Postdoc Opportunities in Materials Science in Italy

Politecnico di Milano is offering one research contract within the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering, based at Polo Territoriale di Lecco – IndexLab . The project is titled “Collaborative construction processes within a multi-system robotic architecture” and focuses on the design, integration, testing, and validation of a full-scale robotic prototype for collaborative construction. The research combines architectural technology, robotic systems, and built...

This research contract at Politecnico di Milano is hosted by the Department of Architecture, Built Environment and Construction Engineering and sits within the scientific area of construction technology. The project, titled Monitoring and digitalization for bridge maintenance planning , focuses on bridges and structural management across the life cycle. The selected researcher will work on the development and validation of low-cost, large-scale, and automatic technologies for collecting and usin...

This research contract is hosted by the Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM) of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche in Trieste , within the FOE 2024 BSBF – Big Science Business Forum project. The work is coordinated by Dott. Angelo Giglia and is embedded in a physically rich experimental environment linked to the BEAR@Elettra beamline and related light-source facilities. The project focuses on the study and development of advanced optical and spectroscopic capabilities for the UV to soft X-r...

Politecnico di Milano is offering a 24-month postdoctoral contract in the Department of Mechanical Engineering within the academic area of applied mechanics. The project, titled “Leaky-wave focused ultrasound through metamaterial engineering” , focuses on developing and validating acoustic-metamaterial solutions for controlling ultrasound propagation and focusing, with particular attention to non-invasive transcranial focusing . The research combines several connected themes: modelling acoustic-...

This research contract is hosted by the Istituto dei Sistemi Complessi of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche in Rome, within the project ExTPoG – Extreme Thermodynamics of Polymer Gels . The position is tied to the scientific theme of extreme thermodynamics of polymer networks and is placed in the broader area of physical sciences, with a strong focus on experimental soft-matter research. The successful candidate will work on a project centered on polymer gels, polymeric and colloidal system...

This postdoctoral opening at Politecnico di Milano is hosted by the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Giulio Natta” and supports research in chemical plants and technologies . The project focuses on the development and validation of an innovative electrolysis system for low-cost e-fuels production , combining laboratory-scale experimentation with modelling work. The successful researcher will work on technologies conceived and patented at Politecnico di Milano to produ...

Politecnico di Milano is offering one postdoctoral contract in the Department of Energy at the Bovisa campus. The project is centered on catalytic processes for the synthesis of low-carbon fuels , combining literature analysis, simulation, mathematical modelling, and experimental work. The researcher will work on processes for producing fuels from CO and green hydrogen , with attention to renewable fuel pathways and to the development of e-fuels, e-chemicals, and bio-fuels . The experimental com...

The Multi-Scale Modeling Laboratory (SMaLL) at Politecnico di Torino is offering one postdoctoral position within the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder Open project IONFLUX . The project focuses on AI-guided materials discovery for sodium batteries , specifically the development of adaptive catholytes based on NaI-AlCl₃-BiI₃ compositions. The successful candidate will contribute to a research program that combines atomistic simulation , graph neural networks , Bayesian optimization , ...

The Multi-Scale Modeling Laboratory (SMaLL) at Politecnico di Torino is recruiting for a PhD position within the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder Open project IONFLUX . The project sits at the intersection of computational materials science , machine learning , and energy storage , with a strong focus on developing AI-guided methods to discover adaptive catholytes for sodium batteries . The doctoral project will run for 3 years and will investigate how molecular composition influence...