Description :  This PhD Thesis offer is part of the RE-Fibre project (DC9). The main ambition of this project is to develop high strength, lightweight, fully bio-based and recyclable composites with water- and fire-resistance using recyclable lignin-derived epoxies and polyurethanes and plant fibre reinforcements (flax and hemp).

RE-Fibre is a Doctoral Network funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA-DN) that aims to revolutionize Bio-fibre composite landscape by designing high-performance, fully renewable, and recyclable wood and plant fibre materials. RE-Fibre will train 11 Doctoral Candidates (DCs) with an entrepreneurial and sustainability-mindset in the disciplines of green/lignin chemistry, new biobased materials, and environmental systems science.

The FEMTO-ST Institute “Franche-Comté Electronics Mechanics Thermal Science and Optics – Sciences and Technologies” is a joint research institution. It is the largest public research laboratory in the Bourgogne-Franche-
Comté region, located in eastern France, next to Switzerland and Germany. It comprises 7 scientific departments with approximately 750 staff members (PhD students, postdoctoral fellows, technicians, engineers, administrative
staff, researchers and professors).

Starting date : June 2025