Postdoctoral researchers (3-4 positions) in a variety of fields related to research of sustainable materials in the fields of energy, health and manufacturing

Turku region with its 320,000 people is a major urban area and a leading hub for technological development and economic growth in Finland. This former capital, located in the southwestern Finland, has a rich cultural history and is the gateway to a most beautiful archipelago. 

The University of Turku is a world-class research university that offers interesting challenges and a unique vantage point to international research and the higher education in Finland. The University of Turku is the highest ranked Finnish university outside of Helsinki. 

We are looking for 3-4 Postdoctoral researchers in a variety of fields related to research of sustainable materials in the fields of energy, health and manufacturing. 

The tasks are fixed term and the starting time of the positions is 01.10.2025, or based on mutual agreement, and the duration of the employment relationships are 2 years. 

The postdoc positions relate to Profi7 – university profiling funding from Academy of Finland. The open positions are related to the area of SUSMAT, the goal of which is to enhance the design of sustainable materials and manufacturing with data-driven approaches to solve global energy, health, wellbeing and industrial production challenges. The end goal of the SUSMAT project is to realize a paradigm shift in experimental materials research and transfer this knowledge to the industry, accelerating the adoption of sustainable technology. 

We have open positions in a large variety of topics, in multiple research groups across several departments of University of Turku: 

• Developing biohybrid framework materials for new-generation photovoltaics (Assoc. Prof. Jovana Milić) 

• Exploiting simulations to design and optimize externally driven active bio-matter for adaptive, functional, and energy harvesting biomaterials (Asst. Prof. Alberto Scacchi) 

• Electron transport in N₂-Fixing cyanobacteria: towards biohybrid systems for ammonia and/or hydrogen production (Prof. Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne) 

• Developing edge-AI proof-of-concept application(s) for GdCaMnO/Al-memristor crossbars (Prof. Petriina Paturi) 

• Developing in-situ operando alloying technology for local adjustments of material properties to create gradient properties into bulk material during additive manufacturing to realize features created by computational material optimization (Prof. Antti Salminen) 

• Design for sustainability in re- and demanufacturing – life cycle effects of material properties and microstructural changes (Assoc. Prof. Sampsa Laakso) 

• Exploiting photonics for suppressing bimolecular annihilation processes in molecular emitters and organic optoelectronic devices (Assoc. Prof. Konstantinos Daskalakis) 

• Chemical Ligation in Sustainable Manufacturing of Xenonucleotides (CLiMaX) (Prof. Pasi Virta) 

• Manufacturing of large-scale high-entropy oxide thin and thick film electrodes from industrial waste using thermal spray coating technology for sustainable batteries and hydrogen production: computational materials design and experimental synthesis (Asst. Prof. Ashish Ganvir) 

• Natural Language Processing for extracting materials information from scientific literature to guide materials design (Assoc. Prof. Milica Todorović) 

• Biomass-Derived, 3D-Printable Polymers for Next-Generation Soft Robotics (Asst. Prof. Vipul Sharma) 

• Development of recyclable, flexible, lightweight materials for flexible electronics and energy conversion&storage (Prof. Carita Kvarnström) 

• Sustainable conductive nanomaterials in health technology applications (Assoc. Prof. Emilia Peltola) 

• Second life in energy systems: prospects of reusing solar panels and/or batteries (Prof. Kati Miettunen) 

All of these topics provide you with exciting opportunities to deepen your knowledge in the chosen topic and broaden your horizons through multidisciplinary collaborations in the vast research space related to sustainable development.