Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? Technical University of Denmark, Denmark invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Trustworthy Machine Learning and Data Spaces for Energy Systems
Summary of PhD Program:
The two PhD positions are part of the ERC Starting Grant project “VeriPhIED” and the Horizon Europe research project “ODEON”. “VeriPhIED” is a prestigious grant by the European Research Council, which aims to develop the next generation scientific machine learning tools based on Trustworthy AI that remove the barriers for applying machine learning in power systems applications. ODEON is an international research project, with 34 industrial and academic partners from 13 European countries. Its objective is to introduce an open-source platform for federated Energy Data Spaces with the goal to interconnect Energy Data Spaces across Europe and unleash the data-driven innovation and sharing potential across diverse energy actors (e.g. consumers, prosumers, utilities, and others).
Application Deadline: 01/31/2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Energy Island Controversies
Summary of PhD Program:
The ERC project “Good-by-Devicing” argues that social concerns about the energy transition are difficult to address in the planning and development phases of renewable energy projects, when opposition has already solidified. We therefore seek to enquire into whether and how these social concerns can be considered earlier, by investigating the design phase where experts develop and use critical design tools such as energy scenarios, digital simulations, and procurement schemes. The project uses the Danish case of the contested development of the world’s first ‘energy island’, the Baltic Energy Island on Bornholm. With this as our empirical background, we ask how the energy transition could be valued otherwise, encompassing broader social concerns.
Application Deadline: 02/15/2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Anaerobic Microbial Consortia
Summary of PhD Program:
If you are establishing your career as a scientist and you are looking for the best possible foundation for fulfilling your dreams and ambitions, it is right here in front of you. At DTU Chemical Engineering you will break new ground at the absolute forefront of what is possible in the area of anaerobic microbiology and biotechnology. Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (DTU Chemical Engineering) invites applications for up to 3 PhD Scholarship to be hired for a European Research Council (ERC) funded project with focus on anaerobic microbiome for biotechnological applications aiming at valorization of biowastes. Your background is on anaerobic microbiology, molecular biology, microbial interactions, syntrophy, bioengineering, and fermentation.
Application Deadline: 01/30/2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Enzyme Assisted CO2 Capture
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking a PhD student with background and interest in enzymology, molecular biology , biophysical chemistry and/or enzyme technology. During the 3-year project, the PhD student will center on enzyme assisted carbon capture, and the planned work includes both improvements of known enzyme classes and the discovery of novel enzymes that may assist carbon capture. Specific research activities include enzyme engineering, enzyme immobilization, kinetic characterization and -modeling as well as performance testing under application relevant conditions.
Application Deadline: 01/02/2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Co-electrolysis; efficient production of green chemicals
Summary of PhD Program:
In this PhD project you will work on a further understanding of the solid oxide electrolysis technology with a special focus on co-electrolysis. You will a) learn how to characterize electrochemical cells with state-of-the-art methods such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), b) use new segmented cell test setups for studying the degradation of Genvia’s cells at different conditions, c) use advanced microscopy on the tested cells to understand the behind lying degradation mechanisms, d) develop models for the electro-chemistry and the degradation.
Application Deadline: 02/04/2024
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Modelling of Turbomachinery with Two-Phase Flow
Summary of PhD Program:
Each of the four PhD students at DTU Construct will focus on one of the following topics: (i) Numerical and experimental analysis of turbo-expanders for partial evaporation organic Rankine cycles; (ii) Modelling of two-phase turbo-expanders for organic Rankine cycle based small-scale multi-generation systems for geothermal applications; (iii) Modelling of two-phase cryogenic turbo-expanders for liquid air energy storage systems; and (iv) Robust design of centrifugal compressors for supercritical carbon dioxide Brayton cycle systems. These projects will be carried out in close cooperation with the other PhD projects within the project, supported by the industrial partners.
Application Deadline: 01/21/2024
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Post-Quantum Cryptography
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a bright and motivated PhD student for 3-year PhD position starting April 1st (negotiable). The position is part of the project “Post-Quantum Key exchange”, which is jointly run by DTU and the company Dencrypt and funded by the co-financing fund of the Danish Ministry of Defence’s Acquisition and Logistics organisation. The goal of the project is to explore different routes towards providing a fully quantum-secure replacement for X3DH, the key exchange protocol used by Signal, WhatsApp and the likes. It is an excellent opportunity to be involved in advanced research on cryptographic systems secure against quantum computing. The PhD position is offered at DTU, and the project plan includes meetings with Dencrypt to coordinate with activities there.
Application Deadline: 01/21/2024
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in integration of balancing markets in the modelling of sector-coupled energy systems
Summary of PhD Program:
In this project, you will develop and apply a method for bidirectional coupling between an expansion planning model and a balancing model used for dimensioning manual (mFRR) and automatic reserves (aFRR and FCR) to handle forecast uncertainties from VRE. Working with other researchers, you will study the impact of increasing VRE forecast errors on European power systems and analyze the optimal technology mix to mitigate the imbalances and provide sufficient reserves. These operational reserves can be obtained from flexible generators and loads (demand response), from neighboring regions, and from other energy sectors, namely, hydrogen, transport, and heat.
Application Deadline: 01/19/2024
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning
Summary of PhD Program:
Our work is relevant to all the application domains were accessing and analysing privacy-sensitive data is a must. The technological solutions that we are working toward will help reduce the sensitivity of algorithms to sparse data points, facilitate the sharing of data between different and within organisations and improve systems used for human decision-making support through a focus on fairness, causality and interpretability.
Application Deadline: 01/31/2024
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Modeling Sustainability Performance of Bio-based Solutions
Summary of PhD Program:
We are actively seeking motivated Ph.D. candidates with skills in machine learning, deep learning, programming, and big data, with an interest biotechnology—a skill set in high demand in industry and academia. To bridge this gap, we offer a biosustainability-focused Ph.D. project supervised by Line Katrine Harder Clemmensen (DTU Compute) with co-supervision from Sumesh Sukumara (DTU Biosustain) and Marjan Mansourvar (DTU Bioengineering). The candidate will delve into and apply experimental datasets generated at low TRL’s (1-3) for a variety of bio-based solutions and create a computational framework using open-source libraries to achieve complete integration.
Application Deadline: 01/11/2024
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Behavioral Economics and Biosustainability
Summary of PhD Program:
We seek talented students who find it natural to approach sustainability challenges from a behavioral economics point of view — a skill set in high demand in industry and academia. To bridge this gap, we offer a biosustainability-focused Ph.D. project in behavioral economics supervised by Toke Reinholt Fosgaard (DTU Management) with co-supervision from Sumesh Sukumara (DTU Biosustain) and Catharina Wolff von Bülow (DTU Biosustain). We will assist candidates in tailoring their course curricula to become bilingual in the project’s covered domains.
Application Deadline: 01/11/2024
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in manufacturing the next generation of electrolysis cells for sustainable hydrogen production
Summary of PhD Program:
The removal of fossil fuels is an important ambition, seconded by specific targets in several parts of the world. In this context, shares of electricity production from wind and solar are increasing. The fluctuating and interruptive nature of these sources requires means of storage and “difficult-to-electrify” sectors like shipping and aviation need green fuels. Solid oxide electrolysis (SOE) technologies owing to their high efficiencies can solve this challenge by converting excess electricity into storable compounds such as hydrogen and high energy density transportation fuels. Conventional SOE has reached a matureness allowing for demonstration and field-testing, based on electrolyte- or fuel-electrode configurations.
Application Deadline: 01/30/2024
13. 03 Fully Funded PhD Position in Fermentation Based Biomanufacturing Initiative
Summary of PhD Program:
At the Technical University of Denmark – DTU we are up to something truly exciting and offer three positions for PhD candidates in an interdisciplinary team of biomanufacturing experts with cutting-edge technologies in synthetic biology, precision fermentation, and process engineering. Would you like to be one of the three PhD candidates working and learning in three Biotech-departments (DTU Bioengineering, DTU Biosustain, and DTU Chemical Engineering) and contribute to the key questions in advanced fermentation-based biomanufacturing?
Application Deadline: 01/31/2024
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Absolute sustainability assessment of bio-based solutions
Summary of PhD Program:
Our goal is to educate the next generation of bilingual scientists, blending expertise in developing new life-cycle-based methods for environmental impact assessment related to land use and land-use change, given that biotechnological solutions draw substantially on land resources. These new methods will systematically quantify all impacts resulting from land use and land-use change, such as on-site biodiversity degradation, climate change, and regional climate effects. In addition, the methods will allow a comparison of these quantified impacts to environmental carrying capacities, for example in the form of planetary and regional boundaries.
Application Deadline: 01/11/2024
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in biotech-focused data science and machine learning
Summary of PhD Program:
The enhancement of enzyme catalytic efficiency in varied contexts is vital for both research and industry. This process is influenced by multiple factors, including the choice of reactants, catalysts, solvents, and conditions like temperature, pressure, and pH balance. Traditional single-variable optimization falls short because these factors are interdependent, making multi-variable optimization complex. To address this, computational methods in machine learning (e.g., Bayesian neural networks) offer robust solutions for optimizing experimental conditions. These methods utilize predictive models to estimate performance metrics and their uncertainties for new conditions.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2024
16. 02 Fully Funded PhD Position in kinetic investigation of human glycolysis
Summary of PhD Program:
The metabolism of glucose to pyruvate, glycolysis, is seen in most organisms including humans and taught in all introductory biochemistry courses. Despite the importance, we have yet to make a precise kinetic model capturing a detailed understanding of the underlying regulatory structure. Constructing a mechanistic model of human glycolysis will pave the way for further development of targeted medicines, preliminary screening of blood doners and strain engineering of biopharmaceutical cell factories. Thanks to recent advances in computational and analytical biology, it is now possible to reconcile mechanistic models of cell metabolism with information from quantitative multiomics experiments. In this study, we will explore two systems: red blood cells (RBC) and human embryonic kidney (HEK) cells.
Application Deadline: 01/19/2024
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Cryptography
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a bright, ambitious, and motivated PhD student to join the cryptography group in the Cybersecurity Engineering Section at DTU Compute in the Copenhagen region of Denmark. The 3-year PhD position will preferably start on June 1st 2024. The goal of the PhD project is to improve the state of threshold post-quantum cryptography. You will join the growing cryptography team at DTU and be able to work with researchers in- and outside of the Copenhagen region and Denmark.
Application Deadline: 05/01/2024
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in Chemical Resistance and Solvent Absorption Characteristics of Coatings for Sustainable Fuels
Summary of PhD Program:
Your research will focus on examining how specific factors like resin polarity, free fractional volume interact and combine to influence overall solvent absorption. Ultimately establishing a comprehensive structure-property relationship that connect monomer structure to coating dynamics is anticipated. This work is especially relevant to upcoming sustainable fuels applications. By understanding the coating-solvent relationship, we intend to contribute to the development of coatings that are not only chemically resistant but also compatible with sustainable fuels.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2024
19. Fully Funded PhD Position in environmental engineering on climate change and permafrost thaw impact on freshwater quality in the Arctic
Summary of PhD Program:
At DTU Sustain, you will be part of a team committed to do research in Greenland for the benefit of the Greenlandic society. As partners in the EU Horizon project consortium ILLUQ we will break new ground at the absolute forefront of climate and environmental research. Your role as our PhD-student will be to investigate climate change and permafrost thaw induced impacts on the quality of freshwater resources directly or indirectly used for human consumption. The aim is to identify climate change related current and future health threats to water resources using a One-Health perspective, and to contribute to identify potential mitigation measures.
Application Deadline: 01/10/2024
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in Process Systems Engineering and Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning for Process Safety Applications
Summary of PhD Program:
The recruited researchers will undertake research across interdisciplinary topics namely: (1) Develop AI and ML (interpretable ML) models using domain knowledge for efficient, safe, and reliable operations. (2) Develop synergistic integration of model-based with data-based methods for improved process safety operation and monitoring and (3) Demonstration and validation of these new concepts and methods on industrial relevant case studies for safe process operations. Case studies will be drawn from urea processing, hydrogen production and liquefaction, and low carbon/renewable fuels production.
Application Deadline: 01/21/2024
21. Fully Funded PhD Position in Cyber-Security and Cyber-Deception
Summary of PhD Program:
The two positions are part of the project Loki: Situational aware collaborative bio-inspired cyber-deception. This project, inspired by Norse mythology, with Loki being a shape-shifter god and a master of trickery, aims at redefining and evolving the emerging field of cyber-deception. Here, we attempt to deceive attackers by creating fake vulnerable systems that are aware of their surroundings and are constantly shifting. The project takes inspiration from nature (e.g., from the mimicry phenomenon) to synthesize sophisticated deception.
Application Deadline: 04/30/2024
22. Fully Funded PhD Position in horse mussel Modiolus modiolus production for restoration
Summary of PhD Program:
In the project, you will build on existing knowledge developed at DTU Aqua in a team dedicated to bivalve production for reef restoration and aquaculture. You will acquire new scientific expertise to produce horse mussel spat on a large scale for reef restoration. You will study the growing conditions requirements in a hatchery setting for successful larvae production, and test for suitable substrates for horse mussel settlement in the hatchery. The hatchery produced horse mussel spat will be deployed in the field and the initial survival and growth performance of the horse mussel reef will be studied.
Application Deadline: 02/08/2024
23. Fully Funded PhD Position in Plasma Physics and Fusion Energy
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking a candidate to lead the newly constructed linear plasma device PACE (Plasma cavity Experiment) at the Technical University of Denmark. The objective of the device is to assess the non-linear wave physics of electron cyclotron heating waves used for tokamak operation. Recent work from large tokamaks indicates electron cyclotron heating waves may interact non-linearly with the plasma before reaching the heating position. Newly developed models predict that a significant part of the heating wave may be lost due to this effect. The goal of this project is to experimentally validate such models at the PACE device. The PACE device consists of an RF generated plasma with similar properties to an Edge Localized Mode in a tokamak plasma.
Application Deadline: 02/01/2024
24. Fully Funded PhD Position in Human Energy Expenditure in Mobility
Summary of PhD Program:
Human energy expenditure is a fundamental characteristic of cycling – cyclists must spend energy pedalling to make the bicycle move forward. However, minimal research has been conducted to understand the impacts of energy expenditure on behaviour. We aim to address this gap by developing a network model to describe individual-specific energy usage and corresponding route choice models that consider the unique aspects of human energy expenditure. These new insights will be utilised in various ways to explore the potential to improve public health and increase active mobility.
Application Deadline: 01/15/2024
25. Fully Funded PhD Position in novel healthy food ingredients and precision prebiotics from food waste
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD position aims to investigate the development of the fish skin waste glycoproteins to high value healthy food ingredients with novel functionalities, colloidal properties, and precision prebiotic activities. You will be associated with the Research Group for Food Production Engineering at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, and the Protein Glycoscience and Biotechnology Group at the Section for Protein Chemistry and Enzyme Technology, Department of DTU-Bioengineering.
Application Deadline: 01/19/2024
26. Fully Funded PhD Position in Long-term Contracts for Risk-averse Investment in PtX Hybrid Power Plants
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD candidate will be involved in the “PtX Markets” project that has been recently granted funding by Innovation Fund Denmark under the Mission Green Fuels programme. Besides three departments at DTU, other academic and industrial partners in this project include Copenhagen Business School, Evida, Hybrid Greentech, ENFOR, Biogas Danmark, and Energi Danmark. DTU highly encourages the PhD candidates to have a research stay of 3-6 months in abroad. The time period and destination will be determined in an agreement with the supervisors.
Application Deadline: 01/05/2024
27. Fully Funded PhD Position in Computational Expansion of a Sustainable Tomorrow; Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction
Summary of PhD Program:
The position is one of the open positions in the 2024 CAPeX PhD cohort call. CAPeX is a 13-year and 300 MDKK “Pioneer Center for Accelerating P2X Materials Discovery”, funded by Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science, the Danish National Research Foundation, the Carlsberg Foundation, the Lundbeck Foundation, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and the Villum Foundation. CAPeX is hosted by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and co-hosted by Aalborg University (AAU), and unites leading experts from DTU, AAU, University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, and the University of Southern Denmark with international partners from Stanford University, Utrecht University, and the University of Toronto to form a truly Pioneering Center on P2X.
Application Deadline: 01/05/2024
28. Fully Funded PhD Position in Physical Chemistry and Bioscience
Summary of PhD Program:
The main objective of this project is to investigate and understand the behavior of enzymes at gas-liquid interfaces, particularly focusing on bubbles, utilizing advanced computer simulation techniques. In various reactor setups, such as those where substrate gases like oxygen are introduced, enzymes come into direct contact with gas bubbles. When enzymes adhere to such gas-liquid interfaces, it can lead to their unfolding, resulting in a loss of their functional properties.
Application Deadline: 01/02/2024
29. Fully Funded PhD Position in analyzing microbiomes using long-read metagenomics and transcriptomics
Summary of PhD Program:
The complete biosynthetic potential of microbiomes in marine sediments and soil is not only exceptionally large but also poorly described by traditional culturing and sequencing technologies. The purpose of this PhD is to describe the full biosynthetic potential of microbiomes in niches such as marine sediments using state-of-the-art sequencing techniques. Furthermore, the activity of this biosynthetic potential will be evaluated by transcriptomics. Also, the PhD position will work with other projects in the CeMiSt center studying transcriptomes of more defined systems. Collectively, this will also potential suggest novel compounds of biotechnological or pharmaceutical interest.
