11 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Aalto University, Finland

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work with us on the design and characterization of bio-inspired hydrogels, involving designing polymer networks, synthesis of hydrogels, and characterization of mechanical and optical properties of them. The goal is to develop hydrogels with properties mimicking natural systems.

We are now looking a junior academic interested in research and teaching in the domain of sustainable business. The position is within the Organizations and Management discipline in the Department of Management Studies of Aalto University Business School.

Researchers from Aalto University and the University of Helsinki are looking for Postdoctoral Researchers in multiple areas of ICT, including:

• Artificial intelligence 
• Automated reasoning and constraint optimization
• Computational geometry
• Computational health
• Cryptography
• Data mining
• Engineering of LLM systems
• Foundations of distributed and parallel computing
• Machine learning, eg. ML systems, probabilistic ML, and privacy-preserving ML
• Multimedia systems
• Statistical data science

We invite applications for a two-year postdoctoral position in the field of theoretical quantum materials, focused on optics in van der Waals magnets. The prospective postdoc will work on the theoretical fundamentals of controlling magnetic states of two-dimensional magnets using light. The project aims to drive ordered magnets to a quantum spin liquid regime and drive a non-collinear magnet to a multiferroic state, with the ultimate objective of achieving precise optical control over these magnetic states.

The project will be carried out in collaboration between the theory group of “Correlated Quantum Materials” (Prof. Jose Lado) and the experimental group of “Photonics” (Prof. Zhipei Sun) at Aalto University. The position will focus on theoretical and computational modeling of van der Waals heterostructures, aiming at phenomena that can be potentially realized at the group of Prof. Zhipei Sun at Aalto.

We are now looking for postdoctoral scholars interested in research in the areas of business-society relations, employment relations, lobbying, communication studies and/or gender & feminist studies. The positions are within the Organizational Communication discipline at the Department of Management Studies. The postdoctoral positions are filled in Research Council of Finland funded project The Influence of Business Advocacy in Finnish Employment Relations and Governmental Policies (ADVOCACY). More information about the project and the PI Assistant Professor Paula Koskinen Sandberg: https://koskinensandberg.com/research/

The postdoctoral researcher will be working in a project focused on polymeric properties of wood hemicelluloses and lignins. The fundamental questions revolve around solubility and miscibility and their quantification. The ambition is to translate this knowledge into resolving challenges in forest biomass processing and in materials design. The aim for the postdoctoral researcher is to become an expert of polymers in solution or deepen the existing skills in that area. The position is available immediately, but the starting date can be negotiated to several months ahead.

HIIT Research Fellow positions support the career development of excellent advanced researchers who already have some postdoctoral research experience. While HIIT Research Fellows have a designated supervisor at University of Helsinki or Aalto University, they are expected to develop their own research agenda and to gain the skills necessary to lead their own research group in the future. HIIT Research Fellows should strengthen Helsinki’s ICT research community either through collaboration or by linking ICT research with another scientific discipline. In either case, excellence and potential for impact are the primary criteria for HIIT Research Fellow funding. The contract period is up to five years in length.

Are you interested in research in biosynthetic materials? The Biomolecular Materials group at Aalto University is looking for a postdoctoral researcher. We use protein engineering and recombinant protein production to develop new concepts for new materials based on spider silk, mussel adhesives, and barnacle cement proteins. With such novel materials we aim to provide sustainable alternatives to petrochemically produced ones. A key focus in our research are the molecular assembly pathways in which proteins from dilute solutions come together by self-assembly to form functional materials.

We work as a team within the Centre of Excellence in Life-inspired Hybrid Materials, LIBER (https://www.libercentre.fi/). See also: https://www.aalto.fi/en/department-of-bioproducts-and-biosystems/biomolecular-materials.

The goal is to use mechanistic and data-driven computational models to design optimized microbial community inocula for plant-based kefir and cheese fermentations.

Research is carried out at our excellent facilities at Aalto University, School of Chemical Engineering (http://www.bioeconomyinfra.fi/). The laboratories are situated on the main campus of Aalto University in Otaniemi (short metro-ride from Helsinki) within the department of Bioproducts and Biosystems.

Are you passionate about emission-free mobility? Have you ever wondered how to apply materials developed in the lab to the real world?

We are now looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join an exciting research project on the thermal management of Battery Electric Buses using heat storage materials. In this project, you will have the chance to conduct cutting-edge research and have a real-world impact at the same time. You will also work in a diverse and multi-disciplinary research team, and you will develop a network of industrial and academic stakeholders.

Aalto University is an interdisciplinary community of bold thinkers where science and art meet technology and business. Aalto’s core strategy follows three cross-cutting themes: sustainable solutions, entrepreneurial mindset and radical creativity. Aalto University has six schools with nearly 13 000 students and more than 400 professors. Our campus is located in Espoo, Finland.  

The Aalto School of Arts, Design and Architecture (ARTS) is a Nordic leader in higher education for design, fashion, games, media, architecture, film, art education and fine art. We produce world-class research e.g. in design, digital media and visual culture, art education, urban planning and architecture. Our graduates innovate in and beyond their fields, drawing on over a century of tradition of our institution, a humane and forward-looking approach, and the latest technologies.

The Department of Design is a community of creative and responsible researchers and design experts. We educate front-line design professionals and visionaries for established, changing and emerging fields of design. (https://www.aalto.fi/en/department-of-design). 

We are looking for a Postdoctoral researcher in Employee Experience and Service Design.

The position will begin early September or as agreed, and is for 1,5 years with a possible extension of 6 months.