Postdoctoral Fellowships

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) aim to support the career development and training of researchers in all scientific disciplines through international and intersectoral mobility.

The fellows carry out their own research project in collaboration with a host institution, which is indicated at the time of their application. Researchers of all ages, nationalities and scientific disciplines can apply.

Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF) provide an extremely enriching experience, that enhance the career perspectives for researchers by developing new scientific competences and gaining international and collaborative research experience.

Complutense as a Host Institution

Complutense

The Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) is a public research university located in Madrid, and one of the oldest universities in the world (founded in 1499).

The UCM enrols over 80,000 students, almost 6,000 faculties and more than 3,000 administration and service staff and consistently ranks as one of the top universities in Spain. 

Research Groups

There are more than 200 UCM research groups interested in hosting researchers through MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships.

They are looking for ambitious, creative and scientifically curious researchers who meet the MSCA-PF eligibility criteria.

If you are ready to take the next step in your research career look into our university's host offers.

European Office

The Complutense University of Madrid as host institution, through a dedicated European Research Office, supports MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship candidates both in the application process and in managing the grant.

We offer, among other specific support services, an in-depth review of the proposal by experienced advisors: internal deadline to send the draft proposal to office is August 31, 2021.

Expressions of Interest

The next section include information about several UCM supervisors that have expressed their interests to host MSCA experienced researchers in their research group. If you are interested in one of them, you should contact the corresponding Scientific Supervisor directly.

The web search application will help you find the offer that best suits your interests. Just enable and use the filters (click on the filter icon). You can search by faculty, research area, and research topic to be proposed / description of the research group (by means of keywords). Visit the links provided in the search results (table below) to display further information.

Some offers the supervisors ask for particular documents. If you are required to submit a project proposal or you do not know exactly what send to present your candidature, you can use our template 'One Page Proposal'. 

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Scientific Supervisor
Javier Alda
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Research group
Applied Optics Complutense Group
Department
Optics
Faculty / Institute
Faculty of Optics and Optometry
Group description
The Applied Optics Complutense Group (AOCG) deploys its research activity in a variety of fields focused on the practical implementation of Optics for a wide array of applications in Engineering and Science. The group is composed of around 20 researchers organized in research teams with a significant permeability and flexibility between them. Our lines of research are oriented to the use of light and optical systems in metrology, optical sensing, ophthalmic and visual optics, image processing, micro-optics, and nanophotonics.
The group has obtained a continuous funding through competitive calls for the development of research projects, both national and internationally. Another important funding source has been the collaboration with companies and institutions to solve engineering problems with the aid of optics, image processing, and optical instrumentation. Also, in every area, we have contributed with the fundamental analysis of the optical mechanism explaining the operation of the device. For example, the area of micro-optics and nanophotonics has generated an important background in the computational and efficient solution of light propagators and basic radiation-matter interaction. Our labs are organized with strong flexibility to adapt them to the given problem or project. They are located at the Faculty of Physics, and at the Faculty of Optics and Optometry.
Research group website
Research topic
One of our current research interest in Applied Optics is focused on the integration of nanostructures and nanomaterials with diffractive optical elements. In the recent years, we have witnessed a growing activity to expand the optical shop portfolio by complementing the refractive (or reflective) classical optics, and the diffractive optics, with a new approach that is based on the full electromagnetic interaction of light with subwavelength structures. This addition has been named as resonant optics, or flat optics. It provides optical devices with resonant optical elements having a response related with the material characteristics and strongly dependent on the geometry. Our first approach has been the modeling and computational analysis of the interaction of these elements for a variety of applications in biomedical sensing, and industrial metrology. Since our laboratories are not equipped with high-cost nanofabrication facilities, we are applying low-cost nanostructuring techniques to compare the results with those elements manufactured with electron beam lithography and other commonly used nanofabrication tools. At the same time, our research activity continuously use the specialized fabrication and testing services of the Complutense University (electron-microscopy, laser ablation processing, etc.).The proposed merging of nanophotonic structures and concepts with microoptics and diffractive optical elements will be applied to practical devices. As an example, our recent advances in the integration of nanostructures with solar cells, has made possible to propose refractometric sensors fully interrogated using the optoelectronic response of the devices.
Research area
Life Sciences (LIF), Physics (PHY)
Candidatures: requirements
Graduated in Physics or Electrical Engineering with robust knowledge of electromagnetism and optics. A master in Optics will be valuable, although not required. Desired skills: experience in python and matlab programing, with some experience in multi-physics packages. Knowledge of optical bench systems: light sources, modulators, detectors and cameras. Fluency in English or Spanish.
Candidatures: deadline
2021-07-15
Address
Avda. Arcos de Jalón, 118; 28037 - MADRID

Tenure-Track Position for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowships?

The "Plan de Actuaciones en Profesorado 2020-23 (ES)" of the Complutense University includes among its calls several options for further hiring of researchers with a PhD. All options require an excellent CV and being granted National Accreditation.

Among the requirements for the stabilization of a Researcher to Assistant Professor, it is required that the researcher has spent at least 3 years as a researcher hired by the UCM in a competitive public call.

Global Fellowships are open to researchers currently within or outside Europe who want to move to a Third Country for 1-2 years and then come back to the Complutense University for an additional year. Therefore, researchers who have been awarded a three-year Global Fellowship would be, after the end of the project and with the current regulatory framework, in a position to meet this condition.

In certain situations, it has been possible for a researcher with at least 2 years working at UCM to opt for a position as a junior Associate Professor.

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