Postdoctoral Fellow in Multiphysics Modelling for Advanced Nuclear Systems

Mission

Join the Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Systems Behaviour (LRS) at EPFL for an exciting postdoctoral project focused on advanced nuclear energy systems modelling, with applications to next-generation fission reactors and potentially fusion-related systems.

You will work with two cutting-edge open-source multi-physics simulation tools developed at LRS:

• GeN-FOAM (system and reactor multi-physics)
• OFFBEAT (fuel behaviour and performance)

A strong emphasis will be placed on close collaboration with the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), where key developers of these tools are now based. You will contribute to software development, modelling improvements, and high-impact simulation studies targeting Sodium Fast Reactors (SFR), High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactors (HTGR) and breeding blanket concepts in Fusion Reactors.

Beyond research, you will actively contribute to the lab’s academic mission through PhD supervision, M...