🇩🇰 PhD Scholarship | Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark
🔬 PhD Position: Coatings for Visible & Infrared Spectral Control
(CoaST — DTU Coatings Science & Technology Centre | Hempel Foundation)
DTU — one of Europe’s leading elite technical universities — is offering a PhD scholarship to engineer next-generation coatings for thermal IR control, passive cooling, and tailored thermal emission!
📌 What’s the Project About?
Thermal infrared radiation is central to energy efficiency, passive cooling, and thermal signature control. This PhD project will design, formulate and experimentally optimise novel coatings capable of reflecting IR radiation while maintaining controlled optical behaviour across other spectral ranges.
Key research tasks:
✅ Designing a custom measurement setup for spectral characterisation
✅ Formulating thermal IR coatings using pigments, multilayer structures & engineered surface morphologies
✅ Characterising coating optical and thermal properties
✅ Optimising coatings for real-world field applications
✅ Publishing 3 scientific articles during the PhD
The project combines classical chemical engineering tools with formulation expertise, carried out in close collaboration with industrial partners via CoaST.
👨🏫 Supervisor
Prof. Søren Kiil — Department of Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, DTU
📧 sk@kt.dtu.dk
🏢 Research Centre
CoaST — Hempel Foundation Coatings Science & Technology Centre, DTU
(~55 members | 25 PhD students | 12 nationalities | English-speaking international environment)
💰 Scholarship & Terms
✔️ 3-year fully funded PhD scholarship
✔️ Salary per Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC) collective agreement
✔️ International, collaborative & informal work culture at DTU
✔️ Monthly free relocation seminar for international PhD candidates
✔️ Campuses across Denmark & Greenland
🎓 Who Should Apply?
➡️ MSc in Chemical Engineering, Coatings Technology, Materials Science or related engineering field (120 ECTS / 5-year programme)
➡️ Interest & ability in experimental laboratory & formulation work
➡️ Experience with coatings is an advantage (or industry background)
➡️ Curious, visionary & self-driven with a positive team spirit
➡️ Newly graduated or experienced candidates both welcome
📄 What to Submit (single PDF via online portal — in English):
→ Cover letter (motivation)
→ CV
→ Grade transcripts & BSc/MSc diploma with official grading scale description
→ Short research statement (max 400 words) — research interests & rationale for choosing this project
⚠️ You may apply before completing your Master’s but cannot start before receiving it
⏱️ Key Dates
📅 Application Deadline: 7 May 2026 (23:59 Danish time)
🗓️ Start Date: Mid 2026
📆 Duration: 3 years
🔗 Apply & Learn More:
phdscanner.com/opportunities…
🌪️ Engineer coatings that keep buildings cool, reduce energy use, and control thermal signatures — at one of Europe’s most innovative technical universities!
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