Open: fully funded 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at Inria — Co-funded by the European Union’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Bienvenue scheme), within the I4S Project-Team, under the supervision of Dr. Christophe Droz.
The Metamaterials Twins project builds the next-generation simulation framework for complex metamaterials and smart structures. By tightly integrating advanced finite element methods, multi-scale modeling, parametric model order reduction, multi-physics wave techniques, symbolic regression, and machine learning, we develop high-fidelity digital twins capable of ultra-fast, accurate predictions.
These twins target transformative applications in many fields: metamaterials, structural health monitoring, vibration control, energy harvesting, and advanced materials for civil, mechanical, railway, and critical infrastructure systems. The project aims to establish one of the world’s leading platforms for wave-based simulations across acoustics, seismics, thermoelectrics, phononics, nanoscale, and quantum regimes.
Location: Beaulieu Scientific Campus, University of Rennes, Brittany, France. Rennes offers exceptional quality of life — a vibrant student city (25% of population) ranked among Europe’s most livable, with excellent connections (1.5h to Paris, proximity to the Atlantic coast).
Inria is the French National Research Institute for Digital Science and Technology. This center for scientific excellence is leading the French Digital Programs Agency and is on the frontline of computer science in Europe while conducting world-class research covering a wide range of disciplines: automation, mathematics, and simulation software. International and industrial collaborations, exploratory (high-risk, high-impact) research, software development, artificial intelligence, quantum- and cyber technologies and deep tech startups are the DNA of the institute. Inria ranks 16th worldwide at the AI Research ranking while being the number one European institute for frontier research in digital sciences.
This position provides an exceptional platform to launch a high-impact career in academia or industry, learning state-of-the-art agentic methods for science, while contributing to a groundbreaking advance in metamaterial science and computational engineering.
