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

Intense agricultural and farming activities lead to pollution of the environment via run-off of nutrients and other organic pollutants (e.g., pesticides) to different water bodies. High nutrient levels can lead to eutrophication and may reach levels that prevent water use for drinking purposes. The project will address the removal of nutrients and pesticides from groundwater taking advantage of methane already present in many groundwater streams. The project relies on the use of bioinformatics to characterize the methane fed microbiomes and provide input data for metagenome based metabolic models. These models are then used to optimize bioreactors to treat groundwater. The postdoc will work with a team of interdisciplinary researchers as part of the project Metagenome-based Metabolic Modeling for Green transition of Water Treatment – application to Methanotrophy, granted by the Danish Research Council.

The CAZymes Enzyme Discovery group at DTU Bioengineering is looking for a qualified candidate for a 2-year postdoc position that will be part of a larger research effort on understanding the structural foundation for CAZyme specificity. The research project is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The project seeks to develop a deep understanding of how carbohydrate processing enzymes recognize their substrates to perform catalysis. The research is led by Professor Bernard Henrissat. If you are seeking to establish your career as a top-level scientist whose results have a broad and lasting scientific impact, this postdoc position provides a strong foundation for fulfilling this ambition.

The Nanophotonics section at DTU Electro is seeking a highly motivated postdoc to be a part of a new program on ‘Symmetry-guided discovery of topological photonics’, led by Senior Researcher Thomas Christensen, who moved from MIT to DTU in early 2023. Funded by a Villum Young Investigator program (link), the project aims to uncover novel kinds of photonic topology using recent ideas and tools at the intersection of topological band theory, symmetry analysis, and group theory. You will work on developing and applying these ideas to discover new photonic phenomena, implement associated computational tooling, and to find opportunities for proof-of-principles demonstrations with experimental collaborators at the department and internationally. In particular, your work will focus on advancing the understanding of the interplay between photonic topology and symmetry in unexplored settings, such as with non-Hermicity, time-periodic driving, or magnetic symmetry. The program aims to advance the frontiers of theoretical photonics, deepen our understanding of fundamental wave-phenomena, and investigate the applications of topology in photonics.

Are you excited about the new developments in the alternative protein space? Have you always looked for ways to integrate your passion for sustainability and food with your scientific skills in molecular microbiology? Do you want to work in an excellent research environment in highly application and entrepreneurially oriented science with support of a strong international network of collaborators? Then you do not need to look any further. We offer a 2-year postdoc position to work on the recombinant production of growth factors to improve the economic and environmental performance of culture media for cellular agriculture. The culture media is currently the key bottleneck to truly deliver a sustainable and economically feasible alternative to meat and milk with the same flavour and nutritional profile to animal-derived products. You will be working in a highly motivated and dedicated team of researchers in an inspiring and interdisciplinary environment and research network in order to tackle this challenge. 

This position will be affiliated with the team of Associate Professor Chiara Francavilla in the Section for Protein Science and Biotherapeutics at the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Danish Technical University, and will be in close collaboration with the team of Senior Lecturer Jean-Marc Schwartz at the University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. The successful candidate will work on the analysis, integration, mathematical modelling, visualization, and sharing with the biomedical community of multi omics data (phosphoproteomics, transcriptomics, metabolomics, etc). Data has been (or will be) obtained both at the whole cell or single-cell level from mammalian cells representing health and disease states. Furthermore, the successful candidate will work closely and will discuss results with experimentalists both at DTU and at the University of Manchester and will participate in decisions on the experimental work. Therefore, this position offers the unique, challenging, and exciting opportunity to develop novel bioinformatics tools for the research teams and for the whole scientific community in close collaboration with experimentalists. Dr Francavilla’s team is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation and focuses on regulatory mechanisms of cell signalling in several cellular models. The team combines omics technologies with bioinformatics, and functional validation of candidates by biochemical, cell biology, and imaging methods (see for instance, Smith, Ferguson et al., EMBO J., 2021; Watson, Ferguson et al., Nat Comm, 2022; Ogden et al., NAR Cancer, 2023). This international, passionate, and multidisciplinary team works in close collaboration with teams at the University of Manchester, UK, led by Dr Francavilla and by Dr Schwartz and with several scientists with diverse background in Denmark and abroad. 

We are now advertising the first of four positions at DTU Physics within our new project UltraBat – Capturing Ultrafast Electron and Ion Dynamics in Batteries – generously funded for 4 years by EU Horizon RIA with partners in Denmark, Germany, and France. The positions at DTU Physics are centered around ultrafast (femtoseconds to nanoseconds) X-ray experiments using synchrotrons and XFELs, with a focus on charge injection, ion transfer, and structural dynamics in realistic and model systems for Li-rich compounds. The positions will span experimental efforts at large scale X-ray facilities, handling and reduction of very large data sets, data analysis, and simulations of X-ray scattering and spectroscopy signatures of dynamic processes in battery materials. The theoretical/ simulation efforts are supported by project partners from DTU Energy, and the experimental efforts are supported by project partners from European XFEL.

The interdisciplinary approach aims at relating the atomic-scale structure, dynamics and functions of isolated, single nanoparticles in both thermal catalysis and electrocatalysis as a radical new approach for developing new and more efficient catalysts needed to tackle the environmental challenges of our time. In the autumn 2023, VISION’s new one-of-a-kind electron microscope will be housed in DTU’s new “Climate Challenge Laboratory” building. The new laboratory will host the VISION center, the Surface Physics and Catalysis section, the CatTheory section and the Pioneer Center, CAPeX, as a vibrant collaborative research environment with internationally leading scientists in the fields of catalysis and power-to-X. 

The section for Autonomous Materials Discovery (AMD) at DTU Energy is looking for an outstanding candidate for a postdoc within the field of data analytics applied to energy materials and devices with a strong link to atomistic simulations for the materials of the future.

This postdoc position will develop your expertise in the physics and chemistry of polymeric self-organization phenomena. The position at DTU Chemistry is affiliated with the project Packing Frustration in ABC Starblock Polymers and the focus of the project is to study how the detailed structure of the individual blocks A, B and C influence the self-organization behavior. An ABC star block polymer is a material where polymer A, B, and C is connected to a common point. The project involves the study of a carefully chosen selection of ABC-stars. The purity of the stars we investigate is pivotal and thus competences within polymer analysis and in particular chromatography is important. The synthesis of the materials are conducted in collaboration with a PhD-project already affiliated with the project. The properties of the ABC-stars and especially the structures formed will be studied using scattering and imaging techniques. Competences with in electron microscopy, AFM, and small angle scattering is very welcome. We are interested in establishing understanding of the relation between molecular properties – polarity and conformation – and the structures of the bulk ABC-star materials. In the beginning of the post doc the focus will be establishing chromatographic equipment for analysis of the star including option for size exclusion chromatography and chromatography under critical conditions. However, the availability of the ABC stars is also pivotal but as the project moves forward the focus will shift towards the structures formed.

The Yeast and fungi Natural Products Laboratory is looking for talented Postdoctoral scientists who are passionate about natural product discovery, biosynthesis, engineering, synthetic biology and sustainable production of chemicals.  Our Laboratory is dedicated to making chemicals (fuels, pesticides, polymers, etc) sustainably by harnessing mechanisms and catalysts from fungal natural product metabolism. We mine, discover, engineer, and produce polyketides using bioinformatics, omics, and synthetic biology.  We are passionate about fungi, non-ribosomal peptide synthetases and polyketide synthase and we have developed tools for their heterologous production. Our laboratory is co-led by Jay Keasling and Pablo Cruz-Morales and has a line-up of highly skilled and talented natural product scientists. Our laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and facilities and is in Kongens Lyngby (the beautiful Copenhagen suburban area). 

DTU Health Tech is seeking an experienced and motivated scientist to join our Distinguished Innovator project team. Our team is dedicated to local delivery of antibiotics and gene therapy, with a primary focus on treating infections and inflammation in soft tissue, bones, and joints such as osteomyelitis and osteoarthritis. If you are a talented researcher with background in cell biology and animal work with a passion for translational research, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity. As our new colleague, you will contribute to developing innovative treatments for these debilitating diseases, which is of utmost importance for patients and society at large, as it can prevent hospitalization and reduce healthcare costs.  The Distinguished Innovator project team is part the Colloids & Biological Interfaces (CBIO) group at DTU. The CBIO group aims to improve and develop new treatments for a broad range of diseases. The aim of the current project is also focused on combating antimicrobial resistance through innovative drug delivery. As part of our expert team, you will collaborate on formulation strategies for delivering antibiotics and gene therapy to treat infection and manage inflammation in bone, soft tissue, and joints. The university is located in the greater Copenhagen area, which is renowned for its excellent standards of living and welfare system. Join us in our quest to improve healthcare through innovative research.

Are you ready to advance deep learning methods for 3D image analysis? Would you like to collaborate on unraveling the hidden stories within the microstructure of fibrous materials? Can you envision yourself working hand in hand with world-leading experts in X-ray imaging? If yes, then look no further – our Postdoc position might be the perfect fit for you! We invite you to apply for a 2-year Postdoc position to join the project RENNER, Real-time acquisition and neural representation of structural properties, funded by a Villum Synergy grant. 

We seek a highly motivated two-year Postdoc to study and develop well-bore monitoring solutions using fiber optic sensing. In this position, you will get the opportunity to apply and develop your skills in large-scale laboratory testing and interpretation of recorded responses from fiber optic sensors. The project is a collaboration between DTU Offshore and Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and we especially focus on developing a methodology that will serve as laboratory proof-of-concept that may support existing types of well-bore monitoring solutions. This collaborative project is funded by a grant from the Innovation Fund Denmark and DTU Offshore.

A one-year postdoc position in the field of microbial protein synthesis from greenhouse gases and residual nitrogen from water is available at DTU Sustain within the project funded by the Circular Bio-based Europe (Joint Undertaking) Project, with an expected start date of Nov 1, 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The successful candidate will train and deploy machine learning models as surrogate simulators using local and European large-scale HPC at an unprecedented scale for high-accuracy modelling of battery electrodes and interfaces. We will utilise models developed locally like neural network ansatz quantum Monte Carlo, equivariant graph neural networks for electron density, density functional theory accelerated with predicted density matrix, crystal structure search methods with symbolic neural AI etc. We will also use state of the art methods developed in partner groups and elsewhere. Necessary software engineering will be done for scalability and distributed trainability. This will allow us to reach unprecedented ground truth accuracy electronic structure solution of battery materials or to generate petabytes of data over entire phase spaces of materials to allow data driven science. The projects will be carried out in close collaboration with external partner groups that are among the world’s leading machine learning or materials simulation groups. The activities are linked to other ongoing projects in the Section working on clean energy materials and machine learning for accelerated materials discovery.

 

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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoctoral researcher in marine sensing systems and autonomy – DTU Aqua

Deadline : 11/16/2023

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The position focuses on the critical translational aspect: “scalable stem cell manufacturing” and specifically for the production of stem cell derived NK cells. It is a 3-year postdoc in the DigitSTEM initiative: A generously funded four-year research collaboration between The Technical University of Denmark (DTU), The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Stem Cell Medicine (renew) at University of Copenhagen, and Bioneer A/S that aims at developing new in vitro disease models and cell therapies using human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs). The successful applicant will be working within the Section of Protein Science and Biotherapeutics at the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine in the research group ‘Biotherapeutic Glycoengineering and Immunology’ headed by Professor Steffen Goletz.

If you are establishing your career as a scientist and looking for an exciting research topic and professional team to fulfill your dreams and ambitions, it is right here in front of you. The Quantum Light Sources group at DTU Electro, Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark, is seeking several talented Postdoctoral researchers. You will work in the field of nanofabrication and quantum optical characterization of sources of single indistinguishable photons based on nanoengineered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and semiconductor InGaAs quantum dots. The position is offered with support from the European Research Council. Novel sources of single photons are expected to play an essential role in various quantum information applications, such as secure communications, quantum computation, and metrology. These applications require deterministic on-demand emission as well as high efficiency, purity, and indistinguishability of the emitted photons. Moreover, a vision within scalable quantum information processing is to develop a fully integrated active photonic circuit on a single chip by implementing the main building blocks, e.g., single-photon sources, beamsplitters, and single-photon detectors. In particular, a novel nanoengineered TMD appears as a promising platform for developing on-chip fully integrated photonic circuits for future quantum technologies.

A 1-year postdoctoral position in advanced modeling of filtration separation of oil droplets from water produced from a petroleum reservoir is available at the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, DTU. You will be involved in solving an important practical and ecological problem: cleaning of the huge amounts of water produced from petroleum reservoirs. The task of modeling this process is challenging, and you will have to apply advanced skills in mathematics, as well as chemistry, to succeed. Your achievements in the project will be of high industrial and academic interest and will certainly attract the attention of the industrial research community, which is important for your future career building. The project will be carried out in CERE – Center of Energy resources Engineering, in collaboration with DOTC – DTU Offshore Technology Center. The principal supervisor will be Associate Professor Alexander Shapiro (CERE), with co-supervision of Simon Ivar Andersen (DOTC). 

We have developed a hard X-ray microscope at the European Synchrotron Radiation Source (ESRF) that for the first time enables to acquire 3D movies of the structural evolution of grains, domains and atomic scale defect deep within mm-sized samples. In this project we will visualize the self-organization taking place when metals deform plastically. We directly see defects (dislocations) interacting and forming boundaries and we see how the grain-assembly builds up with external load.  Our aim is to use this advantage to generate a new generation of materials models, that are based on first principles. Coupling the vast 3D experimental movies with the most advanced dislocation dynamics simulations requires novel data science approaches, e.g. based on AI. Join our center: “The physics of metal plasticity” to help fulfill this vision. Based at the Technical University in Denmark you will be working closely with the experimentalists building the instrument and at the same time be in direct contact with leading groups in simulations, e.g. Prof. El-Azab at Purdue University. You will also be part of a Danish Center-of-Excellence on hard materials in 3D, SOLID, where you will interact with 15 other PhDs and post docs, all exploiting the latest 3D methods based on large scale x-ray and neutron facilities, within a broad range of fields. 

Are you interested in contributing to the development of digital twin software for additive manufacturing (AM) of large-scale fiber composite structures?  If so, the Department of Wind and Energy Systems, Division of Materials and Components invites applicants for a postdoc or research assistant position in the area of a digital twin for robotic 3D printing of continuous fiber composites (CFCs). 

The newly established group “Nano-Micro-Macro. Structure in Materials” at DTU Nanolab is seeking a post-doctoral research scientist to study the (self-)assembly and functionalization of organic nanostructures by means of state-of-the-art electron microscopy.  The position is fully funded by a Starting Grant of the Novo Nordisk Foundation (NNF, DK).
We strive at developing and applying concepts for characterizing structures, mainly focusing on cutting-edge atomic-resolution electron microscopy (EM), micro-electro-mechanical-systems (MEMS), and theoretical modelling. The interdisciplinary efforts aim at relating the (atomic-scale) structure, dynamics and functions of materials under operational conditions to develop a fundamental understanding of process-structure-property relationships.

In the Section for Society, Market and Policy (SMP) at DTU Wind and Energy Systems, we are seeking a candidate for a two-year Postdoc position to work with research projects on the supply chain and the socio-economic impacts of offshore wind power. If you want to strengthen your developing career path in the intersection between economic geography, innovation studies and regional studies, and would like to contribute to our interdisciplinary endeavor of supporting the green transition of society, then we offer a vibrant and inspiring research community for you to fulfill your ambitions. We are currently working on several projects with focus on the green energy transition and its implications for local communities and industries. We are therefore seeking support on related research topics, such as supply chains for wind turbines, green industrial policies, green industrial path creation, industry localization, employment generation and local businesses development. Your work will involve community, firm and industry-level analyses of regional industrial development in relation to the transition to offshore wind power. The focus will be on case studies of the localization of the value chains for offshore wind through the involvement of local firms in the production and supply of components and services, including in relation to floating wind turbines. The research will be based on qualitative research methods.   

If you have experience in multiplex analysis and visualization of mammalian cell signalling; you are interested in answering to biomedical and biotechnological questions; and your career dream is to be at the forefront of system biology for cell signalling, this three years postdoc position at DTU Bioengineering and in collaboration with the University of Manchester, UK will fulfil your scientific and personal development in an international, dynamic, and curiosity-driven research team. This position will be affiliated with the team of Associate Professor Chiara Francavilla in the Section for Protein Science and Biotherapeutics at the Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Danish Technical University. The successful candidate will work on regulatory mechanisms of cell signalling downstream of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTKs) in mammalian cells representing health and disease states and will combine omics technologies, bioinformatics, and functional assays. The successful candidate will work closely with experts in bioinformatics and omics technologies to make informed decisions on data analysis and future experiments. Therefore, this position offers the unique, challenging, and exciting opportunity to combine experiments and data analysis. Dr Francavilla’s team is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation and focuses on regulatory mechanisms of cell signalling in several cellular models. The team combines omics technologies with bioinformatics, and functional validation of candidates by biochemical, cell biology, and imaging methods (see for instance, Smith, Ferguson et al., EMBO J., 2021; Watson, Ferguson et al., Nat Comm, 2022; Ogden et al., NAR Cancer, 2023). This international, passionate, and multidisciplinary team will work in close collaboration with the Francavilla-led team at the University of Manchester, UK, and with several scientists with diverse background in Denmark and abroad. 

We invite you to apply for a postdoc in algorithms. The postdoc takes place at the AlgoLoG section, DTU Compute; a section devoted to the study of theoretical computer science and graph theory. Our current research interests include graph algorithms, computational geometry, combinatorial pattern matching, and data structures.

We are seeking a candidate for a vacant postdoc position in bioinformatics with a focus on analysing large number of partly public metagenomics datasets, especially focusing on ARGs and provide a better understanding of the evolution and ecology of AMR globally. The postdoc will be affiliated with the Genomic Epidemiology Research Group, which primary task is to conduct targeted research with the aim of predicting and preventing infectious diseases in humans and animals, and supporting global detection, surveillance and control. The research group combines expertise in conventional and molecular microbiology with epidemiology and bioinformatics.

Centre for Energy Resources Engineering (CERE) at DTU Chemistry seeks a postdoc in connection with the ongoing research projects related to geological CO2 and H2 storage. CERE is a cross-departmental centre (www.cere.dtu.dk), and the CERE group at DTU Chemistry is focused on high-pressure phase behaviour and other critical issues related to CCS (CO2 capture and storage), hydrogen storage, and other sustainable utilization of subsurface resources. The research activities at CERE, DTU Chemistry mainly involve experimental measurement and modelling of phase equilibrium and thermophysical properties at high pressure and development of efficient phase equilibrium calculation algorithms for compositional simulations.

If you are establishing your career as computer engineering scientist and you are looking for the best possible foundation for fulfilling your dreams and ambitions, it is right here in front of you. At DTU Embedded Systems Engineering section you will break new ground in the area of time-predictable computing. Together with Huawei, you will design a system-on-chip that ensures deterministic delays of tasks. You will work in the context of the open-source T-CREST platform and your work can be published in open source.

Do you want to make a difference internationally as to surveillance of antimicrobial resistance? To assist national reference laboratories in building capacity related to surveillance of antimicrobial resistance with the purpose of facilitating stronger surveillance systems for foodborne pathogens and healthcare associated infections? The Research Group for Global Capacity Building, National Food Institute at DTU, is looking for an ambitious (molecular) microbiologist (bacteriologist) with in-depth knowledge within the fields of antimicrobial susceptibility testing and antimicrobial resistance surveillance of foodborne pathogens and of whole genome sequencing.  You will be affiliated with different projects, focusing on international capacity building of reference laboratories, antimicrobial susceptibility testing and development, updating and testing of protocols for whole genome sequencing (Illumina and Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT)).

To attain the desired flavor, cheeses are ripened for weeks to more than a year. Cheese ripening is costly, both due costs associated with running the ripening facility, but also due to inventory costs. At DTU Food we offer a 3 year postdoc position on a project where a novel approach for accelerating cheese ripening will be explored.  The postdoc will join a dedicated research team with an excellent track record, led by Associate Professor Christian Solem.  

Butter aroma is found in a wide range of foods, where it contributes to the overall flavor profile. In dairy foods like butter and cheese butter aroma is generated by selected Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB).  DTU Food offers a short-term position, up to 1 year, where a novel LAB based approach for producing butter aroma will be investigated.  The person employed will join a dedicated research team with an excellent track record, led by Associate Professor Christian Solem. 

We are seeking a two-year postdoc in the field of dielectric elastomer actuators with research experience in silicone fibers manufacturing and actuation performance testing. Our primary objective is to improve the properties of the in-house developed transparent PDMS thin silicone fiber actuator, which is supposed to mimic the fibular properties of human muscles and will allow for the production of soft artificial muscles in the future. Previous studies have shown that the produced PDMS hollow fibers have a stable linear strain ability of up to 9% at 50V/um and their thickness can be adjusted by changing the UV curing time, the composition stoichiometry or the flow rate of the spinneret. We aim to improve the strain response of the fiber and its stability, as well as to test different fiber bundling mechanisms for further improvements in the actuation performance. Furthermore, we have a strong desire to study multiple silicone elastomer compositions, including fillers and biologically tailored fibers, as well as different fiber thicknesses. By exploring these possibilities, we seek to obtain a soft, yet not limited by its holding forces, silicone fiber that could be a building unit of a wearable exoskeleton, developed together with EPFL in Switzerland and the Northeastern University in Boston in a joined NNF WeArAble project.

Are you a talented and ambitious researcher? Are you excited about quantum science and technology? Do you enjoy finding working solutions to great challenges? You are then welcome to apply for an open Postdoc position on “Multi-Qubit Quantum Photonic Devices” in our group at DTU Electro, supported by ERC Consolidator grant (M€ 2.6) from the European Research Council (EU). Our research aims at exploring quantum information science at the nanoscale and developing novel quantum photonic devices. Such quantum devices are central for quantum information networks, quantum computation, and quantum cryptography systems, and lie at the basis of a forthcoming Quantum Internet. We focus on quantum control and manipulation of novel nanostructures at the single-photon and single-electron level, using nanowires, quantum dots, and hybrid semiconductor-atomic systems. This Postdoc project is focused on experimental investigation and realization of advanced quantum photonic devices, based on crystal-phase structures in nanowires. This is a recently developed technology uniquely allowing for the fabrication of quantum devices with an ultimate precision of a single atomic layer. We are at the very forefront of international research in this area and the topic is new, creating ample opportunities for the Postdoc to significantly push the state-of-the-art and define new standards in the field.

Do you want to contribute to the green transition by developing Power2X technology? Would you like to perform complex experiments with a transmission electron microscope (TEM). Then we have an exciting opportunity for you. Power2X is becoming a key technology in green energy infrastructures, and its core is electrolysis. The most efficient electrolysis technology is solid oxide electrolysis (SOEC), but the primary concern for implementing SOEC on a large scale is the loss of efficiency caused by cell degradation. The project is part of the ERC starting grant project HEIST. In HEIST we are developing operando TEM methods for analyzing degradation in SOECs during cell operation.