Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Midwest Regional Energy Symbiosis

Job overview

The Postdoctoral Research Fellow role is onsite in Notre Dame, IN. Compensation is not specified. The fellow joins a collaborative research team led through the University of Notre Dame’s Just Transformations to Sustainability Initiative, which advances sustainability research. The fellow serves as an analytical and coordination lead for research developing an AI-enabled framework to map and evaluate industrial symbiosis opportunities. The work integrates regional resource-flow data and analysis to identify cross-sector exchanges and produce research outputs that support sustainability and circular-economy goals.

What you'll do

• Integrate geospatial and infrastructure datasets
• develop regional material-flow inventories
• screen for feasible cross-sector resource exchanges
• support transparent AI-enabled assessment methods
• conduct material-flow analysis, life-cycle assessment, and techno-economic screening
• prepare technical briefs, maps, diagrams, scenario portfolios, and visualizations
• draft scholarly manuscripts and contribute analyses and figures to grant proposals
• coordinate with faculty teams and research assistants.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

postdoctoral research fellow

midwest regional energy symbiosis

industrial ecology

circular economy

material flow analysis

life-cycle assessment

ai-enabled methods

geospatial data

sustainability research

notre dame in

university of notre dame

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Interdisciplinary collaboration across Notre Dame, Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Wisconsin; initial one-year appointment may be renewed for an additional year based on performance and funding.

About the employer

University of Notre Dame is hiring for this role. Industry: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools. Sector: 61.