PhD position in polymer materials (M/F)

CNRS; France; Sur place; EUR 23 000 - 30 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

44 RTT days per year

Staff restaurant

Travel cost reimbursement

Mobility allowance up to €300/year

Accessible by public transport

Résumé du poste

The CNRS IMP laboratory, in collaboration with CP2M, invites applications for a PhD position focused on functionalised, degradable and upcyclable polyethylenes, supervised by CNRS researchers. The project investigates radical copolymerisation of ethylene with comonomers to obtain a PE-based platform with tunable functionalities.

This fixed-term PhD contract (35 hours/week) starts on 1 December 2026, with 44 RTT days per year, a staff restaurant, partial travel reimbursement, and a mobility

Description du poste

Organisation/Company CNRS Department Ingénierie des matériaux polymères Research Field Chemistry Physics » Chemical physics Physics » Biophysics Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Application Deadline 12 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (UTC) Country France Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 1 Dec 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The PhD research will be carried out at the IMP laboratory, which specialises in polymer materials, in close collaboration with the CP2M laboratory, which possesses unique expertise in the field of the polymerisation of gaseous monomers such as ethylene.

Julien BERNARD (Senior Researcher, CNRS, IMP) and Franck D'Agosto (Senior Researcher, CNRS, CP2M) will supervise this work with the assistance of Véronique Bounor-Legaré (Senior Researcher, CNRS, IMP).

By joining the CNRS, we offer you:

• A stimulating working environment where you'll be in close contact with research staff
• 44 days' annual leave / RTT per year
• Excellent working conditions (flexible working hours, remote working)
• A staff restaurant offering lunch at an affordable price
• Partial reimbursement of travel costs (75%) + a sustainable mobility allowance of up to €300 per year
• A site accessible by public transport + private car park

The ANR POULPE project aims to develop functionalised, degradable and upcyclable polyethylenes. As part of this PhD thesis, we will investigate the radical copolymerisation of ethylene and comonomers in order to produce a PE-based copolymer platform with a controlled comonomer content. We will examine how the thermal and crystalline properties of these copolymers vary as a function of the molar fraction of comonomer. We will then seek to capitalise on the presence of functional units along the chains to develop various post-modification strategies and confer new functionalities and properties on this family of polymers. A life-cycle assessment will be carried out with the aim of identifying the most suitable synthetic approaches.