14 Postdoctoral Fellowship at NTNU, Norway

This project will investigate how Octopus use their specific touch taste modality to adapt to specific habitats and investigate how the cellular and molecular underpinnings work together with the peripherally distributed nervous system to support this particular behavior. The project will use a range of techniques centered around cellular physiology, anatomy, behavior and molecular biology to address these questions. We also closely collaborate with other researchers to bring these aspects into an environmental context (see relevant publications    here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867420311491 and here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05808-z  In the van Giesen lab we study sensory perception and processing in marine invertebrates. Navigating through a world full of complex information necessitates elaborate sensory organs that are capable of filtering and encoding relevant signals to guarantee the animals survival. These sensory cells and organs are the first connection between the outside world and the nervous system of the animal and are composed of complex cellular and molecular features that have evolved to suit the animal’s unique behavior. We have an interest in cellular physiology, to understand how these cellular and molecular determinants evolved to enable organisms to sense and adapt to their specific niche in the environment. We use different methods to investigate these questions including behavior, anatomy, transcriptomics and electrophysiology with a focus on marine invertebrates, such as corals and Cephalopods. The successful candidate will work in a highly collaborative environment on different aspects of cellular, molecular, and behavioral aspects of sensory perception in marine invertebrates and should have a general interest in cellular physiology, protein biochemistry and behavioral analysis as well as a basic background in R or transcriptome analysis.

We have a vacancy for a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Information Security and Communication Technology at NTNU in Trondheim, Norway. The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions. The position is funded by the Norwegian Research Council in the projects: “Lightweight Cryptography for Future Smart Networks” and “OffPAD – Optimizing balance between high security and usability. An innovative approach to endpoint security”. The NIST Post Quantum Cryptography Standardization is expected to end in 2024, and post-quantum cryptography will be required to secure all sensitive information in the years to come shortly after, e.g., in protocols such as TLS, SSH, FIDO and other systems. Additionally, NIST have announces a new call for quantum secure digital signature algorithms. This project aims to conduct research on lightweight post-quantum protocols and primitives, including symmetric key primitives, and improve upon the frameworks used today regarding communication size, computation complexity and secure and efficient implementation of long-term security cryptographic primitives. The postdoc will be part of the NTNU Applied Cryptology Lab, a multidisciplinary research group consisting of members from the Department of Information Security and Communication Technology and the Department of Mathematical Sciences at NTNU.

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions. The postdoctoral fellow will work on research and development within the context of the EU-funded Innovation Project “Agile conformance assessment for cybersecurity CERTIFication enhanced by Artificial Intelligence (CERTIFAI)”. The project aims to develop an open software framework for cost-effective AI-driven continuous assessment and (re-)certification of ICT products and services, paving the way for a more secure and trustworthy EU’s digital world. Building on the EU Cybersecurity Act, CERTIFAI will leverage the established cybersecurity requirements, standards, and technical specifications to deliver an efficient approach for ensuring that a product, once certified, will continue to be compliant with relevant standards throughout its life cycle. The project will be carried out by a consortium comprising eleven partners from industry and research/academia from seven European countries.  The position creates an opportunity for more collaboration with other research disciplines such as security management, safety engineering, and policymaking in addition to the focus areas mentioned above.

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions. We are looking for a candidate to be part of the Manufacturing Research Group at NTNU, investigating how the increased contents of post-consumer scrap recycled aluminium materials affect the manufacturing of advanced products. This is an important activity in order to achieve a more competitive and sustainable production. A particular research focus will be placed on the development of adaptive, flexible and digitalized metal forming processes that can be capable of dealing with the critical challenges of using recycled aluminium in value-added products (e.g., lightweight components used in electric vehicles and ships). The position complies with NTNU Faculty of Engineering Science for developing world-class research in the strategic area of Competitive and Sustainable Manufacturing, and will be part of the recent research project, AluGreen (Aluminium Green Platform) – where 19 partners within the aluminium value chain are involved. Moreover, this project is aligned with long-term research programs such as MANULAB – national manufacturing research infrastructure, NAPIC (NTNU Aluminium Product Innovation Centre), and the Gemini Center for Metal Forming.

The successful fellow will contribute to the project with individual and collaborative research to explore the relationship between artificial intelligence (AI), assessment, and professional digital competence (PDC) in language teacher education and language education in the school. The fellow may consider pursuing any project that investigates to what extent AI affects formative and summative assessment practices and teachers’ PDC in different language education contexts, including (but not limited to) primary and secondary school, and teacher education. The fellow should pursue practices with emerging AI-enabled language learning technologies (for instance assignments, coursework, and/or examinations supported by content creation tools such as ChatGPT chatbot, Grammarly virtual writing assistant, Hivemind AI writing tool) and discuss how PDC is relevant for the design of language teaching and learning processes. This research will contribute to the discourse of language education, AI and technology-enhanced language learning, assessment, and teachers’ PDC in education. The candidate will work closely with the New Technologies and Educational Design research group and contribute to seminars, workshops, and conferences. Research areas may include related topics such as the use of AI-supported digital learning resources and learning environments in language learning, the role of AI in language assessment and academic integrity, the professional development of teachers’ PDC, and AI-enabled language assessment practices.

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions. The post doc position is part of SUSOLTECH (Sustainable Solar Cell Technology) that is a Research Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research, and it is placed in the Solar Cell Physics Group at the Department of Physics, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.  

Den utlyste stillingen er tilknyttet seksjon for nordisk ved Institutt for språk og litteratur. Stillingen er 2-årig og tilknyttet forskningsprosjektet ImagiNation 1814–1905. Prosjektet startet i januar 2022. Den som ansettes skal gjennomføre et individuelt postdoktor-prosjekt innenfor rammene av ImagiNation 1814–1905 (prosjektbeskrivelse). ImagiNation 1814–1905 er et litteraturhistorisk forskningsprosjekt som skal kartlegge og kritisk studere geografiske forestillinger i den norske og/eller nordiske litteraturen fra perioden 1814 til 1905. Litterære beskrivelser av steder, rom, regioner og landskap er ikke nøytrale, men artikulerer historiske og politiske kontekster. Ved å kombinere fjernlesing, digitale kart og kritiske nærlesingsstrategier, skal prosjektet identifisere hvordan geografiske forestillinger sirkulerte i den nordiske litteraturen i perioden mellom grunnloven og unionsoppløsningen. Hvilke geografiske forestillinger var det som preget litteraturen gjennom perioden? Hvilke stereotypier og konfliktlinjer finner vi? Hvilken rolle spilte litterære beskrivelser av steder, rom, regioner og landskap i produksjonen av kulturell identitet i perioden, og hvilke historiske drivkrefter lå til grunn for slike beskrivelser?

A postdoc position is available at the Center of Excellence QuSpin (Center for Quantum Spintronics) which is part of the Department of Physics, NTNU in Trondheim, Norway. The candidate will join and become part of an excellent international research environment in quantum condensed matter theory and experiments. The postdoc position has a duration of three and a half years.

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions. The postdoctoral fellow will work on research and development within the context of the NFR-funded Collaborative and Knowledge-building Project “Context-Based Real-Time OT-IT Systems Integrity Management”. The project aims to develop knowledge and methodologies for process-aware cyber security for modern systems control. This shall be achieved through complementing current Industrial Control System (ICS) Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) with domain specific knowledge-based models and methods that consider the function of the whole CPS, forming a basis for process-aware risk analysis for attack response advisory. The project will be carried out in collaboration with industry (Equinor, Statnett, Kongsberg Maritime, Siemens Energy, ABB Motion) and public sector authorities (the Petroleum Safety Authority – Ptil and the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate – NVE) and covers both the petroleum sector and its power supply.

We have a vacancy for a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions. The position is affiliated with the MODELYS project funded by the Research Council of Norway and European industry. Project partners include SINTEF, the University of Oslo, the Danish Technical University (DTU Energy), and NTNU. The project will develop new knowledge on improvements and limitations of electrolyser cells and stacks, and provide design and decision support tools for enabling the realization and integration stacks in GW-plants. The overall aim of the MODELYS project is to generate a roadmap for the realisation of GW plants at a cost less than €350/kW, to be able to produce green hydrogen at a competitive price in 2030. To ensure a successful outcome, the MODELYS team includes both experimentalists and theorists. The Postdoctoral Fellow will work on the mathematical modeling of water electroclysis processes in close collaboration with experimentalists. The work will in particular contribute to the understanding of degradation processes and the dependence of lifetime on operation modes (start-stop cycles, integration with renewables, fluctuating loads etc.) and electrolyser technology. The post doctoral fellow will have results of advanced electrochemical and other characterisation methods at her disposal, including in operando effluent analysis and tomography.

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering (IMA) has a vacancy for a position as Post Doc candidate within the field of Na-ion battery technology within the framework of a research collaboration with the company WAI Environmental Solutions and the research institute SINTEF Energy. Research activities relevant for the postdoctoral position will be focused on synthesis and advanced characterization of hard carbon materials, fabrication of electrodes, and electrochemical characterization combined with post mortem studies.

We announce a 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 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. The duration is at least 2 years. Should further funding become available, additional time might be added, up to a total of 3 years. You will work in the group led by Professor Simen Å. Ellingsen The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions. The project WaTurSheD, funded by the European Research Council (ERC), concerns the triple interactions of waves, turbulence and shear currents (WTC) and how they mix waters beneath a water surface. The research is a scientifically exciting study of fundamental fluid mechanics, and important to our future.