Call Expression of Interest MSCA Postdoctoral fellowships at UNIGE – N. Nanostructur

Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry (DCCI)

University of Genoa, UNIGE, located in Genoa, ITALY, welcomes postdoctoral researchers of any nationality, with an excellent track record, to apply to the European Commission Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026. Our University has been beneficiary of several MSCA-PF in Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe.

The Marie Sklodowska Curie (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship is one of funding scheme of the European Commission’s Horizon Europe Research & Innovation programme, dedicated to excellent research promoting international mobility, as well as interdisciplinary and intersect oral exchanges.

MSCA fellowship grant provides a competitive salary plus mobility and family allowances if applicable, as well as a contribution to cover research, training and networking costs. The research projects will have 2- or 3-years duration.

Selected candidates will be provided with special support for proposal writing and development
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The University of Genoa will organize in May the fifth edition of the Masterclass MSCA@Uni Ge
. Selected candidate researchers will have the opportunity to attend a 2‑days online intensive training and coaching course on how to write a successful proposal. This masterclass is a pathway of support to candidates and their supervisors in preparing project proposal, including prescreening activity of the draft proposals and the organisation of dedicated B2B meetings, by the European Research Office of Uni Ge, National Contact Point and other experts.

The masterclass will take place in Spring 2026
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Research activity is developed in the framework of Materials Physical‑Chemistry investigating the relationship between physical properties, crystalline structures, and morphological features of nanostructured magnetic materials. In particular, the activity is focused on design and synthesis by chemical methods of hybrid magnetic nano‑architectures (HMNA) consisting of a magnetic nano‑heterostructure (e.g. nanoparticles with controlled morphology, core‑shell and multi‑shell bi‑magnetic structures, nanoparticles’ superstructures) suitably functionalized with specific molecules (e.g. amorphous silica also mesostructured, zirconia, organic molecules).

HMNA are of great interest for various applications such as permanent magnets with reduced content of critical rare earth elements, advanced thermoelectric, biomedicine (e.g. imaging, magnetic hyperthermia and biosensors) and catalysis.

The Nanostructured Magnetic Materials Lab (nM2‑Lab,  ) is a joint research unit involving researchers from the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry (DCCI) of the University of Genova and technical staff from the Institute of Structure of Matter (ISM) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR, Rome). nM2‑Lab focuses on the design and investigation of functional, nanoscale‑engineered magnetic materials, including single‑phase systems, magnetic composites, and hybrid or multifunctional architectures, realized in the form of nanoparticles, thin films, and nanopatterned systems.

Particular emphasis is placed on the development of novel concepts and structure–property correlations aimed at applications in energy, biomedicine, sensors, information technologies, environmental remediation, and cultural heritage. The research activity at nM2‑Lab is organized along three strongly interconnected research lines:

• Functional magnetic thin films and heterostructures.
• Hybrid magnetic nanoarchitectures.
• Magnetic alloys and multifunctional nanocomposites.

An expression of interest shall be sent to prof. Davide Peddis (davide.peddis , ORCID:

-8860) within 15th April 2026.
Your file should contain the following elements:

For MSCA-PF 26 call (opening foreseen on 10th April 2026), at the deadline for the submission of proposals (9th September 2026) postdoctoral candidates shall have a maximum of 8 years of postdoctoral research experience and must not have resided or carried out their main activities in Italy (for European Fellowship) or in the Third Country of the outgoing phase (for Global Fellowship) for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to the above mentioned deadline.

Info on MSCA PF available at the following link: