PhD Position: Biocatalytic depolymerization of new biopolymers

Vacancy number: 16606

Job type: PhD positions

Contract hours min: 38

Contract hours max: 40

Location: Leiden

Applying is possible until: 12 juni 2026

What you will do

This PhD Position is part of the newly funded national NWA-ORC project, Ab-initio Biowaste Loop (ABEL), which is funded by NWO (Dutch Research Council). To close material loops in the Dutch bioeconomy, ABEL brings together a large multidisciplinary consortium from industry, academia, policymakers, and societal partners to tackle one of the most pressing challenges of our time: making high-value, sustainable, and circular biomaterials from low-value waste streams that can compete and even outperform traditional alternatives. This project is part of the subprogramme that focusses on the closed loop recycling of the biopolymer products developed in ABEL.

This project is a good match if: