PhD Opportunities in Polymer Science in New Zealand

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...

Chalmers University of Technology is seeking a doctoral student to contribute to the development and manufacturing of next-generation solid-state batteries within the Division of Materials and Manufacture, Department of Mechanical Engineering. The project focuses on polymer-based solid-state electrolyte synthesis, materials engineering and advanced electrode processing, with particular emphasis on scalable battery manufacturing. The research will investigate how electrolyte materials, interfaces...

This PhD project explores how multi-material additive manufacturing and computational design can be combined to create structures that do more than carry loads: they can sense, respond, and adapt to changing use conditions and human needs. You will work on fabrication-aware design methods for 3D-printed adaptive structures , investigating how geometry, material distribution, embedded electronics functions, and manufacturing parameters can be designed together to achieve both structural performan...

The Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto is recruiting one PhD researcher for the project iDEALeather-COMPETE2030-FEDER-02214500 , a multidisciplinary R&D initiative focused on the study, development, characterisation, and optimisation of materials, products, and processes for the automotive sector. The selected researcher will work on seamless responsive structures for automotive interiors , contributing to the conceptual design of seamless sensors, integrated systems, and seamless ac...

The University of Hohenheim’s Department of Plant-based Foods is seeking a PhD candidate to work on real-time monitoring techniques for advanced food production systems . The department conducts interdisciplinary research on the quality, functionality, and processing of plant-based raw materials across the food value chain. The doctoral researcher will develop and apply imaging and monitoring solutions in laboratory and pilot-plant environments. The work will examine food material behavior under...

The Broedersz group in the Section for Physics of Living Systems at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is offering a four-year PhD position on the non-equilibrium statistical physics of collective cell migration. The project sits at the interface of living systems, biophysics, and theoretical physics, and is part of a Vici-funded research direction in the Physics department. The successful PhD candidate will work on uncovering the fundamental interaction rules that govern collective cell migration, a ...

Electronics Integration and Reliability (EILB) at Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering is seeking a doctoral researcher to work on the next generation of high-density power electronics. The group develops innovative materials, device design, and bonding technologies for wide-bandgap and ultra-wide-bandgap semiconductor systems, with applications extending to RF devices and smart sensors. The project centers on miniaturised heterogeneous integration for power electronics, using novel...

This PhD project at Utrecht University investigates how bio-based and biodegradable plastics break down and what that means for human health and safer materials design. The research links analytical chemistry with toxicology to follow plastics through degradation, identify the resulting micro- and nanoplastics and leachates, and study their biological effects. You will work on the full chain from polymer degradation to hazard assessment. The project includes exposing pristine polymers and plasti...

This PhD position at BIOWEG GmbH focuses on the development of biopolymer-based seed coatings . The successful candidate will work on modifying cellulose-based materials and formulating biodegradable coatings, with the aim of evaluating them in greenhouse trials and moving the technology toward practical agricultural use. The project sits within AGRIPOLYS , a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network dedicated to innovative and sustainable polymeric materials for agriculture. The ne...