11 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Uppsala University, Sweden

The magnetism group within the Solid State Physics division deals with basic and applied experimental research on magnetic materials. For example, a striking class of materials, so-called quasicristals, are being investigated. The advertised position is tied to project “Functional Quasicrystals? Harnessing the complexity of aperiodic intermetallic compounds” (FuncQC) financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg  Foundation, which deals with the design, synthesis, and structural and physical (e.g. electrical, magnetic) properties of these materials.

The department is now seeking to hire a researcher for the project What are they fighting for? Conflict issues and the resolution of war (project leader Johan Brosché), who will work on studying conflict issues and their impact on peace agreements. Together with other researchers in the project, the recruited researcher will work on these issues. In addition, teaching at the undergraduate and/or advanced level, and administration is included (to a limited extent). 

For centuries, the so-called Viking Age (c.750-1050 CE) has been subject to political misappropriation and projected, monochrome stereotype – making it all the more urgent to emphasise that the people of the time were individuals as varied and complicated, in every way, as ourselves. This spotlight on diversity, in all senses of the term, lies at the heart of the WIVA Centre: our objective is to recover a Viking Age that does not care what we think of it, a pluralistic past as it was (hard though that can be to access), not as anyone might wish it to have been. The notion of a Norse diaspora has now become commonplace in studies of the period, but also requires deconstruction. Our focus is the world in the Viking Age, an arena of mutual interactions, contacts and cultural feedback, subtly different from the more familiar ‘Viking world’. Moving past the Eurocentric notions of a ‘western’ and ‘eastern’ Viking Age, it is possible to perceive the finer grain of Scandinavian cultural encounters. We aim to explore the full span of the extended, Afro-Eurasian world of the Norse, looking primarily south and east along the so-called Silk Roads, tracing their activities in networks of early globalisation that connected the Baltic to the Mediterranean, the Indian Ocean, Asia, and the eastern seas – places where the Scandinavians were as often in a minority, but also at a disadvantage.

We are now seeking to appoint two postdoctoral Early Career Researchers to full-time positions, fixed-term for two years. Duties include up to 20% teaching and supervision, alongside 80% dedicated to personal research on themes related to the Centre.

In parallel with these postdoc positions, we are also seeking a number of International Visiting Researchers (advertised separately), and more posts of both kinds will be added over time. A new interdisciplinary, two-year MA degree programme will also be launched, again addressing the same theme of the world in the Viking Age. All these activities will be supplemented by seminars, workshops, informal contact events, and public outreach. Finally, WIVA is an invitation, not a fixed entity. The Centre is not a research project, but rather a home and a hub for them, as well as a base for teaching. We will populate WIVA with projects, programmes, and people, and we hope that others will wish to join us on this exciting journey.

We seek a proactive researcher- able to work both independently and as part of a multi-Centre or international project team, and with a strong drive to innovate and test new ideas.

You need a PhD degree in climate science, meteorology, physics, applied mathematics, statistics, data science or related disciplines or a foreign degree equivalent to a PhD degree in the above subjects. The degree needs to be obtained by the time of the decision of employment. Those who have obtained a PhD degree three years prior to the application deadline are primarily considered for the employment. The starting point of the three-year frame period is the application deadline. Due to special circumstances, the degree may have been obtained earlier. The three-year period can be extended due to circumstances such as sick leave, parental leave, duties in labour unions, etc.

The Division of Biomedical Engineering is part of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Ångström Laboratory. We perform research within the development and evaluation of new materials in interaction with biological systems to understand the underlying principles. For us, it is equally important to study the impact of materials on biological processes as well as the impact of biological processes on materials. Our ambition is to foster a dynamic teaching and research environment that is internationally recognised for its excellence in connecting basic research with clinical applications. 

The interdisciplinary research group EMBLA, led by Professor Maria Tenje, conducts successful and internationally recognized research in organs-on-chip and droplet-based microfluidics in collaboration with research teams at several different Swedish and overseas universities. Research funding has been obtained through several prestigious grants, including from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the European Research Council (ERC). Read more about the research group here.

The work will be conducted within the “Healthy Aging” project. The project intends to identify mechanisms that lead to inhibition of blood vessel function with increasing age. The impaired function leads to poorer circulation, which soon affects all the body’s organs, with failing organ function and finally, death, as a result. The project goal is to find out whether the growth factor VEGF can prevent failing circulation and promote healthy ageing.

The project is based on experiments using mice as a model organism. Several mouse strains will be established and investigated with respect to how VEGF can improve circulation and organ function.

Gathering, handling and processing of technical building data. Development of BIM models and models for energy simulation of buildings. Scientific reporting and publication. The work is initially carried out as part of a Vinnova-funded research project together with the Building Unit at Uppsala University and Akademiska Hus, which means that collaboration and coordination are part of the position. Teaching within courses in construction engineering and/or energy systems may be included in the position.

The research tasks include the development of theoretical models and of computer simulation programs. The areas where the postdoctoral researchers can contribute are ultrafast out-of-equilibrium dynamics, simulations of non-equilibrium orbital and spin currents and their dynamics in antiferromagnetic and topological spintronic materials, theory of light-induced orbital angular momentum, and simulations of superconductivity. Various computer programs, like first-principles methods (DFT and TDDFT), simulations of out-of-equilibrium dynamics and superconductivity will be used. In the project that is headed by Prof. Peter Oppeneer the candidate is offered the possibility to work in an exciting modern research area in condensed matter physics and will have opportunities to interact and collaborate with leading experimental and theoretical groups as well as industry.

A postdoctoral fellow’s duties consist mainly of research, but also some administration and the task of applying for external research funding in the field concerned. The position requires continuous attendance at the Centre, active participation in seminars, on-going presentation of the fellow’s research and, where necessary, some teaching and supervision of students or other tasks corresponding to up to 20% of the position.

A postdoctoral fellow’s duties consist mainly of research, but also some administration and the task of applying for external research funding in the field concerned. The position requires continuous attendance at the Centre, active participation in seminars, on-going presentation of the fellow’s research and, where necessary, some teaching and supervision of students or other tasks corresponding to up to 20% of the position.

The Department of Organismal Biology at Uppsala University explores the evolution, systematics, development and function on the organismal level.

At the program of physiology and environmental toxicology, we are using molecular tools and experimental models to investigate how cellular and molecular mechanisms affect the physiology and toxic responses of the whole organism in animals, human cells, microbes and photosynthetic organisms.

In this inspiring environment, the laboratory of Petroutsos investigates the molecular mechanisms involved in the sensing and response of green microalgae to changes in light and CO2 availability, and in the regulation of photosynthetic CO2 capture and partitioning. We carry out basic research with the aim of achieving a systems view of photosynthetic dynamics in microalgae, but also with a view to green biotechnology applications. More information is available on our website.