PhD and Academic Positions at Uppsala University, among the world’s 100 best universities, research university in Uppsala, Sweden.
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Postdoctoral position in Induced pluripotent stem cell disease modeling in The Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology at Uppsala University. Duties include Molecular cloning, DNA sequence analysis, CRISPR/Cas9 editing and selection of edited iPSC clones. Monitor iPSC cultures and differentiate iPSC into neuronal subtypes in 2D and 3D (i.e. organoids). Characterize neural cell models (e.g. by transcriptome profiling). The tasks include planning and implementation of subprojects, compilation and analysis of data, writing of manuscripts for publication, contributions in writing applications and assistance in supervision of PhD and master students.
Postdoc position in materials chemistry, metal hydrides for hydrogen compression-Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory. Postdoctoral fellow in the group of bulk materials within the research program for inorganic chemistry. The research focuses on how material properties are affected by chemical composition and crystal structure. For example, we study how the chemical composition affect the hydrogen absorption/desorption properties. An important area is new alloys for hydrogen compression and storage. The post doctor will work in the border area between chemistry, physics and materials theory; more specifically, with the synthesis and characterizations of new high entropy alloys for application in hydrogen compression. The project will be carried out in the group of Professor Martin Sahlberg at the Department of Chemistry-Angstrom. The project is a collaboration between Uppsala University and Sandia National labs, US, as the international partner. Synthesis using high temperature methods such as electric arc furnace, induction furnace and possibly solid-gas methods will be used. Characterization will primarily be conducted using diffraction methods like single crystal X-ray diffraction, Neutron diffraction and in situ measurements using synchrotron radiation.
Postdoc position in modelling and machine-learning studies of Li-ion batteries-Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory. The main duties involved in a post-doctoral posistion is to conduct research. Teaching may also be included, but up to no more than 20% of working hours. The main focus of the current research project is modelling of Li-ion batteries through application of finite element methods and analyzing battery data using machine-learning techniques. The work involves colaboration with industry.
PhD student in experimental hadron physics-Department of Physics and Astronomy. PhD student who can participate in the collection and analysis of data from BESIII or Belle II, as well as to develop modern analysis tools for electron-positron experiments. It is also possible to include a theory component of there is interest. The PhD student is expected to participate in meetings and workshops abroad and work with simulations, reconstruction, analysis and interpretation of data, as well as experimental service tasks.
PhD student physics-Department of Physics and AstronomyLast application date: 2022-06-27
PhD student physics-Department of Physics and Astronomy. The PhD student will work in the Division of Material Physics and be part of a project conducted in collaboration with European Spallation Source (ESS) in Lund and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Didcot (UK). The research in the materials physics division focuses on meta- and smart materials with an emphasis on non-equilibrium and finite size effects in magnetic materials, metal hydrides and soft matter. Samples are synthesised and studied with optical methods and transport measurements in house. These characterisation tools are complemented by advanced x-ray and neutron scattering methods in the lab as well as at large scale facilities. The group also operates the neutron reflectometer Super ADAM at the Institute Laue-Langevin in Grenoble (France).
Associate Senior Lecturer in Additive Manufacturing for the Life Sciences-Department of Medical Cell Biology. The position includes research, teaching and administration. Teaching duties include course responsibility and course administration as well as teaching and supervision, primarily of second- and third-cycle students. Post-doctoral supervision may also be included. Typical teaching topics can be additive manufacturing, bioprinting and bioengineering for life science applications. It is also expected that the holder will follow developments within the subject area and the development of the society in general that is relevant to the position. Duties may include a certain amount of budget responsibility as well as general project management. Collaboration with industry and participation in public outreach activities are expected.
PhD student in Molecular Systems Biology-Department of Cell and Molecular Biology.
The student will investigate the activity and function of disease-related nucleosome-associated protein complexes. A strong focus will be on developing and applying novel single-molecule FRET-based imaging approaches to record the real-time dynamics with which the protein complexes manipulate nucleosomes. The student will additionally employ a range of biochemical approaches to characterize the nucleosome-interacting protein complexes. The doctoral student will primarily engage in his/her postgraduate education. Other duties at the department may occur such as teaching and administrative work, but not more than 20% of the position.
Postdoctoral researcher position in multiscale modeling methods for Li-ion battery materials-Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory. The main duties involved in a postdoctoral position is to conduct research. Teaching may also be included, but up to no more than 20% of working hours. The main focus of the current research project is modelling of battery materials where we will develop physical models for multi-scale modelling purposes and use a broad spectrum of advanced simulation techniques such as electron structure calculations and molecular dynamics for detailed studies of the transport processes. The research work also involves development and use of data analysis and data handling strategies, such as machine-learning, as well as a close collaboration with experimentalists within ÅABC. The position is co-financed by the BIG-MAP project (http://www.big-map.eu) which is a consortium of 34 academic and industrial partner groups funded by the European Commission, as well as by the Swedish Research Council (VR).
Tasks will include the synthesis of substrates, and catalysts, reaction optimization and application, analysis and interpretation of the results, full characterization of the products, precise documentation, as well as reporting the results on a regular basis and forward planning. Besides carrying out the research project, the candidate will participate in the group organization and supervision of graduate/undergraduate students in the group.
The candidate will perform research to develop techniques for detecting errors and security vulnerabilities in software. Relevant areas include, but are not limited to, program analysis, formal verification, symbolic execution, protocol testing, fuzzing, taint analysis, and model learning, The goals include to significantly extend the power and scalability of such techniques to make the applicable to real-world code bases; foreseen applications include operating systems, software for IoT systems, and implementations of network security protocols.
The research project will focus on developing new electrochemical strategies to control Na-metal electrodes in Na-metal batteries. The project is built on recent advances in how the surface morphology of reactive metals like Li can be controlled using electrochemical nucleation. Insights and advances in the project will improve our understanding how the metal morphology evolves during electrochemical energy storage in Na-metal batteries. The aim of the project will be to apply these insights to create safe Na-metal batteries with improved lifetime. The work will extend beyond the department with industry collaboration partners from both the Na-battery industry (Altris) and the electric vehicle industry (Polestar). The doctoral student will be carrying out primarily experimental work thereby becoming experienced in topics like electrochemistry, electrodeposition, electrolyte design, Na-based batteries, in-operando microscopy analysis and post-mortem electron microscopy.Assistant Professor in Geohydrology with specialization in materials for pollution mitigation (WISE-Fellow)2022-06-01Department of Earth SciencesLast application date: 2022-09-19
- Teaching, research and administration. Teaching duties include course responsibility and course administration and supervision of second- and third-cycle students.
- At the Department of Earth Sciences, the Assistant professor will initially work closely with the existing leaders of groups with the LUVAL research program that are tackling aspects of environmental pollution. In the longer term the Assistant professor will, through an established mentoring program for early career teachers, lead their own research environment, but be expected to collaborate with other research programs. The Assistant professor will work together with the team of researchers at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, which is developing nanostructured materials for wastewater treatment and for tailor-made adsorption of both inorganic and organic chemical pollutants. The position as WISE-Fellow also includes activities within WISE nationally.
- The research area to be developed by the Assistant professor will initially be integrated with teaching within the Master’s programme in Water Engineering, the Master’s programme in Hydrology, the civil engineering programme in Environmental and Water Engineering, and the Master’s programme in Materials Science. Hence, teaching in one or more of these programmes is included.
- Follow developments within the subject area and the development of society in general that is important for the work at the university.
Overall responsibility for research and third-cycle (doctoral) education in the field and its development. Teaching and supervision in courses and programmes at all levels. Own research. To lead research groups in different sub-areas of marketing. Information about research and development work and participation in, planning and leadership of research projects (including applications for research funding). Duties of an administrative nature, including management roles at department and other levels at Uppsala University, may also occur.
The faculty’s ambition is that the appointee will be able to dedicate around half of their working hours to their own research. In addition, the appointee will be eligible for a paid sabbatical of one semester after a number of years in the post.
The successful candidate will join the Secure Learning and Control Laboratory, a growing interdisciplinary research group doing basic and applied research at the intersection of cybersecurity, control theory, and machine learning. Our vision is to develop methodologies for designing intelligent autonomous decision-making systems that are secure and resilient against malicious adversaries. These postdoctoral positions will intensify our work (on both method development and applications) in secure learning and control and may, if the candidate wishes, be paired with real-world applications in e.g. water networks, smart grids, or robotics. The position might also include teaching in related subjects.Two concrete potential research projects are summarized below. As an applicant, you are encouraged to specify your preferred research project in your application to aid in the recruitment process, but this selection is not binding.
Research, teaching and administration. Teaching duties include course responsibility and course administration and supervision of second- and third-cycle students. Teaching duties will be adapted to the expertise of the applicant. Follow developments within the subject area and the development of society in general that is important for the work at the university. Develop research within the subject area. The position as WISE fellow will include planning and coordination of WISE activities as well as to develop new activities in collaboration with the research environment at the Ångström laboratory.
Conduct research in algebraic geometry and low dimensional topology, in particular, application of algebro-geometric methods in knot theory. Teaching and administration can also be included, no more than 20 percent.
Teaching, research and administration. Teaching includes course responsibility and course administration, as well as supervision of doctoral students, degree and project work. The position includes leading and developing the department’s operations within AMC and includes administrative tasks such as budget planning and the development of research and education strategies in cooperation with the department’s management team. Follow developments within the subject area and the development of society in general that is important for the work at the university. The position also includes developing a research environment attractive to external financiers and actively seeking and applying for external funding. This also includes initiating and participating in collaboration, information and knowledge dissemination to the surrounding society around the department’s activities
Teaching, research and administration. Teaching duties include course responsibility and course administration and supervision of second- and third-cycle students. Research in experimental fusion plasma physics with a focus on measurements, modeling and analysis of the neutron emission. The work should focus on presently operational international fusion facilities such as JET, MAST Upgrade, ASDEX and on future facilities such as ITER, DTT and JT-60SA. The employment also includes developing an attractive research environment for external funders and actively seeking and applying for external funding. This also includes initiating and participating in outreach, information spreading and dissemination of knowledge to the surrounding society about the activities within the group, the division and the department. Follow developments within the subject area and the development of society in general that is important for the work at the university. The position may include management tasks within the division, the department and/or the university.
The underlying causes of the different forms of diabetes are poorly understood. Pancreatic islet dysfunction and altered secretion patterns of the islet hormones are hallmarks of most forms of the disease but functional changes also occur in the islet hormone target organs. To clarify the disease mechanisms, research needs to be undertaken in many different areas, not least mechanistic studies in cell biology and physiology, but also in developmental biology, immunology, biochemistry and molecular biology. Studies of e.g. single-cell gene and protein expression with the aim of understanding cell function are also timely areas. For the development of new, future therapeutic options, more knowledge is required about islet cell function, replication and regeneration, as well as how islet cells can be generated from stem cells. Modern research technologies and new model systems have strong potential to significantly advance the field. Applicants with a diabetes-relevant cell biology focus outside the islet field would also be considered.
PhD-student in Rhetoric-Department of LiteratureLast application date: 2022-08-01
The PhD-student position is a 4-year full time appointment, and the candidate will primarily devote the time to their own research studies. Other departmental work, such as teaching or administration can be part of the position (maximum 20 %), but requires a working knowledge of Swedish. A doctoral (PhD) student is expected to conduct research and to contribute to the development of knowledge within the discipline. Expectations of a doctoral student include the capacity to develop independent ideas and communicate research results in oral and written form. The aim of the doctoral position is for the doctoral student to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to conduct research autonomously within Rhetoric and to contribute to the development of knowledge within the discipline through the production of a scholarly thesis. Another aim is for the doctoral student to develop an ability to apply the acquired knowledge and skills within post-degree research or other qualified professional work.
The main duties of the applicant will be to participate in and lead research projects. Your work will include radiolabeling, identity and stability determination by HPLC, ITLC, SDS, and radioautogaraphy, work with living cell cultures and frozen/fixed tissue samples, participation in in vivo and imaging experiments. Evaluation, analyses and presentation of obtained data is also included. The work duties can also include supervision of students, teaching and other departmental duties (no more than 20%).
Performing synthesis and fabrication of relevant solid electrolytes, implement them in batteries, operate these electrochemically while studying different chemical and electrochemical processes by synchrotron radiation and neutron scattering – ex-situ, in-situ and in operando. The aim is to clarify and understand surface chemistry, reactivity, transport processes and morphology development. The work includes international collaboration. The main duties of doctoral students are to devote themselves to their research studies which includes participating in research projects and third cycle courses. The work duties can also include teaching and other departmental duties (no more than 20%).
We are now looking for a qualified and motivated postdoctoral researcher who will primarily focus on increasing our understanding of metabolic aspects of some of the new immune regulatory mechanisms which have been discovered in the lab. The project will involve high-resolution imaging of different animal models, multiparameter flow cytometry, in vitro work, and work with large proteomic-, metabolomic-, and mRNA-sequencing datasets.
The position will both involve both wet-lab and computational components. The wet-lab component will involve experimental evolution projects with C. elegans and standard molecular procedures (DNA and RNA extraction, PCR, sequencing, gel electrophoresis, genomic library preparation, among others). Additionally, there is scope for incorporating genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 approaches and employing standard genetic backcrossing techniques. All projects are expected to involve a strong bioinformatic component involving analyses of DNA-Seq and/or RNA-Seq datasets. Training will be provided when necessary.
Project leader-Department of Immunology, Genetics and PathologyLast application date: 2022-07-11
SciLifeLab Data Centre is looking for a motivated and knowledgeable Project leader for the work regarding software development within the group. In this key role you will lead a number of projects within Data Centre where IT and data management services for the life science field are developed. This includes both taking part in development of systems and leading the work to build the different components the group is responsible for. You will be working with system developers with different backgrounds, both from IT but also from research and with technical expertise from software development. The work is done in collaboration with SciLifeLab’s technology platforms, and will include both new development, existing software components and commercial systems. Design and testing of systems together with users and engineers will also be part of the work. You will work in a team of researchers, engineers, data stewards and system developers, in the middle of SciLifeLab’s national research infrastructure and with the research program for Data-Driven Life Science, DDLS. The work will include collaborations between SciLifeLab and national e-infrastructures, and include personnel employed at different organisations. You need to have a strong scientific background, high technical competence within software and systems development, as well as good skills for collaboration and communication.
Data engineer (AI)Department of Immunology, Genetics and PathologyLast application date: 2022-07-11
SciLifeLab Data Centre is looking for a motivated and knowledgeable Data engineer for our AI model sharing platform, which will serve both national infrastructure users and researchers through the Data driven life science (DDLS) data platform. You will be working with systems for AI modeling and deployment of models. You will also interact with research groups and assist with technical solutions and infrastructure for AI modeling and sharing of models. Working with and contributing to standards for sharing of AI modeling will also be part of the work, as well as to interact with international collaborators and organisations. You will work in a team of researchers, engineers, data stewards and system developers, in the middle of SciLifeLab’s national research infrastructure and the research program for Data-Driven Life Science, DDLS.
The employee will be a part of the ongoing research projects supported by Swedish Research Council. As a research assistant within these projects you will support producing and purifying viruses/viral protein complexes for cryo-EM single particle analysis, and doing experiments using established approaches such as infectious clones of viruses.
The primary focus of this research project will be studying and developing environmentally friendly materials for the realization of full iron-based rechargeable Li-ion batteries, with a particular emphasis on the anode material and its interface to enable convenient electrochemical features. Investigation of tailored electrolyte formulations to improve the interface behavior of the active materials in these Fe-based cells will play a central role, especially in determining the stability of the solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) and overall cycling features under different operation conditions. In-depth characterization and understanding of the structure of the materials, reacting interfaces and their nanostructured nature will be also of crucial importance to assess in detail the electrochemical features and charge storage mechanisms in these advanced iron-based Li-ion batteries.
Up to 10 teaching assistants-Department of Information TechnologyLast application date: 2022-08-05
Participation in teaching in any of the courses listed below. Participation in teaching means, for example, participation in labs and tutorials/lessons, grading of assignments, answering students’ questions, and supervision of student projects. The application is received via the Uppsala University’s recruitment system. If you have specific questions regarding a course, please contact Hans Rosth.
At IFA, the Department of X-ray Physics, research is conducted on functional materials using XUV and advanced X-ray-based spectroscopy. The current position is opened up for operations in nanoparticle technology. The materials of interest are so-called upside down converting nanoparticles of rare earth metals and semiconductors with a focus on exploring the capture of infrared and ultraviolet light to activate solar cells in window glass in buildings. The activity will complement existing research in the areas of nanotechnology, solar cells and energy materials carried out at the department. The research is part of the project “IR functionalized solar cells” with support from the Swedish Energy Agency (STEM 52495-1).
Researcher in orthopedics2022-06-14Department of Surgical SciencesLast application date: 2022-07-12
T/A, Researcher2022-06-13Department of Cell and Molecular BiologyLast application date: 2022-08-15
Professor of Sociology2022-06-23Department of SociologyLast application date: 2022-09-30