PhD and job opportunities

On this page, you will find the PhD and postdoctoral position offers from our calls for projects,
as well as the PhD, postdoctoral, and job opportunities available within the LUMOMAT network.

Postdoctoral positions - Call of Projects LUMOMAT 2026-2

➡️ Chirality related properties of helical radicals - Postdoctoral Research Position (1 year)

Moltech Anjou Laboratory – CNRS – University of Angers (France)
Supervisor: Flavia POP, flavia.pop@univ-angers.fr

Starting date: January 2027
Application deadline: 31/10/2026

The candidates should have a PhD in chemistry (no more than two years before the start of the contract), excellent experience in organic synthesis and characterization methods. Any skills in the fields of molecular materials, coordination chemistry and chirality, together with knowledge in theoretical chemistry, chiroptical methods and crystallography will be highly appreciated.

Application: All applications should include a cover letter, a CV and the contact of one referent person..
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The project aims to investigate properties of electroactive chiral materials based on helicenic scaffolds such as [7]helicene, quasi[8]circulenes and unprecedented open shell neutral helical radicals based on tetrathiafulvalene (TTF). The designed molecules are embedded with helical chirality and electron donor units (TTF and metal-dithiolene) in order to induce charge delocalization in the helical backbone, chiral packing, extensive intermolecular interactions, conductivity and spin-filtering properties. The proven stereostability and resolution of the enantiomers (preliminary results, right picture) together with the proof-of-concept synthesis of TTFs bearing these units (unpublished results) represent valuable assets and a strong starting point for the project. The project will focus on chirality related physical properties such as chiroptical modulation, spin-dependent electrochemistry (SDE) and chirality induced spin selectivity (CISS) effect and will benefit from collaboration in theoretical chemistry and in electrochemistry (possible short stay at University of Modena).

Offres de de contrats post-doctoraux

➡️ Design and Characterization of Functionalized Surfaces for Site-Specific Enzyme Immobilization - Postdoctoral Research Position (18 months)

Moltech Anjou Laboratory – CNRS – University of Angers (France)
Supervisor: Christelle Gautier – christelle.gautier@univ-angers.fr

Starting date: December 2026 / January 2027

Applicants should hold a PhD, with expertise in surface functionalization and characterization techniques (XPS, QCM), electrochemistry and/or biointerfaces. A strong interest in multidisciplinary research and collaborative projects is essential.

Application: Candidates are encouraged to contact Christelle Gautier (christelle.gautier@univ-angers.fr) for further information about the project and application procedure.
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Understanding how protein conformational dynamics influence enzymatic activity is a major challenge at the interface of chemistry, biophysics and molecular biology. While advanced structural methods provide valuable information on static protein structures, establishing direct correlations between conformational changes and catalytic activity remains particularly difficult. The ANR-funded project ECLECTYC (Electrochemical and EPR approach of the impact of Conformational Changes on enzymatic ELectrocaTalYsis: case of copper efflux oxidase CueO) aims to develop innovative methodologies combining electrochemistry, spectroscopy and microscopy to investigate conformational dynamics of enzymes and their impact on bioelectrocatalysis.
The project focuses on the multicopper oxidase CueO, a model enzyme possessing a flexible methionine-rich domain whose structural dynamics are believed to regulate enzymatic activity. A central prerequisite for these studies is the development of well-defined electrochemical interfaces enabling the site-specific immobilization of engineered enzymes on gold electrodes with controlled orientation.
Within this framework, the successful candidate will contribute to the design of molecular platforms for enzyme immobilization and to the establishment of robust structure-property relationships governing interfacial electron transfer and enzyme orientation.

PhD Opportunities

There are currently no PhD positions available within the LUMOMAT network.