MSCA PF 2025 Hosting offer in MT-SOFC development

GaltTec, a private limited company, is looking for postdoctoral researcher wanting to apply to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship (PF) in 2025. 

GaltTec makes microtube-based fuel cells to enable efficient, portable, and climate-neutral energy storage and usage in sectors like transportation, defence, robotics, IoT, and space. We are the first to develop solid-oxide fuel cells as thin as human hair, designed to efficiently power portable devices.

Our new proprietary technology makes fuel cells a more attractive alternative for both stationary and mobile applications. The ability to operate efficiently on various fuels significantly reduces dependence on any single fuel source, promoting energy security and resilience. High power-density coupled with superior efficiency reduces system size and cost, thereby enabling more compact and economically viable solutions for a wide range of applications: from distributed power generation in remote areas to integration into urban infrastructures and transportation.

Supervisor of this project, Glen Kelp, PhD, is co-founder and CEO of GaltTec. He has a PhD in physics from the University of Texas at Austin, has worked at Cornell University for 2 years and founded GaltTec while he was Associate Professor at the University of Tartu. Glen himself received MSCA Individual Fellowship in 2022.

Project description 

Overall Aim:

Help pioneer a new class of self-healing ceramic electrolytes for the world’s smallest solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC). The goal is to design YSZ-based materials that can autonomously repair microcracks during high-temperature operation (600–800 °C), dramatically improving the durability and lifetime of next-generation fuel cells.

Specific Objectives:

  • Design self‑healing formulations;
  • Model crack propagation and healing kinetics;
  • Understand healing mechanisms;
  • Demonstrate healing in real‑time under thermal cycling and mechanical stress;
  • Quantify electrochemical performance.
 

Requirements and submission:

Please note that applicants must comply with the elegibilty criterias of the MSCA PF 2025 call (must have a PhD degree at the time of the deadline for applications; must have a maximum of 8 years experience in research and should comply with MSCA PF Mobility Rule, available in the “2.3.2. Recruited researchers” section, p.121/142 of the Work Programme MSCA 2023-2025)

Interested candidates, please send your CV and a brief outline of the proposed research project (1 page maximum) to Glen Kelp, PhD (glen@galttec.com) before June 30th 2025.