Postdoc position (M/F) Structural Gradients in Soft Solids to Improve Puncture Resistance

CNRS; France; Sur place; EUR 35 000 - 42 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

CNRS — Institut Lumière Matière in Lyon, France, invites applications for a First Stage Researcher (R1) to develop model experiments identifying failure criteria in polymeric materials. The project combines materials science, mechanics, and data analysis with Matlab scripts.

The successful candidate will join the Liquids and Interfaces team, contributing to experimental design, data interpretation, and publication-ready writing for international journals.

Qualifications

• PhD in Materials Science, Physics, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Solid experience in coding, mechanical testing, microscopy, and polymer processing.

Responsabilités

• Develop and realize model experiments to identify failure criteria in polymeric materials.
• Develop silicone-based model materials and an experimental setup with mechanical testing and microscropy.

Connaissances

Coding experience

Mechanical testing

Microscopy

Polymer processing

Formation

PhD in Materials Science

PhD in Physics

PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Description du poste

Organisation/Company CNRS Department Institut Lumière Matière Research Field Physics Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Application Deadline 19 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (UTC) Country France Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 15 Feb 2027 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The aim of this project will be to develop and realize model experiments in order to identify failure criteria in polymeric materials.

The successful candidate will develop silicone-based model materials and an experimental set-up combining mechanical testing, conduct microscope observation, analyze the resulting data using pre-written Matlab codes, and write up the results obtained in the form of scientific articles for publication in international journals.

The successful candidate will join the Liquids and Interfaces team at the Institut Lumière Matière, a physics institute at the University of Lyon 1 in France, which has more than 320 staff members, including about 100 doctoral and postdoctoral students. The continuum between basic research, addressing major societal challenges, and innovation is at the heart of this unit's approach. The entire staff is committed to promoting excellence and ethical, responsible research. Its scientists explore six major thematic areas: Materials, Energy, Photonics, Soft Matter, Nanosciences, Optics and Ultrafast Dynamics, Theory and Modeling, Life Sciences, Health, and the Environment

The Liquids and Interfaces team (more than 20 faculty members, researchers, or permanent engineers, and more than 20 doctoral or postdoctoral students) focuses on soft matter and the properties of liquids and complex systems involving interfaces. Research focuses on the dynamics of these materials at various scales, from the nanoscale to the macroscopic scale, as well as on the coupling mechanisms between these different levels (micro-macro approach). The approach combines experimentation and theory, and we develop both new instruments and model systems.

Candidates to this position must have a PhD in Materials Science, Physics, or
Mechanical Engineering, as well as a solid experience in coding, mechanical testing, microscopy, and polymer processing.