MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 - Materials under extreme conditions

Organisation / Company Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Department Instituto de Fusión Nuclear “Guillermo Velarde”, Departamento de Ingeniería Energética, E.T.S.I. Industriales Is the Hosting related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Keywords

Materials engineering, Nano-materials, Condensed matter physics, Computational modelling.

Research Focus

Successful candidates will work under the supervision of Dr. Carlos J. Ruestes (Ramón y Cajal Fellowship Fellow; former Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellow). Research in the group targets plasticity and failure under high pressure/temperature, irradiation, and extreme strain rates, including shock loading and spallation. Recent work covers BCC/FCC metals, refractory systems (e.g., W, Ta), high/medium entropy alloys and porous/nanoporous architectures (e.g., nanoporous Au and W), focusing on defects, interfaces, twinning, phase transformations, and void‑mediated damage. P...