PhD Opportunities in Soft Matter Physics in France

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...

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...

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...

The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France, offers a PhD position focused on studying Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly (PISA) using neutron scattering techniques. The successful candidate will join the LSS group at the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), working primarily with the small angle neutron scattering (SANS) team. The project leverages two advanced SANS instruments, D11 and D22, to investigate large-scale structures and kinetic processes in soft matter systems...

The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) in Grenoble, France, offers a unique PhD opportunity focused on the structural study of the stratum corneum lipid interfaces. This project aims to advance our understanding of the human skin’s primary barrier, the stratum corneum, by investigating the interface between corneocytes and intercellular lipids using state-of-the-art neutron diffraction, neutron reflectometry, and advanced optical microscopy techniques. The research is fundamentally o...