22 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark

Are you a mechatronics, mechanical, electrical engineer, or something similar who wants to have the opportunity to work on a project narrowing the gap between fundamental research and application, where research results are translated to real-life technology? The Technical University of Denmark invites applicants for a 2-year postdoc position on developing sensor prototypes.

The position is part of a project funded by the Energy Technology Development & Demonstration Programme (EUDP). The project is led by Associate Professor Jonas Sundberg and is an interdisciplinary collaboration between DTU Engineering Technology, DTU Offshore, Danish Teknological Institute, PoreSense and the Danish Underground Consortium (TotalEnergies, BlueNord, Northsea Foundation).

The position is at DTU Offshore (Lyngby), but you will also work at DTU Engineering Technology (Ballerup), where you have the possibility to work closely with chemists, engineers, and data scientists working on the project. Travel to and stay at other collaborators is expected.  

As part of the project, you will develop as a researcher and deepen your technical skills. Furthermore, you will also have the opportunity to build a network, collaborate and disseminate your research at national and international conferences. 

DTU Food and DTU Sustain have teamed up with international experts in the ArcticSewlutions project to evaluate wastewater systems in the Arctic. The project focuses on assessing the type, efficiency, and properties of wastewater treatment in cold, sparsely populated regions. It aims to promote knowledge exchange and provide stakeholders with information to potentially change practices. The project will analyze common wastewater quality parameters and investigate emerging contaminants and antibiotic resistance in Arctic waters, with a primary focus on Finland, Sweden, Iceland, and Greenland. While the analysis of emerging contaminants will be done at an external certified lab, your working tasks will be:

• Engage in research in Greenland for the benefit of Greenlandic society.
• Conduct multiple fieldworks in Greenland in fall 2025 and spring/summer/fall 2026 to sample and analyze common wastewater quality and microbial parameters at sites in Greenland with team members.
• Make advanced microbiological analysis such as qPCR at DTU Foods laboratories in Lyngby.
• Main responsibility for data treatment and analysis of Greenlandic samples.
• Collaborate closely with DTU supervisors and other project members to produce joint papers and reports.
• Participate in project workshops in Iceland and Finland in 2026 and 2027. 

1. To investigate biodiversity at offshore wind farms using eDNA to monitor spatial and temporal biodiversity variation, and to develop eDNA into a robust cost-efficient tool for marine environmental impact assessment. The scholarship is partly funded of the “WINDNA” project, financed by the Independent Research Fund Denmark and the Velux Foundations. The project includes collaboration with partners from the wind energy sector (Ørsted, Total Energies), private research and advice (DHI) and national authorities (Danish Environment Agency) as well as NGOs.
2. To develop eDNA based methods to estimate bycatch of non-targeted fish species in fisheries catches. The aim of the project is to develop a high quality, cost-effective pipeline for eDNA based catch composition assessment using DNA from samples of production water surrounding the catch. The scholarship is partly funded by of the DNACATCH project supported by the Ministry of Food Agriculture and Fisheries through the Green Development and Demonstration Programme (GUDP). The project includes collaboration with the Danish pelagic fishing fleet (DPPO), fishmeal and fish oil producers (MID) and a private genetics/genomics company (Eurofins Genomics).

Are you passionate about sustainability and innovation? Do you want to contribute to reshaping the food supply chain and creating a new and sustainable production system? If so, we invite you to join the UPCYFUN project at DTU as a Postdoctoral Researcher. UPCYFUN is a collaboration between DTU, Aalborg University, TDI and the private companies ProteinFrontiers, Pexinno, HNH-consult, Lyras, and Vestjyllands Andel, financed by the Innovation Foundation.

In this position, your work will focus on functional screening of DTU’s large fungal strain collection (IBT) to identify novel production hosts using a combination of robotics-assisted experiments and data mining in our 30 years of legacy data regarding the safety, metabolomics, and physiology of the strains. The UPCYFUN project is a unique opportunity for you to make a lasting societal impact, while also strengthening your research profile within fungal-based biotechnology, cell factory engineering, robotics, and data science – a highly sought-after profile in both academia and industry.

You will join the Section for Synthetic Biology at DTU Bioengineering, which offers a unique open research environment that balances foundational science, multidisciplinary research, and innovation in close collaboration with leading national and international industrial and academic partners. 

The DTU National Food Institute offers a postdoc position to carry out research on developing up-scaled cultivation of Nannochloropsis oceanica and eco-efficient downstream processing for production of nutritious omega 3 fatty acids and vitamin D3 food supplements and ingredients, and ii) implementation of in-line UV-treatment for vitamin D3-biofortification.

Different eco-efficient and sustainable technologies will be applied for downstream processing to obtain high-quality end-products. The eco-efficient strategy includes vibro-separation technology, cell-disruption methods without chemicals, such as enzymatic or mechanical treatment, and green-extraction technologies, such as supercritical CO2. The work will be carried out in close collaboration with industrial partners, collaborating on the implementation of their innovative technologies and solutions. The research carried out by the postdoc will contribute to the AgriFoodTure partnership, with the common mission to accelerate green-transition in the Danish agri-food system. Hence, this project commits to this mission and contributes with green innovation in production of plant-based nutrients for food and food supplements. 

The postdoc will be employed in the Research Group for Bioactives – Analysis and Application[CJ1] , at the DTU National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark. Research in green-technologies and high value compounds from plant based raw materials and their application in foods is one of the focus areas of the research group. Dynamic staff with high international visibility, many research collaborations with leading international universities and organisations, and a successful track record of national and international research projects are the key for the research group. 

(18) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc in Data Science for Reliability, Structural Integrity and Lifetime Assessment of Wind Energy Assets – DTU Wind

Deadline : 28 April 2025

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We seek an enthusiastic and engaged postdoc willing to be part of a world-leading research environment and contribute to developing wind, solar generation and electricity price forecasting. You will get the opportunity to participate and influence the development of advanced forecast solutions combining weather forecasts and novel machine learning/statistical forecasting methods.

The focus areas are

• Find the best solutions to forecast hybrid power plant generation from minute-level to day-ahead, including implementation, test and validation at the DTU Risø HPP facility
• Understand and simulate wind and solar forecast uncertainties on pan-European level, leveraging latest machine learning weather forecast models
• Apply machine learning methods to forecast day-ahead and balancing market electricity prices with focus on Nordic electricity market including implementation, test and validation at the DTU Risø HPP facility (possibly in a GPU computing infrastructure) 
• Aid the implementation of IEA Wind Task 51 Forecasting, the largest global discussion group on renewables forecast production and usage

We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join our interdisciplinary team working at the frontier of artificial intelligence and materials science. The postdoc will lead efforts to apply state-of-the-art AI techniques (machine learning, deep learning, generative models, etc.) to the discovery and development of new materials in critical domains: water, energy and resource recovery. This position offers a unique opportunity to collaborate closely with experimental chemists and materials scientists – using AI to predict promising materials, guiding their synthesis in the lab, and iteratively refining models with experimental feedback. The ultimate goal is to accelerate innovation in sustainable materials (e.g. catalysts, functional materials and membranes for clean water, sustainable fuels, chemical cycling of plastic waste) by leveraging data-driven methods.

This role also offers an exciting opportunity for project management, with AI tools to explore how machine learning, computational modelling, and advanced data analytics can accelerate not only the discovery, characterization, and optimization of materials but also project assessment and communication. You will collaborate closely with material scientists, environmental and resource engineers, as well as industry partners in several EU and Danish Innovation projects, to translate computational insights into tangible, real-world solutions.

We seek a motivated and talented Postdoctoral Researcher to work on our Neuro-Lightning Project funded by Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond (DFF) Sapere Aude Grant. The Neuro-Lightning Project aims to understand the inner plasma physics of lightning using the new neuromorphic imaging technique.