{"data":{"id":205953,"slug":"postdoktor-inom-cellulosaravaror-och-smaskalig-nitrering","type":"job","title":"Postdoctoral Researcher in Cellulose Raw Materials and Small-Scale Nitration","description":"Responsibilities\nDo you want to build the scientific foundation for Swedish nitrocellulose? We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher for the Svenskt Krut competence center at KTH, where academia, government agencies, and industry together strengthen Sweden's capabilities in nitrocellulose (NC).\nIn the P1NC project, we are mapping how cellulose raw material properties affect the nitrocellulose that can be produced. Your role is to characterize various cellulose raw materials \u2013 including fiber structure, crystallinity, purity, accessibility, and water retention \u2013 and link these parameters to the raw materials' suitability.\nYou will plan and conduct systematic small-scale nitration experiments under controlled and safe conditions, analyze the produced NC using the center's analytical equipment, and quantify the relationship between raw materials and NC properties. The work takes place at the Department of Fiber and Polymer Technology and in close collaboration with FOI, with at least one extended work stay there.\nQualifications\nRequirements\nA doctoral degree or foreign qualification assessed as equivalent to a doctoral degree. This qualification requirement must be fulfilled by the time the employment decision is made.\nDocumented scientific expertise in cellulose, fiber, or polymer chemistry, demonstrated through publications.\nExperience in characterization of cellulose or fibrous materials, such as structure, crystallinity, and purity.\nVery good knowledge of English, both spoken and written, as it is required in daily work.\nAs a person, you are independent, take initiative, and have strong collaboration skills in an interdisciplinary environment.\nSwedish citizenship.\n\nMeritorious\nAt the application deadline, no more than three years since obtaining your doctoral degree or a foreign qualification assessed as equivalent to a doctoral degree.\nExperience with experimental synthesis or process work under stated safety requirements.\nExperience with experimental design and linking raw material parameters to product properties.\nPedagogical ability.\nAwareness of diversity and equal treatment issues, with particular focus on gender equality.\n\nWe will place great emphasis on personal qualities.\nBecome Part of KTH\nKTH shapes the future through education, research, and innovation. As a leading international technical university, we play an active role in driving and contributing to the transition to a sustainable society. Here you are offered the opportunity to grow and develop at a creative and dynamic workplace with good working conditions and benefits. Equality, diversity, and equal opportunities are a quality issue and a natural part of KTH's values as a university and state agency.\nRead more about our benefits and what it is like to work and develop at KTH.\nUnion Representatives\nContact information for union representatives.\nApplication\nYou apply through KTH's recruitment system. As an applicant, you have the main responsibility for ensuring your application is complete when submitted.\nThe application must include:\nCV including relevant work experience and knowledge.\nCopies of your degree certificate and grades from your previous university studies. Translations to English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in one of these languages.\nA brief account of why you want to conduct research, your academic interests, and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. Maximum 2 pages.\n\nThe application must be received by KTH no later than the application deadline at midnight, CET\/CEST (Central European Time\/Central European Summer Time).\nAbout the Position\nThe employment is permanent, but no longer than two years\nA postdoctoral position is a fixed-term qualification appointment primarily focused on research intended as a first career step after completing your doctorate.\nOther Information\nFor information on the processing of personal data in connection with recruitment.\nIt is possible that an employment at KTH may be classified as security-sensitive. If so for this particular position, a security clearance of the applicant will be conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585) with consent. In these cases, a condition for employment is that the applicant is approved after the security clearance.\nWe decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies as well as job advertisement vendors.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Postdoktor inom cellulosar\u00e5varor och sm\u00e5skalig nitrering","description_original":"Arbetsuppgifter\nVill du bygga upp den vetenskapliga grunden f\u00f6r svensk nitrocellulosa? Vi s\u00f6ker en postdoktor till kompetenscentrumet Svenskt Krut vid KTH, d\u00e4r akademi, myndigheter och industri tillsammans st\u00e4rker Sveriges f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga inom nitrocellulosa (NC).\nI projektet P1NC kartl\u00e4gger vi hur cellulosar\u00e5varans egenskaper p\u00e5verkar den nitrocellulosa som kan framst\u00e4llas. Din roll \u00e4r att karakterisera olika cellulosar\u00e5varor \u2013 bland annat fiberstruktur, kristallinitet, renhet, tillg\u00e4nglighet och vattenretention \u2013 och koppla dessa parametrar till r\u00e5varornas l\u00e4mplighet.\nDu planerar och genomf\u00f6r systematiska sm\u00e5skaliga nitreringsf\u00f6rs\u00f6k under kontrollerade och s\u00e4kra f\u00f6rh\u00e5llanden, analyserar den framst\u00e4llda NC:n med centrumets analyspaket och kvantifierar sambandet mellan r\u00e5vara och NC-egenskaper. Arbetet sker vid Institutionen f\u00f6r Fiber- och polymerteknologi och i n\u00e4ra samarbete med FOI, med minst en l\u00e4ngre arbetsvistelse d\u00e4r.\nKvalifikationer\nKrav\nAvlagd doktorsexamen eller utl\u00e4ndsk examen som bed\u00f6ms motsvara en doktorsexamen. Detta beh\u00f6righetskrav ska vara uppfyllt senast vid tidpunkten d\u00e5 anst\u00e4llningsbeslutet fattas.\nDokumenterad vetenskaplig skicklighet inom cellulosa-, fiber- eller polymerkemi, styrkt genom publikationer.\nErfarenhet av karakterisering av cellulosa eller fibr\u00f6sa material, t.ex. struktur, kristallinitet och renhet.\nMycket goda kunskaper i engelska i tal och skrift, d\u00e5 det kr\u00e4vs i det dagliga arbetet.\nSom person \u00e4r du sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndig, initiativtagande och har god samarbetsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga i en tv\u00e4rvetenskaplig milj\u00f6.\nSvenskt medborgarskap.\n\nMeriterande\nVid sista ans\u00f6kningsdag h\u00f6gst tre \u00e5r sedan doktorsexamen eller en utl\u00e4ndsk examen som bed\u00f6ms motsvara doktorsexamen avlades.\nErfarenhet av experimentellt syntes- eller processarbete under uttalade s\u00e4kerhetskrav.\nErfarenhet av f\u00f6rs\u00f6ksplanering och av att koppla r\u00e5varuparametrar till produktegenskaper.\nPedagogisk f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga.\nMedvetenhet om m\u00e5ngfalds- och likabehandlingsfr\u00e5gor med s\u00e4rskilt fokus p\u00e5 j\u00e4mst\u00e4lldhet.\n\nVi kommer att l\u00e4gga stor vikt vid personliga egenskaper.\nBli en del av KTH \u00a0\nKTH formar framtiden genom utbildning, forskning och innovation. Som ett ledande internationellt tekniskt universitet spelar vi en aktiv roll i att driva och medverka i omst\u00e4llningen till ett h\u00e5llbart samh\u00e4lle. H\u00e4r erbjuds du m\u00f6jligheten att v\u00e4xa och utvecklas p\u00e5 en kreativ och dynamisk arbetsplats med goda arbetsvillkor och f\u00f6rm\u00e5ner. J\u00e4mst\u00e4lldhet, m\u00e5ngfald och lika villkor \u00e4r en kvalitetsfr\u00e5ga och en sj\u00e4lvklar del av KTH:s v\u00e4rdegrund som universitet och statlig myndighet.\nL\u00e4s mer om v\u00e5ra f\u00f6rm\u00e5ner och hur det \u00e4r att arbeta och utvecklas p\u00e5 KTH.\nFackliga representanter\nKontaktuppgifter till\u00a0fackliga representanter.\nAns\u00f6kan\nDu ans\u00f6ker via KTH:s rekryteringssystem. Du som s\u00f6kande har huvudansvaret f\u00f6r att din ans\u00f6kan \u00e4r komplett n\u00e4r den skickas in.\nAns\u00f6kan ska inneh\u00e5lla:\u00a0\nCV inklusive relevant yrkeserfarenhet och kunskap.\nKopia av examensbevis och betyg fr\u00e5n dina tidigare universitetsstudier. \u00d6vers\u00e4ttningar till engelska eller svenska om de ursprungliga dokumenten inte utf\u00e4rdas p\u00e5 n\u00e5got av dessa spr\u00e5k.\nKortfattad redog\u00f6relse f\u00f6r varf\u00f6r du vill bedriva forskning, dina akademiska intressen och hur de relaterar till dina tidigare studier och framtida m\u00e5l. max 2 sidor l\u00e5ng.\u00a0\n\nAns\u00f6kan ska vara KTH tillhanda senast sista ans\u00f6kningsdagen vid midnatt, CET\/CEST (Central European Time\/Central European Summer Time).\nOm anst\u00e4llningen\nAnst\u00e4llningen g\u00e4ller tillsvidare, dock l\u00e4ngst tv\u00e5 \u00e5r\nEn anst\u00e4llning som postdoktor \u00e4r en tidsbegr\u00e4nsad meriteringsanst\u00e4llning med huvudinriktning mot forskning avsedd som ett f\u00f6rsta karri\u00e4rsteg efter disputation.\n\u00d6vrigt\nF\u00f6r information om behandling av personuppgifter i samband med rekrytering.\nDet kan f\u00f6rekomma att en anst\u00e4llning hos KTH \u00e4r placerad i s\u00e4kerhetsklass. Om s\u00e5 \u00e4r fallet f\u00f6r just denna anst\u00e4llning g\u00f6rs en s\u00e4kerhetspr\u00f6vning av s\u00f6kande i enlighet med s\u00e4kerhetsskyddslagen (2018:585) efter samtycke. I dessa fall \u00e4r en f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttning f\u00f6r anst\u00e4llning att s\u00f6kande blir godk\u00e4nd efter s\u00e4kerhetspr\u00f6vning.\nVi undanber oss direktkontakt med bemannings- och rekryteringsf\u00f6retag samt f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljare av platsannonser.","price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":true,"location":{"address":"Brinellv\u00e4gen 8","full_address":null,"city":"Stockholm","country":"SE","latitude":59.2877928,"longitude":18.0528391},"metadata":{"region":"Stockholms l\u00e4n","duration":"6 m\u00e5nader eller l\u00e4ngre","employer":"Kungliga Tekniska H\u00f6gskolan","postcode":"10044","positions":1,"profession":"Doktorand","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","employer_url":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/om\/work-at-kth\/lediga-jobb","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","contact_person":"Daniel S\u00f6derberg","employment_type":"full_time","occupation_field":"Pedagogik","employer_workplace":"Kungliga Tekniska h\u00f6gskolan, Skolan f\u00f6r kemi, bioteknologi och h\u00e4lsa","employment_type_label":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning"},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":0,"ai_views_count":5,"bot_views_count":1,"ai_vendor_counts":{"meta":1,"other":1,"openai":2,"anthropic":1},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":null,"owner_email":"dansod@kth.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-09-10T15:24:37+00:00","expires_at":"2026-09-19T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-11T03:27:57+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-15T11:57:57+00:00"}}