PhD and Postdoc Positions in Materials Science in Denmark

Technical University of Denmark (DTU Energy) is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to work on automating the discovery of amorphous solid electrolytes for next-generation batteries. The project builds on investigations of amorphous solid electrolytes using brute-force exploration. The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to making this discovery process more efficient by examining how local structure and detailed chemical composition can reveal design rules for advanced energy materials. The r...

The Department of Chemistry at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is offering a three-year PhD project focused on battery chemistry and magnetic resonance. The research aims to understand how batteries operate and fail at the molecular level, supporting the design of safer, longer-lasting and higher-performing energy-storage materials. Working under the supervision of Assistant Professor Leo W. Gordon, the PhD researcher will develop and apply nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) characteriza...

The University of Southern Denmark is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to join the Biotechnology Section of the Department of Green Technology in Odense. The researcher will work in Associate Professor Ren Wei’s newly established group as part of the Horizon Europe EIC Pathfinder project CATAMPLAS. CATAMPLAS focuses on next-generation catalytic protein scaffolds, including engineered functional amyloids, for the enzymatic degradation of synthetic polymers. The project brings together interna...

The Department of Computer Science (DIKU) at the University of Copenhagen is offering a two-year postdoctoral position in computational microscopy , hosted by the IMAGE section. The project sits within a research environment focused on machine learning, computer vision, and simulation , and is part of the Faculty of SCIENCE. The research aims to develop computational methods for extracting three-dimensional information from microscopy images . The work combines computer vision with physics-based...

This PhD project at the Technical University of Denmark focuses on the processing and modification of renewable polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) materials through reactive extrusion. The student will work on developing next-generation PHA compounds by combining advanced polymer processing, formulation design, and reactive processing routes. The project is centered on understanding and improving how PHA formulations behave during extrusion-based processing, with an emphasis on the links between formula...

This PhD scholarship at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU Construct) is part of a collaboration between DTU and a private enterprise focused on experimental clearance flow research for ammonia and other sustainable marine fuels. The project uses an in-house designed high-pressure clearance flow test rig that reproduces pressure and temperature conditions similar to those in a marine engine booster pump. The successful PhD student will continue development of the ammonia flow rig, run test...

At DTU Electro, the Quantum and Nanophotonics Section is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the program Symmetry-guided discovery of topological photonics . The project sits at the intersection of theoretical physics, mathematics, and computational science, with a strong focus on how symmetry can be used to uncover and classify new forms of photonic topology. The successful candidate will work on theory and computation for topological photonics, helping develop concepts, computational tool...

This PhD project at DTU Energy , Technical University of Denmark, focuses on one of the central durability challenges in green hydrogen production: understanding how solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs) degrade and how some of that degradation can be reversed during reversible operation. The student will use operando transmission electron microscopy to observe a miniaturised SOEC while it operates under gas atmospheres and temperatures up to 900 °C. The goal is to watch nanoscale changes as el...

This PhD project at the Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) explores how batteries work and fail at the molecular level, with the goal of informing better materials for safer, longer-lasting, higher-performing energy storage. The research combines magnetic resonance and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) with electrochemical methods to investigate battery materials and components in a non-destructive, chemically specific way. You will help develop and apply a suite of NM...