Associate Professor in Chemical Processing for Batteries

Do you want to be part of an outstanding research environment within Ångström Advanced Battery Centre and move your research forward at Sweden’s largest faculty of science and technology?

We are now looking for an associate professor who wishes to be involved in developing and strengthening our research and education in at the department of Chemistry at Ångström Laboratory. The Department of Chemistry – Ångström Laboratory has for many years hosted an environment focused on research and development of materials and their applications within the energy storage area: the Ångström Advanced Battery Centre. We develop novel electrode and electrolyte materials, characterize them, evaluate and improve them with respect to battery performance, and study fundamental chemical processes and properties using both experimental and computational techniques. The research is, as such, both fundamental and applied.

The Department of Chemistry at Ångström conducts research and education in the chemistry field. The department has more than 270 employees and has a turnover of 300 million SEK. At the department's six programs, we conduct very successful research of a high international standard. We have a large number of externally funded research projects, often with international cooperation and we see continued good growth in our subject area. The department has education assignments in engineering programs and master's programs. More information is available on our website.

Compel (Competence and excellence for the electrification of the transport system) is a strategic initiative from the Swedish government to ensure Sweden's long-term competitiveness in battery development and electrification of the transport sector. Research and education within the platform cover the entire battery value chain and offers an interdisciplinary network for collaboration between three universities: Lund University, Chalmers University of Technology and Uppsala University. It is within this context that Compel is now recruiting several young researchers with different competencies within the battery value chain, with the ambition to build a unique interdisciplinary research and education environment. This initiative is based on a strong partnership between academia and industry to drive research and development forward.

Within the Compel initiative at Uppsala University, an associate professor will be employed at the Department of Chemistry at Ångström Laboratory to pursue research and education in the field of chemical processing for batteries. The new associate professor is invited to collaborate with the department's and Compel's researchers in an environment that supports the establishment of their own research group. The position comes with a starter package.

Subject area

The subject area of the position is chemical processing with a focus on experimental battery production, where Li-ion batteries are of prime interest. The broad scientific field includes, for example, chemical engineering, rheology, electrode engineering and battery cell production, and their correlation to battery performance. The research and teaching will include use of experimental infrastructure such as battery production lines. The field holds strong interconnections with battery materials production, utilization of batteries in devices such as electric vehicles or energy storage systems, and battery recycling.  

Duties:

You will work with:

• Research: To establish an independent and internationally recognized research profile in chemical processing for batteries. To collaborate with research groups at the Department of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory within the Faculty of Science and Technology. Actively applying for external grants.
• Teaching: This includes responsibility for courses, course administration and supervision of doctoral students.
• Administration: Participate in the general academic duties of Department of Chemistry-Ångström Laboratory. This includes serving on committees, taking on responsibilities beyond your own research and teaching assignments, contributing to the evaluation and development of teaching and research activities, working collaboratively with colleagues, and providing support and constructive feedback to colleagues.
• Keeping up to date in your subject area and following developments in society that are relevant to your work at Uppsala University.

In choosing between eligible candidates, emphasis will primarily be given to both research and teaching expertise according weight to research expertise In addition, attention will be given to administrative, management, collaboration expertise.

Qualifications required

You must have:

• a PhD in Chemical Engineering or equivalent.
• research expertise in chemical processing for batteries such as chemical engineering, rheology, electrode engineering and battery cell production, including fabrication of commercial cell formats and sizes using relevant large-scale production technology. In addition to academic qualifications, research qualifications from other activities may also be taken into account, such as development of technology and capacity for innovation.
• teaching expertise, according particular weight to teaching in chemical enigneering. In addition to academic qualifications, educational and instructional qualifications from other activities may also be taken into account, such as supervision, internal training or mentoring programmes.
• completed at least ten weeks of teacher training for higher education of relevance to the organisation and its activities, or be considered to have acquired the equivalent knowledge. The required training for teachers in higher education may be completed during the first two years of employment if candidates lack it due to employment in industry or research institutes.
• a documented ability to teach in Swedish or English.
• an ability to work with other people and otherwise meet the demands of suitability required to perform the duties well.
• an ability to link research to teaching, based on the subject concerned, subject didactics and teaching and learning in higher education, and to interact on issues of teaching and learning in higher education with actors within and outside the University.
• research and teaching expertise or other professional expertise. The teaching expertise, research expertise and professional expertise must be relevant to the subject area and the duties that the position involves.

Other desirable/valuable qualifications

It is valuable if the applicant has:

• collaboration expertise. Interacting with the wider community, disseminating and exchanging information and translating research and development results into practical benefits.
• administrative expertise. Capacity to plan, organise and prioritise activities and to work in a structured manner that demonstrates an awareness of goals and quality.
• management expertise. Developing, coordinating and leading operations and staff.

For more information on assessment and assessment criteria, see the Appointment Regulations for Uppsala University and the Faculty of Science and Technology’s Guidelines for the Appointement and Promotion of Teachers.

All qualifications must be documented in a manner that makes it possible to assess both their quality and their scope.

In this recruitment, the University will give primary consideration to the candidate who, following a qualitative overall assessment of their competence and expertise, is judged to have the best potential to perform and develop the relevant duties and to contribute to the positive development of the department/equivalent.

Application

Parental leave, part-time work due to childcare, trade union responsibilities, military service or similar activities are treated as work experience and should be listed in the CV.

Instructions for applications for employment

About the position: 
This is an open-ended appointment (a probationary period may apply). The position is full-time. Starting date 1st of March 2027 or as agreed. Place of work: Uppsala

Further information about the position is available from: Prof. Daniel Brandell, +46-18-4713709, Daniel.Brandell@kemi.uu.se
We look forward to receiving your application by November 16 2026, UFV-PA 2026/2777.

In the event of any disagreement between the English and the Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.

We offer you

Sweden offers good working conditions, including comprehensive social benefits such as generous family-focused policies that make healthcare, childcare, and children’s education available and highly affordable. At Uppsala University, we offer the opportunity for new international staff to learn Swedish through our language courses. If you have family, they will get new contacts and support through the Uppsala International Citizen hub.

If you are an international candidate, you will find a lot of information about working and living in Sweden at http://www.uu.se/joinus.