Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Materials Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry - Ångström conducts research and education in chemistry. The department has 270 employees and a turnover of SEK 300 million. Its six programmes conduct highly successful research of a high international standard. We have a large number of externally funded research projects, often involving international collaboration, and we expect continued strong growth in our field. The department is responsible for teaching on engineering programmes, Master of Science in Engineering programmes and Master's programmes. More information is available on our website.

Duties
The aim of the research project is to increase understanding of the mechanisms that govern ion transport in ceramic-polymer composite electrolytes for solid-state batteries and to provide guidelines for developing materials with improved ionic conductivity. The work focuses on method development and on developing and applying computationally efficient multiscale models, with particular emphasis on statistical thermodynamics and stochastic dynamical methods, such as molecular dynamics and kinetic Monte Carlo, to study transport within and between the materials’ different phases. Atomistic simulations and experimental data are used to develop and validate the models, with particular focus on the importance of interfaces for ion transport.

The project is funded by the Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten) and will be carried out within the Structural Chemistry research programme at Uppsala University, which includes both the research environment in Computational Materials Chemistry and the Ångström Advanced Battery Centre (ÅABC). The postdoctoral researcher will be an active member of both these environments. The project is carried out in collaboration with LEPMI at Grenoble INP in France. The work also includes a research visit of approximately two months per year at Grenoble INP.

Qualifications
To be employed as a postdoctoral researcher, you must have a doctoral degree (or an equivalent foreign qualification) in chemistry, physics, materials science or another field relevant to the position, awarded no more than three (3) years before the application deadline. An earlier doctoral degree may be accepted if there are special grounds. Special grounds include leave due to illness, parental leave, union duties, etc.

Applications will primarily be assessed on the applicant’s ability to conduct independent research, based on scientific expertise. The quality of each individual scientific work will be given greater weight than the number of publications. Applicants are expected to have very good spoken and written English.

A solid background in computational chemistry methods across different length and time scales, including dynamic simulations, as well as a sound foundation in statistical thermodynamics, is required. Applicants must have experience of and the ability to collaborate with experimental researchers, the ability to build effective teams, and leadership skills that can contribute to the supervision of doctoral and Master's students. The ability to communicate science clearly, both orally and in writing, is also required. Great importance will be attached to these abilities in the assessment.

Desirable/other qualifications
Experience of method development and modelling of materials, transport mechanisms and interfaces is an advantage, as are programming skills and experience of machine learning.

Terms
The position is fixed-term for 2 years in accordance with the central collective agreement (kollektivavtal). The position is full-time. Starting date: 2027-01-01 or as agreed. Location: Uppsala

For information about the position, contact: Amber Mace, email: amber.mace@kemi.uu.se

In this recruitment process, we have replaced the personal letter with questions to be answered as part of your application. Your answers will be used as part of the selection process.

We welcome your application by 30 November 2026, UFV-PA 2026/3260.

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