PhD Opportunities in Sustainable Materials in Spain

🔬 PhD opportunities at IETcc-CSIC for 2027 entry in Madrid, Spain. Dr Maria Criado and Yibing Zuo are inviting prospective PhD students to join research at the Eduardo Torroja Institute for Construction Sciences (IETcc), part of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). The project area is sustainable construction materials, with a strong focus on low-carbon binders made from industrial and other solid mineral wastes. Research themes include waste-derived alkali-activated materials and geopo...

PhD opportunity in the FAROgels MSCA Doctoral Network (DC1) at the Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC), part of the Spanish National Research Council (Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), in Paterna, Valencia, Spain. The project, titled Valorisation of Seaweed Residues for Food-Grade Aerogels , focuses on turning marine biomass residues into advanced food-grade aerogel materials. This is a strong fit for candidates interested in sustainable mat...

The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ), in partnership with the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), is offering a fully funded PhD position in chemistry for the 2026 third call. The project is supervised by Prof. Arjan Kleij and focuses on the design, synthesis and application of circular polymers . The research will investigate the catalytic preparation of new polymer systems using both covalent and non-covalent polymerization techniques, with an emphasis on circularity, recycli...