Postdoc Positions in Material Characterization in China

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, ...

The Department of Chemistry at Colorado School of Mines is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to join a research program on next-generation materials for perovskite solar cells. The project is centered on designing and synthesizing novel materials for solar energy applications, then incorporating those materials into perovskite solar cell devices and evaluating their performance. The fellow will work across materials discovery, device fabrication, and advanced characterization, contributing to stu...

Oak Ridge National Laboratory is seeking two Postdoctoral Research Associates in the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences to advance next-generation electron microscopy and spectroscopy for quantum materials. The work will examine connections between material structure, electronic behavior, and collective excitations. The researchers will develop and apply momentum-resolved electron energy-loss spectroscopy (qEELS), contributing to instrument development, commissioning, experimental measureme...

Argonne National Laboratory is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in the Nanocomposite Materials and Membrane Manufacturing group within the Applied Materials Division. The project focuses on advanced materials and membrane technologies for water treatment and critical mineral recovery. The researcher will develop element-selective sorbents and polymer membranes using chemical reaction and solution-based synthesis. Work will include designing material compositions and microstructures to achieve t...

HIPOLE Jena , the Helmholtz Institute for Polymers in Energy Applications, is seeking a postdoctoral researcher for the E-CO-Swing project on energy-efficient CO₂ capture by electric swing adsorption (ESA). The project addresses unavoidable CO₂ emissions from sources such as cement production and waste-to-energy plants. Its research strategy combines the development of non-corrosive, thermally stable, carbon-based adsorbent materials with the design of controllable and energy-efficient ESA react...

This postdoctoral project is based in the Environmental Chemistry group at the Department of Chemistry, Umeå University . The successful researcher will investigate how carbon and organic material can be recovered from hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) filtrates , with a particular focus on the formation of self-generated carbon (SGC) —low-ash carbon microspheres with promising surface and morphological properties for energy storage and environmental uses. The project examines a practical resourc...

Postdoctoral project at CNRS / Laboratoire Navier focused on the study of thermo-hydric transfers in natural porous materials using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI/IRM). The successful candidate will investigate how water and temperature interact in bio-sourced and geo-sourced porous materials at the macroscopic scale. The project combines non-destructive MRI observations with smaller-scale NMR relaxometry to follow the spatial and temporal evolution of moisture profiles, identify redistribution...

Postdoctoral Scholar opportunity at The Pennsylvania State University in Dr. Feifei Shi’s research team, focused on electrochemistry and battery technologies. The postdoctoral researcher will contribute to cutting-edge projects in advanced battery systems, electrochemical energy storage, materials development, and interface characterization. The role centers on experimental work in energy storage systems such as Li-ion, Li-metal, and beyond Li-ion batteries, together with critical element extrac...