MSCA Host Offer 2025 - Advanced Solar Schemes and Electrochemical Technologies

euraxess.ec.europa.eu - Jobboard; España; Presencial; EUR 30.000 - 40.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The ASSET lab at the University of Alicante seeks expressions of interest for Postdoctoral researchers to apply jointly for the prestigious European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship. The position focuses on sustainable chemistry and innovative technologies for hydrogen production and CO2 conversion, with comprehensive mentoring and proposal support.

Formación

• PhD required at application deadline.
• Maximum 8 years of research experience.

Responsabilidades

• Conduct research in advanced solar schemes.
• Develop novel technologies for energy conversion processes.

Conocimientos

Research

Publication

Electrochemistry

Sustainable Chemistry

Energy Conversion

Educación

PhD

Descripción del empleo

Advanced Solar Schemes and Electrochemical Technologies Lab

Organisation / Company Universidad de Alicante Laboratory Advanced Solar Schemes and Electrochemical Technologies Lab Is the Hosting related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Technologies Lab , welcomes expressions of interest from Postdoctoral researchers with an excellent track record of research and publication to apply jointly to the European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme in 2025 ( MSCA-PF-2025 ).

The ASSET lab is a translational chemistry hub based on the Institute of Electrochemistry at the University of Alicante (Spain). Our team endeavors to truly impact the fields of sustainable chemistry and energy conversion and our aim is to accelerate the implementation of renewable technologies in the market. Our Research Strategy builds on an interdisciplinary effort where the synthesis and engineering of novel materials combines with the in-depth characterization of the catalytic phenomena or photogenerated carrier dynamics as a guide to optimize the systems and finally deliver proof-of-concept devices. Our main focus is on (photo)electrochemical and photocatalytic systems for hydrogen production, CO2 conversion, biomass valorization and drop-in chemicals manufacturing. The group has a fully equipped laboratory with state-of-the-art facilities for inorganic and organic synthesis, as well as for (photo)(electro)catalytic characterization, i.e., several photoelectrochemical and photocatalytic setups, UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer, IR spectrometer, glove box with evaporator, GC-MS, GC-TCD/FID, HPLC, etc. In addition, the Institute has shared facilities that include Raman spectroscopy, an analytical platform counting with gas chromatographs, HPLC and LC-MS. Moreover, the Institute has recently acquired a transient absorption spectroscopy setup, a Dimension Icon AFM, an ALD and a sputtering system, among others. Larger equipment such as electron microscopes, NMR, etc. is available in the Research Technical Facilities of the University of Alicante. Website: https://www.asset-guijarrolab.com/

The ASSET lab is looking for new talent to join our emerging group. Currently, we invite candidates and support applications that focus on development of novel technologies or/and on the in-depth understanding in a wide range of topics, namely, (photo)electrochemical or photocatalytic systems for hydrogen production, CO2 conversion, biomass conversion or drop-in chemicals manufacturing. We are particularly interested in hosting projects related to: (1) the electrochemical conversion or photocatalytic conversion of lignin (to further support the ERC StG project RELICS ongoing in the lab); (2) the photoelectrocatalytic transformation of organic substrates; (3) the development of novel photocathodes / photoanodes (chalcogenides, oxides, halide perovskites, etc.) for solar water splitting together with the in-depth understanding on the impact of the surface chemistry on the performance using operando tools (EC-AFM, TAS, IMPS, etc); (4) (Photo)electrochemical or photocatalytic systems for CO2 conversion or N2 to ammonia synthesis. Given the wide experience of the PI in those topics, we are keen to support applications of ambitious young talent aiming to take the next step in their career. Our lab offer not only the assistance during the application process to get the most competitive proposal, but a strong support, collaboration and mentoring if being awarded to guarantee the success of the project and career development.

CANDIDATE’S REQUIREMENTS:

*Research Field

The applicant, according to his previous background and interest, could will participate in any of the abovementioned research lines that tackle crucial aspects of Advanced Solar Schemes and Electrochemical Technologies.

a) To be eligible should have a PhD at the time of the deadline for applications and must have a maximum of eight years’ experience in research.

b) Comply with mobility rules: Not have resided or carried out your main activity (work, studies, etc.) in Spain for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline.

* How to Apply:

Applicants shall send a CV (max. 4 pages) including a brief description of your career, main publications, contributions to congresses, and experience in the fieldwork, together with a one-page research proposal to [e-mail] , before 12th july 2025.

The International RTD Projects Unit will provide you a tailor made support and guidance during the proposal preparation with the following:

• Administrative aspects
• Budget preparation
• Training on how to write a competitive MSCA PF proposal (July3-4th, 2025) online.
• Proposal revision by our staff

HOST INSTITUTION

The University of Alicante (UA) was created in 1979. In 2024-25 UA educated and trained 26.473 students (58,79% women) who are enrolled in any of the 54 undergraduate and 96 postgraduate programmes, being one of the fastest growing universities in Spain . UA employs 4.293 researchers and management staff (47% women), with an annual budget of 269 million Euros in 2024. Currently, UA is investing near to 68M Euros to boost frontier research and technology transfer processes via spin off, licensing and international promotion mainly. In 2024, the University received 41.5 million Euros at National, Regional, European level and private R&D thanks to 1.016 new agreements achieved by researchers working in 251 research groups hosted in 13 Research Institutes, most of them multidisciplinary based. Despite its youth, the University of Alicante is already present in the three main university rankings in the world, as shown here .

In 2024, the University of Alicante has consolidated its position in the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU-FIELD), known as Shanghai Ranking, in its classification by fields of knowledge. In the 2024 edition, the University of Alicante has managed to further improve on last year’s excellent performance in the field ofTourism and Hotel Management, when it was ranked 76-100th in the world. Excellent performance has also been achieved in other fields of knowledge, such as in Nursing(151-200) and Chemical Engineering (401-500); Ecology (201-300) and Economics ranked 401-500th in the world classification.

Amongst this international activity, UA´s involvement in European Programmes has been increasing since CECA Programme and improving leadership, taking part in 50 FP5 and FP6, 49 FP7, 51 H2020 and 37 Horizon Europe projects. This activity is not only limited to DG Research, but also intensive in other Programmes: 29 Erasmus Mundus, 65 Tempus and 35 Lifelong Learning Projects, 12 DG Justice Actions and 7 Life Grants among others ( Funding and Tenders EC data ). Also, UA is strategically involved in several EU initiatives: BBI, Hydrogen Europe Research, EERA, EOSC, etc.

In terms of international proposal and post grant award, UA offers a tailor made support to researchers at legal, financial and administrative level provided by the International RTD Projects Unit with a strong track record in supporting European RTD-consortia in proposal preparation, communication with the funding authorities and project reporting. UA is also partner of the European IP Helpdesk and coordinates the Latin America and India IP SME Helpdesks and the is Regional Node of Enterprise Europe Network for 17 years now.

UA has been awarded with the HRS4R seal, that endorses our commitment to the principles of “The European Charter for Researchers” and “The Code of Conduct for the recruitment of Researchers”.