KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Project description Third-cycle subject: Computer Science PhD students will work on robot learning for manipulation, exploring recent advances in Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models for tabletop manipulation tasks with a focus on using the whole-body motion to enhance perception and control for solving complex mobile manipulation tasks. We are seeking candidates with a strong background in robotics and....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Computer Science The PhD students will be a part of an EU project “Digitising Smell: From Natural Statistics of Olfactory Perceptual Space to Digital Transmission of Odors”. The goal of the project is to digitalize the sense of smell, pave the ground for understanding how the sense of smell works in humans....

Project description ——————- Third-cycle subject: Transport Science with specialization in Transport Systems The adoption and integration of innovative supply chain and logistics solutions are pivotal for the manufacturing industry in its ongoing transition towards sustainable practices. The Division of Transport and Systems Analysis at KTH is seeking a highly qualified candidate for a doctoral position....

Project description ——————- Third-cycle subject: The Built Environment and Society: Management, Economics and Law The project investigates organisational and business aspects of digital transformation for a more sustainable built environment. An important aspect is how property owners, both as construction clients and facility managers, drive and participate in innovation related to digitalisation in collaboration with....

Project description ——————- Third-cycle subject: Highway and railway engineering Asphalt concrete relies heavily on the extraction and processing of non-renewable resources. These processes deplete finite fossil fuel reserves, contributing to resource scarcity. In recent years, bio-asphalt has emerged as an environmentally responsible solution for road construction, offering a promising alternative to petroleum asphalt. In this....

Project description ——————- Third-cycle subject:  Chemical Science and Engineering This project aims to gain fundamental insights into the membranes in redox flow batteries (RFBs) through combining electrochemical cell investigations at KTH with advanced characterization techniques using X-rays and neutrons in combination with molecular dynamics simulations at DTU. In terms of costs and output power, the membrane....

Project description ——————- Third-cycle subject: Energy Technology Long-term operation and unfavorable conditions may lead to degradation of the aerodynamic performance of aero-engines over time, which can increase fuel consumption alongside the emissions associated to it. Repair of aero-engine components is also very important concerning sustainability, as performance lost to degradation and damages could be recovered,....

Project description ——————- Third-cycle subject: Technology and Health We are looking for a self-motivated person to pursue a PhD (Licentiate) in Cardiovascular robotics in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems. We conduct research on medical devices and information and communication systems in health technologies. Candidates with biomedical, mechanical, electrical, or computer engineering profiles....

Project description ——————- Third-cycle subject: Computer science We invite highly motivated students with a strong background in system security, formal verification, and/or machine learning to apply for two PhD positions, funded by Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP). Successful candidates will have the opportunity to investigate cutting-edge research topics, including but not limited....

Project description ——————- Third-cycle subject: Physics We are looking for two PhD students to work with advanced nuclear materials. The two PhD projects are aimed at a) modeling the behavior and properties of new coatings for light water reactor cladding tubes using atomistic simulations; and b) to study the radiation damage physics of advanced steels....

Project description ——————- Third-cycle subject: Technology and health Chronic injuries to fingers, hands and arms caused by working with vibrating hand tools are still common. Today, employees are asked how long per day they use vibrating tools. The answers you get are very uncertain. In this project, we will try to attach a small accelerometer,....

Project description ——————- Third-cycle subject: Materials Science Engineering A project funded by Horizon Europe “Metallic Elements Dissipation Avoided by Life cycle design for Steel” (MEDALS) aims to increase the recyclability of steels by removing or mitigating the effects of unwanted elements that accumulate during recycling, so-called tramp elements. The successful candidate shall be expected to....

Project description ——————- Third-cycle subject: Quantum sources for applications with single and entangled photons Quantum technology offers unprecedented possibilities for computation, communication and sensing, holding great promise for drastic improvements in performance and functionality, showing disruptive potential with profound impact on society, markets and everyday life. Quantum optics lies at the heart of these new....

Project description ——————- Third-cycle subject: Electrical Engineering WELD-AID is a Vinnova-funded project that aims to revolutionize quality assurance in welded structures by integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digitalization. Through collaboration with industry partners, it seeks to reinforce Sweden as a global leader in designing and manufacturing welded products, ensuring superior mechanical performance and production quality.....

Project description ——————- Third-cycle subject: program: “Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering”, subject “Sustainability studies” FibReLoop is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA) Doctoral Network aiming to promote industrial implementation of circular strategies for composites, in applications such as wind turbines or vechicles. Circular solutions are not inherently sustainable, but such claims need to be supported by....

Project description ——————- Third-cycle subject: Vehicle Engineering or Engineering Mechanics The FibReLoop project is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA) Doctoral Network that aims to promote the industrial implementation of circular economy strategies for composites. On total, fourteen doctoral candidates will be trained at different European sites to tackle the recycling of a composite part all the....

Project description ——————- Third-cycle subject: Computer science The Division of Network and Systems Engineering is looking for two doctoral students with a very strong background and interest in system modeling, optimization, and machine learning. The successful candidate will join a MSCA Doctoral Network project on developing rigorous, novel tools for safe and prompt learning and....

Job description Nuclear Power Safety (NPS) Division seeks engaged postdoc to study in-vessel corium melt retention (IVMR) in small modular reactor (SMR) of PWR type, and (ii) ex-vessel melt-coolant interactions and melt spreading. The project is supported by Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (https://www.stralsakerhetsmyndigheten.se/).  The IVMR research will be towards adaptation of the conventional IVR methodology....

Job description We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to develop and improve models and codes for assessment of the liquid source term during severe accident (SA) of LWR systems. In particular, research will include assessment of the characteristics of the containment water pool by system code, thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of Cs and Sr....

Job description Teleoperation or Remote control of vehicles is a current active research topic and is seen as a way to support the self-driving vehicles of the future, both the transition to fully self-driving and as a support system to handle fault cases or situations that the self-driving vehicle cannot handle. The research work on....

Job description The position as a postdoctoral scholar will be within the Division of light and matter within the Applied physics department at KTH. The department is part of the Stockholm center for physics, astronomy and biotechnology. The center groups physics related research within both KTH and Stockholm university which provides access to a multitude....

Job description To achieve rapid decarbonization of the industrial sector, technically efficient and cost-effective solutions integrating renewable energy sources, electrification of heat, and energy storage are deemed.  We aim to design and prototype different technologies, including low and high temperature thermal energy storage and integrated systems. The postdoc will contribute to the activities including TES....

Job description This work is part of the project NuMaP which is a Nuclear Materials Platform funded by the Swedish Energy Agency. Within the framework of this postdoc position, radiation induced processes on novel nuclear fuel cladding materials in contact with water will be studied experimentally. This is a collaboration between KTH in Stockholm and....

Arbetsuppgifter Arbetet ingår i det större projektet NuMaP som är en plattform för kärntekniska material finansierat av Energimyndigheten. Inom ramen för denna anställning kommer strålningsinducerade processer på nya kärnbränslekapslingsmaterial i kontakt med vatten att studeras experimentellt. Detta sker inom ramen för ett samarbete mellan KTH och Chalmers. Vi erbjuder En anställning på ett ledande tekniskt....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Chemical Engineering KTH is leading the newly built research center ACCELERATE with aim to accelerate the transformation of the chemical industry. Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) is a novel track for producing chemicals while phasing-out fossil feedstocks. ACCELERATE gathers leading academics and industries that want to join forces. Within this effort, this....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Energy and Environmental Systems, Energy Technology To accelerate clean energy transition through Positive Energy Districts (PEDs), the EU-funded EMPEDOFLEX project develops a comprehensive digital toolbox integrating machine learning, optimization algorithms, and interoperability frameworks for optimal energy management across Europe. KTH leads technological landscape analysis, multi-energy investment planning tool development, and validation....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Electrical Engineering The electricity grid is increasingly exposed to large disturbances as renewable penetration grows and power electronic converters become dominant. Wind farms, especially those based on grid-forming technology, are expected to play a key role in stabilising the future system. However, their behaviour under severe transients is not yet fully....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Computer Science  This position offers a unique opportunity to leverage the synergy between experimental and computational approaches to fundamental questions about human cognitive capabilities. In particular, the successful applicant will capitalise on the vibrant interdisciplinary environment sustained by a strategic collaboration between the Computational Brain Science lab, School of Electrical Engineering....

Project description Third-cycle subject: TH Technology and Health Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is a technique of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to estimate mechanical properties of tissues. Multidimensional diffusion MRI (MD-dMRI) is a novel MRI modality that extracts diffusion information of tissues at a subvoxel level. This project aims to combine both techniques to extract mechanical information....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Electrical Engineering The project offers doctoral studies within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) funded network program for PhD students, IDEAL4GREEN, that addresses the urgent challenges of climate change and the global shift towards sustainable energy systems. It focuses on developing and integrating microgrids, which are crucial in managing the variability of renewable....

Project description Third-cycle subject:  Computer Science A Ph.D. position is available in the area of high-performance computing, with a focus on performance analysis, development, and optimization of scientific simulation codes. The work involves applications in plasma physics, computational fluid dynamics, and molecular dynamics, targeting large-scale systems equipped with GPUs and other accelerators. Key research topics....

Project description Third-cycle subject:  Electrical Engineering  Nuclear power is experiencing a renaissance worldwide as one of the key solutions to achieve fossil-free electricity generation. The geopolitical effects on energy prices, the increased demand for clean, abundant energy, and the binding targets to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 are among the driving forces for this renaissance....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Real estate and construction management Six doctoral positions are being advertised simultaneously within the School of Architecture and the Built Environment’s focus on digitalization and sustainability. The project will investigate how digital tools and sustainable working methods can change construction economics and urban development. A central theme is the development and....

Project description Third-cycle subject:  engineering materials science The project aims to replace fossil combustion processes with innovative electric technologies, such as electric resistance heating and microwave heating. The focus is on applications in the production of refractory bricks and preheating processes in the steel industry. For these applications, suitable demonstration plants must be designed, built,....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Computer Science We are looking for a highly-qualified and motivated individual to pursue a PhD in the area of reliable conversational domain-specific data exploration and analysis. The prospect PhD student will join a research team in KTH led by Professor Aristides Gionis. The position is part of the European project ARMADA....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Computer Science The EU MSCA Doctoral Network ELEVATE addresses neuromorphic event-based sensing and computation for low-power and low-latency applications. The here advertised doctoral projects focus on sensory perception for closed-loop robotic systems: (1) Event vision for low-latency human / robot co-working scenarios Convolutional neural networks for computer vision require substantial computing....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Biotechnology The HPA Alpha Cell Program at the Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) in Stockholm is part of the internationally established Human Protein Atlas project (www.proteinatlas.org) at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. The Alpha Cell Program is a newly launched research initiative, which is dedicated to mapping the proteins of the human....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Computer Science We are looking for a highly-qualified and motivated individual to pursue a PhD in the area of machine learning with focus on explainable clustering. The prospect PhD student will join a research team in KTH led by Professor Aristides Gionis. The research team focuses on developing novel methods to....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Technology and Health We are looking for an inquisitive person to pursue a PhD in Soft Robotic Medical Devices for Vascular Applications in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems. Candidates with a background in biomedical, mechanical, or electrical engineering and research interests in robotics, sensors, and physiology are encouraged....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Information and Communication Technology Wireless communication technology has evolved over five generations, but the demand for higher efficiency, availability, and reliability is never-ending. The physical layer of 5G and 6G networks revolves around the multi-antenna MIMO technology. 5G uses 64 antennas in each base station and 4 antennas in devices, which....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Information and Communication Technology  Wireless technology has evolved over five generations, but the need for higher efficiency and reliability is never-ending. The 6G research goal is to identify new groundbreaking methods that can enable tomorrow’s wireless applications. Specifically, the interest toward even higher frequencies beyond millimeter wave remains high for 6G....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Technology and Health With an aging population, we need technology to maintain good care and good health. But which technology is actually best suited to meet this societal challenge where there are many stakeholders and societal sectors that have an impact? In this project, we explore the systems perspective on technology....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Chemical Engineering KTH is leading the newly built research center ACCELERATE with aim to accelerate the transformation of the chemical industry. Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) is a novel track for producing chemicals while phasing-out fossil feedstocks. ACCELERATE gathers leading academics and industries that want join forces. Within this effort, this position....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Energy and Environmental Systems, Energy Technology Decarbonizing industry requires more than technologies – it demands integrated strategies spanning energy carriers, digital infrastructure, and business models. Traditional siloed approaches have proven insufficient in addressing the complexity of this transition. This PhD addresses this challenge by exploring novel decarbonization pathways that leverage the integrated....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Energy and Environmental Systems, Energy Technology To achieve rapid decarbonization of the industrial sector, technically efficient and cost-effective solutions integrating renewable energy sources, electrification of heat, and energy storage are deemed.  We aim to design and prototype different technologies, including low and high temperature thermal energy storage and integrated systems. The doctoral....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Electrical Engineering The challenge: Energy, transportation, and other critical infrastructures are undergoing an unprecedented shift in scale, decentralization and autonomy. These transformations bring vast opportunities to improve efficiency and sustainability but also pose serious challenges in ensuring their reliability and fairness. Addressing these societal-scale challenges demands for novel optimization and control methodologies....

Projektbeskrivning Forskarutbildningsämne: Maskinkonstruktion Enheten Integrerad Produktutveckling och Design, Maskinkonstruktion på skolan för Industriell Teknik och Management söker en doktorand inom kollaborativ innovation och design. Enheten är aktiv inom innovationsledning, design och utveckling av hållbara produkt-och tjänstesystem, samt transformation av affärsmodeller. Doktoranden kommer att delta i ett större projekt om hållbara och innovativa transportsystem som ska....

Project description Third-cycle subject: industrial economics and management The PhD student will work for the new project “ACCELERATE – Accelerate Transition to and Scale-Up of bio-CO₂ Utilization” that is funded by the Stiftelsen för Strategisk Forskning SSF. The project is a collaboration between various schools at KTH, Stockholm University and an industrial consortium composed of Stockholm....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Organic chemistry/Chemical science We seek a skilled doctoral student with a genuine interest in organic chemistry to carry out research in synthetic photocatalysis, a contemporary international research field where visible light is used to drive chemical reactions. As doctoral student you will develop new sustainable methods for selective organic synthesis applied to....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Applied Physics We are seeking a motivated PhD student in computational materials physics, particularly AI-driven studies of nanomagnetism. The PhD student will work within an active research group in materials theory and computational magnetism, led by Dr. Alexander Edström and Prof. Anna Delin at the Division of Light and Matter Physics,....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Physics The group of Egor Babaev at the Department of Physics of KTH Royal Institute of Technology has an opening for two Doctoral students in the field of theoretical condensed matter physics. The group carries a broad spectrum of research using analytical and numerical methods ranging from effective field theory, topological....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Chemistry In water-cooled nuclear reactors, corrosion leads to the formation of oxide deposits (CRUD) on the fuel cladding. This leads to reduced heat-transfer which in turn can result in fuel damage. It also leads to radioactivity build-up which in the long run becomes an occupational health problem. In this project, CRUD-formation and....

Arbetsuppgifter Vi söker en enastående kandidat till en postdoktorandtjänst inom detektion av organiska radikaler (särskilt organisk peroxi, RO2) i atmosfären med realtidsmasspektrometri (proton trasnfer mass spectrometry, Ptr-MS). Tjänsten kommer att äga rum i det prestigefyllda ERC-advanced projektet EPHEMERAL. Organiska radikaler är viktiga reaktionsintermediärer i många kemiska system, såsom levande organismer, förbränningssystem och den naturliga miljön.....

Job description We are seeking a highly-motivated candidate for a postdoctoral position on the detection of organic radicals (in particular organic peroxy, RO2) in Earth’s atmosphere using real-time Proton Transfer Mass Spectrometry (Ptr-MS), as part of the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced project EPHEMERAL. Organic radicals are key reaction intermediates in many chemical systems,....

Job description We are seeking a highly-motivated candidate for a postdoctoral position to study the reactivity of organic radicals (in particular organic peroxy, RO2) in Earth’s atmosphere using real-time proton transfer ionization mass spectrometry, as part of the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Advanced project EPHEMERAL. Organic radicals are key reaction intermediates in many chemical....

Job description Wireless communication technology has evolved over five generations, but the demand for higher efficiency, availability, and reliability is never-ending. The physical layer of 5G and 6G networks revolves around the multi-antenna MIMO technology. 5G uses 64 antennas in each base station and 4 antennas in devices, which might grow by 5-10 times in....

Arbetsuppgifter Fokuset ligger på framställandet av dielektriska metamaterial for avancerade ljusmanipuleringsfunktioner så som spektralt kontrollerad reflektivitet och transmission, nedkonvertering, ljusfångning och ljusextraktion, ickelinjära effekter samt solceller. Arbetet involverar elektromagnetisk modellering av metamaterial, nanotillverkning i renrumsmiljö, optisk karakterisering, byggande/modifiering av optiska karakteriseringsverktyg samt teststationer för tillverkade apparater. Utöver forskningen antas den ansökande ta del utav handledning....

Job description At the Hultgren Laboratory at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering we are seeking a postdoctoral researcher with research interest in microstructural characterization of sustainable metallic materials using transmission electron microscopy and supplementary tools. Through the generous grant of Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability – WISE (https://wise-materials.org) and KTH we are....

Arbetsuppgifter Vid Hultgrenlaboratoriet på Institutionen för Materialvetenskap söker vi en postdoktor med forskningsintresse för mikrostrukturell karakterisering av hållbara metalliska material med hjälp av transmissionselektronmikroskopi och kompletterande metoder. Genom ett generöst bidrag från Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability – WISE (https://wise-materials.org/) och KTH etablerar vi nu ett toppmodernt högkapacitets sveptransmissionselektronmikroskop (STEM) med unika in-situ/-operando-funktioner vid....

Job description At the Department of Materials Science and Engineering we are seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to join our research team in material modelling and alloy development for powder and wire based additive manufacturing (AM). Despite its already explored vast potential, the applicability of AM might be still limited since the material flow....

Arbetsuppgifter Vid institutionen för materialvetenskap söker vi en mycket motiverad postdoktoral forskare för att ansluta sig till vårt forskningsteam inom materialmodellering och legeringsutveckling för pulver- och trådbaserad additiv tillverkning (AM). Trots den stora potentialen hos AM kan användbarheten fortfarande vara begränsad. Detta eftersom råmaterialproduktion för tillverkning och återvinning fortfarande är otillräcklig, vilket påverkar resurseffektiviteten negativt.....

Job description At the Hultgren Laboratory at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering we are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to investigate materials behavior at micrometer length scales during deformation at high velocities. High strain rate deformation is fundamental to processes such as hard-particle erosion, materials processing and manufacturing, and in this project we aim....

Job description The focus is on the fabrication of dielectric metamaterials for advanced light manipulation functions such as spectrally controlled reflectivity and transmission, down conversion, light trapping and light extraction, nonlinear effects, and solar cells. The work involves electromagnetic modeling of metamaterials, nanofabrication in a cleanroom environment, optical characterization, construction/modification of optical characterization tools, and....

Project description Third-cycle subject:  Electrical Engineering As part of the Marie Curie ITN project REACT, KTH will focus on developing a memristor-based neuromorphic architecture, with particular emphasis on the BCPNN model pioneered at KTH. Other neuromorphic models will also be investigated. The PhD candidate will contribute to enhancing an existing simulation framework to validate memristor-based....

Projektbeskrivning Forskarutbildningsämne: Kemiteknik Introduktion Är du intresserad av hållbar transportteknik och vill vara med och forma framtidens utsläppsfria motorer? Vi söker nu en fullt finansierad doktorand till KTH som kommer att arbeta med utveckling och testning av dieselpartikelfilter (DPF) anpassade för vätgasförbränningsmotorer. Om rollen Projektet fokuserar på att förstå och lösa de specifika utsläppsutmaningar som....

Projektbeskrivning Forskarutbildningsämne: Tillämpad fysik Som doktorand i gruppen för kvantmaterial kommer du att få möjlighet att delta i vårt projekt fokuserat på studier av supraledare. Projektet är finansierat av Knut och Alice Wallenbergs stiftelse och målsättningen är att utveckla och applicera en ny spektroskopisk teknik för att studera supraledare. Du kommer att arbeta tillsammans med andra....

Projektbeskrivning Forskarutbildningsämne: Fiber- och polymervetenskap Vårt samhälle står inför utmaningen att hitta miljömässigt och ekonomiskt hållbara alternativ till formade plastprodukter, inte minst när det kommer till engångsartiklar. I det här projektet, som till större del är finansierat av Vetenskapsrådet, kommer en doktorand utforska möjligheterna att kemiskt modifiera cellulosafibrer så att material tillverkade från dem beter....

Projektbeskrivning Forskarutbildningsämne: Datalogi Den utlysta doktorandtjänsten är inom ett ambitiöst, 5-årigt Wallenberg Scholar-projekt med titeln “Scalable and adaptive inferencing for democratizing AI. I detta projekt på 18 miljoner SEK vill vi dramatiskt minska kostnaderna och kraften för att betjäna stora språkmodeller som ChatGPT. Mer information om projektet samt Projektsidan, med våra tidiga publikationer:  Arbetet kommer....

Projektbeskrivning Forskarutbildningsämne: Hållbarhetsstudier Utgångspunkten för detta projekt är att det finns ett behov av att minska utsläppen av växthusgaser. En stor källa till sådana utsläpp är uppförandet av nya byggnader. En effektivare användning av byggnader skulle kunna minska behovet av nybyggnation. Med den snabba utvecklingen och implementeringen av digitalisering uppstår nya möjligheter till effektiv användning....

Projektbeskrivning Forskarutbildningsämne: Hållbarhetsstudier Statistik om utsläpp av växthusgaser från Sveriges konsumtion produceras regelbundet av SCB. I metoden kombineras data från Sveriges miljöräkenskaper med data från en internationell multi-regional Input-Output (MRIO) modell. Den nuvarande metoden har dock ett antal begränsningar och det övergripande syftet med projektet är att förbättra data och metoder för att beräkna konsumtionsbaserade....

Projektbeskrivning Forskarutbildningsämne: Electrical Engineering Förstärkningsinlärning (Reinforcement Learning, RL) hanterar sekventiella beslutsproblem genom att agera i en miljö och successivt förbättra sitt beteende via trial-and-error. Dessa metoder har visat anmärkningsvärda framgångar inom flera områden – ibland till och med överträffat mänsklig prestation. En stor nackdel är dock att de kräver enorma mängder träningsdata för att uppnå....

Project description Third-cycle subject:  Computer science The advertised doctoral student position are within an ambitious, 5-year Wallenberg Scholar project titled “Scalable and adaptive inferencing for democratizing AI. In this 18 Million SEK project, we want to dramatically reduce the cost and power for serving large language models such as ChatGPT. and The project page, with....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Applied Physics As a PhD student in the Quantum Materials group, you will have the opportunity to participate in our project focused on the study of superconductors. The project is funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and the goal is to develop and apply a new spectroscopic technique to....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Chemical Engineering Introduction Are you passionate about sustainable transport technologies and eager to explore the frontiers of emission control in next-generation engines? We are now recruiting a full-time PhD student at KTH Royal Institute of Technology to work on the development and testing of diesel particulate filters (DPFs) tailored for hydrogen....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Physics The group of Egor Babaev  https://www.kth.se/profile/babaev at the Department of Physics of KTH Royal Institute of Technology has an opening for a Doctoral student in the field of theoretical condensed matter physics. The group carries a broad spectrum of research using analytical and numerical methods ranging from effective field theory, topological....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Sustainability Studies The starting point of this project is that there is a need to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases. One big source of such emissions is construction of new buildings. A more efficient use of buildings could reduce the need for new build. With the quick development and implementation....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Fibre and polymer science Our society is facing the critical challenge of identifying environmentally and economically sustainable alternatives to moulded plastic products, not the least for single-use items. This PhD project, primarily funded by the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet), aims to address this issue by exploring the chemical modification of cellulose....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Sustainability Studies Statistics on emissions of greenhouse gases from the Swedish consumption are calculated on a regular basis. The method, now implemented by Statistics Sweden, combine data  from the Swedish System for Environmental and Economic Accounts, and an international Environmentally Extended Multi-Regional Input-Output Analysis (MRIO) model. The methods do however have....

Project description Third-cycle subject: Human-Computer Interaction Autonomous transportation poses a host of human-machine interaction challenges, both from the perspectives of passengers, pedestrians, fleet managers. This doctoral project will unfold in the emerging field of human-AI interaction where there are a host of challenges emerging from the very theoretical foundations of Human-Computer Interaction and AI respectively.....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Computer Science The project focuses on advancing species delimitation in biodiversity conservation using modern artificial intelligence (AI) methodologies. Based on morphological traits, traditional species delimitation methods struggle with groups like bacteria and moss, where morphology is either highly plastic or non-variable. To document and conserve the numerous undocumented species, many of....

This recruitment is within the AIM-NEXT project funded by the Horizon Europe Framework Programme and will be carried out in collaboration with industry. More information: AIM-NEXT | Next generation (aimnext.eu) The applicant must meet the mobility rules, more information is available at: Information | AIMNEXT Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Materials Science and Engineering Do....

Project description —————— Six doctoral positions are being advertised simultaneously within the School of Architecture and the Built Environment’s focus on digitalization and sustainability. Third-cycle subject: Sustainable buildings The Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering wishes to hire a PhD student for a research project on how reuse can be implemented and optimized to balance economic....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: The research conducted at the Department of Protein Technology focuses on the development of predictable and robust systems for protein production, purification, and detection. Well-characterized, small, and structured domains are employed to create novel, useful binders. Their known three-dimensional structures, ability to independently and rapidly refold into their three-dimensional form,....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Water and environmental technology The Division of Water and Environmental Engineering (WEE) at the Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering (SEED), KTH Royal Institute of Technology, is seeking two motivated PhD candidates to work on innovative solutions for wastewater and sludge management. Our group conducts research in a broad....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject:  Civil and architectural engineering (specialization in soil and rock mechanics) We are looking for a PhD student to join the Division of Soil and Rock Mechanics, with the goal of improving current methods for sealing rock tunnels against groundwater inflow through grouting. Grouting plays a key role in minimizing environmental....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Fibre and Polymer Science We invite applications for a fully funded PhD position within the ERC project DynanoNet, which aims to develop materials, methods, and technologies that enable adaptive separation of molecules and particles using dynamically tunable nanofibril networks. Your task is to study the migration of liquids, molecules, and....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Biotechnology The PhD position is focused on studying how lipid nanoparticles can be engineered to improve their performance for breast cancer applications. The project is part of an ERC starting grant and will involve coupling nanoscale behavior to the delivery capability of lipid nanoparticles. Bulk techniques (e.g. small angle scattering) will....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Computer Science Cryo-EM is a method for reconstructing the 3D structure of a biological molecule using images from electron microscopes. However, the images obtained from the electron microscope are often plagued by high levels of noise, which is typically mitigated by using a large number of images, which in turn....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Technology and health Finite Element modelling of head injuries among infants and children. This project aims at developing Finite Element (FE) models of infants and children to study head injury mechanisms, provide biomechanical evidence, and support forensic diagnosis of abusive head trauma (AHT), which is a leading cause of fatality....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Fibre and Polymer Science We are looking for a graduate student interested in developing novel lignin-based materials from extraction to application. The student will be involved in a larger project aiming to reveal fundamental understanding over correlations between biomass type, extraction, lignin structure at different levels and performance, with the....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Architectural and Civil Engineering In the transition to self-sufficient low-energy buildings, knowledge of how to integrate, use, and control decentralized renewable energy sources will play a crucial role. We intend to investigate how local electricity and heat production should be integrated and controlled within buildings. You will be part of....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: mathematics Applications are invited within the area listed below. For further details, please contact Kathlén Kohn. Algebraic Geoemetry and Neural Network Theory. The Ph.D. student position primarily involves graduate studies with the goal of a doctoral degree. Some departmental duties are included, mainly teaching basic level courses. Here is general information....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Computer Science This project involves generative modeling to address missingness in mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) of brain tissue. The missingness can happen along two dimensions: spatial (super resolution) and feature (data imputation). Enhancing the quality of MSI advances our understanding of complex brain processes. The prospective PhD candidate collects brain....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: The advertised doctoral student positions are within an ambitious, 5-year Wallenberg Scholar project titled “Scalable and adaptive inferencing for democratizing AI. In this 18 Million SEK project, we want to dramatically reduce the cost and power for serving large language models such as ChatGPT. and The project page, with our....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Civil and Architectural Engineering (specialization in soil and rock mechanics) We are seeking a PhD student for the Division of Soil and Rock Mechanics, who wants to contribute to the long-term safe storage of spent nuclear fuel. The main tasks consist of research studies leading to a licentiate degree if....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: applied and computational mathematics, specialization mathematical statistics Cryo-EM is a method for reconstructing the 3D structure of a biological molecule using images from electron microscopes. However, the images obtained from the electron microscope are often plagued by high levels of noise, which is typically mitigated by using a large number of....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Electrical Engineering The project involves distributed task planning and control for multi-agent systems.  Multi-agent tasks will be given in the form of formal verification languages such as temporal logic and its variants. The control of each agent will need to take into account information from other agents as well as....

Six doctoral positions are being advertised simultaneously within the School of Architecture and the Built Environment’s focus on digitalization and sustainability. Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Architecture Through artistic research, this PhD position addresses the need for new sustainable ways of reuse and repair in architecture. Through digital techniques for visualization, documentation, and fabrication, the....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Biological Physics We are looking for a doctoral student to a multidisciplinary and collaborative project at the division of Biophysics, Department of Applied Physics, KTH. The goal of the project is to use microscale acoustofluidic technology for the formation, development and analysis of 3D cell cultures on chip. The purpose....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Chemistry This doctoral research project focuses on the discovery, characterisation, engineering, and application of carbohydrate-active enzymes of microbial origin. We aim to explore the diversity of enzymes encoded by industrial and environmental microbes. Our goal is to understand their activities and stability, to explore their application in industrial bioprocesses. This....

Six doctoral positions are being advertised simultaneously within the School of Architecture and the Built Environment’s focus on digitalization and sustainability. Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Real estate and construction management The Department of Real Estate and Construction Management is recruiting a doctoral student for a strategic research project in digitalization and sustainability. The doctoral....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Mathematics Applications are invited within the areas listed below. For further details, please contact the corresponding advisor. Applications in other areas may also be considered; inquiries may be directed to the head of the Ph.D. program. Commutative algebra (supervisor: Mats Boij) Probability and mathematical physics (supervisor: Maurice Duits) The Ph.D. students....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Geodesy and Geoinformatics The Group of Navigation and Perception at KTH Royal Institute of Technology is seeking a highly motivated doctoral student with a strong background and interest in navigation, signal processing, optimal estimation, and machine learning. Our research focuses on advancing next-generation navigation technologies for complex built environments and developing....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Fibre and Polymer Technology Pulp production from wood is one of the most central processes for producing renewable raw materials that can replace fossil resources such as petroleum. To enhance the role of the forest industry as a carbon sink, it is crucial to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from pulp....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Computer science In face-to-face communication, humans use co-speech gestures – such as hand, arm, head, and body movements – to enhance clarity, naturalness, and efficiency. Our lab is a pioneer and global leader in leveraging 3D motion-capture data and generative AI to synthesise these gestures for virtual characters and humanoid....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Architectural and Civil Engineering In the transition toward low-energy buildings and the 5th generation of district heating, using data-driven approaches to integrate decentralized renewables with optimal control will play a vital role. You will join an exciting research team and interdisciplinary Swedish and EU projects to develop and apply machine....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Computer Science The PhD student will work on robot learning and control algorithms that build on differential geometry and physics-informed priors to allow for data-efficient and safe robot motion generation and for robot manipulation with strong guarantees. We seek one candidate who have experience in control and/or machine learning. Supervision: Professor....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Biotechnology Design and engineering of new functions and properties of natural and artificial proteins is a growing research discipline with applications in many different areas, primarily medicine and diagnostics. Research at the Division of Protein Engineering is largely focused on this field. The advertised position is within directed evolution, i.e.....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Electrochemistry and Materials Science The electrochemical hydrogenation of abundant bio-based aldehydes and ketones offers a good opportunity to obtain fuels and chemicals in mild conditions. Copper-based catalysts have been shown to be active materials toward the hydrogenation of the carbonyl group in some of these molecules (e.g. furfural) and form either....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Applied and computational mathematics, specialization numerical analysis The position involves developing multimodal AI models for medical imaging with physics-informed cross attention for connecting the various modalities in PET/CT and spectral CT, see https://www.kth.se/profile/ozan/page/multimodal-ai-in-imaging Supervision: Ozan Öktem is proposed to supervise the doctoral student. Decisions are made on admission What we....

Job description —————— The work is performed within a project financed by the Energy Agency and Hitachi Energy. The project aims to find new power electronics solutions for meshed dc grids. The work combines theoretical considerations, simulations, and experiments. What we offer —————— – A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and....

Job description —————— You will work on reducing the tire wear and emissions from tire wear in the form of respirable particles and microplastics. The project is a collaborative project between KTH, Karolinska Institutet and the Swedish Automotive Industry. The tasks include being responsible for and carrying out experimental studies in the laboratory and in....

Job description —————— In the Department of Robotics, Perception and Learning (RPL), research is carried out in computer vision, robotics and machine learning. We are now looking for two postdocs in robotics and machine learning and computer vision. The successful candidates is expected to conduct research at the highest international level and supervise doctoral and....

Job description —————— Food losses and waste (FLW) are serious threats to sustainable development, contributing to both global warming and huge economic losses. Waste streams frequently contain edible components that can be reintegrated into the food supply chain through safe processing, presenting an opportunity to increase food availability without additional strain on agricultural resources. The....

Job description —————— The department of Mathematics is offering a two-year postdoc position. The research project will be focused on the development of computational methods that can be used to effectively simulate the dynamics of many bubbles in two-phase flow simulations. An example is the simulation of microbubbles. Microbubbles can for example be used to....

Job description —————— The KTH Division of Electromagnetic Engineering and Fusion Science | KTH coordinates the EU project TauBE, funded by the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder programme. The postdoctoral project is carried out in collaboration with researchers at KTH and the partners in the TauEB project:Novatron Fusion GroupUKAEA Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE)Kharkiv Institute of Physics and....

Job description —————— Centre X is now looking for a postdoctoral researcher within advanced surface engineering. Centre X (Advanced Manufacturing Solutions for Next Generation Powertrain), is a new powerful initiative on manufacturing of innovative powertrain solutions, jointly initiated by KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, Scania and AB Volvo. The primary objective....

The workplace —————— www.kth.sewww.hamedilab.com Job description —————— This project will develop materials and methods for additive manufacturing  (3D printing), of advanced electronic microrobots. These 3D printed systems are based on a nanocomposite hydrogel material which can integrate electronic actuators, sensors, and interconnects into a seamless 3D structure, enabling a new generation of fully organic intelligent....

Job description —————— The position is located at the division of process technology at KTH and will focus on CFD simulation of heat-transfer. It is part of our activity for sustainable processes and decarbonization of industry. The present post-doctoral project focuses on CFD simulations of chemically reacting flows with application to heat recovery. In this....

Job description —————— We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to work on the development of sustainable lignin-based coatings within an industry-funded research project at KTH. You will be part of a dynamic research environment at the Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, where we develop sustainable materials based on lignin and cellulose. In this....

Job description —————— KTH is developing a third-generation VLSI design style called Synchoros (not a typo) VlSI design style. SiLago (Silicon Lego), a Lego-inspired design framework, has been built with this design style as the basis; see this video for an introduction. A heterogenous CGRA fabric with a parallel distributed control scheme is the micro-architectural....

Job description —————— We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow with a strong interest in protein structure and self-assembly processes. Nature has chosen proteins as building blocks for many materials with remarkable functional and mechanical properties. Spider silk, with toughness higher than both steel and Kevlar, is one prominent example. Novel protein materials inspired by....

Job description —————— Organoids are powerful tools to model human biology in vitro, but high variability continues to present significant challenges. We are seeking an enthusiastic transdisciplinary researcher to help us tackle this by integrating advanced machine learning, robotic control, and electrochemical sensing. You will be embedded in and supported by two dynamic and welcoming....

Job description —————— Our research group at KTH is in the School of Chemistry, Biotechnology, and Health (CBH) and is based at Science for Life Laboratory, a well-regarded research campus. We apply genetic engineering to create microbial strains for carbon uptake and bioproduction. We are hiring a postdoc with experience in molecular biology and enzymology....

Job description —————— The Division of Network and Systems Engineering at KTH Royal Institute of Technology invites applications for a postdoctoral research position funded by the Wallenberg Launchpad (WALP). We are seeking a highly motivated and talented researcher with a strong background in formal verification and microarchitectural security to join our dynamic research group. The....

Job description —————— During vaginal deliveries, the woman’s pelvic floor muscles are often injured, which can lead to pelvic floor dysfunction later in life. However, there is a lack of both knowledge and quantitative imaging techniques for reliable diagnosis and follow-up of treatment of these birth injuries. The aim of this project is to combine....

Job description —————— We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to develop and improve models and codes for assessment of the liquid source term during severe accident (SA) of LWR systems. In particular, research will include assessment of the characteristics of the containment water pool by system code, thermodynamic and kinetic aspects of Cs and....

Job description —————— The Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Health Systems and Computer Science are looking for a post-doctoral researcher to lead the development of a platform targeting multi-modal medical data harmonization, integration and uncertainty-bounded prediction based on knowledge graphs and graph neural networks. Health data is indefinitely siloed, split across various systems and formats,....

Job description —————— We are currently looking for a postdoc with great interest in networked control systems and a strong background in applied mathematics, control theory, machine learning, and related areas. The successful candidate will join the Project “Analysis and Synergy of Hyper-networked Autonomy at the Societal Scale”. The project aims to develop analysis and....

Job description —————— We are looking for a postdoctoral to study core melt spreading and interactions with structures during severe accidents of light water reactors (LWRs). The project is supported by APRI program. Experimental and computational studies on phenomena associated with core melt spreading and melt-structure interaction processes will be conducted toward development and validation....

Job description —————— We seek a driven and knowledgeable postdoctoral researcher for electroorganic valorization of renewable feedstocks. The work will be carried out in the research group of Associate Professor Helena Lundberg at the Department of Chemistry, KTH, in collaboration with partners at Aalto University, Finland, and Tallin University of Technology, Estland. Specifically, the work....

Job description —————— We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow in Circular Manufacturing Systems (CMS). We see circularity as a core area for industrial production that will contribute to the transition required for a sustainable society through interdisciplinary approaches. The successful candidate will join a research team that is carrying state-of-the-art research aiming to help....

Job description —————— KTH is developing a third-generation VLSI design style called Synchoros (not a typo) VlSI design style. SiLago (Silicon Lego), a Lego-inspired design framework, has been built with this design style as the basis; see this video for an introduction. A heterogenous CGRA fabric with a parallel distributed control scheme is the micro-architectural....

Job description —————— We are seeking a postdoc to join our project at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, which focuses on harnessing the capabilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) to explore hidden trade-offs and opportunities within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). By analyzing extensive datasets from scientific papers and reports, this....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Physics, specialization in Nuclear Engineering The group of Nuclear Power Safety in Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) Division conducts research on accident phenomena of risk importance to existing and future nuclear reactors, and performs safety analysis for nuclear power plants, including design basis accident analysis and severe accident analysis. The....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Organic chemistry/Chemical science We seek a skilled doctoral student with a genuine interest in organic chemistry to carry out research in synthetic photocatalysis, a contemporary international research field where visible light is used to drive chemical reactions. As doctoral student you will develop new sustainable methods for selective organic synthesis.....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Information and Communication Technology Wireless technology has evolved over five generations, but the need for higher efficiency and reliability is never-ending. The 6G research aims to identify new groundbreaking methods enabling tomorrow’s wireless applications. Specifically, the interest toward even higher frequencies beyond millimeter waves remains high for 6G and beyond.....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Information and Communication Technology Wireless communication technology has evolved over five generations, but the demand for higher efficiency, availability, and reliability is never-ending. The physical layer of 5G and 6G networks revolves around the multi-antenna MIMO technology. 5G uses 64 antennas in each base station and four antennas in devices, which....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject:  Materials Science This work of the doctoral student will address the development and implementation of methodology for microstructure control in advanced steels. Solid-state phase transformations are crucial for controlling the final microstructure and the properties of steel and so the doctoral student will have the opportunity to gain skills in....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Physics The group of Egor Babaev at the Department of Physics of KTH Royal Institute of Technology has an opening for two Doctoral students in the field of theoretical condensed matter physics. The group carries a broad spectrum of research using analytical and numerical methods ranging from effective field theory,....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Fibre and Polymer Science We are looking for a PhD student that is eager to find a solution to one of today’s largest challenges for plastics: How do we create effective circular material streams via chemical recycling? Plastics are indispensable materials that contribute to a sustainable development and the lifestyle....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject:  Biotechnology The focus of the research conducted at the department is the development of predictable and robust systems for protein production, purification, and detection. Proteins with known, stable three-dimensional structures are used as a starting point for further development toward various applications. Genetic engineering strategies as well as cultivation strategies....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Information and Communication Technology The doctoral student position focuses on fundamental research combining software engineering, machine learning, and generative AI. Specifically, the research concerns using and optimizing large language models (LLMs) and how to use such models in contexts requiring high confidence and correctness. The research includes topics such as....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Computer Science We are looking for a highly-qualified and motivated individual to pursue a PhD in the area of machine learning with focus on explainable clustering. The prospect PhD student will join a research team in KTH led by Professor Aristides Gionis. The research team focuses on developing novel methods....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject:  Industrial Economics and Management The doctoral project aims to develop empirically tested strategies to enhance sustainability in companies and rental properties. The first part of the project aims to reduce insurance-related damages in rental properties. Improving damage prevention measures is crucial for increasing resilience and helping Stockholm adapt to the consequences....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Engineering Mechanics The Department of Engineering Mechanics pursues basic and applied research in biomechanics, composite mechanics, fluid mechanics, contact mechanics, fracture mechanics and fatigue, material mechanics, and paper mechanics. FLOW is a strong community of researchers engaged in fundamental and applied research in fluid mechanics within the department. FLOW is....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Quantum Technology Within this project you will develop novel parametric sources and devices for multipartite entanglement generation and manipulation in nonlinear photonic lattices and investigate them with theory and experiments in continuous and discrete variable regimes. You will work in the KTH Nonlinear and Quantum Photonics group and participate in....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Computer Science We are seeking 1 PhD student with a strong background and interest in Mathematics, Optimization, Machine Learning, Wireless Networks and Music. The following research directions will be investigated: – Semantic wireless communications and machine learning for the music metaverse The PhD projects will be sponsored by Horizon EIC....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Computer Science Autonomous Adaptive Underwater Sampling and Reconnaissance (AUSAR) An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) is often used as an alternative to human divers or remotely controlled vehicles when there is a need to gather information under water. Examples of such missions include investigating sources of oil spills, tracking boundaries of....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Engineering Mechanics The Department of Engineering Mechanics pursues basic and applied research in biomechanics, composite mechanics, fluid mechanics, contact mechanics, fracture mechanics and fatigue, material mechanics, and paper mechanics. FLOW is a strong community of researchers engaged in fundamental and applied research in fluid mechanics within the department. We are....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject:  Doctoral students in Competence center NEXT – Neutron and X-ray science for industrial technology transitions We are looking for a PhD student in material characterization and the connection to physical modeling, at the Hultgren Lab unit at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The doctoral position is aimed at....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Computer Science The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) systems and other AI/ML-powered applications present transformative opportunities for creativity, problem-solving, and personalized education at different academic levels and across educational contexts. However, fully harnessing these opportunities requires a triple focus: 1) conducting research to identify ways of integrating AI tools that....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Information and Communication Technology Recent events in the Baltic Sea have demonstrated the vulnerability of critical underwater infrastructure, such as gas pipelines and submarine cables. New technologies for monitoring marine environments are needed to increase security around critical underwater infrastructure and thereby increase the protection of our society and marine....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Engineering Materials Science The department of materials science and engineering is looking for a PhD student in materials characterization and developing structure-property correlation in advanced high-strength steel (AHSS) with a focus on fatigue performance of thick-plate AHSS for the automotive industry. With the growing demand for sustainable material solutions to....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Computer Science The Division of Robotics, Perception and Learning has an open position for a doctoral student with a background and strong interest in computer vision and deep generative learning. The successful candidate will join a VR funded project to develop how to better learn and extract image representations from....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Computer Science Social robotics is a rapidly expanding field; with more advanced human-like robots proliferating within, e.g., education. It is also changing drastically with the introduction of large language models (LLM) that can be used to allow social robots to interact more naturally with humans in different application areas. However,....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Applied Physics Understanding emerging quantum materials is crucial for developing quantum computers with unprecedented processing power as well as replacing old electronics with energy efficient spintronics. This project will use leading neutron/muon/x-ray facilities to reveal detailed nuclear/spin structures & excitations of novel quantum materials. Theory and modeling of data will....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Biological Physics We are looking for a motivated student interested in biophysics and live-cell imaging to join the Advanced Optical Bio-Imaging Laboratory (TestaLab) in Stockholm as a PhD student. The student will be part of the Biophysics Unit of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, located in SciLifeLab in Stockholm,....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Information and Communication Technology The doctoral student position focuses on fundamental research combining probabilistic machine learning and compilers. Specifically, research challenges concern methods for finding compilation techniques and novel probabilistic machine-learning methods that scale up to very large problems in general and in the context of phylogenetic applications in particular.....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Chemistry A grand vision in chemistry is to use sunlight and simple reagents to make useful products. Photochemical synthesis is a sustainable and scalable method that yields high purity materials. This project will focus on making complete solar cells through photochemical synthesis. We will synthesize semiconductors and charge selective layers....

Job description —————— The Department of Mathematics at KTH is offering an attractive two-year post-doctoral position in Topological Data Analysis group, under the supervision of Assist. Prof. Martina Scolamiero. The Topological Data Analysis group at KTH is a vibrant research environment currently constituted by two faculty members Prof W. Chachólski and Assist. Prof. M. Scolamiero,....

Job description —————— We are looking for a postdoctoral fellow to work on development of experimental methods for two-phase flows. We aim to develop a probe for measurement of void fraction and velocity at prototypic reactor conditions. The work includes development of methods for manufacturing miniature sensors and using these sensors in the HWAT facility.....

Job description —————— We are looking for postdoctoral fellows to work on development of methods for safety analysis of small modular reactors (SMRs). The work includes analysis of reliability of passive safety systems and analysis of severe accidents and their consequences in SMRs. The work will have significant impact on the adoption of SMR technology....

Job description —————— The Department of Mathematics at KTH invites applications to a postdoctoral position supervised by Kathlén Kohn. The position focuses on research in the intersection of algebraic geometry and computer vision. The position is financed by Kathlén Kohn’s Swedish Foundations’ Starting Grant Algebraic Vision. The primary goal of this project is to develop....

Job description —————— The challenge: Energy, transportation, and other critical infrastructures are undergoing an unprecedented shift in scale, autonomy, and decentralization. These transformations bring vast opportunities to improve efficiency and sustainability but also pose serious challenges in ensuring their reliability and fairness. Addressing these societal-scale challenges demands for novel optimization and control methodologies that can meet....

Do you want to contribute to improving human health?Neuropsychiatric disorders like schizophrenia remain, comparatively, poorly understood in terms of their biomolecular and cellular basis. We are seeking a passionate postdoc who will help establish a new collaboration between two open, dynamic, and international research teams; those of Prof. Sellgren at Karolinska Institute (Physiology and Pharmacology),....

Job description —————— The Light and Matter Physics Division performs basic and applied research in various scientific areas, including quantum materials. The Postdoctoral candidate will be part of the Quantum Technology & Materials group, which works on elaborating and characterizing quantum materials, ranging from superconductors to magnetic topological quasiparticles. Various experiments are conducted in in-house....

Job description —————— Squeezed light generation using optical cavities has led to fundamental breakthroughs in several quantum metrology experiments ranging from gravitational wave detection to quantum key distribution. In this project you will investigate the generation, detection and manipulation of squeezed states of light using guided wave devices (commercial and developed in house) with applications....

The Department of Engineering Mechanics pursues basic and applied research in biomechanics, composite mechanics, fluid mechanics, contact mechanics, fracture mechanics and fatigue, material mechanics and paper mechanics. In the applied research, there are strong connections to industry and public actors. FLOW is a strong community on fundamental and applied fluid mechanics within the department. Job....

Job description —————— Polymers degrade when subjected to various environmental stresses, leading to performance deterioration, material failure, and the formation of microplastics. This project aims to provide a fundamental understanding of the mechanisms behind the formation and release of microplastics and associated degradative chemical byproducts during polymer degradation in diverse environments. The primary focus is....

Job description —————— In the climate-neutral transformation of aviation according to “Flightpath 2050”, advancements in aerodynamic simulation models are urgent for the necessary design developments with sufficient confidence. You will be part of the EU research project ROSAS developing wall models for turbulent-flow simulations using and further developing advanced deep-learning methods. In particular, approaches based....

Job description —————— A new modern direction in photovoltaics is building-integration, where functional components become an intrinsic part of the construction materials. Typically, a “Building Integrated Photovoltaics” system (BIPV) consists of integrated PV modules into the building envelope, such as the roof or the facade. This concept can be also extended to windows. Although the....

Job description —————— The research group in Number Theory at the Department of Mathematics is offering 1-2 two-year postdoctoral position. The successful candidate is expected to conduct research within in the area of analytic number theory, possibly with connections to dynamics and quantum chaos, with Pär Kurlberg as mentor. A limited amount of teaching and....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Doctoral program in Applied and Computational Mathematics This doctoral project focuses on problems at the intersection of probability theory, stochastic analysis and optimization that have bearing on financially motivated problems. Mathematically, the focus could, for example, be on optimal transport problems featuring stochastic constraints, on stochastic processes taking their values in....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Civil and Architectural Engineering This project is funded by the Swedish Competence Centre in Road Technology (KCV) for four years. The aim of project is to increase the knowledge about Cold Mix Asphalt (CMA) – a technology that reduces resource usage, energy consumption, and environmental impact of road construction and maintenance.....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Electrical Engineering In collaboration with Chalmers and Göteborgs university, we develop graphen based miniature sensors, to be placed on the surface of implanted devices, in order to follow the bio-integration process and provide early detection of inflammation, infection or other issues. Your task in the project will be two-fold; to....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Computer Science CLEAR-BOT (CoLlaborative intElligence for human-Aligned RoBOTs) is a project that aims to align robot learning with human intentions. Current AI systems often miss the nuances of human intentions, leading to unintended consequences. We aim to develop robots that learn true human intentions by combining direct human feedback with....

Project description —————— Syrén’s research group is recruiting a PhD student in protein design applied to terpene biosynthesis. The project, which is funded by EU (HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-DN), involves international research groups and exchanges with those (e.g. Jean Monnet University in France)  and is at the forefront of biocatalysis and enzyme design. The successful candidate needs to....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Chemical Science and Engineering This PhD position is part of an international project (funded within the Clean Energy Transition Partnership CETP programme) focussing on a unique method to integrate carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) in copper making processes. You as a PhD student will have the opportunity to develop the experimental....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Technology and health Machine Learning-Accelerated Virtual Testing for Automotive Head Impacts This PhD project is part of a collaboration between Autoliv Development AB and Royal Institute of Technology – KTH. Virtual testing based on finite element (FE) models is driving the transformation of vehicle assessment and safety research to enhance....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject:Technology and health Multiscale modeling of traumatic brain injuries: From brains to atoms. One of the advantages with the finite element method is the possibility to model the anatomy with great detail, thus it is possible to study the kinematics of the head as well as the stresses and strains in....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Electrical Engineering Future power systems could be more vulnerable due to the wide integration of renewable energy, electric vehicles, coupled cyber-physical networks, increasing extreme events (disaster, cyberattacks). Microgrids, which integrate various energy sources (e.g. renewable energy, energy storage, local controllable loads) can be either grid connected or island mode operated, provide....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Architectural and Civil Engineering In the transition toward low-energy buildings and the 5th generation of district heating, using data-driven approaches to integrate decentralized renewables with optimal control will play a vital role. You will join an exciting research team and interdisciplinary Swedish and EU projects to develop and apply machine learning....

Project description —————— Third-cycle subject: Physics Severe accident management strategy in Nordic BWR plants aims to avoid rapid failure of the containment in case of corium melt resale from the reactor vessel. It is assumed that melt will fragment in a deep water pool and form a coolable bed of corium debris. That is, however,....