Choose the University of Pisa as the host institution for your EU-funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship! You will be able to pursue your research project in any discipline and strengthen your job prospects. 

Themes open for application:

Department of Biology

• Functional analysis of novel lncRNAs role in brain development in health and disease
• Plant Diversity and Evolutionary Ecology

Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry

• Flexible Bionsensors Supported on Cellulose Nanopaper
• Multi-functional fluorescent sustainable polymers
• pH-responsive cyclodextrin-based drug delivery systems for anticancer active ingredients
• Electrochemical Approaches for the Late-Stage Functionalization of Oxidation-Sensitive Heterocycles
• Catalytic synthesis and valorization of biomass alcoholysis -derivatives
• Sustainable catalytic production of bio-fuels and chemicals from C5 biomass fraction
• New bio-analyical tools for improving diagnosis and monitoring of Heart Failure

Department of Civil and Industrial Engineering

• Physics-based modelling of lithium-ion batteries for fast-charging and state-of-health monitoring
• Active vibration suppression systems for SRF cavities based on machine learning

Department of Civilisations and Forms of Knowledge

• Digital and AI Applications in Archaeology

Department of Computer Science 

• Advanced Iterative Methods for Convex Optimization

Department of Pharmacy

• Agrifood waste valorization exploiting biobased solvents
• Development of biobased solvents
• Development of electrosynthesis in combination with functional electrolytes
• Tackling cancer through targeting key proteins involved in tumour lipid metabolism
• Camouflaged nanocarriers to overcome biological barriers and for targeted drug delivery
• Delivery to the lung of biologics, including protein drugs and RNA transfection
• Drug delivery to the Lung: formulation of JAK inhibitors for inhalation therapies

Department of Physics

• Theoretical nuclear physics

Department of Political Sciences

• Political Philosophy/Political Theory on Kant’s Cosmopolitan Theory 

Department of Geosciences

• Reconstructing changes in NW Mediterranean shoreline displacement as a driver of human migrations from Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene

Research Center “E.Piaggio”

• Deciphering the Brain-Heart Symphony: AI-Powered Signal Processing for Central-Autonomic Interactions
• Delineation and validation of a harmonized methodology for the design, prototyping and testing of context-based open source medical devices
• Neural tissue engineering for studying the relation between human brain metabolism, structure and function
• Development of tools for neuron characterization from optical microscopy images