PhD Opportunities in Soft Matter Physics in Portugal

[Annual stipend at the UKRI minimum rate currently £21,805 per year plus £1,000 per annum enhancement, with a research training support grant of up to £20,000 for the full 4-year programme.] This 4-year PhD studentship at The University of Manchester explores interdisciplinary methods for liquid crystal-based biosensing . The project focuses on how liquid crystals interact with prototype cells and soft flexible surfaces, and how those interactions can be turned into measurable sensing signals. T...

Gesse R., an Assistant Professor at Villanova University, is seeking a PhD student to join a research group working in computational soft matter . The fully funded position is scheduled to start in Fall 2027. The group studies the modeling and simulation of particles—including both active and passive particles—and macromolecules in fluids. The research involves computational approaches to soft matter, fluid mechanics, colloidal physics, numerical methods, and applied mathematics, with potential ...

The Institute for X-ray Physics at the University of Göttingen is offering two Ph.D. positions in coherent X-ray optics and advanced imaging. The doctoral projects address the development, implementation and application of X-ray optics and new imaging methods using partially coherent X-ray radiation. Research may involve experiments at synchrotron and free-electron laser facilities, as well as laboratory micro-computed tomography sources. Depending on the candidate’s profile and interests, the w...

The Technical University of Darmstadt is seeking a Research Associate / PhD Student in Computational Physical Chemistry within the Computational Physical Chemistry research group led by Prof. Nico van der Vegt. The group develops and applies theoretical and computational methods to understand the behavior of soft matter, with particular interest in polymers, biomolecules, and the role of water in determining their properties and interactions. The research environment is centered on molecular sim...

This PhD opportunity at the University of Göttingen is based at the Institut für Röntgenphysik and focuses on coherent X-ray optics and related imaging methods. The project develops, implements, and applies X-ray optics for experiments using partially coherent X-ray radiation at both synchrotron/FEL facilities and laboratory micro-CT sources . The research is broad and can be tailored to the selected candidate’s profile and interests. Possible directions include X-ray optical physics , instrumen...

The University of Birmingham is offering a PhD studentship examining the physics of learning in robotic metamaterials , at the intersection of robotics, soft matter physics, mechanical engineering, applied mathematics and materials science. The project investigates active mechanical metamaterials and distributed robotic systems: networks of sensors and actuators that communicate locally to produce collective functionality. Inspired by living systems such as starfish and bacteria, these mechanica...

The GGNB Physics of Biological & Complex Systems programme is an international PhD research school at the University of Göttingen, run in cooperation with the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences (MPI-NAT) and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organisation (MPI-DS). The programme focuses on the quantitative and molecular understanding of life processes at the interface of physics, chemistry, and the life sciences. Doctoral researchers can work on topics such as biomol...

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...

German-French Graduate College in Statistical Physics of Complex Systems in Equilibrium and Non-Equilibrium is a doctoral programme at Leipzig University for research training in statistical physics and related areas of complex systems. The graduate college combines analytical theory from Université de Lorraine in Nancy with long-standing computer simulation expertise at Leipzig, creating a joint research environment focused on advanced doctoral education. Students work across a broad set of top...