Doctoral Researcher (m/f/x)

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Doctoral Researcher (m/f/x)

ICAMS: Materials Informatics and Data Science

In order to fill a fixed-term position in full‑time (39.83 hours/week = 100%) at the earliest possible date, we are looking for a doctoral researcher at the intersection of Materials Informatics for electrocatalysis to address the atomic‑scale understanding and design of multi‑functional compositionally complex solid‑solution surfaces.

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Advanced Materials Simulation (ICAMS) is a research centre at the Ruhr University Bochum, focusing on the development and application of multi‑scale simulation tools for advanced materials. ICAMS is embedded into a network of national and international collaborations. Researchers and students benefit from this top international and interdisciplinary environment.

Scope: Full‑time
Duration: Fixed‑term, 3 years
Start: At the earliest possible date
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The tasks associated with the offered position include the development of novel methods for projecting raw data—mainly from experimental measurements—into appropriate data‑based representations and learning correlations between different modalities of data. This contributes to the understanding of the relationships between composition, structure and the various properties relevant for electrocatalysis.

Your tasks:

Dimensionality analysis and reduction of (mainly) experimental raw data
Development of modality‑specific encoders and projectors, in particular contrastive learning frameworks
Actively collaborate and coordinate directly with experimentalists from different groups with varying instrumentation and data formats
Integrate experimentally‑measured data with computation‑based data

Your profile:

Outstanding, science‑driven candidate with strong programming capabilities and a Master of Science in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry or related fields
Expertise and experience with multinary solid‑solution alloys for electrocatalytic applications
Experience using UNIX‑like operating systems
Experience in scientific software development, reproducible workflows, testing, CI and Git
Programming experience in Python
Bonus: experience with contrastive learning approaches for materials data

We offer:

Team‑oriented cooperation in a committed, international and appreciative team
Options for flexible working hours
Embedding in a running Collaborative Research Centre (retreats, workshops, schools, early‑career offerings)
Option to present research at national and international conferences
Extensive training and educational opportunities within a graduate school
A job in the lively Ruhr metropolitan region with cultural and social benefits
Friend‑lily and collegial environment

Benefits:

The position is salaried and based on the collective agreement of the Länder (TV‑L). If the mandatory mandate obligations are met, the employee will receive pay grade E13 TV‑L.

Further information can be found at (in German).

The load of teaching will be calculated according to § 3 of the Lehrverpflichtungsverordnung (state of North Rhine‑Westphalia).

We expect to receive a suitable application.