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

If you have a PhD in (1) Design & Innovation, Behavioral Design, Product Design & Development, Sustainable Design, Systems Design, or related areas or (2) modelling and simulation of dynamic systems (i.e., System Dynamics) or related areas and you want to work at the very front of the new scientific revolution within design for sustainability, this is a job for you to thrive. 

At DTU Construct you will break new ground at the absolute forefront for enabling the design of sustainable solutions and be an active part of REBOUNDLESS, a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant project, awarded by the European Research Council. 

Your main goal will be to drive a paradigm shift in design science to enable the prevention of rebound effects (i.e., unintended consequences of interventions that arise due to behavioral and systemic changes, which undermine ca. 40% of all potential sustainability gains) by design. 

During the last 10 years we have developed a hard X-ray microscope at the European Synchrotron Radiation Source (ESRF) that for the first time can visualize how atomic-scale defects, dislocations, self-organise into patterns during plastic deformation of metals. 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 numerical tools and data science approaches.

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 a leading group in dislocation simulations, Prof. El-Azab at Purdue University, and your experimentally oriented colleagues. 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.

This project aims to improve CO₂ capture simulation technology by apply state‐of‐the‐art techniques for evaluation of uncertainties in process modelling, experimental data, model parameters and modelling approaches in order to optimize design, analysis and operation of complete capture processes. The goal of the project is to develop accurate, robust software tools to be used in process simulators for standard and novel carbon capture processes. We aim to improve the robustness and efficiency of CO₂ capture simulation for classical amine‐based aqueous solvents as well as other solvents such as chilled ammonia, potassium carbonate solutions, demixing (phase‐change) solvents, non‐aqueous solvents, ionic liquids and others. 

The CERE group at DTU Chemical Engineering possesses extensive expertise in both experimental measurement and modelling of phase equilibrium and thermodynamic properties. The project is supported by a consortium of industrial partners, ensuring that the high-level research remains relevant and applicable in real-world contexts.

We seek a 2-year Postdoc to carry out research on the fundamental understanding of the H₂ evolution reaction (HER) on selected catalysts in alkaline environment (AE) by means of detailed electrochemical testing under varying operating conditions and in combination with operando Spectroscopy and Microscopy.

The Section of Low Temperature Electrochemistry at DTU Energy carries out research on electrochemical conversion and storage technologies. Our research spans from fundamental understanding of electrochemical materials and processes to fabrication of lab scale components and devices and testing using advanced electrochemical characterization methods and test stations. We work in close collaboration with other Sections within the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage as well as other Departments at DTU, thereby expanding our capacity for materials processing, microstructural characterization, and modelling.

Electrolysis is a key technology for transitioning to a 100% sustainable energy system, as it both enables cost effective and large-scale storage of intermittent renewable electricity and provides the means to produce sustainable fuels and chemicals. Alkaline electrolysis is the most mature and low cost amongst electrolysis technologies, but requires a boost in efficiency and production rate to further lower the price of hydrogen produced to a level that can compete with fossil fuel derived hydrogen. Understanding and fine-tuning the kinetics for HER in alkaline environment is expected to contribute greatly in this direction, and forms the main goal of this Postdoc project. 

DTU Offshore (DOTC) at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) invites applications for a 2-year postdoctoral position in Elasticity modelling starting 1 October 2024.

In the future the focus of the offshore industry will be on safe/reliable continued oil & gas recovery from increasingly lower reservoir quality rock, subsurface CO₂ storage, and hydrocarbon field abandonment. For these focus areas it is key to understand the flow potential and the risk of rock failure to access production potential and prevent leakage. 

The group, you will be joining, works on the understanding of the flow potential of low permeability diatomaceous sedimentary rocks with a focus on assessing matrix and fracture permeability from data derived from rock samples and borehole geophysical logging tools. This will lead to a new understanding of how diatomite properties control flow potential. This is relevant for both sealing properties in relation to well abandonment and CO₂ storage, as well as evaluation of new hydrocarbon prospects.

The sections for Autonomous Materials Discovery (AMD) and for Atomic-Scale Materials modelling (ASM) at DTU Energy are looking for an outstanding candidate for a postdoc position within the field of quantum mechanical simulations for transfer phenomena at battery interfaces.

A 2-year postdoctoral position in the effect of salinity and salt precipitation on carbon dioxide storage is open for applications. You must be prepared to perform experimental and modeling studies in underground flows of liquids and gases, microfluidics, stochastic micromodelling of flows in porous media. The success of the study will depend on your initiative, experience, and advanced research skills.

The project will be carried out in CERE – Center of Energy resources Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, DTU. The close collaboration with GEUS (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland) is planned. The principal supervisor will be Associate Professor Alexander Shapiro (CERE, KT, DTU). 

The Process and Systems Engineering Center (PROSYS) at the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is seeking to hire a highly motivated and skilled postdoc to further develop and expand the ongoing research activities on the development of electrochemical sensors for fermentation systems.

The center focuses on development of computer-aided tools for chemical and biochemical product and process modeling, process synthesis, design, analysis and operation. The tools are applied in the chemical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, agrochemical, food and biochemical industries. However, such tools are useless without sufficient experimental data. This postdoc will specifically focus on validating and expanding an existing patent pending electrochemical sensor platform, combined with performing experiments at lab and pilot scale to document sensor performance.

The Climate and Energy Policy Division at DTU Management, Department of Technology, Management and Economics, invites applications for a postdoctoral position in environmental economics and sustainable finance. The position is initially offered for two years, starting in 2024.

In recent years, the Climate and Energy Policy Division has rapidly expanded to become a leading research-oriented unit in Denmark, achieving international recognition in the fields of environmental, climate, and energy economics. We are committed to producing outstanding research with the highest academic and social impact and to offer excellent research conditions.

If you aim at scientific excellence and want to establish a career as a scientist within fiber lasers and supercontinum sources and their high-level applications within imaging and spectroscopy, then we have the ideal opportunity for you. Come and be a part of the “Table-Top Synchrotron” project and one of the world’s strongest groups in this field in our quest to develop supercontinuum sources that outcompete synchrotrons from the deep ultraviolet (deep-UV) down to 33 nm to the mid-infrared (mid-IR) up to 15 µm. 

To cover this enormous bandwidth we are developing 4 new all-fiber supercontinuum sources, or beamlines. The UV beamline 1 is based on gas-filled hollow-core silica fibers and meta-surfaces and will cover 33-1100 nm, extending the record 113 nm UV edge to 33 nm. The near-IR beamline 2 is based on solid-core silica photonic crystal fibers covering 400-2400 nm and will use so-called all-normal dispersion (ANDi) fibers pumped with femtosecond lasers to achieve record low noise for spectroscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging applications. The same technology will be used for the low-noise beamline 3 covering 1-5 µm using commercial fluoride fiber. Beamline 4 will push the record IR edge in all-fiber mid-IR supercontinuum sources to 15 µm by using chalcogenide soft-glass fibers, in particular in-house fabricated sulfide, selenide, and telluride fibers.

Sugar and calory dense diets are closely linked to adverse health effects and diet is the single most important environmental factor affecting human health. Yet, humans evolved in resource scarce environments and are highly rewarded for the intake of energy rich foods, resulting in an overconsumption of sugar in many parts of the world today. To cater to both our flavour preferences and our health, non caloric sweeteners have great potential. Yet, all known sweeteners come with some challenges in regards to their health effects, flavour profile and functionality in the food environment. While the majority of sweeteners are based on small molecules, there is a class of natural sweeteners found in tropical fruits that are protein-based. These sweet proteins are much sweeter than sucrose and exhibit additionally interesting features such as a high stability and solubility. However, they share common functionality deficits with many other sweeteners used today. Yet, due to the nature of being proteins, protein design can address these shortcomings to develop new and functionality superior sweet proteins. If you are trained in protein design and are looking for a postdoc to apply your skills in an application oriented research project with potential impact on our food system, don’t look any further. In return, we offer an excellent research environment with strong interest and experience in entrepreneurial activities, a multidisciplinary research team working on various aspects of sweet protein production and a fruitful network of well-established collaborations that enables knowledge transfer and lies a great foundation for an academic or industrial future. 

Sugar and calory dense diets are closely linked to adverse health effects and diet is the single most important environmental factor affecting human health. Yet, humans evolved in resource scarce environments and are highly rewarded for the intake of energy rich foods, resulting in an overconsumption of sugar in many parts of the world today. To cater to both our flavour preferences and our health, non caloric sweeteners have great potential. Yet, all known sweeteners come with some challenges in regards to their health effects, flavour profile and functionality in the food environment. While the majority of sweeteners are based on small molecules, there is a class of natural sweeteners found in tropical fruits that are protein-based. These sweet proteins are much sweeter than sucrose and exhibit additionally interesting features such as a high stability and solubility. However, they share common functionality deficits with many other sweeteners used today. Yet, due to the nature of being proteins, protein design can address these shortcomings to develop new and functionality superior sweet proteins. In order to assess the functionality of the designed variants, downstream characterization assays at small scale in high throughput need to be developed. If you are interested in method development and have experience with GPCRs and microfluidics this is an excellent opportunity to work in a highly application oriented project with potential impact on the food system of tomorrow.  We offer an outstanding research environment with strong interest and experience in entrepreneurial activities, a multidisciplinary research team working on various aspects of sweet protein production and a fruitful network of well-established collaborations that enables knowledge transfer and lies a great foundation for an academic or industrial future. 

Our current food production system is relying on animal and plant-derived proteins. Arguably, food proteins could be produced more sustainably in efficient microbial factories on sustainable substrates. Filamentous fungi are known to be able to secrete large amounts of proteins but their ability to do so for recombinant proteins remains limited. We are working towards alleviating this bottleneck. Join us in our endeavor to develop a sophisticated fungal protein production platform to produce the food proteins for tomorrow. 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.

A 1-year postdoc position is available at the Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging (CFU), Department of Health Technology (DTU Health Tech) at DTU from May 2024 sponsored by the European Research Council (ERC). It is conducted in collaboration between CFU and the MEMS group at DTU Health Tech, the University of Copenhagen, and the Copenhagen University Hospital (Rigshospitalet) in the ERC Synergy Grant “3-D Super resolution Ultrasound Real time imaging of Erythrocytes” – SURE.

The SURE project develops and researches new ultrasound methods for super resolution and flow imaging in the human body. The emphasize in this position is on vector flow imaging in the main arteries and the estimation of pressure gradients.

 

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Postdoc Fellowship Position summary/title: Postdoc in development of multi-target high-throughput diagnostics of fish diseases – DTU Aqua

Deadline : 25 February 2024 

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The successful candidate will (a) Perform density functional theory simulations for evaluating electronic, thermodynamic, and kinetic properties of Na-ion cathodes (b) Train and deploy equivariant graph neural network models as surrogate simulators using local and European GPU HPCs at an unprecedented scale for screening across broad chemical space (c) Utilize in-house 3D graph representation based reinforcement learning methods for solving disordered crystal structures (d) Develop, train and deploy periodic graph generative models for property conditioned inverse design of disordered, defective battery materials. 

Necessary software engineering will be done for scalability and distributed trainability. This will allow us to generate petabytes of data over entire phase spaces of materials, allowing data-driven breakthrough science.

We offer a two-year postdoc opportunity in the Artificial Intelligence for Policy Excellence in the Climate Crisis (APEX) project at the Technical University of Denmark, focused on leveraging AI to develop a new generation of Machine Learning (ML)-based approximators to simulators. Your role, starting on July 1, 2024, will center on setting up, calibrating and analysing the pre-existing simulators that will form the workbench for the APEX project. The exact simulation tools to be used will be discussed upon the beginning of the project, and shall include areas such as Transport, Energy and Environment. 

The goal of the APEX project is to develop ML-based automatic approximators to existing simulators, that are able to replicate out-of-distribution performance yet be orders of magnitude faster. To achieve this, several different approaches will be tested, on a collection of simulators with increasing complexity. Ultimately, such simulators can form an integrated assessment model (IAM) that can be used in a reinforcement learning framework.

Our research project is at the forefront of understanding the complex role of the 47-residue-long N-terminus in the activation of tryptophan hydroxylase isoform 2 (TPH2). TPH2 is a brain-specific, multiple domain enzyme, acting as the catalyst for the vital and rate-limiting step in serotonin synthesis. However, the structural details of the N-terminus have remained a tantalizing enigma. The N-terminus boasts a pivotal phosphorylation site that, when phosphorylated, initiates binding of 14-3-3 proteins that enhances the activity and stability of phosphorylated TPH2. The mystery deepens, as it appears that the N-terminus might be obstructing the active site. As a postdoctoral researcher on our team, you will play a crucial part in our comprehensive and meticulous investigation. In collaboration with Copenhagen University, you will employ an interdisciplinary approach that leverages expertise in NMR, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and in-silico modeling. By combining these cutting-edge techniques, you will help to reveal the intricate function of the 47-residue N-terminus in the activation of TPH2.

Your overall focus will be to develop and validate  computational models of degradation of wind turbine blades, microplastic formation and evolution during the service time and maintenance of wind turbine blades.  You will work with nearby colleagues, and with both academic and industrial partners in Denmark as well as abroad. Your primary tasks will be to:

• development of computational models of microplastic formation and detachment due to surface erosion and during repair of wind turbine blades, 
• evaluation of volume and distribution of microplastics and its distribution over time,
• analysis of the effect of coatings properties, service conditions and maintenance technologies on the microplastics volume and distribution,
• validation of the results using experimental and industrial data. 

A position is open in the X-ray imaging group at the Technical University of Denmark. The postdoc is part of a larger inter-disciplinary effort (Biocomfert) aiming to enable 3D multiscale tomographic imaging of nanoparticles in plant tissue. With a specific focus to develop nano-scale 3D imaging in vivo with both laboratory and synchrotron X-ray sources. The project – which is a collaboration between the Plant Institute at Copenhagen University, McGill in Canada and DTU Energy – relies on taking innovative steps within X-ray instrumentation, reconstruction, segmentation, sample preparation, and structural quantification at the same time.

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 Department of Electrical and Photonics Engineering (DTU Electro) at the Technical University of Denmark, is seeking several talented Postdoctoral researchers. You will work in the field of quantum optical characterization and modeling 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 Villum Fonden.

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.

Are you passionate about experimental research in condensed matter physics, experienced in the art of clean-room fabrication, and curious about quantum information and how novel materials properties manifest in electronic quantum transport phenomena at ultra-low temperatures? Then maybe you are the one we are looking for! 

Electronic quantum devices are conventionally fabricated from semiconductor GaAs/AlGaAs or Si/Ge heterostructures or III-V semiconductor nanostructures. In these materials, transport can generally be understood from a free-electron-gas picture, and electrical devices can be effectively controlled by electrostatic gating at the nanoscale. 

Electron systems in oxide heterostructures are emerging as an exciting alternative class of materials where the free-electron-gas picture starts to break down due to significant electron-electron interaction. On the one hand, complex oxides offer high electron mobilities and gate-tunability, and devices can be fabricated using established semiconductor processing techniques. However, on the other hand, oxide 2DEGs are characterized by a delicate interplay of the spin, charge, and orbital degrees of freedom, and their properties are dominated by effects of strong correlations such as ferroelectricity, magnetism, or intrinsic gate-tunable superconductivity. This opens an exciting possibility to generate new functionalities in electronic quantum devices not possible with conventional semiconductors.

The CHEC Research Centre at DTU Chemical Engineering is looking for a postdoc in the field of thermochemical conversion of biomass and analytical chemistry with focus on investigating environmental issues related to the production and use of biochar via slow pyrolysis. If you are looking for opportunities to establish your career as scientist in this area of research, you are curious, skilled and have experience within analytical chemistry and thermochemical conversion processes, this position might be an excellent opportunity for you. At DTU you will break new ground at the forefront of innovation and technology development.

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 April1, 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter.

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.

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. 

We seek an enthusiastic and engaged postdoc willing to be part of a world-leading research environment and contribute to developing the next generation of data driven methods for optimization and control of large wind power plants. You will get the opportunity to participate and influence the development of comprehensive design optimization and data driven control for wind power plants in collaboration with the top universities wind energy research in Europe and beyond. 

You will be a part of Horizon Europe TWAIN project which applies advanced systems engineering and optimization methods to multidisciplinary research that bridges key domains of wind and renewable energy. 

The Division for Power and Energy Systems at the Department of Wind and Energy Systems provides cutting-edge research in sustainable, reliable and cost-efficient energy systems to the benefit of society. At the Department, you will enjoy the advantages of a creative and inspiring work environment shared with about 400 highly skilled and motivated colleagues.

Are you looking for a place to grow your skills in low-impact biosolutions, including their research, development, sustainability assessment, and commercialization? Then this job is for you. We are looking for a self-driven and innovative enzymologist or similar, to help drive the exploration of enzyme-based biosolutions. 

As part of the Center for Biosustainability, we are a group of enzymologists, chemists and microbiologist working together in a collaborative way. We are currently around 15 people in the group. We focus on developing enzymes to be used in industrial processes for the production of commodity chemicals and agrochemicals, and for crop protection.

Are you interested in advancing the deep learning models for predictive modelling? We are offering a 17-month postdoctoral position dedicated to the development of deep learning-based approaches aimed at predicting material properties derived from micro-CT scans. As a vital member of our cross-disciplinary research team, your focus will be on creating methods to predict properties relevant to mozzarella cheese, contributing to the goal of ensuring more sustainable food production.

DTU Biosustain invites applications for postdoctoral positions in areas including cancer genomics, single-cell multi-omics, and bioinformatics/data science. These roles focus on innovative research using and developing computational methods to integrate large-scale data for cancer genomics and human health. Specifically, designing and developing computational methods for investigating tumor evolution and heterogeneity, including utilizing mathematical models and algorithms specifically tailored for analyzing data from various technologies. 

Candidates will engage in interdisciplinary collaborations within a diverse academic setting. Responsibilities include cutting-edge research in genomics, bioinformatics, and related fields, utilizing advanced technologies, and mentoring junior researchers. Applicants must possess proficiency in computational biology, bioinformatics, and programming. The position promises skill development and a collaborative environment at a leading European institution. Application materials should include a vision statement, CV, publications, references, and a statement on professional impact. The selection process adheres to the university’s policies.

We are looking for an ambitious candidate for a PostDoc project to focus on deep generative models used in stochastic optimization.

You will be responsible for developing Deep Generative Models (DGMs) based on Variational Autoencoders, Normalized Flows, etc., that are able to generate realistic scenarios to be used in stochastic optimization. Furthermore, you will be working on a framework that makes it possible to generate a small set of scenarios that reflects all the main properties of the full scenario space.

As part of the project, you will implement and test algorithms, and further develop your skills in writing scientific papers.

We are seeking a talented and highly motivated post-doc to work in the field of transient astrophysics. You will pursue research on the different aspects of stellar death, participate in cutting-edge transient surveys, and analyze datasets of extreme astrophysical phenomena, such as supernova explosions and neutron star mergers. You will have the chance to investigate the nature of tidal disruption events (TDEs) and utilize them as tools for measuring black hole masses. You will actively engage in international collaborations and you will be encouraged to lead observing proposals and contribute to the supervision of students.

The position is with Giorgos Leloudas, in the research group of compact objects and transient phenomena, in the section of Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics at DTU Space (the National Space Institute at the Technical University of Denmark). We study all kinds of astrophysical transients with a particular interest on exotic and rare phenomena. We are part of various international collaborations and transient surveys, including BlackGEM, ENGRAVE, ePESSTO and LSST (through the Danish participation). In addition, we have access to and obtain data from the ESO facilities and the Nordic Optical Telescope. 

We are looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher who wants to join the cryptography group in the CSE Section at DTU. The successful candidate will work on the QUID-PRO project in the field of Threshold Post-Quantum Cryptography. The position will start on May 1st 2024 or later and be for two years. The candidate should hold a PhD degree in Computer Science or a related field and have a strong record related to any of the following research topics: threshold cryptography, cryptographic protocols, post-quantum cryptography.