Postdoc Opportunities in Materials Science

Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois, United States, invites applications for a full-time postdoctoral appointment in experimental physics and superconducting device development for quantum information science. The researcher will help develop multipixel single-photon camera technology and multiplexed readout systems. Work will include designing, fabricating, and characterizing superconducting devices based on high-kinetic-inductance materials; developing microwave resonators and freq...

Radboudumc in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for a two-year project on overcoming resistance mechanisms in pancreatic cancer and other solid cancers. The research combines translational oncology, cancer biology, peptide-based targeting, nanomedicine, and targeted drug delivery. The successful candidate will design and characterize peptide-functionalized and nanoparticle-based delivery systems, reprogram the tumor microenvironment, and develop strategies to imp...

The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen, Switzerland, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow position in Zinc Water Chemistry and NobleChem Effects on the Degradation of Light Water Reactor Structural and Fuel Cladding Materials. The successful candidate will design, conduct, and evaluate experimental studies on the effects of Zinc Water Chemistry (ZWC) and NobleChem on light water reactor materials. Research will address stress corrosion cracking initiation and propagation, corros...

Yerevan State University’s Computational Materials Science Laboratory is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in atomistic modelling and computational materials science, based in Armenia. The successful candidate will contribute to computational discovery of crystalline and amorphous materials for battery applications, 2D materials for energy applications, and AI-accelerated materials discovery. Research activities may include density functional theory calculations, phase sta...

The Pedley Research Group in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, is recruiting a full-time postdoctoral scholar in cellular biochemistry. The project investigates the cellular organization and regulation of metabolism, focusing on the purinosome—a dynamic biomolecular condensate that carries out de novo purine biosynthesis. The postdoctoral researcher will study relationships between the purinosome and nearby subcellular str...

The University of Cambridge is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate in protein self-assembly and biomineralisation within the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry. Hosted in Professor Tuomas Knowles' group, the project is part of an Advanced Research + Invention Agency (ARIA) international consortium involving Cambridge departments, the University of Liverpool and AMOLF in the Netherlands. The research will develop methods to control the self-assembly of natural and synthetic proteins in...

The University of Miami’s Department of Chemical, Environmental and Materials Engineering is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate for an on-site, full-time research position in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. The appointee will develop and characterize nanoporous materials—including metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs), zeolites, and related porous materials—for photocatalytic water purification and contaminant removal. Responsibilities include designing and synt...

Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois, United States, is seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee in atomic layer deposition (ALD) for X-ray optics fabrication . The position is based in the X-ray Science Division’s Optics Group. The postdoctoral researcher will develop and optimize ALD processes for depositing thick multilayer structures on flat and patterned substrates. Research will include characterization of film thickness, crystallinity, strain, and optical properties using X-ray diffrac...

Argonne National Laboratory is seeking a Postdoctoral Appointee to join the Materials Science Division’s Quantum States and Crystalline Matter Group in Lemont, Illinois, United States. The project focuses on the discovery and study of novel quantum materials , particularly superconductors. The postdoctoral researcher will conduct exploratory synthesis and crystal growth of solid-state inorganic materials, including chalcogenides, pnictides, halides, hydroxides, and intermetallic compounds. Resea...