Please find below relevant information about a PhD position offered at ITQ Valencia:

Project title: AI-Enabled Defect Engineering and Mechanistic Discovery in MFI Zeolites

Duration: 3 years

Start date: October 2026

Supervisors: Dr. Pau Ferri-Vicedo, Dr. Mercedes Boronat

Deadline for applications: June 15th, 2026

Further information and application: see attached file and message below

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Dear colleagues,

We would like to advertise an open PhD position at the Instituto de Tecnología Química (ITQ, UPV-CSIC) in Valencia, Spain.

The position is linked to the project «AI-Enabled Defect Engineering and Mechanistic Discovery in MFI Zeolites», funded by the «la Caixa» Foundation  within the Junior Leader Fellowships Program. The project combines computational chemistry and machine learning to investigate fundamental problems in zeolite catalysis. Please find the full position description attached.

Interested candidates should send a CV and motivation letter to Dr. Pau Ferri-Vicedo (pafervi2@itq.upv.es) and Dr. Mercedes Boronat (boronat@itq.upv.es) before June 15th, 2026.

We would be grateful if you could circulate this announcement among potentially interested students.