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 Metasurfaces on Fiber Tip Implementation
Summary of PhD Program:
The MEMORY project addresses the key question of how one can pack data channels in optical transmission links with a density that scales orders of magnitude higher than current optical fibers. It is an increasingly pressing issue due to the rise in demand for digitalization. The most spatially dense way of packing data channels is achieved by exploiting the properties of guided light in optical fibers. Known as optical spatial modes, they are specific stable spatial distributions of light. Multiple such spatial distributions can exist simultaneously in the optical fiber and act as parallel data channels to increase the transmission capacity substantially. The mode multiplexer is essential in such systems, enabling orders of magnitude increase in transmission capacity.
Application Deadline: 08/07/2023
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Carbon Emission Reduction
Summary of PhD Program:
The Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) recently emerged as one of most promising approaches for strategic sustainability management at a corporate/organizational level. It supports companies to set carbon reduction goals across their entire value chains, based on absolute sustainability within the planetary boundaries. Nevertheless, despite increasingly committing to ambitious carbon reduction goals, companies still face several challenges in identifying the right leverages for achieving the targets across the different business processes (such as business model innovation and product development). This PhD position aims to develop strategic and innovative approaches to support companies in achieving their ambitious targets for reducing their absolute carbon emissions.
Application Deadline: 08/01/2023
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Develop and Test an Impact Assessment Methodology for Green Shipping Corridors
Summary of PhD Program:
You will be employed under the IMAGES (Impact assessment of green shipping corridors) project funded by the Danish Maritime Fund and Orients Fund. In addition to developing a proper assessment methodology, the project aims at testing it on a green corridor of Danish interest. Extensive work on green corridors is already underway, but due to the infancy of the concept, this mainly concentrates on identifying potential corridors. There is a need for a more holistic method to assess the far-reaching effects of green corridors and include the stakeholders’ perspectives. You will contribute to meeting this need and thereby support the further development of the green corridor concept, which is seen by the maritime sector as a necessary facilitator for kick-starting the green transformation.
Application Deadline: 08/20/2023
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Absolute Sustainability of Natural Resource Use
Summary of PhD Program:
A 3-year PhD Student position is available for the dedicated researcher who wants to pursue a front runner research career in improving the methodological foundation of absolute environmental sustainability assessments. The position is offered under the DTU Centre for Absolute Sustainability with employment in the Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment (QSA), Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering (DTU Sustain). QSA spearheads development of life cycle-based sustainability assessment methods and their application to various technology domains.
Application Deadline: 07/12/2023
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Functional Cementitious Composites for Structural Health Monitoring
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a curious, enthusiastic colleague who has an interest in fundamentals of cementitious composites and making them functional, solving challenges and working together to meet the projects’ goals.
Application Deadline: 07/15/2023
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Synthetic Nucleic Acid Biology
Summary of PhD Program:
This is an Alliance PhD project between DTU and a strategic DTU Partner Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE)/Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI). The project is dedicated to rational design, synthesis and testing of new nucleic acid analogues basic research on human DNA and developing new cancer treatments. Our work has a goal to develop new nucleic acid analogues and to apply them to better understand natural DNA structure and function, and to improve gene editing tools.
Application Deadline: 08/01/2023
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Focused Simulations of Electronic Structure in Composite Phases
Summary of PhD Program:
In the FESCOP project – funded for a 4-year period under the Sapere Aude program from the Independent Research Fund Denmark – we will work towards devising new computational protocols for substantially reducing existing requirements with respect to the extent of simulation clusters in condensed phases. In gas phase, only the electronic structure of a molecule itself becomes distorted whenever incoming radiation promotes transitions between electronic ground and excited states. However, in a structured environment like a solution or a protein, this distortion will become delocalized amongst the constituents of the surrounding medium as well, resulting in a need for extended clusters when sampling transition properties to assure proper computational convergence.
Application Deadline: 09/01/2023
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Plasma Processes for Nanofabrication
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD scholarship combines ion beam extraction and characterization with surface induced processes. Your responsibility includes plasma and ion beam diagnostics (tunable energy, linear distribution, ion species) and further use of the ion beam to deposit semiconducting thin films, etch metal oxide and nitride thin films and provide additional doping by ion implantation. A broad range of surface characterization methods are to be employed, including 2D screening of optoelectronic properties (transmittance, band gap, carrier concentration, mobility), analytical characterization by XPS and XRD, and morphological properties by SEM and AFM. You will collaborate closely with other members of a new project that includes direct collaboration with two companies active in semiconductor industry (Polyteknik A/S and PragmatIC Semiconductor Ltd).
Application Deadline: 07/19/2023
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Electronic Structure Calculations
Summary of PhD Program:
While the overarching theme of the Center is the exploration of specific 2D functionalization strategies, we have a broad and flexible focus when it comes to the employed methodologies (empirical models, DFT, many-body perturbation theory, machine-learning) the target properties (magnetic, topological, electronic, optical, chemical) and the potential technological applications (opto-electronic devices, electro-catalysis, quantum information). These areas will be covered by several interrelated PhD and post doc projects; the content and goal of this specific PhD project will depend on the interests and qualifications of the candidate.
Application Deadline: 07/14/2023
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Physical Chemistry and Bioscience
Summary of PhD Program:
We will study the behaviour of enzymes at gas-liquid interfaces (bubbles). Bubbles are frequently encountered in reactors – here, enzymes get into direct contact with gas bubbles when for instance substrate gases such as oxygen are pumped into reactors. Adsorption of an enzyme to gas-liquid interfaces can cause unfolding of the enzyme and hence, losing its function. We shall employ computational simulation techniques to study the behaviour of enzymes at a gas-liquid interface by monitoring changes in structural and dynamic enzyme properties upon adsorption at for instance bubbles of different size and composition.
Application Deadline: 08/01/2023
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells
Summary of PhD Program:
The focus of this PhD project is to develop cheap, durable and high performing solid oxide electrolysis cells with no or reduced amount of critical raw materials. SOEC is a high temperature electrolysis technology under development, currently being tested at several hundred kW scales, with units commercialized in Europe by multiple suppliers. The technology has higher efficiency than low temperature electrolysis, can operate in reverse mode as fuel cells and can be integrated into other high-temperature processes or synthetic fuel production. SOEC costs stem from use of Zr (around 40 kg per MW), La (around 20 kg per MW), Y (less than 5 kg per MW) and Ni (150-200 kg per MW), and their energy intensive multi-steps production. The good performance of SOEC cells relies significantly on oxides containing Co and REEs such as La, Pr, Gd, Ce, Y.
Application Deadline: 07/31/2023
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Bioinformatics and Transcriptomics
Summary of PhD Program:
Do you want to be part of a team that is pushing the boundaries of transcriptomic? Do you want to help us shape the future of omics analysis? We are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic PhD student in bioinformatics to conduct advanced transcriptomic analyses, with a focus on transcript/isoform level analysis of vast amounts of transcriptomics data. If so, consider joining the Isoform Analysis group in the Section for Bioinformatics at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Here you will work closely with talented researchers that want to make a difference. Importantly you will be joining a collaborative group where you get a lot of support but also a lot of autonomy in a section where you will get a diverse set of inputs.
Application Deadline: 07/31/2023
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in wind energy
Summary of PhD Program:
This scholarship provides candidates an unique opportunity with both hands-on experiments and numerical studies in the areas of tribology, failure analysis, and structural integrity, advancing technologies in testing, modeling, and condition monitoring of wind turbine pitch bearings. Additional research areas include reliability assessment, mulitibody dynamics, and the interaction between wind turbine controls and mechanical components. Applicants having a background in mechanical and civil engineering, materials science, and other relevant fields are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application Deadline: 07/31/2023
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in computational biology/ bioinformatics
Summary of PhD Program:
The Novo Nordisk Foundation for Biosustainability (DTU Biosustain) at the Technical University of Denmark is seeking highly motivated PhD candidates with an interest in deep learning and bioinformatics approaches for sustainability and human health. If your areas of interest and competence are genomic big data science and software development, and you are looking to gain experience while working on projects that will make an impact on the world, this is your chance. Your personal efforts will enable and accelerate works towards development of new environment friendly products, new medical treatments, climate friendly farming, etc by applying/developing tools /pipeline of Big Data, AI and bioinformatics for the life sciences.
Application Deadline: 07/14/2023
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in antiferroelectric capacitors for inverters
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD scholarship is related to fabrication of antiferroelectric capacitors, their microstructural design and correlations between fabrication techniques, microstructure and energy storage performance. Your responsibilities include developing a reproducible synthesis route for such materials using molten salt, hydrothermal and solid state synthesis, tape casting and sintering. You will collaborate closely with other projects on ferroelectric materials in the department. You will also work together with collaborators at Graz University of Technology in Austria, and you are expected to do an external research stay (3-6 months) there.
Application Deadline: 08/10/2023
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in synthetic nucleic acid biology
Summary of PhD Program:
The project is dedicated to rational design, synthesis and testing of new nucleic acid analogues for gene editing and for targeting pathogens in the brain.Our work has a goal to improve the current issue of missing knowledge on CRISPR Cas9 system. To address this, we will develop and test new nucleoside and oligonucleotide analogues that sense guide RNA – Cas9 interactions.Moreover, we will perform conjugation of nucleoside analogues with molecular tags for targeted tissue delivery.It is a goal of our work to improve the performance of CRISPR Cas9 with targeting and rational design of guide RNA.
Application Deadline: 09/01/2023
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Development of Predictive Molecular Thermodynamic Models
Summary of PhD Program:
We seek a talented and motivated PhD student who is willing to be part of a world-leading research environment and contribute to the development of predictive molecular thermodynamic models. The PhD position is funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark, and it is planned to start from 1 November 2023 or as soon as possible after that, and the duration of the position is three years. The appointment will be at the Center for Energy Resources Engineering (CERE), Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU).
Application Deadline: 08/15/2023
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in Post-Quantum Cryptography
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for two bright and motivated PhD students for 3-year PhD positions starting October 1st or as soon as possible thereafter (negotiable). The position is part of the project “Idealized Models for Practical Provably-Secure Post-Quantum Cryptography”, funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark. The goal of the project is to give provable post-quantum security guarantees for the important cryptographic hash function standard SHA-3, and to provide and improve provable security guarantees for important cryptographic schemes, including the upcoming signature standard Dilithium.
Application Deadline: 07/20/2023
19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Digital Twins for Sustainable 3D Concrete Printing
Summary of PhD Program:
The goal of the project is to create a high-fidelity simulation tool that considers the process both on micro- and macro-scale. In addition, the objective is to exploit the multi-physics and multi-scale process model to extract low fidelity models, reduced order models and neural networks that can be used in closed-loop control systems.
Application Deadline: 07/06/2023
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in Tackling Biofouling through Coatings Coupled with Underwater Cleaning
Summary of PhD Program:
As a chemical engineer, you can help to minimize the impact of pollution on marine life by developing innovative solutions to mitigate its effects. You can also contribute to the fight against invasive species by developing sustainable and effective methods for controlling their spread. By using your skills to tackle these challenges, you can make a real difference in safeguarding biodiversity and protecting the ocean for future generations. So why not join CoaST Research Centre who is committed to developing sustainable coatings solutions to address these challenges? Joining CoaST would allow you to make a positive impact, and the world needs your skills now more than ever.
Application Deadline: 07/17/2023
21. Fully Funded PhD Position in Mathematical Modelling of Intumescent Coatings
Summary of PhD Program:
Intumescent coatings are used to thermally insulate load-bearing steel structures in the event of a fire. The thermal insulation is hereby achieved by the expansion and foaming of the coating at elevated temperatures and the formation of a complex multi-cellular porous char structure. The performance of such coatings is commonly evaluated by heating them inside a furnace with a temperature-time pre-defined in international standards. One of the significant challenges in this field is the mathematical model and its experimental validation under standardized fires. Conductive, convective, and radiative heat affect to the intumescent coating. The way the coating insulates against these three mechanisms highly depend on the coatings’ expansion and the porous structure. Usually, the heat transfer models proposed in literature do not focus on the morphology of the intumescent char.
Application Deadline: 07/10/2023
22. Fully Funded PhD Position in Self-healing Materials for Photovoltaic Applications
Summary of PhD Program:
The successful candidate will break new ground in developing methodologies to accelerate the discovery of self-healing mechanisms for photovoltaic materials. By combining Density Functional Theory (DFT) methods and experimental data, the student will first understand the mechanisms driving self-healing phenomena in hybrid perovskite materials commonly used in photovoltaic (PV) applications. Afterward, the student will inverse engineer this knowledge to identify strategies and new materials which combine optimal PV properties, such as outstanding solar-to-electricity conversion efficiency, and self-healing properties. These computational results will be verified by our experimental partner at Technion (Israel).
Application Deadline: 08/01/2023
23. Fully Funded PhD Position in Fisheries Technology
Summary of PhD Program:
Towed fishing gears, especially demersal trawls, typically have substantial interactions with the seafloor, which leads to increased fuel consumption and release of sequestered carbon from the seabed. Moreover, they are responsible for physical impacts that can shape the habitat and cause substantial mortalities of benthic organisms. At a local level these can threaten the sustainability of a fishery, and globally they can contribute to climate change. Hence, to promote the environmental and economic sustainability of towed demersal fisheries, technical solutions that reduce the physical impacts of these gears must be developed.
Application Deadline: 08/15/2023
24. Fully Funded PhD Position in Characterizing methane fed microbiomes for co-metabolism of trace organic chemicals in groundwater
Summary of PhD Program:
We seek a PhD candidate who have a strong background on water treatment, environmental microbiology and bioinformatics. Having experience on metabolic modelling and flux balance analysis is an advantage. You are highly motivated and self-driven in what you do. You like getting your hands dirty and therefore are capable to understand analytical and experimental techniques with little or no supervision. You like to synthesize empirical knowledge into mathematical models that can describe the behaviour of different biological processes and their impact on water quality. You enjoy working in an interdisciplinary environment and are unafraid to ask questions.
Application Deadline: 08/15/2023
25. 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 1 January 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: 10/01/2023
26. Fully Funded PhD Position in Ultrafast Lasers and Frequency Comb
Summary of PhD Program:
The optical frequency comb has been a key enabling technique in photonics. It simultaneously combines ultra-broad optical bandwidth, and extreme resolutions in both time and frequency. These remarkable properties led to the Nobel Prize being awarded in 2005 for comb-enabled precision spectroscopy. Instead of a single comb, we will explore dual-comb lasers to reach the targeted measurement parameters. A major challenge for dual-comb systems is overcoming the high complexity of traditional approaches using a pair of electronically locked modelocked lasers. The project will investigate single-cavity solutions to overcome such issues. While doing so, we will further investigate the limits of such a technology as well.
Application Deadline: 07/10/2023
27. Fully Funded PhD Position in Data Science
Summary of PhD Program:
This initiative follows a strategy to educate the next generation of bilingual biotechnology scientists at the intersection of data science, engineering, and life sciences. Bilingual scientists capable of translating domain-specific (e.g., strain design, process systems engineering and multi-scale modeling, bio- discovery, scalability, and manufacturability) problems into data science and engineering solutions are highly needed. Further, bilingual profiles are the hardest to find and the most demanded in industry and academia. We want to fill this gap and offer multiple data science-focused PhD projects supervised by at least two of the involved departments and by helping candidates to customize their course curricula to ensure that they become bilingual in the domains covered in the project.
Application Deadline: 07/31/2023
28. Fully Funded PhD Position in CO2 Conversion to Solids
Summary of PhD Program:
As a result of recently funded projects, our research group is looking to fill 6 positions. The goal is to develop fast, cheap, environmentally friendly ways to mineralise CO2, to convert it back to solid, where it will remain stable for millennia. Even with the very best alternative energy sources and conversion of CO2 into products, current air and ocean CO2 levels will need 1,000 to 10,000 years to return to preindustrial levels. To reduce climate change and ocean acidification, CO2 must be converted to solid and put back into the Earth, where it came from in the first place.
Application Deadline: 07/24/2023
29. Fully Funded PhD Position in modeling and optimization of sustainable corrosion protection systems for offshore wind turbines
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD project aims at advancing the state of the art in the area of sustainable design of offshore wind CP systems. The main objective of the project is to develop numerical models for different offshore wind CP systems and use the model to evaluate and optimize CP systems in terms of protection efficiency and chemical emission. Based on the results of the developed models, sustainable designs for offshore CP systems will be suggested.
Application Deadline: 07/23/2023
30. Fully Funded PhD Position in 3D X-ray imaging
Summary of PhD Program:
We invite you to apply for a PhD position hosted at the Department of Wind and Energy Systems (DTU Wind) at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Your PhD project will be part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action Doctoral Network (MSCA DN) “Real-time characterization of anisotropic carbon-based technological fibres, films and composites” (RELIANCE). The overall objective of RELIANCE is to develop and implement X-ray imaging and scattering tools, including instrumentation and data analysis, with application in materials science. The RELIANCE network offers a total of 14 PhD positions hosted at universities and research institutes in Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, and Switzerland.
Application Deadline: 07/07/2023
31. Fully Funded PhD Position in solid state electrochemical TEM
Summary of PhD Program:
P2X is becoming a key technology in green energy infrastructures, and its core is electrolysis. The most efficient electrolysis technology is solid oxide electrolysis (SOEC), but the primary concern for implementing SOEC on a large scale is the loss of efficiency caused by cell degradation. The most detrimental degradation occurs as nano-structural changes in the Ni-containing electrode, but the mechanisms are not fully understood. The goal of the project is for the first time to map particle Ni rounding and wetting as function of temperature, gas composition, and applied electrical potential. The results will bring the SOEC technology ahead by determining thresholds for operating parameters where detrimental nanoscale degradation can be avoided.
