer chemistry, tribology, thermal management and electric-vehicle technologies. Research environment: The position is embedded in the Department of Chemical Sciences at the University of Padova and its MOC Laboratories, where the group develops advanced polymeric materials through molecular design and ...

The Center for the Transformation of Chemistry (CTC) in Leipzig is a newly founded national research hub in Germany focused on rethinking chemistry for global sustainability challenges. The PhD project sits in the Sofiadis group and is part of a collaborative, mission-driven research environment that brings together chemistry, physics, engineering, data science, and social sciences. This doctorate will focus on the development of sustainable organic photocatalysts for facilitating organic reacti...