Postdoc position on Data enhanced physical reduced order Models

Job description

The position is embedded into a large-scale effort between academic groups in the Netherlands and industrial partners to reduce CO2 emissions in steel production using machine learning. You can find more information here. You will work on a theoretical and an applied project on data-enhanced physical reduced order models and will act as a data science expert for other consortium partners.

Your profile

• You are an enthusiastic and highly motivated researcher.
• You have, or will shortly, acquire a PhD in the field of Mathematics, or similar. It is helpful to have some knowledge of model reduction, physics and/or chemistry.
• You have a creative mindset and excellent analytical and communication skills.
• You have a good team spirit and like to work in an interdisciplinary and internationally oriented environment.
• You are fluent in English.

Our offer

• You will be appointed for a period of 18 months fulltime within a very stimulating scientific environment. The university offers a dynamic ecosystem with enthusiastic colleagues;
• Your salary and associated conditions are in accordance with the collective labour agreement for Dutch universities (CAO-NU);
• Gross salary between € 3.546,- and € 5.538,- per month depending on experience and qualifications;
• Excellent benefits including a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary, a year-end bonus of 8.3% and a solid pension scheme;
• The flexibility to work (partially) from home;
• Free access to sports facilities on campus;
• A minimum of 232 leave hours in case of full-time employment based on a formal workweek of 38 hours. A full-time employment in practice means 40 hours a week, therefore resulting in 96 extra leave hours on an annual basis;
• Excellent support for research and facilities for professional and personal development;
• We encourage a high degree of responsibility and independence, while collaborating with close colleagues, researchers and other university staff;
• We are also a family-friendly institution that offers parental leave (both paid and unpaid) and career support for partners.

Information and application

Are you interested in this position? Please send your application via the ‘Apply now’ button below before September 10, 2025, and include:

• A full Curriculum Vitae. Your CV should demonstrate the scope of your work and education and indicate a good fit with the stated requirements for the position.
• A brief motivation letter (approximately 1 page), emphasising your specific interest and motivation to apply for a postdoc position in our group.
• An academic transcript of B.Sc. and M.Sc. education, including grades.
• Your PhD thesis.

Starting date of the position: flexible, currently aimed to start around February 2026.

For more information regarding this position, you are welcome to contact Dr. Silke Glas via the following email address: [email protected].

Screening is part of the selection procedure.

About the department

The Department of Mathematics has as its objective to develop mathematics in the context of important societal problems. We do fundamental research and also encourage and support interdisciplinary collaborations. In applications, we focus on systems that are crucial to everyday life. We contribute to smart grids that make energy networks more efficient, mathematical models that assist medical doctors, schedules that make hospitals more efficient and numerical schemes to study multiscale fluid problems and wave propagation from nano to kilometre scales.

About the organisation

The faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) uses mathematics, electronics and computer technology to contribute to the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). With ICT present in almost every device and product we use nowadays, we embrace our role as contributors to a broad range of societal activities and as pioneers of tomorrow’s digital society. As part of a tech university that aims to shape society, individuals and connections, our faculty works together intensively with industrial partners and researchers in the Netherlands and abroad, and conducts extensive research for external commissioning parties and funders. Our research has a high profile both in the Netherlands and internationally. It has been accommodated in three multidisciplinary UT research institutes: Mesa+ Institute, TechMed Centre and Digital Society Institute.