The candidate will work on problems at the intersection of mathematical statistics, machine learning, and generative modeling, particularly for sequential data arising in complex dynamical systems. The candidate is expected to carry out research and publish their findings in top conferences and journals, and help in the management of the group, as well as supervision of students on research projects. The position is meant to further the careers of early-career researchers who wish to pursue a career in academia. The job description may be changed during the contract period or upon contract renewal.

The Postdoctoral Researcher will join the research project INSPIRI: Imaginative Narratives and Scenarios for insPIring Restoration and Innovation for European seas and water systems. Progress toward the European Green Deal, the Mission Restore Our Ocean and Waters, and related EU climate, biodiversity, and pollution targets is hindered by governance barriers such as mistrust among decision-makers, lack of public support, and modest policy action. Building on creative participatory methods, the INSPIRI project will contribute to overcoming these challenges. The INSPIRI consortium will innovate by engaging with a wide range of stakeholders to imagine aspirational futures for EU waters using the Nature Futures Framework. Through case studies across the four Mission Lighthouse regions, we will co-create visions of desirable futures for ocean and water systems with stakeholders in the following case studies: the Danube Basin, the Bay of Biscay, the Baltic and the Mediterranean. Aligned with key EU strategic objectives and targets, these will then become goals for back-casting and modelling regional scenarios. The outputs from both visioning and modelling exercises will serve as inputs into regional Transformation Labs that bring together decision and policy-makers, experts and other stakeholders from the Lighthouse regions to chart actions towards implementing sustainable futures for EU waters. We will develop innovative scientific and artistic visualizations in each case study as well as at the pan-European level for both 2030 and 2050 time-horizons. Finally, through a creative, multi-layered communication, dissemination, and exploitation strategy, leveraging the full potential of art-science collaboration for motivating change, we will inspire key target groups to take meaningful action. Our consortium, collaborating closely with the Mission Lighthouses and governance structures, brings together world-class expertise in stakeholder engagement, visioning, modelling, policy analysis, and art-science collaborations to ensure we can deliver on the ambitious work plan. All our data will contribute to the European Digital Twin of the Ocean. Overall, INSPIRI will support action to achieve an ambitious EU vision for its waters by 2050.

We are looking for a postdoctor to join our yeast evolution and genomics lab at Stockholm University. The applicant will develop a project that harnesses the power of experimental evolution and comparative genomics in the model system Saccharomyces, to address fundamental questions in evolutionary biology. Specific aims are to 1) test for parallel climate adaptations in yeast from Europe and South America, 2) describe the genetic architecture of thermal traits, 3) test for the evolution of pathogenicity as a by-product of thermotolerance, and 4) use data-driven predictive modelling to identify key drivers of thermal adaptation.

This project aims to develop hybrid electrodes for the electrochemical production of methanol (e-MeOH) from CO₂ reduction. The Postdoctoral Fellow will play a central role in the research team by synthesizing and characterizing molecular electrocatalysts and their integration into high-performance, sustainably designed electrodes. These materials will be directly applicable in e-MeOH production systems. Advanced characterization techniques will be employed to understand and optimize the structure–property–performance relationships of the catalysts and electrodes.

The position is for a postdoc in the research group of Assistant Professor Roope Uola at Nordita in Stockholm. The research project focuses on the theory of quantum measurements, their applications in quantum correlations and more broadly quantum information theory, as well as in the use of quantum measurement theory in benchmarking quantum technological platforms.

The candidate is expected to carry out research and publish the results. Other tasks may involve helping with the management of the group, as well as supervision of students on research projects. The job description may be changed during the contract period or upon contract renewal.

There are no teaching requirements for this position, but for candidates interested in teaching, Nordita has connections with nearby institutions where it is sometimes possible to arrange teaching opportunities (Stockholm University, KTH, and Uppsala University). The position is meant to further the careers of early-career researchers who wish to pursue a career in academia.

This position is part of the Wallenberg Initiative on Networks and Quantum Information (WINQ), supported by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation (KAW). It is aimed at nurturing and bringing together expertise from both quantum information science and complex dynamical systems to address major open challenges in these fields. WINQ is located within the conducive research environment of Nordita. Successful candidates for a position in WINQ may also have an opportunity to collaborate with other KAW initiatives across Sweden in the fields of artificial intelligence (WASP) and quantum technology (WACQT).

Research in WINQ has two main threads: quantum information processing (QIP) or complex dynamical networks (CDN). We also encourage applicants working at interfaces between those broadly defined areas. Relevant (but not exclusive) keywords for these fields include:

We have a postdoctoral fellow opening for a candidate to work with Prof. Martin Beye to further develop the X-ray photoemission spectroscopy instrument POLARIS. The instrument is located at the synchrotron radiation facility PETRA III in Hamburg. It enables to study surface reactions at high temperatures and at pressures currently up to 1 bar, depending on the gas composition. Concepts exist to enable studies at even higher pressures that, within this project, should get implemented and applied to relevant scientific studies in this project.

Furthermore, the project should also work towards integrating a pulsed optical laser that allows to trigger chemical reactions that can then be followed with POLARIS at ambient pressures. This development also requires an upgrade of the detector system in POLARIS, but will enable following the reaction dynamics for example in the Haber-Bosch process at close to industrially relevant conditions. The candidate will thus combine operando X-ray spectroscopy with transient studies in order to observe reaction intermediates and follow their evolution under reaction conditions. This project aims to enable the acquisition of basic atomistic knowledge around a suite of fundamental reactions, often using hydrogenation reactions to produce energy carriers or chemical feedstock materials from CO2  – a reaction that will become more and more important for societies that strive for sustainable future.

To meet the even-increasing energy demands by our society, new materials and solutions need to be developed for efficient and sustainable energy generation, conversion and storage. In order to understand the properties and improve the performance of energy materials in devices, it is crucial to know the atomic structures. The proposed project aims to develop new low-dose cryogenic electron diffraction (cryo-3DED) methods that enable the detailed atomic scale structural analysis of halide perovskites and other energy-related materials. These materials are not only beam-sensitive, but also moisture and air sensitive. The candidate is expected to develop methods and workflows for sample preparation and automated data collection and structural analysis by cryo-3DED/SerialED.  

The ideal candidate is self-motivated, well-organised, and has a problem-solving mindset and the ability to work both independently and in a team. Experience in crystallography, electron diffraction, and programming is desirable. Knowledge on energy-related materials is a merit. Applicants must have strong communication skills in English, both orally and in writing.

The cosmological interplay of axion fields and `dilaton’ scalar fields can lead to a rich variety of cosmological effects, including balloon-like “axion relic pockets” that may comprise dark matter, and gravitational waves from dilaton-triggered confinement phase transitions. This work will further explore these topics, as well as the role of the coupled axio–dilaton system for dark energy.