PhD in Material Science

Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics and Thin-Film Energy Devices (SDU CAPE) at the Mads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for a 3-year PhD position within the R2-D2 project: “Robotic Research platform and automated Device Doctor for Perovskite Solar Cells”./nThe position is available from April 15, 2026 and the preferred start date is from April 15, 2026./nThe project focuses on developing a robotic research platform and an automated ‘Device Doctor’ for perovskite solar cells by combining high-throughput experimentation, machine learning, and advanced modeling to accelerate device optimization and enable automated diagnosis of performance-limiting factors and suggest optimization strategies./nThe successful applicant will be enrolled as a PhD student at the PhD School at the Faculty of Engineering and the position is based at University of Southern Denmark, campus Sønderborg.