PhD in electronics (electronic science/engineering)

Electrification and digitalisation are among the major areas for the future transition to sustainable societies. The Department of Electrical Engineering conducts successful research and education in these areas - including renewable energy sources, electric vehicles, industrial IoT, 6G communication, and wireless sensor networks, as well as research and education in Life Science, health technology, smart electronic sensors, and medical systems. The Department of Electrical Engineering is an international environment with around 160 employees who contribute to important technological energy and health at the Ångström Laboratory./nWe are now looking for a PhD student in Neuromorphic Devices and Circuits for next-generation sensing and computing./nThis project aims to overcome these limitations through a synergistic circuit–device co-design that jointly optimizes both circuit architectures and component properties, ensuring that intrinsic device physics effectively translate into significant system-level improvements. In this project, we will develop neuromorphic devices with inherent biological resemblance and compact, low-power neuromorphic circuits. We will also simulate high-efficiency spiking neural networks (SNN) and build neuromorphic sensory systems to validate performance and explore broad biomedical and other potential applications. The outcomes will contribute fundamental knowledge and new technologies that move us closer to sensing and computing systems approaching the efficiency of the human brain.