diff --git a/.ci_support/environment-openmpi.yml b/.ci_support/environment-openmpi.yml
index 160402fc..501bf88c 100644
--- a/.ci_support/environment-openmpi.yml
+++ b/.ci_support/environment-openmpi.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ channels:
 - conda-forge
 dependencies:
 - python
-- coverage
-- coveralls =3.3.1
 - numpy
 - openmpi
 - cloudpickle =2.2.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittest-flux.yml b/.github/workflows/unittest-flux.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b1a096f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittest-flux.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+# This workflow is used to run the unittest of pyiron
+
+name: Unittests-flux
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.operating-system }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+        - operating-system: ubuntu-latest
+          python-version: '3.11'
+          label: linux-64-py-3-11-openmpi
+          prefix: /Users/runner/miniconda3/envs/my-env
+          environment-file: .ci_support/environment-openmpi.yml
+
+        - operating-system: ubuntu-latest
+          python-version: '3.11'
+          label: linux-64-py-3-11-mich
+          prefix: /usr/share/miniconda3/envs/my-env
+          environment-file: .ci_support/environment-mpich.yml
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2.2.0
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        mamba-version: "*"
+        channels: conda-forge
+        miniforge-variant: Mambaforge
+        channel-priority: strict
+        auto-update-conda: true
+        environment-file: ${{ matrix.environment-file }}
+    - name: Install flux
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: mamba install -y flux-core coverage coveralls=3.3.1
+    - name: Setup
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: pip install --no-deps .
+    - name: Test
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      timeout-minutes: 5
+      run: >
+        for f in $(ls tests/test_*.py); do
+          echo $f;
+          if [ $f != "tests/test_flux.py" ]; then
+            coverage run --omit pympipool/_version.py -m unittest $f;
+          fi
+        done
+      env:
+        OMPI_MCA_plm: 'isolated'
+        OMPI_MCA_rmaps_base_oversubscribe: 'yes'
+        OMPI_MCA_btl_vader_single_copy_mechanism: 'none'
+    - name: Test Flux
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      timeout-minutes: 5
+      run: >
+        flux start
+        coverage run --omit pympipool/_version.py -m unittest tests/test_flux.py;
+      env:
+        OMPI_MCA_plm: 'isolated'
+        OMPI_MCA_rmaps_base_oversubscribe: 'yes'
+        OMPI_MCA_btl_vader_single_copy_mechanism: 'none'
+    - name: Coverage
+      if:  matrix.label == 'linux-64-py-3-11-openmpi'
+      continue-on-error: True
+      shell: bash -l {0}
+      run: |
+        coverage combine
+        coveralls
+        coverage xml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittest-openmpi.yml b/.github/workflows/unittest-openmpi.yml
index 35063cf5..7a99f59d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittest-openmpi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittest-openmpi.yml
@@ -57,16 +57,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test
       shell: bash -l {0}
       timeout-minutes: 5
-      run: for f in $(ls tests/test_*.py); do echo $f; coverage run --omit pympipool/_version.py -m unittest $f; done
+      run: for f in $(ls tests/test_*.py); do echo $f; python -m unittest $f; done
       env:
         OMPI_MCA_plm: 'isolated'
         OMPI_MCA_rmaps_base_oversubscribe: 'yes'
         OMPI_MCA_btl_vader_single_copy_mechanism: 'none'
-    - name: Coverage
-      if:  matrix.label == 'linux-64-py-3-10-openmpi'
-      continue-on-error: True
-      shell: bash -l {0}
-      run: |
-        coverage combine
-        coveralls
-        coverage xml
diff --git a/pympipool/__init__.py b/pympipool/__init__.py
index 6a6ff0aa..fb39ce25 100644
--- a/pympipool/__init__.py
+++ b/pympipool/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
     interface_receive,
 )
 from pympipool.interfaces.taskbroker import HPCExecutor
+from pympipool.interfaces.fluxbroker import PyFluxExecutor
 from pympipool.interfaces.taskexecutor import Executor
 from pympipool.legacy.interfaces.executor import PoolExecutor
 from pympipool.legacy.interfaces.pool import Pool, MPISpawnPool
diff --git a/pympipool/interfaces/fluxbroker.py b/pympipool/interfaces/fluxbroker.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06d68ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pympipool/interfaces/fluxbroker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+import os
+import queue
+import socket
+import sys
+from time import sleep
+
+from pympipool.shared.broker import (
+    MetaExecutorFuture,
+    _get_future_done,
+    _execute_task_dict,
+)
+from pympipool.interfaces.base import ExecutorBase
+from pympipool.shared.thread import RaisingThread
+from pympipool.shared.taskexecutor import (
+    cloudpickle_register,
+    _execute_parallel_tasks_loop,
+)
+from pympipool.shared.connections import FluxPythonInterface
+from pympipool.shared.communication import SocketInterface
+
+
+class SingleTaskExecutor(ExecutorBase):
+    """
+    The pympipool.Executor behaves like the concurrent.futures.Executor but it uses mpi4py to execute parallel tasks.
+    In contrast to the mpi4py.futures.MPIPoolExecutor the pympipool.Executor can be executed in a serial python process
+    and does not require the python script to be executed with MPI. Still internally the pympipool.Executor uses the
+    mpi4py.futures.MPIPoolExecutor, consequently it is primarily an abstraction of its functionality to improve the
+    usability in particular when used in combination with Jupyter notebooks.
+
+    Args:
+        cores (int): defines the number of MPI ranks to use for each function call
+        gpus_per_task (int): number of GPUs per MPI rank - defaults to 0
+        oversubscribe (bool): adds the `--oversubscribe` command line flag (OpenMPI only) - default False
+        enable_flux_backend (bool): use the flux-framework as backend rather than just calling mpiexec
+        enable_slurm_backend (bool): enable the SLURM queueing system as backend - defaults to False
+        init_function (None): optional function to preset arguments for functions which are submitted later
+        cwd (str/None): current working directory where the parallel python task is executed
+        queue_adapter (pysqa.queueadapter.QueueAdapter): generalized interface to various queuing systems
+        queue_adapter_kwargs (dict/None): keyword arguments for the submit_job() function of the queue adapter
+
+    Simple example:
+        ```
+        import numpy as np
+        from pympipool import Executor
+
+        def calc(i, j, k):
+            from mpi4py import MPI
+            size = MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_size()
+            rank = MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_rank()
+            return np.array([i, j, k]), size, rank
+
+        def init_k():
+            return {"k": 3}
+
+        with Executor(cores=2, init_function=init_k) as p:
+            fs = p.submit(calc, 2, j=4)
+            print(fs.result())
+
+        >>> [(array([2, 4, 3]), 2, 0), (array([2, 4, 3]), 2, 1)]
+        ```
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        cores,
+        gpus_per_task=0,
+        init_function=None,
+        cwd=None,
+        executor=None,
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+        self._process = RaisingThread(
+            target=execute_parallel_tasks,
+            kwargs={
+                "future_queue": self._future_queue,
+                "cores": cores,
+                "gpus_per_task": gpus_per_task,
+                "cwd": cwd,
+                "executor": executor,
+            },
+        )
+        self._process.start()
+        if init_function is not None:
+            self._future_queue.put(
+                {"init": True, "fn": init_function, "args": (), "kwargs": {}}
+            )
+        cloudpickle_register(ind=3)
+
+
+class PyFluxExecutor(ExecutorBase):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        max_workers,
+        cores_per_worker=1,
+        gpus_per_worker=0,
+        init_function=None,
+        cwd=None,
+        sleep_interval=0.1,
+        executor=None,
+    ):
+        super().__init__()
+        self._process = RaisingThread(
+            target=executor_broker,
+            kwargs={
+                "future_queue": self._future_queue,
+                "max_workers": max_workers,
+                "cores_per_worker": cores_per_worker,
+                "gpus_per_worker": gpus_per_worker,
+                "init_function": init_function,
+                "cwd": cwd,
+                "sleep_interval": sleep_interval,
+                "executor": executor,
+            },
+        )
+        self._process.start()
+
+
+def execute_parallel_tasks(
+    future_queue,
+    cores,
+    gpus_per_task=0,
+    cwd=None,
+    executor=None,
+):
+    """
+    Execute a single tasks in parallel using the message passing interface (MPI).
+
+    Args:
+       future_queue (queue.Queue): task queue of dictionary objects which are submitted to the parallel process
+       cores (int): defines the total number of MPI ranks to use
+       gpus_per_task (int): number of GPUs per MPI rank - defaults to 0
+       cwd (str/None): current working directory where the parallel python task is executed
+       executor (flux.job.FluxExecutor/None): flux executor to submit tasks to - optional
+    """
+    command_lst = [
+        sys.executable,
+        os.path.abspath(os.path.join(__file__, "..", "..", "backend", "mpiexec.py")),
+    ]
+    interface = interface_bootup(
+        command_lst=command_lst,
+        cwd=cwd,
+        cores=cores,
+        gpus_per_core=gpus_per_task,
+        executor=executor,
+    )
+    _execute_parallel_tasks_loop(interface=interface, future_queue=future_queue)
+
+
+def interface_bootup(
+    command_lst,
+    cwd=None,
+    cores=1,
+    gpus_per_core=0,
+    executor=None,
+):
+    command_lst += [
+        "--host",
+        socket.gethostname(),
+    ]
+    connections = FluxPythonInterface(
+        cwd=cwd,
+        cores=cores,
+        gpus_per_core=gpus_per_core,
+        oversubscribe=False,
+        executor=executor,
+    )
+    interface = SocketInterface(interface=connections)
+    command_lst += [
+        "--zmqport",
+        str(interface.bind_to_random_port()),
+    ]
+    interface.bootup(command_lst=command_lst)
+    return interface
+
+
+def executor_broker(
+    future_queue,
+    max_workers,
+    cores_per_worker=1,
+    gpus_per_worker=0,
+    init_function=None,
+    cwd=None,
+    sleep_interval=0.1,
+    executor=None,
+):
+    meta_future_lst = _get_executor_list(
+        max_workers=max_workers,
+        cores_per_worker=cores_per_worker,
+        gpus_per_worker=gpus_per_worker,
+        init_function=init_function,
+        cwd=cwd,
+        executor=executor,
+    )
+    while True:
+        try:
+            task_dict = future_queue.get_nowait()
+        except queue.Empty:
+            sleep(sleep_interval)
+        else:
+            if _execute_task_dict(task_dict=task_dict, meta_future_lst=meta_future_lst):
+                future_queue.task_done()
+            else:
+                future_queue.task_done()
+                break
+
+
+def _get_executor_list(
+    max_workers,
+    cores_per_worker=1,
+    gpus_per_worker=0,
+    init_function=None,
+    cwd=None,
+    executor=None,
+):
+    return [
+        MetaExecutorFuture(
+            future=_get_future_done(),
+            executor=SingleTaskExecutor(
+                cores=cores_per_worker,
+                gpus_per_task=int(gpus_per_worker / cores_per_worker),
+                init_function=init_function,
+                cwd=cwd,
+                executor=executor,
+            ),
+        )
+        for _ in range(max_workers)
+    ]
diff --git a/pympipool/shared/connections.py b/pympipool/shared/connections.py
index 8ed61982..ac0dd7dc 100644
--- a/pympipool/shared/connections.py
+++ b/pympipool/shared/connections.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from abc import ABC
+import os
 import subprocess
 
 
@@ -171,21 +172,28 @@ def bootup(self, command_lst):
         if self._executor is None:
             self._executor = flux.job.FluxExecutor()
         jobspec = flux.job.JobspecV1.from_command(
-            command=" ".join(command_lst),
-            num_tasks=1,
-            cores_per_task=self._cores,
+            command=command_lst,
+            num_tasks=self._cores,
+            cores_per_task=1,
             gpus_per_task=self._gpus_per_core,
             num_nodes=None,
             exclusive=False,
         )
-        jobspec.cwd = self._cwd
+        jobspec.environment = dict(os.environ)
+        if self._cwd is not None:
+            jobspec.cwd = self._cwd
         self._future = self._executor.submit(jobspec)
 
     def shutdown(self, wait=True):
-        self._executor.shutdown(wait=wait)
+        if self.poll():
+            self._future.cancel()
+        # The flux future objects are not instantly updated,
+        # still showing running after cancel was called,
+        # so we wait until the execution is completed.
+        self._future.result()
 
     def poll(self):
-        return self._executor is not None
+        return self._future is not None and not self._future.done()
 
 
 def generate_slurm_command(cores, cwd, gpus_per_core=0, oversubscribe=False):
diff --git a/tests/test_flux.py b/tests/test_flux.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..837893e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_flux.py
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+from concurrent.futures import Future
+from queue import Queue
+
+import numpy as np
+import unittest
+
+from pympipool.shared.taskexecutor import cloudpickle_register
+from pympipool.interfaces.fluxbroker import SingleTaskExecutor, PyFluxExecutor, execute_parallel_tasks, executor_broker
+
+
+try:
+    from flux.job import FluxExecutor
+    skip_flux_test = False
+except ImportError:
+    skip_flux_test = True
+
+
+def calc(i):
+    return i
+
+
+def mpi_funct(i):
+    from mpi4py import MPI
+    size = MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_size()
+    rank = MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_rank()
+    return i, size, rank
+
+
+def get_global(memory=None):
+    return memory
+
+
+def set_global():
+    return {"memory": np.array([5])}
+
+
+@unittest.skipIf(skip_flux_test, "Flux is not installed, so the flux tests are skipped.")
+class TestFlux(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.executor = FluxExecutor()
+
+    def test_flux_executor(self):
+        with PyFluxExecutor(max_workers=2, executor=self.executor) as exe:
+            fs_1 = exe.submit(calc, 1)
+            fs_2 = exe.submit(calc, 2)
+            self.assertEqual(fs_1.result(), 1)
+            self.assertEqual(fs_2.result(), 2)
+            self.assertTrue(fs_1.done())
+            self.assertTrue(fs_2.done())
+
+    def test_single_task(self):
+        with SingleTaskExecutor(cores=2, executor=self.executor) as p:
+            output = p.map(mpi_funct, [1, 2, 3])
+        self.assertEqual(list(output), [[(1, 2, 0), (1, 2, 1)], [(2, 2, 0), (2, 2, 1)], [(3, 2, 0), (3, 2, 1)]])
+
+    def test_execute_task(self):
+        f = Future()
+        q = Queue()
+        q.put({"fn": calc, 'args': (), "kwargs": {"i": 2}, "future": f})
+        q.put({"shutdown": True, "wait": True})
+        cloudpickle_register(ind=1)
+        execute_parallel_tasks(
+            future_queue=q,
+            cores=1,
+            executor=self.executor
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(f.result(), 2)
+        q.join()
+
+    def test_internal_memory(self):
+        with SingleTaskExecutor(cores=1, init_function=set_global, executor=self.executor) as p:
+            f = p.submit(get_global)
+            self.assertFalse(f.done())
+            self.assertEqual(f.result(), np.array([5]))
+            self.assertTrue(f.done())
+
+    def test_executor_broker(self):
+        q = Queue()
+        f = Future()
+        q.put({"fn": calc, "args": (1,), "kwargs": {}, "future": f})
+        q.put({"shutdown": True, "wait": True})
+        executor_broker(future_queue=q, max_workers=1, executor=self.executor)
+        self.assertTrue(f.done())
+        self.assertEqual(f.result(), 1)
+        q.join()