PhD Opportunities in Molecular Dynamics in France

MSCA-funded PhD opportunity in coordination chemistry is available at Université de Toulouse (LCC-CNRS), France, in collaboration with the University of Calabria, Italy. The project investigates rare earth element selectivity of peptide-based ligands using advanced spectroscopy and computational modelling. The research will be conducted in Dr. Enrico Falcone’s group at the Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, with Prof. Mario Prejanò. Relevant methods include luminescence spectroscopy, NMR spec...

A fully funded PhD position is available at the University of Lille, France , through the EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network IDEAS (Improving Drug Efficacy with Next-Generation Amorphous Materials and Trained Experts). The doctoral project, “Development of a Predictive Toolbox for the Rational Design of Complex Amorphous Bioactive Molecules,” will combine computational physics, molecular modelling, molecular dynamics simulations, quantum chemistry, machine learning, and experiment...

PhD Opportunity at CEA, France (Paris-Saclay region) This post advertises a PhD position in multiscale modeling , molecular dynamics , hydrodynamics , and agentic AI at CEA , in collaboration between Maison de la Simulation and CEA DAM . The research topic is “Multiscale Modeling of Interface Instabilities under Dynamic Loading: From Atoms to Continuum in the Era of Agentic AI.” The project focuses on Richtmyer–Meshkov and Rayleigh–Taylor instabilities in materials under extreme dynamic loading....

Urgent recruitment for a PhD (36 months) or Postdoctoral (18 months) position in next-generation hybrid solid electrolytes for lithium batteries (NextHyBat) at SyMMES (CEA / CNRS / Université Grenoble Alpes), Grenoble, France . The project is funded by the MaterIAlps LabEx and focuses on the links between chemistry , nanostructure , molecular dynamics , and ion transport in hybrid solid electrolytes. The selected candidate will work with Prof. Laurent Gonon and Dr. Hakima Mendil-Jakani , with co...

The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France, offers a fully funded PhD position in collaboration with the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), focusing on the biophysical mechanisms of dengue virus replication. The project, titled 'Lipid Droplets as Biophysical Models for Understanding Viral Replication: Molecular Mechanisms of Dengue Capsid Protein Binding Probed by Neutron Scattering,' aims to unravel how dengue virus capsid proteins interact with lipid droplet surfaces—a p...