JONAS – Joint Research Network on Advanced Materials and Systems

The close collaboration of three leading European universities with BASF as industrial partner enables the JONAS network to extend the scientific basis and their understanding of future materials and systems.

Interested scientists thus have the opportunity to conduct research in highly relevant areas, working in research teams from top universities, and at the same time participate in industry-relevant research together with BASF.

Depending on the research topic postdoctoral scientists and PhD students are working in the university facilities in France, Germany, or Switzerland. Universities provide an ideal innovation environment with their academic know-how, great flexibility, and their freedom of research. The goal is to drive the development of novel sustainable materials and systems with a key focus on synthesis, mechanistic understanding and enabling technologies in polymer and supramolecular chemistry, and to extend the international research network. Research areas include biobased feedstock, biodegradable materials, circular materials, functional surfaces and films with improved wetting behavior, corrosion protection, sealing, catalytic properties, biomimetics and biointerfaces.

History shows that this concept is successful: The I.S.I.S. Institute at the University of Strasbourg has successfully collaborated with BASF's polymer research since 2003. More than 100 post-doctoral scientists have used the opportunity to work on recent research topics. A large number of them subsequently began their careers working for BASF.

The JONAS network has a capacity of about 20 postdocs per year. Depending on the research topic they are working in the university facilities in France, Germany, or Switzerland. Universities provide an ideal innovation environment with their academic know-how, great flexibility, and their freedom of research. The goal is to drive the development of novel sustainable materials and systems with a key focus on synthesis, mechanistic understanding and enabling technologies in polymer and supramolecular chemistry, biobased feedstock, biodegradable materials, circular materials, new formulation concepts, functional surfaces, biomimetics and biointerfaces and to extend the international research network.  

History shows that this concept is successful: The I.S.I.S. Institute at the University of Strasbourg has successfully collaborated with BASF's polymer research since 2003. More than 100 post-doctoral scientists have used the opportunity to work on recent research topics. A large number of them subsequently began their careers working for BASF.

University Freiburg - FMF
Freiburg Materials Research Center

University Freiburg - IMTEK
Department of Microsystems Engineering – IMTEK

University of Strasbourg - I.S.I.S
Institute of Supramolecular Science and Engineering

ETH Zürich