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

A PostDoc position is available for experimental research on enzymes immobilized on polymeric and organic-inorganic hybrid matrices for catalysis of chemical reactions needed for transitioning to a sustainable and green society. 

The candidate will work on visualizing the position, density, structure and dynamics of immobilized enzymes using a suite of state-of-the-art optical and electron microscopy techniques. The work is part of a highly interdisciplinary collaboration – Biocatalysts Interactions with Gases (BIG) – comprising novel characterization, analysis, testing, and modeling of gaseous substrates at immobilized enzymes, with international leading partners at North Carolina State University (NC State), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), and  Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Do you want to work with international front-runners in life cycle assessment? Do you want to innovate in the field of assessing impacts on natural resources in an inspiring environment with a strong research team? If so, this postdoctoral position might be the right fit for you!

You will develop a new life cycle impact assessment method for the characterization of natural resources (carbon, metals) in life cycle assessment. You will apply this method in the environmental sustainability assessment of technologies.

The position is offered at the Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment of the Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering (DTU Sustain). The section spearheads the development of sustainability assessment methods. You will become part of an energetic and team-based research environment with around 40 international staff members, postdocs, and PhD students. Interactions with researchers from the DTU’s Centre for Absolute Sustainability are foreseen.

We seek a motivated, curious, and outgoing postdoc candidate with a solid background in fiber-sensing or fiber-optic/quantum communication. Experience with machine learning, digital signal processing is needed. Experience with the experimental work is a plus. The project goal is to explore matched filtering and time-waveform shaping to increase signal-to-noise ratio of the sensing based systems. The project will cover both algorithm development as well as experimental implementations. Throughout the project, a close collaboration with ADTRAN NETWORKS and Friedrich – Alexander University in Erlangen is envisioned.

We are looking for a researcher interested in creating and using mathematical models to predict the economic and ecological impact of changes in the fishing effort allocations of Danish fishing fleets. As part of the shift towards sustainable fishing and full enforcement of the EU Common Fisheries Policy, including efforts to achieve reduction by 2030 and climate-neutral fisheries by 2050, there is a pressing need for more in-depth research to understand feasible paths alongside the specific challenges faced by regional fleets, such as rising fuel prices, existing fleet structure, available stocks, and habitats, and their future change in distribution under a changing climate. The work will support achieving the goals of the EU Blue Economy and Ecosystem-Based Approach to Fisheries Management associated with the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive. 

The research focus of this project is to identify more optimal harvest strategies and potential reallocation of fishing efforts among operators, fishing techniques, and spatial areas. This will involve using finely resolved vessel position data for selected vessels and obtaining quantitative (e.g. edible protein per litre used) and qualitative insights, for example, through interviews, on how the skippers operate the fisheries. 

The goal is to optimize the economic and ecological outcomes while considering constraints such as costs, physical limitations, regulatory barriers, and the current management context. The project will ultimately integrate an “Evaluation and Guidance Toolbox for Low-Carbon and Low-Impact Fishing Techniques and Practices”. This evaluation framework (toolbox) will form the basis for exploring the feasibility of solutions and provide feedback and advice on choosing changed techniques and/or practices to potentially be applied by the fisheries sector.

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated organic synthetic chemist to ignite our program within carbohydrate chemistry and oligosaccharide synthesis. We are embarking on a 7-year journey, and you have a chance to help lay the foundation for the whole project. We are looking for a creative mind with excellent practical lab skills to rethink synthesis and remove bottlenecks to glycan assembly.

Are you interested in developing novel machine learning methodologies that are scalable, reliable and explainable and that can address imminent challenges both within quantum physics and the life-sciences?

As our new colleague your job will be to develop novel computational frameworks for machine learning by use of tensor network representations. In particular, you will push the boundaries of 

• Scalability, drawing upon recent large-scale TN capabilities in physics.
• Reliability, exploring uncertainty quantification and robust inference in machine learning
• Explainability, leveraging identifiability and unique recovery explored using tensor decompositions within the life-science domain.

A Tensor Network (TN) is a data structure for representing high-dimensional arrays (tensors) in a low-rank format as a sequence of smaller cores which can be stored and manipulated efficiently. TNs provide promising tools for large-scale machine learning, as they allow for exponential savings in memory and processing time, while often allowing for explainable structure extraction. However, key obstacles remain, preventing their widespread use. These include limitations in terms of reliable large-scale inference, uncertainty quantification, as well as efficient TN structure identification, assessment, and interpretation. You will address these obstacles and demonstrate how the developed tools can address important challenges within quantum physics as well as large-scale life-science data modeling.

Are you looking for a 3-year postdoc position in density functional theory simulation and applied deep learning for battery materials discovery? The research position is a part of the project “Autonomous agents of Discovery for earth-Abundant Na-ion battery cathodes (ADANA)” that is led by Assoc. Prof. Arghya Bhowmik at DTU from computational side and co-led by Prof. Dorthe Ravnsbæk at Arhus University from experimental side. ADANA intends to pioneer a multi-objective generative inverse design for disordered solid-state battery materials with the right properties by exploring a practically infinite chemical-structural phase space. We will develop and deploy deep learning based descriptor discovery to make the design space accessible to human understanding.

Do you hold a PhD or have equivalent research experiece in converter-based energy resources? Are you familiar with frequency domain analysis and eigenvalue studies? And do you have the courage and persistence which it takes to develop models and validate them against tests in a real 1000kVA scale converter-based Hybrid Power Plant (HPP) facility combining wind turbines, PV systems and storage systems? Then here is a chance to continue your research in a direction which is intended to be applied in industry and used in international standardization. You will work in a team of other young reserachers and experiencesd forefront researchers in DTU’s Department of Wind and Energy Systems.

A 2-years postdoctoral position in polymer synthesis and characterization is available at the Department of Chemistry. The candidate will work closely together with the PI and a PhD student on a project with the objective of studying ion-pairing phenomena in aqueous polyelectrolyte systems. 

DTU Electro has been working in all areas of electrical and photonic engineering, including a strong focus on optical communications. We hereby announce a Postdoc position within mode-division multiplexing systems using metasurfaces. This project is part of the MEMORY project funded by the Independent Research Fund Denmark. The MEMORY project aims to significantly advance the state-of-the-art in ultra-high-capacity optical communications and this Postdoc project will be at the heart of this activity.

The MEMORY project addresses the key question of how one can pack data channels in optical transmission links with a density order of magnitude higher than current optical fibres. It is an increasingly pressing issue due to the rise in traffic demands for digitalization. The most spatially dense way of packing data channels is achieved by exploiting the properties of guided light. Known as optical spatial modes, they are specific stable spatial distributions of the light inside an optical fibre. Multiple modes can exist simultaneously in the optical fibre and act as parallel data channels to realize so called mode-division multiplexing (MDM) or in general, space-division multiplexing (SDM). The mode multiplexer/demultiplexer (MUX/DEMUX) is an essential component in MDM systems, enabling orders of magnitude increase in transmission capacity.

Among the different types of modes that exist, the so-called “twisted photons”, or modes carrying an orbital angular momentum (OAM) of different orders are particularly interesting. The MEMORY project aims at developing a highly scalable mode multiplexer enabling multiple OAM beams for further transmission through a single optical fibre.

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented postdoctoral researcher to join our team in the exciting field of interlayer exciton research in two-dimensional (2D) materials. This position offers an excellent opportunity to work on cutting-edge research projects and collaborate with leading experts in the field.

Would you like to research new deep-learning methods for large volumetric images? Then this job might be what you are looking for.

In the HVIP project, we are an interdisciplinary research team that aims to use computed tomographic imaging (CT) to investigate root-bacteria interaction, specifically to understand how nitrogen-fixating bacteria enter the roots. This is important for producing crops with limited use of fertilizers. We are looking for a postdoc to analyze these images.

The HVIP project is in collaboration with Professor Jens Stougaard, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Plant Molecular Biology, Aarhus University, and Professor Elizabeth Duke, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, EMBL-Hamburg Biological X-ray imaging, and is based on measurement strategy, reconstruction, segmentation, sample preparation, and structural quantification at

Are you interested in uncovering the mechanisms underlying group social cognition and interaction? 

We invite applications for an appointment as a postdoc in group social cognition. The position is funded by the Carlsberg Semper Ardens grant titled “Self, other, and we: mechanisms and dynamics of self-other integration in social observation and interaction”.

You will primarily be involved in working within the social interaction and neuroscience (SINe Lab) group, with the aim of understanding self-other integration behavioural and neural dynamics during group interactions. 

You will be based within the Section for Cognitive Systems, which is a lively and research oriented group of scientists and support staff with a broad interest in information processing in humans and computers, and a particular focus on the signals they exchange, and the opportunities these signals offer for modelling and engineering of cognitive systems. 

The dynamical system section at DTU Compute is looking for postdoc researchers to join projects that aims on digitalization of the energy sector and contribution of demand response programs in energy efficiency. The projects provide innovative and sustainable solutions for energy production, distribution, and consumption, to improve energy performance in buildings, support renewable energy resources, and add value to demand side management by introducing and commercializing new opportunities for flexibility. The projects will involve stakeholder engagement across EU and dissemination activities to ensure the success and sustainability of the project outcomes.

You will become a member of the dynamical systems group, working alongside colleagues with diverse backgrounds. Your primary role will be to contribute to project tasks that demand a deep understanding of electrical or thermal energy system operation and dynamics, modelling approaches, and optimization methods. To excel in this role, you must possess an understanding of the rules and regulations of electricity markets and grid services. The projects details will be disclosed to the shortlisted candidates during the interview process.

 

(18) Postdoctoral Fellowship Position

Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc in Photonic Integrated Quantum Computing – DTU Physics

Deadline :10/25/2024

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The position is funded by the DETECT project which is an ERC-COG grant from the European Research Council. The overarching aim of this project is to discover and establish new fundamental insight into the catalytic activity of duel and triple atom catalysts. Reactions of interest includes: 

• Hydrogen peroxide formation
• CO2 reduction
• Ammonia synthesis

The position is at the SurfCat section at the Department of Physics at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Here we enjoy a social, open and transparent scientific environment. The students will be able to take full advantage of the large number of personnel working in adjacent fields of investigation, from surface science on single crystals to the testing of high surface area catalysts in reactors.

The position will be focused on synthesis, characterization and testing of the dual and triple atom catalysts using state-of-the-art in-house. Specifically, the work will involve:

The Climate and Energy Policy Division at DTU’s Department of Technology, Management and Economics offers a two-year postdoc position in the Energy Economics and Modelling section. The section researches how to upgrade and operate energy systems and markets with large amounts of variable renewable energy at the lowest possible societal cost.

We are looking for a highly motivated scholar with some economics/finance background and an interest in the digitalization of the energy and transport sectors to work on EU projects which aim to evaluate digital platforms for the energy and transport sectors and innovative energy solutions in urban districts.

If you are keen on contributing to the green transition, envisioning a planet running entirely on renewable energy, and looking for the best possible environment for fulfilling your dreams and ambitions, it is right here in front of you.  At DTU Wind and Energy Systems we are pushing the research boundaries in the domain of advanced and reliable materials for wind energy applications, with focus on advanced materials for wind turbine blades, improving wind turbine performance, and ensuring more efficient maintenance and protection of wind turbines. The Department of Wind and Energy Systems at the Technical University of Denmark is seeking applicants for a position of postdoctoral researcher in computational modelling of surface degradation and microplastics emission due to erosion of wind turbine blades

This is your opportunity to join a dynamic team dedicated to making a significant impact on the planet’s future. We offer a multidisciplinary, international, and friendly atmosphere, encouraging creativity, diversity, empathy, and teamwork. 

If you are interested in making a real impact in sustainability via bio-based product development, this is your chance to be part of innovative work. At DTU, we seek a team member with expertise in simulation, automation, and sustainability assessment to drive the transition towards a greener future.

As an internationally reputed elite university, DTU is at the forefront of innovation related to “the sustainable transition.” At the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU Biosustain), we are specifically looking for new ways to support the sustainable production of bio-based products, and that is why we need you and all your good simulation and automation skills. At DTU Biosustain, you’ll work on projects connecting research with real-world sustainable production applications. The goal is to develop tools that enable researchers to optimize their processes and assess sustainability impacts more effectively.

Are your experienced and knowledge founded in one or more areas within the field of the software architecture and quality attributes, software integration, or in computer science (optimization techniques, algorithms, stochastic programming) and cutting-edge technologies in building digital twins? If you additionally like to create results based on knowledge sharing and cross sector collaboration with highly skilled people this position could very well be tailored to you. 

Join our cutting-edge research team at Dynamical Systems section at DTU Compute and take your career to the next level. As a Postdoctoral Researcher, you’ll have the opportunity to develop innovative solutions, cross sector collaboration, and publish in high-impact journals. Enhance your professional skills and make a significant impact in the world of software engineering by applying today.

We seek a postdoc candidate who has a strong background on environmental biotechnology. Having experience with experimental work at lab and pilot scale (running membrane processes or fermenters) or bioinformatics is an advantage. You are highly motivated and self-driven in what you do. You like getting your hands dirty and therefore are capable of understanding analytical and experimental techniques, showing high degree of independence. You like to combine environmental performance data with details on microbiome diversity and functionality for process optimization. You enjoy working in an interdisciplinary environment and are unafraid to ask questions. 

Would you like to advance integrated photonic circuits with quantum light sources operating in the telecom C-band? The Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering (DTU Electro) at the Technical University of Denmark is seeking an enthusiastic and skilled postdoctoral researcher to join our team for the project QPIC1550, funded by the European Union. The primary objective of QPIC1550 is to create a universal and scalable platform operating at 1550 nm by integrating, for the first time together, quantum light sources and detectors onto SiN quantum photonic circuitry. This new platform has the potential to revolutionize quantum photonics by enabling the creation of on-demand single photons and entangled photon pairs with efficient single-photon detection. Critical to this platform is its compatibility with existing optical fiber networks, which makes this a cost-effective solution for quantum communication, computing, and quantum metrology applications. The aim is to demonstrate the flexibility of our QPIC platform in three different use cases: Quantum Key Distribution, Remote Quantum Computing, and Quantum Clock Synchronization experiments. 

At DTU Electro, we are at the forefront of the epitaxial growth of quantum dots (QDs) operating in the telecom C-band and device nanofabrication for application in quantum information technology. As a postdoc, you will play a crucial role in advancing the development of deterministic on-chip quantum light sources operating at the telecom C-band, with applications in quantum computing, quantum sensing, and quantum communication. Building on previous results (for links to key results please see the end of the job posting), this research will be conducted within the framework of an exciting EU project, providing you with unique opportunities for collaboration and international exposure.

You are passionate about working at the absolute forefront of technology? Here is the opportunity for you to fulfil your ambitions!

Continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) offers unique advantages for the distribution of secret keys between two parties for data encryption. Utilizing components similar to standard telecom components makes it an attractive solution for cost-effective and high-performance metropolitan applications. The technology exhibits significant parallels with coherent optical telecommunication. However, noise is absolute crucial as it is attributed to an eavesdropper, therefore presenting exciting challenges and opportunities. 

Within this position you will advance digital-signal-processing techniques for coherent and squeezed state CV-QKD by developing new algorithms and by evaluating them in simulations and in experiments.

The position will be hosted by the Section of Quantum Physics and Information Technology (QPIT) at the Department of Physics of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). We are a dynamic, innovative and diverse research team focused on all aspects of CV-QKD. Our team is passionate about advancing secure communication methods based on quantum physics and bringing quantum key distribution to the people. We have a wide range of academic and industry collaborations, e.g. as part of the EU Flagship on quantum technology and the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure.

You are passionate about working at the absolute forefront of technology? Here is the opportunity for you to fulfil your dreams and ambitions!

Continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) offers unique advantages for the distribution of secret keys between two parties for data encryption. Utilizing components similar to standard telecom components makes it an attractive solution for cost-effective and high-performance metropolitan applications. The technology exhibits strong parallels with coherent optical telecommunication. However, noise is absolutely crucial as it is attributed to an eavesdropper, therefore presenting exciting challenges and opportunities. 

Within this position you will advance CV-QKD towards higher speeds and larger distances by utilizing squeezed states of light from photonic integrated sources and investigate it in point-to-point and multi-user network configurations.

The position will be hosted by the Section of Quantum Physics and Information Technology (QPIT) at the Department of Physics of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). We are a dynamic, innovative and diverse research team focused on all aspects of CV-QKD. Our team is passionate about advancing secure communication methods based on quantum physics and bringing quantum key distribution to the people. We have a wide range of academic and industry collaborations, e.g. as part of the EU Flagship on quantum technology and the European Quantum Communication Infrastructure.

The AMD section is a leading group combining atomic- and multiscale modeling techniques, machine learning methods, and self-driving laboratories to accelerate the discovery of novel materials for energy conversion and storage. The fellowship is part of the large-scale and long-term Pioneer Center for Accelerating P2X Materials Discovery (CAPeX). CAPeX is a 13-year and 300 MDKK “Pioneer Center for Accelerating P2X Materials Discovery”, funded by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science, the Danish National Research Foundation, the Carlsberg Foundation, the Lundbeck Foundation, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, the Villum Foundation. CAPeX is hosted by the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and co-hosted by Aalborg University (AAU) and unites leading experts from DTU, AAU, University of Copenhagen, Aarhus University, and the University of Southern Denmark with international partners from Stanford University, Utrecht University, and the University of Toronto to form a truly Pioneering Center on P2X. You can read more about our organization’s CAPeX research themes and X-trails at www.capex-p2x.com.

If you are interested in working in the blooming energy sector for new green energy and starting a company that can make the difference, this is the opportunity for you. At DTU Energy, we continuously strive for innovative energy solutions. We seek a postdoc candidate to participate in a new and exciting research project funded by the Villum Foundation for Power to X technologies (VPX Accelerator). The project includes a collaboration between DTU Energy and DTU Construct. We will work on a new monolithic proprietary Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cell concept for remote applications. 

We invite applications for a Postdoctoral position within the field of Nanophotonics, funded by a Villum Young Investigator Grant. This position offers an opportunity to delve into the experimental and theoretical aspects of a new class of nanophotonic devices based on subwavelength dielectric nanostructures. These advancements aim to significantly reduce the size and energy consumption of integrated circuits, potentially revolutionizing computing paradigms.

The Villum Young Investigator project is dedicated to the advancement of theory, design, fabrication, and characterization of unexplored nanophotonic devices. The project closely aligns with the efforts of the Quantum and Laser Photonics Group and the Nanophoton Center (https://nanophoton.dtu.dk). The current call aims to bolster our experimental and theoretical activities on active devices, such as nanolasers. The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic team of researchers, fostering a culture of strong theoretical-experimental interaction, independent thinking, and collaborative spirit.