We are looking for a materials engineer for developing advanced materials for multi-source bio-hybrid energy harvesting and lead materials innovation in the SPIS Lab. You will exploit energy conversion on natural surfaces, using surface functionalization and structuring (e.g. self-assembled monolayers) and techniques such as AFM, lithography, bioprinting and tissue extraction. Your materials will be integrated into microfluidic platforms and artificial leaves that use triboelectricity and electrocatalytic processes as autonomous sources to power sensors and small robots.

We are looking for a candidate working on applied electronics and mechatronics to develop a scanning platforms that map dynamic electrostatic potentials on complex materials and living systems. Your instruments will support new research fields like electrostatics in nature, triboelectricity, droplet electrification, energy harvesting, and electroecology.