We have the 8 Postdoctoral and 1 Predoctoral Open Positions at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) funded by the State Research Agency of Spain and the European Union in the framework of the “Strategic Projects Aimed at the Ecological Transition and the Digital Transition” («Proyectos Estratégicos Orientados a la Transición Ecológica y a la Transición Digital»).

These projects are oriented to the ecological and digital transition. The ecological transition projects will be oriented to aspects such as energy efficiency, renewable energies and ecological restoration, decarbonization or energy storage, among others. The digital transition projects will be oriented to the generation of scientific knowledge, the development of technologies or the support to policies in areas such as urban agenda, education, agriculture, tourism, industry, mobility, modernization of public administration, cybersecurity, among others.

At ICMAB, the projects are related to the energy transition: converting waste heat to electricity with spintronics, photocatalysts for hydrogen production, organic materials for solar cells, electrocatalytic materials, light and magnetic energy harvesting, spin and charge transport and conversion, and zinc-air batteries.

The selection process will be continuous until a good candidate is found, although a first deadline for applications is 14 November 2022, as the projects start on 1 December 2022. Click on the title of each project to know more about them, and don't hesitate to contact the researchers for more information. 

*Second deadline: 9 Dec 2022

Postdoctoral Open Positions

• Converting Waste Heat to Electricity in Microelectronics using Spintronic Thermopower (CONVERT)
  Can Onur Avci (ICMAB, CSIC)

• Laser assisted synthesis of multicomponent photocatalysts for solar hydrogen production
  Ángel Pérez del Pino, Enikö György (ICMAB, CSIC)

• Organic synthesis of functional molecules for combinatorial discovery of solar cell materials
  David Amabilino, Mariano Campoy-Quiles, and Kasper Moth‑Poulsen (ICMAB, CSIC)

• Combinatorial discovery of functional interfaces for stable and efficient organic photovoltaic cells
  Mariano Campoy-Quiles and David Amabilino (ICMAB, CSIC) 

• Electrodes functionalisation with synthesised electroactive molecules and characterisation of their electrocatalytic properties
  Marta Mas-Torrent and Núria Crivillers (ICMAB, CSIC)

• Multiferroic nanocomposites for light and magnetic energy harvesting (MAGNETOLIGHT)
  Anna Palau i Mariona Coll (ICMAB, CSIC)

• Spin-charge conversion in quantum paraelectric interfaces
  Gervasi Herranz (ICMAB, CSIC)

• Spin and charge transport in early-transition metal oxide thin films
  Josep Fontcuberta (ICMAB-CSIC) and Michael Foerster (ALBA-CIRCE)

Predoctoral Open Positions

• Polyoxometalate based electrolytes for Metal-air batteries
  Nieves Casañ (ICMAB, CSIC) in collaboration with the Universidad de Almería and the ICN2.

• Advanced coated conductors for superconducting electrical power devices enabling the spread of clean energies
  Joffre Gutiérrez (ICMAB, CSIC)

• New materials for energy saving in the ice-making industry
  Alfred Verdaguer (ICMAB, CSIC)

More information:

• Propuesta de Resolución Provisional Convocatoria 2021 de Proyectos Estratégicos Orientados a la Transición Ecológica y a la Transición Digital" (6 October 2022)