09 Postdoctoral Fellowship at NTNU, Norway

We announce a 4-year postdoctoral fellowship as part of an ERC project, for experimental work in the one-of-a-kind water channel facility at NTNU Trondheim, Norway. The candidate should have an excellent record in a relevant area of experimental physics; fluid mechanics expertise is an advantage but not necessary (see selection criteria below). The experiments will be unique in combining tailored waves, turbulence and mean flow simultaneously. This is a rare opportunity for an excellent candidate with experimental background to work in a highly active, ambitious, multinational research team in a stimulating environment.

We welcome applications for one postdoctoral research fellow position at the Department of Physics of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). We especially encourage women to apply for this position. The selected candidate will join a growing and multifaceted research team funded by the H2020 ERC Consolidator Grant LOVE-NEST (PI: M. Linares). The main focus of the ERC team is the study of compact binary millisecond pulsars, which has an impact on a broad range of science topics (including super-massive neutron stars, nuclear physics, gravitational wave astronomy, cosmic rays, accretion flows and pulsar winds).

The PostDoc is part of a new Competence-Building Research project “Hydrogen Pathways 2050 – Transition of the Norwegian society and value creation from export”, financed by the Norwegian Research Council and industry partners Statkraft, Equinor and Gassco. The project is led by Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) with research partners NTNU and SINTEF Energi. The overall objective of Hydrogen Pathways 2050 is to develop methods and perform analysis to support the transition towards zero emission for the Norwegian society, with a special focus on hydrogen and its use nationally and as a potential export product. We will study transition pathways, with a special focus on hydrogen, but in integration with renewables, natural gas, CCS, and the application of all of these in interplay between the energy sector, industry, transport, and built environment. The analyses will focus on the Norwegian energy system but will be set in the context of European energy system transition. In addition, the project will analyse how different policy measures impacts the integration of hydrogen technologies.

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions. The position will apply machine learning approaches to extract data from natural history specimens and apply these to address ecological and taxonomic questions. The ongoing climate and biodiversity crises necessitate biodiversity and ecological knowledge based on data at relevant temporal and spatial scales – this data can be derived from natural history collections. Norway has a rich history of natural history collections, dating back to the 18th Century. A substantial quantity of the natural history specimens held in Norway’s museums are digitized, detailing the taxon sampled, date and location published online. The NTNU University Museum has over one million natural history objects dating from the 1700s to present, many of these, in particular the vascular plant herbarium, are already photographed. These collections will be the main focus of the postdoctoral fellowship.

Ultrasound focused on tumours in combination with contrast agent microbubbles injected in the blood is reported to improve the accumulation of drugs in tumours and improve the therapeutic response. Acoustic Cluster Therapy (ACT®) developed by the company EXACT Therapeutics is a promising ultrasound mediated drug delivery platform. ACT® is based on micro-clusters consisting of the microbubble Sonazoid™ and microdroplets. After injecting the micro-clusters in blood vessels, ultrasound is focused to the tumor whereby the microbubbles oscillate and transfer energy to the microdroplets, which undergo a liquid-to-gas phase shift forming a large ACT® bubble. The volume of the ACT® bubbles is typically 1000 times larger than regular contrast agent microbubbles. When the ACT® bubbles are exposed to ultrasound they oscillate and induce biomechanical effects on the vessel wall enhancing extravasation of drugs into the tumour.

The recruitment positions will work on biodiversity impacts and organisational strategies for this, as well as perception of biodiversity and nature. The positions will be hired by respective departments, but expected to take an active part in the multidisciplinary research environment at the centre.

NTNU, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture (KULT, www.ntnu.no/kult), is announcing a 2-year vacancy as a post doc within sustainability transitions research. The position focuses on increasing the circularity of consumption within electrical and electronic products and will engage in empirical and theoretical work. The post doc will be part of the KULTs Centre for technology and society and the research group on energy, climate and environment. The post doc is 100% funded by the research project eLife, which seeks to understand the role of households and communities in scaling up circular consumption solutions within electronics and electrical equipment. We are interested in start-up for the post doc during fall, 2023.

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions Your immediate leader is Associate Professor Idelfonso Nogueira

The project (Reimagining Blue Hydrogen Production: Accelerating Clean Energy Solutions through Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Process Design and Optimization)

A significant portion of hydrogen production stems from Steam Methane Reforming (SMR). The efficient capture of CO2 during SMR is the most prevalent method for producing blue hydrogen, which is the biggest challenge for blue hydrogen clean production. Overcoming this challenge could revolutionize the energy sector. Key objectives for blue hydrogen production include reducing energy costs, minimizing CO2 emissions, and integrating renewable energy sources. These goals can be achieved by rethinking this process at the design and operational levels.