About the position
Postdoc in synthesis and crystal growth of molecular conductors
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to lead the experimental side of that effort.
About the project
Your job is to control these factors, to grow single crystals that would settle various scientific questions, and then to extend the family.
Main responsibilities
Grow single crystals of inorganic molecular solids, extend the materials family and find better synthesis routes to it.
Requirement profile
You know enough about band structure and spin behavior to discuss the project with collaborators without needing to calculate any of it yourself.
You are used to work in an interdisciplinary environment and to communicate with researchers from various backgrounds.
Meriting experience, roughly in order of priority
Crystal growth of molecular or ionic solids, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction.
Molecular conductors, radical and charge-transfer salts, or oxocarbon electrode chemistry.
This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
The research environment
You will be employed in Daniel Weber's group at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, with close contact to Martin Rahm's computational group in the same department; a doctoral position on the theory side is announced at the same time, and the two are designed as a pair.
The project has been accepted into the Chalmers Ventures technology transfer program, so there is a credible route from your bench to an application.
Contract terms and what we offer
Monthly salary is 42 500 SEK.
Chalmers aims to actively improve our gender balance and works broadly with equality projects, for example the GENIE Initiative on gender equality for excellence.
Include in your personal letter a clearly marked section of at most half a page describing a past project of yours on air-sensitive molecular salts, or on comparably demanding air-sensitive chemistry: the system, scientific context and method, one thing that went wrong, and what you did about it.
To get there, please press the "Apply" button under the advertisement on Chalmers website.
The recruiting managers will get back to you as soon as possible.
The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the application is complete.
*** Chalmers declines to consider all offers of further announcement publishing or other types of support for the recruiting process in connection with this position. ***
Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg conducts research and education in technology and natural sciences at a high international level.
https://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/work-with-us/vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjob=15046&rmlang=UK
What you’ll bring
- You have made new compounds yourself.
- This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
- PhD in Chemistry, Materials Science or Physics. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made. It is highly meritorious if the doctoral degree has been obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline.
- Excellent communication skills in English (spoken and written)
At a glance
- Position type
- Postdoc
- Institution
- Chalmers University of Technology
- Department
- Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience
- Research group
- Not stated
- Location
- Sweden
- Supervisor / contact person
- Not stated
- Funding
- Salaried
This is an employment, not a stipend: occupational pension, paid holiday, parental leave and full Swedish social insurance.
Monthly salary is 42 500 SEK. - Duration
- Not stated
- Expected start
- Not stated
- Vacancy reference
- Not stated
Research focus
- Discipline
- Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering
- Research area
- Not stated
- Methods
- Synthesis, Spectroscopy
- Software
- Not stated
Dates to know
- Listed on FOSS Positions
- 21 Sep 2026
- Original advertisement date
- Not stated in the source
- Application deadline
- 15 Oct 2026 Timezone not stated. Check the original advert.
- Priority review date
- Not stated
- Last checked
- 21 Sep 2026
- Last updated
- 21 Sep 2026
Application deadline: 15 October 2026.
How to apply
PhD in Chemistry, Materials Science or Physics. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made. It is highly meritorious if the doctoral degree has been obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline.
You will be employed in Daniel Weber's group at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, with close contact to Martin Rahm's computational group in the same department; a doctoral position on the theory side is announced at the same time, and the two are designed as a pair. In-house capabilities include an Ar glovebox, Schlenk lines, air-free PXRD, single crystal diffraction, TGA-DSC, Raman & IR spectroscopy, in part housed in the Chalmers Materials Analysis Laboratory. We regularly send samples to synchrotrons and neutron sources or go there ourselves.
Advanced characterization is carried out with collaborators at the Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience (Transport, Dash group), Chemistry (EPR, Larsson group), Uppsala University (magnetometry, Sarkar group), and the Swedish NMR Centre at Gothenburg University (solid-state NMR). The project has been accepted into the Chalmers Ventures technology transfer program, so there is a credible route from your bench to an application.
Application procedure
The application should be written in English and attached as PDF files.
We will happily handle your application via our ATS (Applicant Tracking System) ReachMee. To get there, please press the "Apply" button under the advertisement on Chalmers website. The recruiting managers will get back to you as soon as possible.
The applicant is responsible for ensuring that the application is complete. Incomplete applications, and applications sent by email, will not be considered.
Application deadline: 15 October 2026.
https://web103.reachmee.com/ext/I003/304/apply?job_id=15046&lang=UK¬rack=true&site=5&validator=a72aeedd63ec10de71e46f8d91d0d57c
Contact: daniel.weber@chalmers.se
Original sources
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