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- PF: Joint application at the University of Granada.

Department of Atmospheric Lab.

Professor Lucas Alados Arboledas, from the Department of Atmospheric Lab at the University of Granada, welcomes postdoctoral candidatesinterested inapplying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF)in 2026 at this University.

Please note that applicants must comply with the Mobility Rule (for more information about the 2026 call, please consult this link ).

Brief description of the institution: The University of Granada (UGR), founded in 1531, is one of the largest and most important universities in Spain. With more than 57,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and almost 7,000 members of staff, the UGR offers 97 undergraduate degrees, 157 master’s degrees (7 of which are double degrees) and 28 doctoral programmes via its 124 departments and nearly 50 centers.

Accordingly, the UGR offers one of the most extensive and diverse ranges of higher education programmes in Spain.

The UGR has been awarded with the "Human Resources Excellence in Research (HRS4R)", which reflectsthe institution’s commitment to continuously improve its human resource policies in line with the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The UGR is also internationally renowned for its excellence in diverse research fields and ranked among the top Spanish universities in a variety of ranking criteria, such as national R&D; projects, fellowships awarded, publications, and international funding.

The UGR is one of the few Spanish Universities listed in the Shanghai Top 500 ranking

- Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).

The 2025 edition of the ARWU places the UGR in 301-400th position in the world and as the 3-8 highest ranked University in Spain, reaffirming its position as an institution at the forefront of national and international research.

From the perspective of specialist areas in the ARWU rankings, the UGR is outstanding in Mathematics, Artificial Intelligence and Dentistry & Oral Sciences (ranked between 51th-75th position), Computer Science & Engineering, Education and Hospitality & Tourism Management (between 76-100th position), and in the areas of Food Science & Technology and Business Administration (between 101-150th position).

A little lower in the ranking, the UGR also stands out in the areas of Earth Sciences, Law, Management, Nursing, Psychology and Statistics, in which the UGR is positioned in the 151-200th position.
Internationally,



the University of Granada is firmly committed to its participation in the calls of the Framework Programme of the European Union.

For the duration of the prevoius Framework Programme, Horizon 2020, the UGR obtained a totalof124 projects with a total funding of more than€30 million. For the current Framework Programme, Horizon Europe, the UGR has obtained136 projects, so far, with a total funding of more than€38 million.

Brief description of the Centre/Research Group: The Atmospheric Physics Group (GFAT) of the Andalusian Institute for Earth System Research (IISTA) focus its research activity on the study of the atmosphere, the Earth’s surface and their interactions using remote sensing and in-situ techniques.

The group has a good experience in the study of aerosol, clouds and their interaction.

GFAT, operates the Andalusian Integral Obse Rvatory of the Atmosphere (AGORA), located in Southern Spain, that includes the UGR station (37° 9'49.21"N, 3°36'17.94"W, 680 m asl), located in Granada and the high mountain station Sierra Nevada Station, SNS, (37° 5'27"N, 3°22'54"W, 2600 m asl).

AGORA favors integrated atmospheric studies by using a broad range of instrumentation from active and passive remote sensing to a variety of in-situ methodologies.

Located in the most meridian sector of the European continent near the African coast allows a detailed analysis of the Saharan dust prior to be mixed in highly polluted areas of Europe and the use of a high mountain stations allow the detection of the impact of the anthropogenic aerosol (originated at the city of Granada) contribution modulated for the daily and seasonal cycle of the Planetary Boundary Layer.

AGORA is part of ACTRIS (Aerosol Cloud and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure).
The GENERAL OBJECTIVE of FENIX is improving our understanding of atmospheric aerosol using spectroscopy techniques.
These will be tested in the spectroscopy laboratory to improve remote sensing tools that enable better characterization of different aerosol types (mineral dust, bioaerosol, biomass burning, urban pollution) along the atmospheric column.
The focus is on disentangling the role of the wide variety of atmospheric aerosol particles on climate and air quality.
The FENIX’s SCIENTIFIC QUESTIONS (SQ) focus on open issues in the study of atmospheric aerosol particles and their environmental, health, and climate impacts.





Emphasis is placed on the role of anthropogenic particles, bioaerosols, and mineral dust: SQ1.- Is it possible to gain a better understanding of the role of atmospheric particles in climate, air quality, and health issues through improved remote sensing techniques based on Raman and Induced Fluorescence Spectrometry?

SQ2.- Is it feasible to experimentally obtain the aerosol phase function in the range of scattering angles close to the backscattering region, where the lidar system operates, using polar nephelometry?
SQ3.-Is the angular scattering distribution sensitive to different aerosol phases?
Which scattering angles are most affected?
what are the implications for remote sensing retrieval procedures?
SQ4.-How can improve the remote sensing procedures using strategies based on laboratory-derived physicochemical properties, fluorescence, and Raman spectra of individual aerosol particles?
SQ5.-Using a single-particle electrodynamic trap, is it possible to study the hygroscopicity of atmospheric aerosol and parameterize optical properties as a function of wavelength and relative humidity?

SQ6.- Can the use of induced fluorescence in lidar profiles improve the study of aerosol hygroscopicity with lidar remote sensing?

For answering these scientific questions FENIX is structured around the following SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES(SO): SO1.

To expand the range of scattering angles in the backscattering region tested in the laboratory hybrid polar nephelometer linking it (qualitatively and quantitatively) to the 180°observed by lidar.
SO2. To setup a new configuration of our ALHAMBRA lidar, adding a third telescope for implementing and improving the Spectrometric Raman and Fluorescence capabilities.
SO3. To evaluate the relationship between fluorescence and elastic scattered light based on single particle analyses at the spectroscopy laboratory.
SO4. To obtain profiles of induced fluorescence spectra with the spectrometric fluorescence and Raman lidar ALHAMBRA under different scenarios.
SO5. To develop Raman techniques to identify the chemical composition and transformation processes at the individual aerosol particle level.
SO6. To obtain profiles of Raman spectra with the spectrometric fluorescence and Raman lidar ALHAMBRA, focus on the chemical characterization of the atmospheric aerosol.
SO7. To implement a procedure based in laboratory measurements for the characterization of the hygroscopic growth of different atmospheric aerosol types (mineral dust, bioaerosol SO8.

To perform aerosol hygroscopicity studies with the spectrometric fluorescence and Raman lidar ALHAMBRA under different atmospheric scenarios.

Research Area:

- Environment and Geosciences (ENV) #J-18808-Ljbffr

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