PhD Studentship in Recycled Materials

Trinity is Ireland’s leading university and is ranked 75th in the world (QS World University Rankings 2026). Founded in 1592, the University is steeped in history with a reputation for excellence in education, research, and innovation, which has been inspiring generations of thinkers for over 400 years. We are seeking a motivated and talented researcher to join the Research Ireland PUreTex project, which examines the valorisation of waste textiles into high-value materials. The PhD researcher will work closely with the PUreTex team, which includes those from Engineering, Business, Psychology, Chemistry and Industry. The wider PUreTex project is looking at new ways to recycle post-consumer textile waste into useful building blocks for new, more sustainable and circular, materials and products. The PhD student project will focus on the latter, taking these building blocks (chemicals, molecules and Polyurethane foams) and including them in material and component development and testing to...