11 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, United States

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (LBNL) Materials Science Division has an opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow position to join the Nanofabrication Facility at the Molecular Foundry—an internationally recognized user facility at the forefront of nanoscale science.

This is an exciting opportunity for an early-career researcher to lead cutting-edge work in biomimetic polypeptoid surface functionalization, with applications in Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUVL) and heterogeneous integration. The successful candidate will conduct interdisciplinary research across cleanroom nanofabrication, biomolecular self-assembly, and advanced imaging, leveraging state-of-the-art facilities at LBNL. This role offers a unique chance to engage in high-profile, DOE-funded collaborations with leading experts through the Center for High Precision Patterning Science (CHiPPS) and the Microelectronics Energy Efficiency Research Center for Advanced Technologies (MEERCAT).

The successful candidate will be based at the Molecular Foundry, a world-renowned research hub dedicated to nanoscale science, where they will work in a highly collaborative and mentorship-driven environment. This position provides opportunities for professional growth, networking with top-tier scientists, and publishing in top-rated scientific journals while contributing to groundbreaking advancements in nanofabrication and biomolecular engineering.

The position requires engagement in pioneering research at the crossroads of machine learning and accelerator physics, aimed at improving the performance and capabilities of our light source facility. Modern complex accelerators at large-scale scientific user facilities face increasing challenges as new machines push the boundaries of technology in the pursuit of higher performance. Working with a team of accelerator physicists and engineers, the position requires tackling these challenges by applying machine learning techniques to accelerator tuning and control. You will study beam-based diagnostics to optimize machine performance as well as explore and develop advanced control methods for injectors and storage rings. Additionally, the position requires using ML methods to analyze operational data and develop advanced automated machine startup and commissioning tools.

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (LBNL) Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP) Division has an opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow to join the Advanced Light Source (ALS) Accelerator Physics Program (ALS AP), and will be matrixed to both the Advanced Light Source (ALS) and ALS-U Divisions.  

In this role, you will join the ALS-U Beam Diagnostics team to support the fabrication, testing, and commissioning of various beam diagnostics devices. These include bunch charge monitors, feedback systems, beam position monitors, beam profile monitors, diagnostics beamlines, and more. With the design phase completed, the project is now progressing into procurement, fabrication, assembly, testing, and commissioning stages. You will contribute to all phases of this effort, working closely with the diagnostics team and collaborating across multiple groups.

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (LBNL) Materials Science Division (MSD) has an opening for an Organic and Polymer Postdoctoral Fellow where Dr. Brett Helms leads a dynamic, cross-disciplinary team pioneering sustainable polymers with closed-loop lifecycles. Our mission: to design infinitely recyclable plastics—like polydiketoenamines (PDKs)—that redefine manufacturing, performance, and recycling, driving the transition to a circular economy.

As an Organic and Polymer Postdoctoral Fellow, you’ll spearhead the synthesis of next-generation recyclable polymers and uncover the design rules that will shape the future of sustainable materials. Collaborate with world-class researchers across LBNL’s Materials Sciences Division, Molecular Foundry, and Advanced Light Source, leveraging cutting-edge facilities to accelerate your impact. This is your chance to contribute to transformative science while growing your career at a renowned national lab.

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (LBNL) Energy Storage & Distributed Resources Division has an opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow to join the team.

In this exciting role, you will conduct research in the area of solid-state batteries in the Battery Materials Research Program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Working to demonstrate, analyze, and improve fabrication processes for ceramic electrolyte layer and electrolyte/cathode bilayer structures, and assess processing routes for fabrication of solid state batteries. This will include powder processing, sintering, cell fabrication and testing, mechanical testing, and diagnosis of performance-limiting and cycling-limiting phenomena. Primary focus points will be LLZO layer fabrication, cathode/electrolyte compatibility and bilayer architecture optimization. You will interact with global leaders in battery, SOFC, and ceramic electrochemical device technology.

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (LBNL) Energy Storage & Distributed Resources Division has an opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow to join the team.
In this exciting role, you will develop innovative optimization models in the context of distribution and transmission grid investment and planning, unit commitment and economic dispatch problems. These models will be developed within multiple projects funded by the US Department of Energy.and converted into tools that can be used by the power system industry, academia or policy/regulatory entities.

Included in the Grid Integration Group, the Grid Planning and Economics team develops models and software solutions to support decisions around power systems planning, economics as well as electricity markets and policy.

The Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (LBNL) Atomic, Molecular and Optical Sciences (AMOS) group of the Chemical Sciences Division is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to  explore the ultrafast electronic and nuclear dynamics of molecules using cutting-edge extreme ultraviolet (XUV) spectroscopy.

The AMOS group seeks to answer fundamental questions in atomic, molecular, and chemical sciences by employing existing and currently emerging tools such as free electron lasers, laboratory-based extreme ultraviolet ultrafast laser sources, synchrotrons, electron beams, which are coupled with advanced electron, ion, and photon detection techniques. Combining these with state-of-the-art theory, we investigate fundamental chemistry and physics in small molecular systems over a broad range of time scales and energies. 

This position offers the opportunity to work at the forefront of ultrafast science, leveraging state-of-the-art laser systems, synchrotrons, and free electron lasers to investigate fundamental chemical and physical processes. You will join a collaborative research environment, working alongside leading scientists and contributing to groundbreaking discoveries.

Lawrence Berkeley National Lab’s (LBNL) Accelerator Technology & Applied Physics (ATAP) Division has an opening for a Postdoctoral Scholar to join the Fusion Science and Ion Beam Technology Program (FS/IBT).

As part of our Quantum-Information-Science projects, you will contribute to the development of color center synthesis, characterization, and integration for quantum sensing and quantum networking applications.

Working closely with scientists and engineers within our Program, you will design, implement, and utilize novel instrumentation and modified instruments to form color centers using particle beams and lasers. Characterizing and integrating these color centers for quantum information science applications. The position involves collaborations with researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and LaserNetUS facilities, where experiments on color center formation using laser-driven ion pulses are conducted. Additionally, the postdoc will interact with a theory group at LBNL to advance our understanding of color center formation kinetics and coherence properties in materials such as diamond, silicon, and other semiconductors