Funded PhD and Postdoc in AI-Driven Robotics for Catalyst Discovery at ICIQ Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia in Spain

PhD opportunity in battery modelling, electrochemical interfaces, atomistic modelling, first-principles simulations, and machine-learned interatomic potentials at CIC energiGUNE in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain . The Modelling and Simulation group is recruiting a PhD candidate for e-ChemIn , a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network focused on understanding and engineering electrochemical interfaces for next-generation energy technologies. The selected doctoral candidate will study how buried e...

ICMAB-CSIC is advertising a postdoctoral position in Modelling of Organic Materials within the DOMMINO Project . The opportunity is hosted by the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) , located at the UAB campus in Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain. The post is focused on research in materials science , with strong relevance to chemistry , physics , and computational modelling of organic materials. Application deadline: 20 September 2026. No funding details, eligibility requirem...

The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) is advertising a Postdoctoral Researcher position in the RAISE Project (Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Intensified Synthesis and Experimentation). The role is based in Prof. Julio Lloret’s group and focuses on self-driving laboratories for sustainable catalysis . The successful candidate will lead the development and scientific implementation of an adaptive automated platform for electrochemical , photoelectrochemical , and photoch...

Uppsala University is advertising a postdoctoral position in an interdisciplinary project on AI-guided mechanistic understanding of coupled redox–dissolution pathways in multi-metal systems . The work combines experimental research , mechanistic materials chemistry , and AI-guided modelling , with collaboration from two industrial partners . The project also includes a research stay of up to three months at a collaborating university in Finland . This opportunity is aimed at researchers with rel...

The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) is recruiting a PhD student for Prof. Julio Lloret’s Research Group in the RAISE project. The project focuses on electrocatalysis, CO₂ conversion, catalyst design, automated high-throughput experimentation, real-time analysis, robotics, and artificial intelligence. The successful candidate will work with AMPER, an automated modular platform for electrochemical research, and help transform it into a closed-loop self-driving laboratory using B...