MSCA-PF: Joint application at the University of Granada. Department of ELECTROMAGNETICS.

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Organisation / Company University of Granada Department International Research Projects Office Laboratory ELECTROMAGNETICS Is the Hosting related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Professor MARIO FERNANDEZ PANTOJA , from the Department of ELECTROMAGNETICS at the University of Granada, welcomes postdoctoral candidatesinterested inapplying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF)in 2025 at this University. Please note that applicants must comply with the Mobility Rule (for more information about the 2025 call, please consult this link .

Brief description of the institution:

The University of Granada (UGR), founded in 1531, is one of the largest and most important universities in Spain. With amost 54,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and more than 6,000 members of staff, the UGR offers over 90 undergraduate degrees, 157 master’s degrees (7 of which are international double degrees) and 28 doctoral programmes via its 124 departments and nearly 50 centers. Accordingly, the UGR offers one of the most extensive and diverse ranges of higher education programmes in Spain.

The UGR has been awarded with the "Human Resources Excellence in Research (HRS4R)", which reflects the institution’s commitment to continuously improve its human resource policies in line with the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The UGR is also internationally renowned for its excellence in diverse research fields and ranked among the top Spanish universities in a variety of ranking criteria, such as national R&D projects, fellowships awarded, publications, and international funding.

The UGR is one of the few Spanish Universities listed in the Shanghai Top 500 ranking - Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). The 2024 edition of the ARWU places the UGR in 301-400th position in the world and as the 3-8 highest ranked University in Spain ( http://sl.ugr.es/0dwJ ) , reaffirming its position as an institution at the forefront of national and international research. From the perspective of specialist areas in the ARWU rankings ( http://sl.ugr.es/0bSp ) , the UGR is outstanding in Mathematics and Dentistry & Oral Sciences Food Science & Technology (both ranked between 51th-75th position), Computer Science & Engineering, Food Science & Technology and Hospitality & Tourism Management (all three ranked between 76-100th position), and in the areas of Statistics and Psychology (both ranked between 101-150th position). A little lower in the ranking, the UGR also stands out in the areas of Business Administration and Earth Sciences, in which the UGR is positioned in the 151-200th position.

Additionally, the UGR counts with 3 researchers at the top of the Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) list ( http://sl.ugr.es/0cmD ), most of them related to the Computer Science scientific area. It is also well recognised for its presence in the top 200 Universities in Europe ( http://sl.ugr.es/0a6i ) at 43th place .

Internationally, the University of Granada is firmly committed to its participation in the calls of the Framework Programme of the European Union. For the duration of the prevoius Framework Programme, Horizon 2020, the UGR obtained a totalof123 projectswith a total funding of around€30 million.For the current Framework Programme, Horizon Europe, the UGR has obtained108 projects, so far, with a total funding of€33 million.

Brief description of the Centre/Research Group:

The vision of the host group (Advanced Technologies for Telecommunications, https://investiga.ugr.es/unidad-excelencia/tecnologias-avanzadas-de-tel… ) is to become a benchmark in promoting high-quality research in the field of telecommunications, supporting both our researchers and collaborators throughout all phases of the research value chain in telecommunications technologies. In this way, the unit aims to establish itself as a reference point in Andalusia (Spain) in terms of talent, research quality, and societal impact through knowledge transfer. To achieve this, the Advanced Telecommunications Technologies Excellence Unit brings together internationally renowned researchers conducting work in complementary areas related to telecommunications. Their combined expertise will be key to making a qualitative leap in research.

The six main fields of study within the unit are: communication electronics, applied electromagnetism, wireless communications, radiofrequency devices, computational techniques, and Artificial Intelligence. This EOI is framed in the applied electromagnetics research line.

This research project focuses on the development and optimization of advanced computational techniques for solving time-domain electromagnetic problems, with particular emphasis on the accurate modeling of transient phenomena in complex media and geometries. Time-domain computational electromagnetics (TD-CEM) enables the analysis of broadband signals and non-stationary effects that are critical in modern high-speed communication systems, radar, and electromagnetic compatibility studies.

The project explores novel numerical methods based on differential and integral equation approaches, enhanced with high-order spatial discretization and adaptive mesh refinement to improve accuracy and computational efficiency. A special focus is placed on the implementation of advanced absorbing boundary conditions and hybridization techniques to extend the applicability of time-domain solvers to multiscale and heterogeneous environments.

Applications include the simulation of electromagnetic wave propagation in biological tissues, metasurfaces, and complex antenna structures. The outcomes of this project are expected to contribute to the next generation of simulation tools capable of handling large-scale, realistic electromagnetic scenarios with high fidelity and reduced computational cost. A list of some former related contributions of the host researcher can be found in https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/C-2395-2012

Research Area:

• Information Science and Engineering (ENG)

For a correct evaluation of your candidature, please send the documents below to Professor MARIO FERNANDEZ PANTOJA ( [e-mail] ):