Tenure Track Assistant Professors in Theory and Freestanding Oxide Membranes for Energy Applications

The Department of Energy Conversion and Storage (DTU Energy) at DTU invites applications for two tenure-track assistant professorships – one theoretical, one experimental – in the design and fabrication of freestanding oxide membranes for energy applications. Both positions are backed by an ERC Advanced Grant and a Villum Foundation grant, and the experimental position has access to a newly installed Quantum Twisting Microscope.

DTU Energy has an outstanding track record in the discovery, design, and development of new and improved materials and devices for sustainable energy conversion and storage, more specifically for applications in the areas of batteries, electrolysis and Power2X, fuel cells, thermal energy storage, heat pumps, and solar cells.

The Department has recently opened new lines of research on materials that pave the way for energy technologies based on physical and chemical principles radically different from those the scientific community has considered so far.

The Department seeks applicants for two tenure track assistant professor positions focused on freestanding oxide membranes, i.e., ultrathin oxide films released from their growth substrate, which can be stacked and twisted to create innovative interfaces acting as ionic and/or electronic (super)conductors. The positions will be hosted jointly by the Section for Atomic Scale Materials Modelling (ASM) and the Section for Functional Oxides (FOX): one position is devoted to the theoretical and computational design of these materials (based in ASM), and the other to their fabrication and characterization of these oxide membranes (based in FOX).

Responsibilities and qualifications

The successful candidates will play a key role in the NEXUS (supported by the ERC Advanced grant) and EUREKA (supported by Villum Fonden) projects, which serve as the initial funding source for the positions; the candidates are therefore expected to focus their efforts primarily on these projects during the early stages of their appointment. Both projects are dedicated to the design and fabrication of oxide freestanding membranes by creating innovative interfaces between two ultrathin oxide materials. These groundbreaking structures hold the potential to revolutionize membrane technology for batteries and fuel cells, while also paving the way for advancements in the emerging fields of ionotronics and twistronics. The candidate in the theoretical position will advance algorithms and computer simulations within the Section for Atomic Scale Materials Modelling, while the candidate in the experimental position will develop the fabrication and characterization of oxide membranes mainly for the application of the Quantum Twisting Microscope (QTM) newly installed in the Section for Functional Oxides.

Application procedure

Please submit your online application no later than 31 October 2026 (23:59 Danish Time). 

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