Job Opportunities

PhD

PhD @ Strasbourg (05/05/2026)
“Femto-SWITCH: Ultrafast spectroscopy of bio-mimetic photoswitches – Towards rational design »
IPCMS laboratory – BioDyn team (Université de Strasbourg-CNRS)
Contact : Stefan Haacke (stefan.haacke@ipcms.unistra.fr)

PhD @ Paris-Saclay (24/04/2026)
“Encapsulated photochromic for innovative adaptive materials”
PPSM laboratory (ENS Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay)
Contacts : Guillaume Laurent (guillaume.laurent@ens-paris-saclay.fr) and Rémi Métivier (remi.metivier@ens-paris-saclay.fr)
⚠️ Application deadline: May 15, 2026 ⚠️

PhD @ Rennes (11/04/2026)
“π-Conjugated Systems for Organic Electronics: Synthesis, Properties, and Incorporation into Simplified OLEDs”
Institute of Chemical Sciences (CNRS-University of Rennes, France)
Contacts : Cyril Poriel (cyril.poriel@univ-rennes.fr) and Cassandre Quinton (cassandre.quinton@univ-rennes.fr)

PhD @ Mulhouse (01/04/2026)
“Thermal polymerization for temperature mapping in thermoplasmonics”
Institute of Materials Science of Mulhouse (IS2M) (CNRS-Haute Alsace University, France)
Contacts : Dominique Berling (dominique.berling@uha.fr) and Céline Molinaro (celine.molinaro@uha.fr)
⚠️ Application deadline: April 15, 2026 ⚠️

PhD @ Rennes (01/04/2026)
“Redox engineering of (di)azine-substituted triphenylamines for photocatalytic applications without sacrificial amines”
Institute of Chemical Sciences (CNRS-University of Rennes, France)
Contacts : Sylvain Achelle (sylvain.achelle@univ-rennes.fr) and Sébastien Gauthier (sebastien.gauthier@univ-rennes.fr)
⚠️ Application deadline: May 15, 2026 ⚠️

PhD @ Lyon (01/04/2026)
“Fluorescent organic dyes and dye-nanoparticles for thermal imaging”
Chemistry Laboratory of ENS Lyon (CNRS-Université de Lyon 1-ENS Lyon, France)
Contacts : Yann Bretonnière (yann.bretonniere@ens-lyon.fr) and Akos Banyasz (akos.banyasz@ens-lyon.fr)

PhD @ Paris & Montréal (21/03/2026)
“Allosteric Regulation of Photocatalysis by Molecular Tweezers”
Parisian Institute of Molecular Chemistry (IPCM) (CNRS-Sorbonne University, France) – Montréal University (Canada)
Contacts : Guillaume Vives (guillaume.vives@sorbonne-universite.fr) and Gary Hanan (garry.hanan@umontreal.ca)

PhD @ Strasbourg (17/03/2026)
“Photochemistry of oxazolones”
Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Materials of Strasbourg (IPCMS) (CNRS-University of Strasbourg, France)
Contacts : Norbert Hoffmann (norbert.hoffmann@ipcms.unistra.fr)

PhD @ Rennes & Canberra (Australia) (17/03/2026)
“Fabrication of organic (or organometallic) two-photon absorbers based
on triarylcarbenium carbocations for potential applications in cancer treatment”
Rennes Institute of Chemical Sciences (CNRS-University of Rennes, France) – Australian National University (ANU, Canberra, Australia)
Contacts : Franck Camerel (franck.camerel@univ-rennes.fr) and Frédéric Paul (frederic.paul@univ-rennes.fr) ; For the Australian group of M.G. Humphrey, see: https://chemistry.anu.edu.au/people/prof-mark-humphrey

PhD @ Bordeaux (03/02/2026)
“INSULIGHT: Development and Functional Validation of a Novel Fluorescent Nano-biosensor for Imaging Insulin Distribution and Action in the Brain”
Organic Polymer Chemistry Laboratory & Neurocentre Magendie Institute (University of Bordeaux, France)
Contacts : Chloé Grazon (chloe.grazon@u-bordeaux.fr) and Carmelo Quarta (carmelo.quarta@inserm.fr)

CDD Researcher

Research engineer @ Palaiseau (11/04/2026)
12-month research engineer position (possibility of continuing on a permanent contract)
PHoenix project: « Turning Waste Into Clean Hydrogen »
Laboratory of Molecular Chemistry (LCM) (Ecole Polytechnique de Paris-CNRS)
Contact: https://cycles-phoenix.notion.site/CDD-Ing-nieur-e-de-recherche-Photochimie-335c66eb56b480c3a06ac2579bab1fbc

Post-doc @ Nantes from May 4th 2024 or earlier (20/02/2026)
18-month postdoc position (extendable to 2 years)
« Coupling photochromes for ultrafast tuning of magnetic nanoparticles »
Laboratory Chemistry and Interdisciplinarity: Synthesis, Analysis, Modelling (CEISAM – CNRS, Nantes University)
Contact : Eléna Ishow (elena.ishow@univ-nantes.fr)

Postdoc @ Strasbourg (21/12/2025)
13-month postdoc position
« Functionalization of carbon nanotubes by biomimetic approaches »
Laboratory of Immunology, Immunopathology and Therapeutic Chemistry (CNRS, University of Strasbourg)
Contact : Cécilia Ménard-Moyon (c.menard@ibmc-cnrs.unistra.fr)

Postdoc @ Strasbourg (21/12/2025)
2-year postdoc position
« Chemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes for biomedical applications »
Laboratory of Immunology, Immunopathology and Therapeutic Chemistry (CNRS, University of Strasbourg)
Contact : Cécilia Ménard-Moyon (c.menard@ibmc-cnrs.unistra.fr)

Postdoc @ Lille (12/11/2025)
1-year postdoc position
« Femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy of organo-metallic molecular precursors for advanced laser photodeposition strategy »
LASIRE (CNRS, University of Lille)
Contact : Vincent de Waele (Vincent.de-waele@univ-lille.fr) & Stéphane Aloïse (stephane.aloise@univ-lille.fr)

Master internships

Master 2 @ Lyon (21/12/2025)
Two-photon microprinting of hierarchical nanostructures
Laboratoire de Chimie, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Contact : Akos Banyasz (akos.banyasz@ens-lyon.fr) & Cyrille Monnereau (cyrille.monnereau@ens-lyon.fr)

Assistant Professor