PhD Opportunities in Microfluidics in Portugal

The Emerging Diagnostics and Innovative Therapeutics (EDIT) Lab at Louisiana State University is offering a fully funded Ph.D. opportunity for a motivated researcher interested in developing next-generation diagnostic and therapeutic technologies. This interdisciplinary research sits at the crossroads of electrical engineering and biomedical science . Potential research directions include microfluidics and biosensor development, bioimpedance and dielectric spectroscopy, electrochemical sensing, ...

Montanuniversität Leoben’s Department of Geoenergy is seeking a University Assistant to join the Chair of Reservoir Engineering in Leoben, Austria, with the opportunity to pursue a PhD. The research focuses on geological carbon dioxide and hydrogen storage, investigating reactive fluid transport through porous media. The project combines experimental and numerical approaches to understand transport processes relevant to subsurface energy storage and reservoir engineering. Potential research acti...

PhD opportunity in biomedical and chemical engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio, with an anticipated start in Spring or Summer 2027. The project brings together 3D printing, microfabrication, microneedles, microfluidics, and nanoelectrokinetics . The work is suited to students interested in developing and applying advanced fabrication and microscale engineering approaches in a biomedical and chemical engineering research environment. The student will be co-advised by Assistant P...

Fully funded PhD position in molecular microbiology is available at the Drescher Lab, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland . The doctoral thesis will investigate emergent behaviours in bacterial biofilm communities , with a focus on molecular microbiology and bacterial community biology. The project may involve approaches such as transcriptomics, bacterial genetics, confocal microscopy, bioinformatics, and microfluidic systems. Applicants should hold a Master's degree with a research the...

The University of Oxford is offering a 3.5-year DPhil studentship in Control and Engineering Biology on the project “Learning and controlling cellular dynamics.” The research sits at the intersection of engineering, biology, control theory and machine learning. Potential directions include developing mathematical and computational models of cellular behaviour, designing feedback-control strategies, and building experimental tools using microfluidics, automated microscopy and light-controlled gen...

PhD opportunity: Portable Microfluidic Cell-Function Diagnostics for Measuring Health Status The University of Southampton is offering a competition-funded Doctor of Philosophy project in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. The research will develop compact, point-of-care technologies for measuring neutrophil function from small blood samples, with the longer-term goal of providing early warning of infection closer to patients and healthcare professionals. The project combines biom...

[EPSRC-funded studentship providing fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] PhD studentship at the University of Exeter on AI-enabled smart spectroscopy pixels for revealing how microbes respond to antibiotics. This interdisciplinary project combines physics, materials engineering, computer science, and bioscience to develop intelligent spectroscopy pixels and advanced photodetectors for biological sensing. The research will use compact quantum and nonlinear photodetector devices, ...

Doctoral Position: Development of an Organ-on-chip Platform at ETH Zurich (Bioanalytics Group, ETH Zurich in Basel, Switzerland). This PhD opening sits at the interface of biomedical engineering , biology , and microfluidics . The group is developing organ-on-chip / microphysiological systems and vascularized tissue models to study how cells, cell-secreted molecules, and drugs cross endothelial barriers and how compounds move from tissue into the bloodstream. The project is connected to understa...

[Funding of fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] PhD Studentship at the University of Exeter: Bioinspired fluidic metamaterials for passive directional water transport. This PhD project explores how engineered, plant-inspired surface patterns can be used to control the speed and direction of water transport. The research sits at the intersection of metamaterials, wetting phenomena, surface topography, and microfabrication, with inspiration drawn from carnivorous pitcher plants w...