{"data":{"id":177410,"slug":"postdoktor-inom-transmissionselektronmikroskopi-for-hallbara-metaller","type":"job","title":"Postdoctoral Researcher in Transmission Electron Microscopy for Sustainable Metals","description":"Responsibilities\nAt the Hultgren Laboratory at the Department of Materials Science, we are seeking a postdoctoral researcher with research interests in microstructural characterization of sustainable metallic materials using transmission electron microscopy and complementary methods.\nThrough a generous grant from the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability \u2013 WISE (https:\/\/wise-materials.org\/) and KTH, we are now establishing a state-of-the-art high-capacity scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) with unique in-situ\/operando capabilities at the Hultgren Laboratory. The equipment brings unique capacity to Swedish transmission electron microscopy infrastructure (https:\/\/artemi.se\/) with an integrated laser heating system, enabling high-temperature studies and in-situ investigations of thermomechanical processing using an in-situ straining holder. It will also be possible to combine other types of in-situ holders, such as reaction chambers, in combination with the laser heating. The system will also be equipped with Automated Crystallographic Orientation Mapping (ACOM), which enables unique high-resolution and high-capacity local crystallographic and strain analysis.\nThe postdoctoral researcher will join our research team in materials characterization to conduct research with the goal of improving material sustainability. By contributing improved fundamental understanding of the structure-property relationships in metallic materials through advanced characterization, we support the development of new metallic materials and their manufacturing processes.\nFor example, we work on improving metallic materials used in vehicle electrification, hydrogen-tolerant metallic materials needed for the transition to a fossil-free energy system where hydrogen is an important energy carrier, and design of metallic and composite materials better suited for production from recycled material while maintaining high performance. So-called in-situ\/operando and high-capacity measurements are important in this project, and the postdoctoral researcher will work with both method development and materials science applications, that is, improved understanding of microstructure and mechanical properties of specific metallic materials.\nThe postdoctoral position should be of interest to researchers in materials science with an already established TEM characterization profile and a desire to further develop their expertise in transmission electron microscopy and broaden their capacity in physical metallurgy and materials characterization. Additionally, the postdoctoral researcher will have an excellent opportunity to collaborate closely with academic and industrial partners in Sweden and internationally to promote sustainability in the materials field.\nQualifications\nRequirements\nCompleted PhD or equivalent foreign degree in materials science, mechanical engineering, or a related field relevant to the proposed research. This qualification requirement must be met by the time the employment decision is made.\nDocumented experience in TEM characterization of metallic materials, including sample preparation, data collection, and analysis.\nAbility to express yourself very well in English, both spoken and written, as this will be required in daily work.\nYou are self-driven with a strong ability to take initiative and drive projects.\n\nAs a person, you have well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills and enjoy taking responsibility. You have strong collaborative skills, including the ability to lead and support research.\nMeritorious\nAt the application deadline, at most three years since the PhD or a foreign degree assessed as equivalent to a PhD was completed.\nExperience with ACOM and in-situ TEM\nExperience with complementary characterization techniques (e.g., FIB-SEM, APT)\nBackground in physical and mechanical metallurgy\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 in a creative and dynamic workplace with good working conditions and benefits. Gender equality, diversity, and equal treatment are quality issues and an integral part of KTH's values as a university and state authority.\nRead more about our benefits and what it is like to work and develop at KTH.\nTrade Union Representatives\nContact information for trade union representatives.\nApplication\nYou apply through KTH's recruitment system. As an applicant, you bear primary responsibility for ensuring your application is complete when submitted.\nThe application should contain:\nCV including relevant work experience and knowledge, particularly in TEM and metallurgy\nCopy of degree certificates and grades from your previous university studies. Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in one of these languages.\nBrief account of how you fit the position, and what your research interests and future goals are. Maximum two pages.\n\nThe application must be received by KTH no later than the final application deadline at midnight, CET\/CEST (Central European Time\/Central European Summer Time).\nRegarding Employment\nThe employment is permanent, but for a maximum of two years\nA postdoctoral appointment is a fixed-term qualifying employment with a primary focus on research intended as a first career step after completion of a doctoral degree.\nOther\nFor information on the processing of personal data in connection with recruitment.\nIt is possible that an employment at KTH may be placed in a security classification. If this is the case for this particular position, a security clearance of applicants will be conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585) after consent. In these cases, a prerequisite for employment is that the applicant is approved after security clearance.\nWe decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies and sellers of job advertisements.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Postdoktor inom transmissionselektronmikroskopi f\u00f6r h\u00e5llbara metaller","description_original":"Arbetsuppgifter\nVid Hultgrenlaboratoriet p\u00e5 Institutionen f\u00f6r Materialvetenskap s\u00f6ker vi en postdoktor med forskningsintresse f\u00f6r mikrostrukturell karakterisering av h\u00e5llbara metalliska material med hj\u00e4lp av transmissionselektronmikroskopi och kompletterande metoder.\nGenom ett gener\u00f6st bidrag fr\u00e5n Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability \u2013 WISE (https:\/\/wise-materials.org\/) och KTH etablerar vi nu ett toppmodernt h\u00f6gkapacitets sveptransmissionselektronmikroskop (STEM) med unika in-situ\/-operando-funktioner vid Hultgrenlaboratoriet. Utrustningen tillf\u00f6r unik kapacitet till den svenska infrastrukturen f\u00f6r transmissionselektronmikroskopi (https:\/\/artemi.se\/) med ett integrerat lasersystem f\u00f6r uppv\u00e4rmning, vilket m\u00f6jligg\u00f6r h\u00f6gtemperaturstudier samt in-situ studier av termomekanisk bearbetning med hj\u00e4lp av en in-situ t\u00f6jningh\u00e5llare. Det kommer \u00e4ven att vara m\u00f6jligt att kombinera andra typer av in-situ h\u00e5llare, t.ex. reaktionskammare, i kombination med laseruppv\u00e4rmningen. Systemet kommer dessutom att vara utrustat med Automated Crystallographic Orientation Mapping (ACOM), vilket m\u00f6jligg\u00f6r unik h\u00f6guppl\u00f6st och h\u00f6gkapacitets lokal kristallografisk och t\u00f6jningsanalys.\nPostdoktorn kommer att ansluta sig till v\u00e5rt forskningsteam inom materialkarakterisering f\u00f6r att bedriva forskning med m\u00e5let att f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttra materials h\u00e5llbarhet. Genom att bidra med f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttrad grundl\u00e4ggande f\u00f6rst\u00e5else f\u00f6r sambandet mellan struktur och egenskaper hos metalliska material genom avancerad karakterisering, st\u00f6djer vi utvecklingen av nya metalliska material och deras tillverkningsprocesser.\nExempelvis arbetar vi med att f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttra metalliska material som anv\u00e4nds vid elektrifiering av fordonsindustrin, v\u00e4te-toleranta metalliska material som kr\u00e4vs f\u00f6r omst\u00e4llningen till ett fossilfritt energisystem d\u00e4r v\u00e4te \u00e4r en viktig energib\u00e4rare, samt utformning av metalliska och kompositmaterial som \u00e4r b\u00e4ttre l\u00e4mpade f\u00f6r produktion fr\u00e5n \u00e5tervunnet material samtidigt som h\u00f6g prestanda bibeh\u00e5lls. S\u00e5 kallade in-situ\/in-operando- och h\u00f6gkapacitetsm\u00e4tningar \u00e4r viktiga i detta projekt, och postdoktorn kommer att arbeta b\u00e5de med metodutveckling och materialvetenskapliga till\u00e4mpningar, det vill s\u00e4ga en b\u00e4ttre f\u00f6rst\u00e5else av mikrostruktur och mekaniska egenskaper hos specifika metalliska material.\nPostdoktorstj\u00e4nsten b\u00f6r vara intressant f\u00f6r forskare inom materialvetenskap med en redan etablerad TEM-karakteriseringsprofil och en vilja att vidareutveckla sin kompetens inom transmissionselektronmikroskopi samt bredda sin kapacitet inom fysiskalisk metallurgi och materialkarakterisering. Dessutom kommer postdoktorn att ha en utm\u00e4rkt m\u00f6jlighet att samarbeta n\u00e4ra med akademiska och industriella partners i Sverige och internationellt f\u00f6r att fr\u00e4mja h\u00e5llbarhet inom materialomr\u00e5det.\nKvalifikationer\nKrav\nAvlagd Doktorsexamen eller motsvarande utl\u00e4ndsk examen i materialvetenskap, maskinteknik eller n\u00e4rliggande omr\u00e5de f\u00f6r den f\u00f6reslagna forskningen. Detta beh\u00f6righetskrav ska vara uppfyllt senast n\u00e4r anst\u00e4llningsbeslutet fattas.\nDokumenterad erfarenhet av TEM-karakterisering av metalliska material, inklusive provberedning, datainsamling och analys.\nF\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att uttrycka dig mycket v\u00e4l p\u00e5 engelska, i tal och skrift, eftersom detta kommer att kr\u00e4vas i det dagliga arbetet.\nDu \u00e4r sj\u00e4lvg\u00e5ende med en stark f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att ta initiativ och driva projekt\n\nSom person har du en v\u00e4l utvecklad analytisk och probleml\u00f6sningsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga och gillar att ta ansvar. Du har en stark samarbetsf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga inklusive f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att leda och st\u00f6dja forskning.\nMeriterande\nVid sista ans\u00f6kningsdag h\u00f6gst tre \u00e5r sedan doktorsexamen eller en utl\u00e4ndsk examen som bed\u00f6ms motsvara doktorsexamen avlades.\nErfarenhet av ACOM och in-situ TEM\nErfarenhet av kompletterande karakteriseringstekniker (t.ex. FIB-SEM, APT)\nBakgrund inom fysikalisk och mekanisk metallurgi\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, s\u00e4rskilt inom TEM och metallurgi\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.\n\u00a0Kortfattad redog\u00f6relse f\u00f6r hur du passar in i tj\u00e4nsten, och vilka dina forskningsintressen och framtida m\u00e5l \u00e4r. Max tv\u00e5 sidor.\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 23","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":"Peter Hedstr\u00f6m","employment_type":"full_time","occupation_field":"Pedagogik","employer_workplace":"Kungliga Tekniska h\u00f6gskolan, Skolan f\u00f6r industriell teknik och management","translation_status":"done","experience_required":true,"employment_type_label":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning"},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":0,"ai_views_count":2,"ai_vendor_counts":{"anthropic":2},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":null,"owner_email":"pheds@kth.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-08-28T13:17:43+00:00","expires_at":"2026-09-17T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-08-29T03:49:35+00:00","updated_at":"2026-08-29T04:32:31+00:00"}}