Join us as a PhD student to unravel the mechanisms of sustainable polymerization reactions

We are now looking for a PhD researcher to join us in the Autumn of 2023 and develop together with an industrial partner and us an exciting 4-years joint research program in the area of environmentally sustainable polymers.

This specific PhD project will provide a synergistic step-change in the development and understanding of the polymerization mechanisms and kinetics of sustainable green monomers, which can be polymerised by condensation type of reactions. Unraveling the chemical reactions and associated kinetics will allow us to predict the molar mass and chemical composition distributions. This understanding will then be applied to add complexity to polymer chain architecture. The physical and mechanical characteristics of formulations and products made using these sustainable polymers will also be investigated.

Please contact prof. dr. ir. Stefan Bon directly if you are interested by email (s.bon@warwick.ac.uk), with your CV, academic transcript and motivation letter.

This studentship covers a 4 year stipend and payment of home fees. International students can apply but have to have financial means to cover the difference in fees.

Join us as a EUTOPIA Co-tutelle PhD researcher in Autumn 2023

The EUTOPIA European University alliance brings ten European universities aiming to become by 2025 an open, multicultural, confederated operation of connected campuses. In June 2019, the "EUTOPIA-2050" programme was chosen as one of the initial 17 winning projects of the new European Universities Initiative competitive call launched by the European Commission to build a European Higher Education Area.

Together with 9 other universities, Warwick University forms this alliance.

We are now looking for a EUTOPIA co-tutelle PhD researcher to join us in the Autumn of 2023 and develop with us an exciting joint research program together with the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).

This EUTOPIA collaboration brings together two internationally renowned research teams, BonLab from prof. dr. ir. Stefan Bon at Warwick University (UK) and the team of prof. dr. ir. Gert Desmet at VUB (Belgium). They have an underlying shared and solid foundation in chemical engineering, but with distinct different scientific areas of expertise.

This specific PhD project will provide a synergistic step-change in the development of stationary phases for device-based separation science. The overall aim is to fabricate next generation supracolloidal liquid chromatography devices that have a stationary phase of colloidal objects of bespoke shape, morphology, chemical characteristics, and physical properties, with control of their spatial arrangement within the device. Application areas will include analysis of soil and aqueous natural environments.

Please contact prof. dr. ir. Stefan Bon directly if you are interested by email (s.bon@warwick.ac.uk), with your CV, academic transcript and motivation letter.

Application deadlines is strictly 9 May 2023. It is adviced to contact us well before that date as we have to submit the EUTOPIA application on your behalf.

Join us as a EUTOPIA research fellow in 2023

The EUTOPIA European University alliance brings ten European universities aiming to become by 2025 an open, multicultural, confederated operation of connected campuses. In June 2019, the "EUTOPIA-2050" programme was chosen as one of the initial 17 winning projects of the new European Universities Initiative competitive call launched by the European Commission to build a European Higher Education Area.

Together with 9 other universities, Warwick University forms this alliance.

We are now looking for EUTOPIA-SIF post-doctoral fellows to join us and develop together with us an exciting joint research program.

Appointments are for a 24-month post-doctoral contract with highly attractive conditions. The selected candidates from the 2022/23 call will start their positions in September 2023. Please contact prof. dr. ir. Stefan Bon directly if you are interested. Application deadlines are in December 2022.

More info on the call:

https://eutopia-university.eu/english-version/opportunities/research/eutopia-sif-third-call