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PhD Position: Agentic AI-Driven Experiments for Materials Discovery

AcademicTransfer

  • Netherlands

PhD candidate who will join the Autonomous Energy Materials Discovery (AMD) group at DIFFER, working with researchers and engineers who are developing autonomous laboratory technologies.The project is carried out in close collaboration with an industrial partner developing generative AI for...

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PhD Position in Quantum Transport with van der Waals Heterostructures

Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia

  • Spain

The Physics and Engineering of Nanodevices Group, led by ICREA Prof. Sergio O. Valenzuela, focuses on developing novel devices designed to investigate the physical properties of materials at the nanoscale. The Group’s research combines state-of-the-art lithographic and materials-processing...

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PhD Position in Pediatric Brain Tumors and Radio-Immunotherapy (FPI Fellowship)

FUNDACIÓN PARA LA INVESTIGACIÓN MÉDICA APLICADA · Administration

  • Spain

We are seeking an outstanding PhD candidate for a 4-year FPI research fellowship funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. This position offers integration into an emerging research group, full funding, and access to state-of-the-art facilities.We are seeking a highly motivated PhD...

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PhD Position in Mining Mineral Life

Nanyang Technological University

  • Singapore - Singapore, United Kingdom

- School of Humanities and NTU Asian School of the Environment

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PhD Position in Digital Twins of Embryonic Development

Academic Positions

  • Switzerland

PhD Position in Digital Twins of Embryonic DevelopmentThe Computational Biology Group (Prof Dagmar Iber) at D-BSSE develops digital twins of embryonic development using image-based mechanistic modelling and simulation. Project backgroundOrganogenesis, the formation of organs during embryonic...

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PhD Position Thermal Sensors based on Sigmal-Delta Modulation

Delft University of Technology via AcademicTransfer

  • Netherlands

Shape the future of sensor technology!Job descriptionWe’re seeking a talented engineer to design next generation thermal sensors, such as flow sensors and temperature sensors, that are based on sigma-delta modulators. The key requirements for this position are a soild understanding of sensor physics...

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PhD Position - Polymer Mechanochemistry

Adolphe Merkle Institute · Polymer Chemistry and Materials

  • Switzerland

The Adolphe Merkle Institute's Polymer Chemistry and Materials Group (Prof. Christoph Weder, University of Fribourg, Switzerland) invites applications for a PhD Position in the domain of Polymer Mechanochemistry.The project focuses on the design and synthesis of supramolecular mechanophores, the...

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PhD Position - Microbial Biochemistry

UCLouvain · LIBST

  • Belgium

The Louvain Institute of Biomolecular Sciences and Technology (LIBST) of the UCLouvain, Belgium, invites applications for a PhD Position in the domain of Microbial Biochemistry.The overall objective of this PhD project is to establish an enzymatic toolbox for the biological valorisation of aromatic...

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PhD Position - Doctoral research at Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Vrije Universiteit Brussel · Materials and Chemistry (MACH)

  • Belgium

The Physical Chemistry and Polymer Science (FYSC) laboratory is part of the Sustainable Materials Engineering (SUME) research group within the Faculty of Engineering at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB). FYSC conducts both fundamental and applied research in materials science, focusing on structure...

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PhD Opportunity in Circular Electronics and Automated Remanufacturing

University of Limerick · Faculty of Science and Engineering

  • Ireland

Overview: The ECODESIGN Doctoral Network (DN) is a pan-European research and training initiative aimed at developing the next generation of experts in sustainable product design and circular economy practices. It brings together nine leading universities and a range of industrial partners to train...

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PhD Fellow in Remote Sensing of Rain-On-Snow Preconditioning Sea Ice Melt Onset

UiT The Arctic University of Norway · Faculty of Science and Technology

  • Norway

The positionA PhD position is available at the Department of Physics and Technology, Faculty of Science and Technology with the Earth Observation Group.The position is for a period of four years. The nominal length of the PhD programme is three years. The fourth year is distributed as 25 % each year...

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PhD Candidate in Risk-Based Power System Operation and Utilisation of Transformer Capacity

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Department of Electric Energy

  • Norway

This is NTNUNTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and a focus in professional education. The university is located in three cities with headquarters in Trondheim.At NTNU, 9,000 employees and 43,000 students work to create knowledge for a better world.You will find more...

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PhD Candidate in Rehabilitation Medicine – Biological Age and Biomarkers

AcademicTransfer

  • Netherlands

Within the NWA research programme BIO COMPaSS (BIOlogical age-driven, COMmunal, Personalised System for Sustainable health promotion), universities, university medical centers, companies and citizens work together to motivate people towards a healthier lifestyle by providing insight into their...

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PhD Candidate in Modelling Marine Larval Dispersal and Spatial Population Genetics and Demography

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Department of Biology

  • Norway

This is NTNUNTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and a focus in professional education. The university is located in three cities with headquarters in Trondheim.At NTNU, 9,000 employees and 43,000 students work to create knowledge for a better world.You will find more...

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PhD Candidate in Mitigating ASR by Balancing Alkalis

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Department of Structural Engineering

  • Norway

This is NTNUNTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and a focus in professional education. The university is located in three cities with headquarters in Trondheim.At NTNU, 9,000 employees and 43,000 students work to create knowledge for a better world.You will find more...

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PhD Candidate in Administrative Sanctions

BI Norwegian Business School · Department of Law

  • Norway

Department of Law and Governance at BI Norwegian Business School announces a position as a PhD candidate in administrative law and criminal law within the project RODEAS: Rule of Law, Due Process, and Effectivity in Administrative Sanctioning. RODEAS is funded by the Research Council of Norway (2026...

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PhD Candidate in AI-Supported Long-Term Hydropower Scheduling

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Department of Electric Energy

  • Norway

This is NTNUNTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and a focus in professional education. The university is located in three cities with headquarters in Trondheim.At NTNU, 9,000 employees and 43,000 students work to create knowledge for a better world.You will find more...

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PhD Candidate in AI for ship traffic monitoring

NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Department of Engineering Cybernetics (ITK)

  • Norway

This is NTNUNTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and a focus in professional education. The university is located in three cities with headquarters in Trondheim.At NTNU, 9,000 employees and 43,000 students work to create knowledge for a better world.You will find more...

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