Postdoctoral Researcher in Self-Driving Laboratories for Sustainable Catalysis Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia in Spain

Julio Lloret Fillol at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) announces two upcoming funded openings: a 4-year PhD position and a 3-year postdoctoral position. The project focuses on AI-driven robotics for catalyst discovery, with research directions including AMPER, CO₂-to-fuels, green H₂, high-throughput electrochemistry, and closed-loop optimization. This is a strong fit for candidates interested in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, robotics, and computationa...

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...

POLYMAT is advertising a PhD position within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Network SCARPA (Sustainable and Circular Footwear Training Program). The project runs for 33 months and is supervised by Prof. Haritz Sardon Muguruza (EHU) with co-supervision by Prof. Steven De Meester (Ghent University). The research will focus on developing efficient and reusable heterogeneous catalysts for the depolymerization of polyurethane and polyester footwear materials . Relevant academic areas inc...

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...

The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher to join Prof. Julio Lloret’s group in Tarragona, Spain. The position is funded through the project AIA2025-163492-C53 – Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Intensified Synthesis and Experimentation (RAISE) and focuses on Self-Driving Laboratories for Sustainable Catalysis . The project combines sustainable catalysis , electrochemistry , laboratory automation , and artificial intelligence . The suc...