Available position: Assistant Professor in Materials Science

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Chalmers now seeks curious and creative individuals for tenure-track Assistant Professors.

As an Assistant Professor in materials science at Chalmers, you can turn your scientific curiosity into ideas, your ideas into experiments, and your experiments into discoveries. 

Advancing materials science for a sustainable future  

Materials science at Chalmers combines fundamental research with applications that address major societal challenges. Our research spans the entire materials value chain, from theory and modelling to synthesis, characterisation and evaluation of material properties. We focus on materials for energy applications, materials for health applications, and materials for green transitions. Through interdisciplinary collaboration and strong links to industry, we develop advanced materials that enable sustainable technologies and future innovations. 

The position as Assistant Professor comes with a five-year tenure track position with a generous start-up package, relocation support and mentoring, and leadership training to further your development as research leader and teacher.

The research spans several departments, including but not limited to:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Microtechnology and Nanoscience
  • Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
  • Life Sciences
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Architecture and Civil Engineering

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Leif Asp
  • Full Professor, Material and Computational Mechanics, Industrial and Materials Science