PhD Opportunities in Chemistry in France

This doctoral project focuses on the development and multimodal characterisation of gold microstructures fabricated by two-photon laser microfabrication for use in electrochemical sensors and plasmonic devices. The PhD student will investigate the photoreaction mechanisms that lead to the formation of gold nanoparticles from new resins specifically designed for two-photon laser microfabrication. A major part of the work will be the development of a multimodal, multiscale characterisation strateg...

This PhD project, STILANTIBIO (“How Do Plant Polyphenolic Stilbenoids Act as Antimicrobial Agents?”), explores how plant-derived stilbenoids act against microbes through a combined approach in chemistry, chemical biology, microbiology, and bioinformatics. The doctoral research is part of a collaborative programme with the Institut de Chimie & Biologie des Membranes et des Nano-objets (CBMN) and the Centre de BioInformatique de Bordeaux (CBiB) . The student will work on the design and synthesis o...

This PhD project focuses on ultrafast electronic rearrangement and relaxation in biomolecules after photoabsorption. The student will investigate how several competing pathways, including very fast femtosecond charge-transfer and local electronic relaxation processes, unfold in complex molecular systems. The research uses a novel strategy based on Auger electrons emitted from a metallic site embedded in a porphyrin derivative. This local probe is used to follow the photoinduced electronic reorga...

INRAE Doctoral Contracts are salaried PhD positions hosted by France’s national research institute for agriculture, food and the environment. The institute has around 272 research units across France, giving doctoral researchers access to a wide national research network. These contracts support doctoral research linked to INRAE’s scientific areas, especially agriculture, food, ecology and the environment. The position is structured as a work contract rather than a stipend, so doctoral researche...

The Laboratoire Catalyse et Spectrochimie (LCS) in Caen, France, is seeking a PhD candidate for BIOJET-X, an Indo-French research project supported by CEFIPRA and conducted in collaboration with the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology in India. The project investigates how biomass-derived molecules can be transformed into jet-fuel-range hydrocarbons for sustainable aviation fuel applications. The PhD researcher will develop multifunctional catalysts based on extra-large-pore zeolites ...

CRI Research Fellowship at the Center for Research and Interdisciplinarity in France is a recurring research fellowship scheme for researchers at different career stages. The call describes three types of research fellows with differing profiles and lengths of stay, and it is designed for candidates ranging from postdoctoral young investigators to tenured scientists. The fellowship is positioned as an interdisciplinary research opportunity centered at the CRI Research lab environment. Fellows be...

Mitoxi Lab is seeking a doctoral researcher for a thesis examining the relationship between mitochondrial dysfunction and key cellular processes. The project will focus on how impaired mitochondrial function is associated with epithelial–mesenchymal transition, a process involved in changes in cell identity and behavior, as well as with cell death. The research is situated within the lab’s broader focus on mitochondria and oxidative stress, offering an opportunity to study cellular mechanisms at...

Co-sponsored doctoral grants from the French Ministry of Defence support PhD research on topics relevant to French defence, through the Agence de l’innovation de défense (AID). The programme funds a wide range of projects each year and is designed for candidates whose research aligns with the agency’s priorities in the natural and engineering sciences, as well as defence-related social sciences. The grant is intended for doctoral research carried out in a French laboratory, with the funding paid...

Research theme: This PhD project focuses on predicting gene expression in plants by combining genomic language models with machine learning on gene regulatory networks. The thesis is part of the BioLLM-CRE project and is hosted in the DIADE research unit (Diversity, Adaptation and Development of tropical plants), a joint unit involving IRD, CIRAD and the University of Montpellier . The unit works on plant biodiversity, adaptation mechanisms and plant-environment interactions, using approaches th...