Postdoc Opportunities in Physics in France

This 12-month research opportunity is based at the Centre of Microelectronics within the Flexible Electronics Department (FEL) at Ecole nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Etienne . The project sits in the field of stretchable electronics and optical sensing , with a clear application to artificial skin demonstrators . The appointed researcher will contribute to the development of stretchable optical waveguides and their integration into soft, skin-like sensing systems. The work combines opt...

This postdoctoral project focuses on the molecular-scale structural description of the conductive polymer complex PEDOT:PSS , whose organization remains debated in the scientific literature. The research aims to adapt cryo-TEM structural reconstruction approaches developed in structural biology to a chemistry and polymer-science context. The selected researcher will work on high-resolution cryo-TEM datasets to identify structures in micrographs, select objects according to morphology, and optimi...

This postdoctoral position is hosted at the PMMH, the Laboratory of Physics and Mechanics of Heterogeneous Media (UMR 7636 CNRS–ESPCI–PSL–Sorbonne Université–Université Paris Cité), in Paris. The project sits at the interface of fluid mechanics, soft matter physics and environmental microbiology, and focuses on how microplastics interact with microorganisms in flowing environments. The postdoctoral researcher will study the hetero-aggregation of microplastics with microorganisms , quantifying ho...

CNRS, at the Institut Pprime site on the Futuroscope campus in Poitiers, is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for the ANR MAFIA project. The project brings together academic partners in France, including IC2MP, Institut Pprime, and ICMCB in Bordeaux, together with industrial partner Sunergy, around innovative zinc-air battery architectures and electrochemical energy conversion. The postdoctoral work focuses on the development of state-of-the-art transmission electron microscopy methods to cha...

This position is based in the Department of Flexible Electronics (FEL) at the Centre Microélectronique de Provence, within Ecole nationale supérieure des mines de Saint-Etienne. The role sits at the intersection of research, innovation, and training, with a strong focus on flexible and stretchable electronics for autonomous systems. The successful candidate will work on the design of complete systems, from sensors through to communication modules, taking into account energy and environmental con...

This postdoctoral position at Télécom SudParis focuses on quantum information theory for bosonic systems , with a particular emphasis on non-Gaussian states and channels . The researcher will investigate the mathematical and informational properties of bosonic quantum states and channels, and work on entropy inequalities that arise in bosonic quantum information, including inequalities connected to beam splitters and other physically relevant bosonic transformations. The project combines tools f...

This post-doctoral project at Université de Limoges focuses on using artificial intelligence to optimize the formulation of geopolymer-based coatings for antennas. The research aims to combine experimental synthesis and characterization data with data-driven modelling to better understand how input variables such as chemical composition and synthesis conditions influence the final material properties. The successful researcher will develop an AI algorithm for formulation and property prediction,...

This postdoctoral project is part of RTE-DENSE and focuses on physics-guided artificial intelligence for accelerating radiative transfer simulations in dense media while preserving physical fidelity. The successful candidate will contribute to WP2 , working on methods that make Monte Carlo and transport computations faster and more efficient without degrading scientific quality. The work includes building high-fidelity simulation datasets from SWEET and reference solvers, studying learned guidan...

This postdoctoral position is based at the LPMMC , a joint research unit in physics under the supervision of Université Grenoble Alpes and CNRS (UMR 5493), located on the CNRS site in Grenoble. The project focuses on the theoretical study of cold-atom quantum systems in low dimensions with long-range interactions , aimed at modelling experiments on cold-atom qubits . The research is carried out within the QubitAF project and centers on developing a theoretical description for interacting open qu...