MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships at Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
ENS FACULTY
The Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (ENS) brings together extensive expertise in natural sciences and the major branches of engineering. We are renowned for our cutting-edge research activities that not only encompass basic research in natural sciences and applied research in the fields of engineering but also bring measurable added value to our industry partners.
We maintain high international standards of excellence and have access to world-class research infrastructures.
HOW TO APPLY
Tampere University has a unified procedure for selecting postdoctoral candidates for the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship call. The university offers comprehensive support to all applicants through our Masterclass, starting in May, to assist with application preparation.
To join our faculty:
- Identify and contact a suitable supervisor: ENS-faculty supervisors for the 2025 call can be found below
- Follow TAU's guidelines and schedule that can be found at MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships at Tampere University
Find your supervisor
Below you can find more information on our three units, and a list of research group leaders who are interested in recruiting MSCA postdoctoral fellows:
Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering
Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering
Automation Technology and Mechanical Engineering focuses on automation, hydraulics, machine design, product development, mechatronics, robotics, control and systems theory, industrial informatics and production engineering.
The application areas for automation technology range from seagoing vessels to building services engineering and from medicine to self-driving cars, and it is also widely utilised in production plants.
Mechanical engineering is a broad discipline that covers all the branches of engineering related to the design, manufacture and use of machines and equipment, such as mechanics, machine design, mechatronics, robotics and lifecycle management. The unit aims to contribute to designing and developing future products and production lines that help to promote environmental, social and economic sustainability.
Research groups in Automation Technology
- Autonomous Mobile Machines, Professor Reza Ghabcheloo
- Dependability and Automation Research in Cyber-Physical Systems (DARES), Assistant Professor Hamed Badihi
- Future Automation Systems & Technologies Laboratory (FAST-Lab), Professor Jose L. Martinez Lastra
- IHA - Innovative Hydraulics and Automation, Associate Professor Tatiana Minav
- IINES - Intelligent Networked Systems, Associate Professor Azwirman Gusrialdi
Research groups in Mechanical Engineering
- Digital Design and Manufacturing (D2M), Associate Professor Iñigo Flores Ituarte
- Manufacturing Systems Research Group (MASYRE), Professor Eric Coatanéa
- Mechanical Engineering, Assistant Professor Xinxin Yu
- Mechanical Engineering, Assistant Professor Janne Juoksukangas
- Mechatronics Research Group, Professor Kari Koskinen
Research groups in Robotics
- Advanced Learning, Control and Automation (ALCAN), Assistant Professor Gökhan Alcan
- Autonomous Mobile Machines, Professor Reza Ghabcheloo
- Cognitive Robotics, Professor Roel Pieters
Materials Science and Environmental Engineering
Materials Science and Environmental Engineering focuses on materials science, chemistry, environmental and energy engineering, and bioengineering.
Engineering Materials Science aims to develop more sustainable materials by studying new materials, material structures, and related research methods.
Chemistry and Advanced Materials focuses on the study of new functional materials and related technologies.
Bio and Circular Economy research includes processes in environmental, energy and bioengineering, systems relating to a sustainable material circulation, and the production of chemicals, materials, and fuels.
Research groups in Bio and Circular Economy
- Circular Economy Innovation, Associate Professor Chao He
- Energy and Biorefining, Professor Jukka Konttinen
- Microbial Electrochemical Technologies, Professor Marika Kokko
- Synthetic Biology, Professor Ville Santala
- Water Resource Recovery, Associate Professor Małgorzata Szlachta
Research groups in Chemistry and Advanced Materials
- Hybrid Solar Cells (HSC), Professor Paola Vivo
- Light Robots, Associate Professor Hao Zeng
- Polymer Chemistry and Materials, Assistant Professor Satu Häkkinen
- Precision Nanomaterials Group, Associate Professor Nonappa
- Smart Photonic Materials, Professor Arri Priimägi
- Spectroscopy and Light-Active Materials (SLAM), Assistant Professor Tero-Petri Ruoko
- Supramolecular Chemistry of Bio- and Nanomaterials, Dr. Elina Vuorimaa-Laukkanen
- Synthetic Chemistry, Dr. Alexander Efimov
Research groups in Engineering Materials Science
- Coating technologies, Associate Professor Heli Koivuluoto
- IMPACT | Multiscale Materials Testing Research Group, Professor Mikko Hokka and Assistant Professor Gaurav Mohanty
- Materials Characterization, Professor Minnamari Vippola
- Plastics and Elastomer Technology, Professor Essi Sarlin and Professor Mikko Kanerva
- Renewable Energy Technologies, Associate Professor Imran Asghar
- Tribology and Surface Modification, Associate Professor Auezhan Amanov
Physics
Physics Unit conducts basic and applied research in three laboratories: Aerosol Physics, Computational Physics and Photonics, where the activities are a balanced combination of fundamental research and the development of industrial applications.
The focus of aerosol physics is on aerosol technology, particulate emissions, air quality and particulate processes in the atmosphere. State-of-the-art research tools and techniques are applied, ranging from measurement technologies to numerical modelling.
Computational physics studies and predicts physical phenomena and the properties of materials with the help of theoretical and computational methods. We also develop data analysis and scientific computing methods in a laboratory setting.
Photonics is the science that studies and develops applications for generating, detecting, manipulating and utilising light. We aim to apply the results of our photonics research to develop applications across fields ranging from communications to energy, environmental and health technologies and consumer products.
Research groups in Aerosol Physics
- Aerosol Instrumentation and Emissions, Assistant Professor Panu Karjalainen
Research groups in Computational Physics
- BioInterfaces Group, Assistant Professor Matti Javanainen
- Complex Systems, Professor Lasse Laurson
- Many-Body Theory, Senior Research Fellow Ville Härkönen
Research groups in Photonics
- Advanced Coherent Sources, Senior Research Fellow Regina Gumenyuk
- Applied Optics, Professor Juha Toivonen
- Experimental Quantum Optics, Professor Robert Fickler
- Nanophotonics, Associate Professor Tapio Niemi
- Nonlinear Optics, Adjunct professor Mikko J. Huttunen
- Optoelectronics Research Center, Professor Mircea Guina
- Photonic Glasses group, Professor Laetitia Petit
- Surface Science Laboratory, Professor Mika Valden
- Theoretical Optics and Photonics (TOP) Group, Associate Professor Marco Ornigotti
- Ultrafast Photonics, Professor Goëry Genty