PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in materials science in Italy

Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.P.A. is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate for X-ray absorption spectroscopy beamlines at Elettra 2.0 in Trieste, Italy. The appointment is linked to the development, commissioning, and operation of the XAFS and new XAS-miniWiggler beamlines, with a strong focus on X-ray absorption spectroscopy in the hard X-ray range. The successful candidate will join the beamline staff to help commission and run the beamlines, support external users on a daily basis, ...

PhD opportunity in Chemical Sciences and Technologies at the University of Sassari in Italy , with the work location stated as Sassari, Sardinia . This doctoral call is aimed at prospective researchers interested in chemistry, chemical technologies, materials science, and related applied research areas. The post highlights that funded PhD opportunities are associated with the call, but applicants should consult the official documentation for the exact scholarship conditions, research topics, and...

Postdoctoral opening in flexible and thin-film electronics at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia , in the Flexible and Unconventional Electronics Group (FUELab) led by Giuseppe Cantarella . The position is aimed at candidates interested in sustainable electronics and green electronics , with research centered on flexible and unconventional electronic devices and related thin-film technologies. This is a postdoctoral research opportunity. The post does not mention a formal deadline, stipe...

Postdoctoral position in Organic and Inorganic Nanomaterials Synthesis at the Center for Convergent Technologies (CCT), Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genoa, Italy . The role sits within the Automated Nanomaterials Engineering (ANiME) research line, coordinated by Dr. Milena Arciniegas . The group develops solution-based routes for organic-inorganic functional materials , with a focus on layered organic-inorganic materials , structure–property relationships, and automated experimental wo...

PhD opportunity at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy This PhD project focuses on the development of novel SiC MEMS-based microanalytical systems for low-power, field-deployable monitoring . The research combines materials science , chemical engineering , physics , and agri-food monitoring to build a monolithic micromachined platform based on silicon carbide (SiC) . The project aims to leverage SiC’s chemical inertness, mechanical robustness, thermal stability, and frequency stability to create an ...

The Department of Mechanical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano is advertising a postdoctoral position in an emerging interdisciplinary area at the interface of mechanical engineering and quantum technology . The call is titled “Applications of Quantum Technology in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering for Quantum Technologies” . The selected postdoc will contribute to the development and deployment of advanced quantum technology approaches for mechanical engineering applications,...

Upcoming PhD opportunity at Politecnico di Bari in Building Physics and the Sustainable Built Environment . The post describes an early-stage PhD recruitment notice for two doctoral researchers , with final topics to be defined in the official call. Research themes include energy performance , innovative materials , moisture resilience , data-driven modelling , energy simulation , and heat and moisture analysis . The opportunity is aligned with built-environment research and may suit candidates ...

Funded PhD position at the University of Padua in the PhD Program in Materials Science and Technology . The project focuses on the development, study, and device validation of functional materials for sodium molten-salt batteries . The research sits at the intersection of materials science , chemistry , electrochemistry , and energy storage , with opportunities to work on advanced functional materials and their validation in working battery devices. This PhD is part of SAMSARA , a major €5 milli...

PhD position within the MSCA Doctoral Network “CanGoNano” at the University of Florence The Department of Chemistry “Ugo Schiff”, University of Florence (Italy), is recruiting one Doctoral Candidate for the MSCA-DN project CanGoNano , a European Training Network focused on glyconanomaterials for cancer immunotherapy. The project combines glycoscience, nanomaterials, and immunology to develop precision tools that can trigger antigen presenting cells using antigenic peptides and mRNA encoding thes...