The LUT School of Engineering Sciences is offering a fully funded doctoral student (junior researcher) position.

Position

The position is connected to the Systems and Engineering Science Doctorate (SEED) programme, which is a European MSCA programme running from 2023 to 2028. The programme will train 13 highly skilled doctoral candidates (DC). The candidates will receive strong guidance from two high-quality supervisors from universities and one expert from an industry company. The systematic secondment scheme builds on each DC having an academic secondment in an international university of high standing and excellence and a non-academic secondment in industry in Finland.

Job Description

• Completion of the doctoral degree within four years 
  • doctoral dissertation includes typically 4 peer-reviewed publications on the research and the summary thesis on the work
  • Complementary studies 40 ECTS Credits
• Assisting in teaching

Research theme: Study of defects in lithium and sodium-ion batteries

The project will address the characterization of electrode structures, charge and discharge mechanism and redox processes aimed to improve the performance of new energy batteries and to develop the design of electrode materials. The main topic is the study of structural defects induced in the battery cathode by migration of lithium and sodium ions. Especially, the effect of sodium will be considered since the intercalation of this element can introduce more defects in the cathode matrix than lithium.

Eligibility

Applicants should be highly motivated with a strong background in condensed matter physics and materials science, including numerical methods and programming skills.

Further information

The SEED programme will arrange two Q&A events online for prospective applicants while the call is open. The Q&A events will allow for the prospective applicants to ask questions regarding the research topics and the programme.

For further information and to obtain the details of the Q&A events, please contact: [email protected] 

For more information about the research topic, please contact: [email protected]

Application instructions are available at LUT open positions page:

https://www.lut.fi/en/about-us/come-work-us/open-positions

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