UPM Expresion of Interest MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship Environment & Geoscience 2026
Sustainable Water Management and Decision Support Tools for Climate Adaptation in Semi-Arid Regions
Keywords: Water resources modelling, water stress indices, drought persistence, resilient water systems, decision support
Department and Center / Institute: Department of Civil Engineering: Hydraulic, Energy and Environment. School of Civil Engineering
Supervisor: Sandra Paola Bianucci
Unlocking the Potential of Small Turbomachinery for Heat Pumps: Simulation, Design & Manufacturing of Soft Centrifugal Compressors
Keywords: Turbomachinery, heat pump, 3D printing, centrifugal compressors, FEM.
Department and Center / Institute: Thermal Energy for Sustainability (TE4S) Research Group School of Industrial Engineering
Supervisor: Andrés Sebastián
Next-generation road pavements: sustainable technologies and digital solutions
Keywords: Multifunctional pavements, Sustainable materials, Digital Twin, Self-sensing, Circular economy
Department and Center / Institute: Department of Transport Engineering.
Supervisor: Federico Gulisano
Multimodal Foundation Models for Predictive Host–Pathogen Genomics
Keywords: Genomic prediction; foundation models; transformers; computer vision; multimodal AI; quantitative genetics.
Department and Center / Institute: CBGP
Supervisor: Julio Isidro Sánchez
Data-driven approaches for modelling event based hydrological processes
Keywords: Hydrology, Modelling, Machine Learning, Physics, Monitoring
Department and Center / Institute: Agroforest Engineering. School of Agriculture, Food and Biosystems Engineering
Supervisor: Sergio Zubelzu
Pollutants associated to building materials
Keywords: Environment, Pollutants; Building Materials; Air Quality, Construction.
Department and Center / Institute: Department of Construction and Technology in Architecture.
Supervisor: María del Mar Barbero Barrera
Indoor Air Quality at spaces with vulnerable people
Keywords: Architecture, Environment, IEQ, OEQ, Sustainability.
Department and Center / Institute: Department of Construction and Technology in Architecture.
Supervisor: María del Mar Barbero Barrera
Modelling Energy Transitions for Climate Neutrality, Industrial Transformation and Socially Inclusive Renewable Deployment
Keywords: Energy system modelling, Wind power integration, Territorial equity, Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), Sector coupling.
Department and Center / Institute: School of Aeronautical and Space Engineering.
Supervisor: Cristobal Gallego-Castillo
Waste management and valorization
Keywords: Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, electrochemistry, catalysis, process simulations.
Department and Center / Institute: ETSIDI-UPM
Supervisor: Antonio Nieto-Márquez Ballesteros