Postdoc Opportunities in Material Characterization in Austria

This postdoctoral project is part of WAXUP , a recycling chemistry project funded under the French PEPR Recyclage programme (France 2030). The work targets the valorisation of solid residues from multilayer packaging recycling, especially the polyAl fraction remaining after hydropulping of cartons such as Tetra Pak®. The scientific goal is to transform these residues by slow pyrolysis into high-value paraffinic waxes that can replace petro-sourced waxes in industrial formulations. The project ai...

This postdoctoral project at Dalarna University focuses on making district heating systems more robust by improving the joints in pre-insulated district heating pipes. The research addresses a practical reliability problem: repeated temperature changes and mechanical stresses can accelerate material degradation and allow moisture to enter the insulation layer. The postdoc will investigate and develop self-sealing and self-healing materials for pipe joints, with a particular emphasis on polymer- ...

This postdoctoral position at the Technical University of Denmark is part of BRIGHT’s mission-oriented Novel Biomanufacturing-Enabled Materials programme (Mission 1A), which aims to develop PFAS-free biomaterials through biotechnology. The project focuses on microbial production platforms for natural self-assembling protein materials, with an emphasis on creating proteinaceous materials that can be produced efficiently, reproducibly and at relevant scale. The work is highly experimental and span...

This post-doctoral project at Lund University develops AI-based protein design approaches for generating programmable protein–semiconductor two-dimensional metamaterials . The research aims to use de novo designed proteins as nanoscale construction systems that can organize semiconductor materials into precisely defined periodic structures, moving beyond conventional top-down fabrication toward molecular-scale control. The project brings together computational protein design , protein self-assem...

This postdoc position at DTU Space is part of the LURELA project, which explores whether 3D-printed lunar regolith can be used to build extremely large-aperture antennas for future lunar radio astronomy missions. The project sits at the intersection of applied electromagnetics, antenna engineering, space technologies, and advanced manufacturing. The successful candidate will investigate regolith-based composite materials and develop engineered metasurface reflectors for radio astronomy applicati...

The University of Birmingham’s School of Metallurgy and Materials is seeking a postdoctoral Research Fellow to work on Project PASTY: Preparing Affordable LFP to meet Sustainability Targets for Years. Funded by the Faraday Institution and conducted in collaboration with Cornish Lithium, the project aims to develop a cost-effective route for producing commercial lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) cathode active material from lithium sourced from geothermal waters. The researcher will contribute to ...

The IMVIA laboratory at the University of Burgundy is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the FLUO project , an ANR-funded research project focused on computational imaging for measuring the reflectance of materials, including fluorescence through the Donaldson matrix . The successful candidate will join a project that combines optical instrumentation , spectral imaging , and computational methods to improve how material reflectance is measured and modelled. The postdoctoral researcher will...

This 16-month postdoctoral project focuses on improving the circularity of polyolefin-containing plastic waste through reactive processing and the development of a new generation of grafting agents. The work is hosted at the C3M laboratory of the Ecole supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la Ville de Paris in collaboration with the industrial high-throughput screening partner Xplore s.r.l. near Naples, Italy. The research combines organic synthesis, high-throughput experimentatio...

This postdoctoral position is based at the Centre Science des Matériaux et des Structures (SMS) , within the Laboratoire Georges Friedel , a joint research unit with the CNRS at the Ecole nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Etienne . The researcher will join a materials science environment focused on the relationships between processing, microstructure, and properties, with access to advanced preparation and characterization tools and a multi-scale materials-by-design approach. The project, ...