PhD: Autonomous AI-Driven Materials Discovery for Energy

FUNDACIO INSTITU DE RECERCA EN ENERGIA DE CATALUNYA; España; On-site; EUR 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

FUNDACIO INSTITU DE RECERCA EN ENERGIA DE CATALUNYA invites MSc graduates to join a transformative PhD project on agentic artificial intelligence for accelerated materials discovery. This 36-month scholarship combines AI-driven software with hands-on synthesis and characterization of oxide materials for solid-state batteries and solid oxide cells.

You will design, implement and benchmark agentic workflows, collaborate with international partners, and contribute to autonomous science at the

Qualifications

• MSc in Physics, Materials Science, Chemistry, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering or related areas.
• Solid programming skills in Python.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and benchmark agentic workflows.
• Carry out hands-on synthesis and characterization to validate AI-generated hypotheses.
• Collaborate with international teams to advance autonomous science.

Skills

Python programming

Machine Learning

LLM APIs

Data science

Lab automation

Git workflows

Communication

Education

MSc in Physics

MSc in Materials Science

MSc in Chemistry

MSc in Computer Science

MSc in Data Science

MSc in Engineering

Tools

PyTorch

LLM APIs

Git

Containers

Job description

FUNDACIO INSTITU DE RECERCA EN ENERGIA DE CATALUNYA invites MSc graduates to join a transformative PhD project on agentic artificial intelligence for accelerated materials discovery. This 36-month scholarship combines AI-driven software with hands-on synthesis and characterization of oxide materials for solid-state batteries and solid oxide cells.

You will design, implement and benchmark agentic workflows, collaborate with international partners, and contribute to autonomous science at the