Are you a Master’s graduate looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? Explore the range of funded PhD programs available at the University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. Apply online now and kickstart your doctoral journey!
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Soil Biodiversity Changes in Response to Global Changes
Summary of PhD Program:
Our research focuses on understanding large-scale patterns in soil biodiversity, and how human impacts may be disrupting these patterns. We are recruiting a Doctoral researcher to work within Dr. Helen Phillips’ Research Council of Finland funded project “GC-Worms: Partitioning the impacts of global changes on earthworm communities” at the University of Helsinki. GC-Worms will run from September 2024 to August 2028.
Application Deadline: 02.08.2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Material Science / Soft Matter Chemistry / Biomaterials
Summary of PhD Program:
The Doctoral researcher will be appointed for a fixed-term 4-year contract (Start date: September 1, 2024 or as agreed) to work in a project entitled “Additive manufacturing of wood-based biomass materials for life science application – BioMat”. The position will be supervised by Dr. Mina Zare and Professor Kirsi Mikkonen, at the Department of Food and Nutrition which is one of the six units of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry.
Lignin, the second most abundant natural polymer, holds great promise as a renewable alternative to fossil-based materials. The focus of the project is on understanding the interactions of lignocellulosic nanoparticles with protein-based biopolymers and using them to create bio-hydrogels with optimized properties for additive manufacturing and life-science applications.
Application Deadline: 31.7.2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Material science / Food science / Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
This research aims to develop food-grade materials to disrupt fat digestion and absorption, offering a solution to obesity comparable to leading anti-obesity medications but without adverse effects. We will engineer a variety of food-grade materials using different methods. These materials will be characterized with cutting-edge technologies, and their safety and effectiveness in addressing obesity will be investigated through advanced chemical, biochemical, microbiota, and in vitro gastrointestinal analyses, as well as preclinical tests.
Application Deadline: 29.7.2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Cumulative and interactive responses of species to climate change
Summary of PhD Program:
The Finnish Museum of Natural History, Luomus, is inviting applications for a fixed term (four years) Doctoral Researcher position on the project ‘Cumulative and interactive responses of species to climate change’. The preferred starting time is 1 September 2024. The doctoral researcher will be working in study group of the Helsinki Lab of Ornithology, which is part of the Monitoring Team of the Zoology Unit in the The Finnish Museum of Natural History.
Application Deadline: 10.07.2024
