Postdoc Opportunities in Physics in Italy

The Institute for Fundamental Physics of the Universe (IFPU) in Trieste invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship starting in Fall 2027. IFPU is a collaborative research initiative linking SISSA, ICTP, INAF Trieste Observatory, and with additional support from INFN, creating an interdisciplinary environment focused on some of the most active questions in modern cosmology and fundamental physics. The fellowship is embedded in IFPU’s broad research ecosystem, where postdoctoral researcher...

This research contract is hosted by the Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR) of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche , with the position based at the Naples secondary office and connected to the broader ISMAR scientific network. The successful candidate will join a research programme focused on marine wind retrieval from L-band SAR data , supporting the development of operational ocean products in anticipation of the ROSE-L satellite mission. The work sits within the research projects RL2OCEAN -...

This research contract at Politecnico di Milano is based in the Department of Physics and is part of the MIDSENSE project. The project focuses on developing and experimentally validating a fully integrated mid-infrared sensing platform built with silicon-compatible photonic technologies. The selected researcher will contribute to the design and development of Ge/SiGe quantum cascade detectors monolithically integrated into silicon photonic circuits. The work aims to enable compact, scalable, and...

This research contract at Politecnico di Milano is based in the Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering (DEIB) and is embedded in the Horizon Europe BEHOLDER project. The research focuses on developing a simulator of pollutant dispersion in urban environments aimed at improving the personalized estimation of individual exposure . The selected researcher will work on an urban dispersion simulator implemented in Python/Blender , currently based on Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics ...

This research contract is hosted by the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology at Politecnico di Milano in Milano Bovisa . The project is centered on the verification and validation of scientific cameras and their acquisition chains for space missions, with the activity primarily applied to the LUMIO mission . The selected researcher will work on developing innovative methodologies and techniques to characterize the optical, radiometric, and functional performance of scientific cameras. ...

The Istituto di Scienze e Tecnologie della Cognizione at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche in Rome is recruiting for a research contract within the self-financed project “The Predictive Brain in Action – PredBrain” . The work is centered on the study of embodied decision-making and foraging in human participants, combining experimental design, online data collection, and computational analysis. The successful candidate will contribute to the full research pipeline: designing and running beh...

This research contract is hosted by the Institute of Biophysics (IBF), National Research Council of Italy , at its Palermo secondary site. The selected researcher will join a project on the realistic modelling of physiological and pathological brain conditions, working within a multidisciplinary environment that connects biological, physical, and chemical sciences. The position focuses on multiscale, biophysically detailed, data-driven modelling of single neurons and neuronal networks , with par...

Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Biofisica (sede secondaria di Palermo) is offering two research contracts within the self-funded project “Modellazione realistica delle condizioni fisiologiche e patologiche del cervello” . The work is based in Palermo and is part of a broader neuroscience research effort supported by the Italian Neuroscience Research Infrastructure. The selected researcher will work on real-scale models of the human and mouse hippocampus , focusing on their constr...

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...