Take a look at the projects offered in the fields of Sustainable Energy Conversion and Storage, Superconductors for Emerging Technologies, Oxide for New Generation Electronics, and Bioactive Materials for Therapy and Diagnosis. 

Elegibility

• Candidates should be ready to enter an official doctoral programme in September 2021 (under Spanish Law). By this time, they must have obtained a university degree and a master degree; or must hold an official university qualification from a country of the European Higher Education Area with a minimum of 300 ECTS of official university studies, of which at least 60 are at masters’ level.
• Candidates must have a strong commitment to scientific research and an excellent academic record.
• Candidates must have good working knowledge of English.

The predoctoral contract will be to carry out the doctoral thesis associated with a specific research project (see list below). 

Evaluation

In this internal call, applications will be evaluated by ICMAB esearchers, according to the following criteria:

1. The candidate's academic record. Score: from 0 to 40 points
2. Suitability of the candidate for the research project. Score: from 0 to 60 points

How to apply

The applicant is required to send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. the following information in the application:

• Personal data and CV
• Official documentation that certifies the complementary training couses, languages, collaboration scholarships, Erasmus, etc., that appears in the CV.
• Cover letter including: motivation for applying and naming 1 or 2 research projects (maximum), prioritized, from the list of projects below
• A copy of the Certified Academic Record, showing grades obtained: DEGREE AND MASTER records

Research Projects

The following projects are open for the PhD positions. Click on the project title to download the PDF document with the project and the job position descriptions.  

Candidates should prioritize 1 or 2 in their application: 

SUSTAINABLE ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGE SYSTEMS
IP: Alejandro GOÑI

• TiO₂ Nanotubes reactors for hydrogen production synthesized through bipolar electrochemistry anodization routes
  IP: CASAÑ, Nieves and TORRELLES, Xavier
• Understanding the conversion of heat into electricity using carbon based thermoelectrics
  IP: CAMPOY, Mariano
• Efficient light-emitting two-dimensional hybrid perovskites studied using high pressure
  IP: GOÑI, Alejandro
• Liquid-assisted laser synthesis of complex graphene nanocomposites for energy storage applications
  IP: GYORGY, Eniko
• Scalable Chiral Metasurfaces for Enhanced Light Matter Interaction
  IP: MIHI, Agustín and SCARABELLI, Leonardo
• Laser fabrication of hybrid nanocarbon-metal oxide electrodes for supercapacitors
  IP: PÉREZ DEL PINO, Angel
• Optimizing ferroelectric assisted photocatalytic efficiency
  IP: SANDIUMENGE, Felip and TORRELLES, Xavier

• Controlling the composition and architecture of deposited products in metal-air batteries
  IP: TONTI, Dino

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
IP: Teresa PUIG

• Quantum sensors for ultralight dark matter searches
  IP: FÀBREGA, Lourdes
• High field superconductors for high-energy physics applications
  IP: GUTIÉRREZ, Joffre
• Control of superconducting-insulator transitions in functional nanostructured devices
  IP: PALAU, Anna and MESTRES, Narcís

OXIDES FOR NEW-GENERATION ELECTRONICS
IP: Gervasi HERRANZ

• Current-controlled ferroelectric devices for next generation nonvolatile data storage
  IP: AVCI, Can Onur
• Towards full-oxide electronic memory devices
  IP: FINA, Ignasi
• Development of new polar oxynitrides
  IP: Fuertes, Amparo
• Chiral and frustrated magnetoelectric oxides with spin-orbit coupling investigated by neutron and X-ray beams
  IP: GARCIA-MUÑOZ, José Luis
• Spintronics based on oxide quantum wells
  IP: HERRANZ, Gervasi
• Exploring spin-orbit torque (SOT) physics in all-oxide heterostructures
  IP: MARTINEZ, Benjamin
• Ferroelectric HfO₂ thin films with enhanced properties by doping and interfaces engineering
  IP: SANCHEZ, Florencio

BIOACTIVE MATERIALS FOR THERAPY AND DIAGNOSIS
IP: Imma RATERA

• Development of immobilized metal-organic assemblies for therapy and imaging
  IP: GONZÁLEZ-CAMPO, Arántzazu
• Developing Patient-Derived Organoids as Hematological Cancer Models based on Lymph Node-Inspired 3D Hydrogels
  IP: GUASCH, Judith
• New boron clusters-based photosensitizers as theranostic (therapeutic and diagnostic) agents
  IP: NÚÑEZ, Rosario
• Highly Luminescent Organic Radical Chiral Nanoparticles (ONPs) for Biomedical Applications
  IP: RATERA, Imma
• Polymeric drug delivery carriers with multimodal imaging moieties to address acute lung conditions
  IP: ROIG, Anna
• Organic radical nanostructures for magnetic resonance imaging and diagnosis
  IP: VIDAL, José

Feel free to contact our researchers if you would like to know more information about the projects. You can find their contact details in our "People" section of our website. 

Contact

If you have further questions, or if there are particular issues regarding your application, please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Montse Salas and Laura Cabana).