International Max Planck Research School for Chemistry and Physics of Quantum Materials (IMPRS-CPQM) is a joint PhD program between the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Technische Universität Dresden and the University of St Andrews, Scotland.
By working together, a highly attractive overall package of PhD level research is created on solid-state chemistry and condensed matter physics.
Requirements:
- Applicant to be highly motivated PhD student who have a record of excellence in their previous studies.
- Applicant must have Masters or MPhys degrees as part of their entry qualification.
- Applications from candidates with excellent Bachelor degrees will also be considered for some projects involving St Andrews supervisors.
Applications:
Apply via the online form and upload the following documents:
- a cover letter describing motivation for applying to IMPRS-CPQM and a statement discussing the projects most interested in (priorities regarding the selected projects, and discuss them in the cover letter),
- a CV with complete description of your academic career,
- a transcript of courses taken and grades obtained,
- If candidate would like to submit further documents in support of applications, may do so via online form as well.
- Make sure to have these documents ready as separate pdf files when starting the online application procedure
Available projects:
- Access to 2D Topological Insulators by Chemical Delamination; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Michael Ruck, Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser
- Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy of delafossites; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Phil King, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie
- Atomic-scale visualization of strain effects; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Peter Wahl, Dr. Clifford Hicks
- Chemical properties of quantum materials; Supervisors: Dr. Iryna Antonyshyn, Prof. Dr. Thomas Strassner, Prof. J. Grin
- Chemistry with covalent intermetallic compounds; Supervisors: Prof. Juri Grin, Prof. Dr. Michael Ruck, Dr. Frank R. Wagner
- Chiral photo-transport in Weyl semi-metals; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Lukas Eng, Prof. Dr. Sebastian T.B. Goennenwein, Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser
- Correlated Electron Physics of Delafossite Oxide Metals; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Phil King, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie
- Correlation of Berry phase transport with the topological magnetic textures in Heusler compounds: From the bulk to the thin-film limit; Supervisors: Dr. Bernd Rellinghaus, Dr. Chandra Shekhar, Dr. Jacob Gayles, Dr. Daniel Wolf
- Development of a Faraday magnetometer based on piezoresistors for very high magnetic fields; Supervisors: Dr. Manuel Brando, Prof. Dr. Jochen Wosnitza
- Discovery of new misfit compounds for twistronic applications; Supervisors: Dr. Chandra Shekhar, Prof. Dr. Thomas Doert, Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser
- Electrochemical catalysis and asymmetric synthesis on the surface of topological crystals; Supervisors: Dr. Guowei Li, Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser, Prof. Dr. Xinliang Feng
- Electron hydrodynamics; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie, Prof. Dr. Laurens Molenkamp
- Electronic Structure of Delafossite Oxides; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Phil King, Dr. Helge Rosner
- Exploring bulk Dirac- and Weyl- fermion magnetism by local probes: NMR and µSR; Supervisors: Dr. Michael Baenitz, Prof. Dr. Hans-Henning Klauß
- Fermi surface of metallic delafossites; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Elena Hassinger, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie, Prof. Dr. Phil King
- High-throughput electronic structure calculations for discovery of new Hall materials; Supervisors: Dr. Yan Sun, Dr. Oleg Janson, Prof. Dr. Jeroen van den Brink, Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser
- Mesoscopic correlated electron and topological physics; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie, Prof. Dr. Phil King. Dr. Andreas Rost, Dr. Haijing Zhang
- New metals and superconductors from ionic liquid gating; Supervisors: Dr. Haijing Zhang, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie, Dr. Andreas Rost
- Photoemission and Strain Tuning of Correlated Electron Systems; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Phil King, Dr. Clifford Hicks, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie
- Pressure-tuning of topological materials; Supervisors: Dr. Michael Nicklas, Dr. Michael Baenitz, Prof. Dr. Jochen Wosnitza
- Resolving multipolar ordering, superconductivity and Rashba effect in the newly discovered quantum critical system CeRh2As2; Supervisors: Dr. Seunghyun Khim, Dr. Manuel Brando, Dr. Christoph Geibel, Prof. Dr. Jochen Wosnitza
- Scanned Josephson Spectroscopy; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie, Prof. Dr. James C. Davis
- Scanning tunnelling and magnetic spectroscopy of unconventional superconductors and exotic magnets; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. James C. Davis, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie
- Searching materials for three-dimensional quantum Hall effect; Supervisors: Dr. Chandra Shekhar, Prof. Dr. Jochen Wosnitza, Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser Skyrmions under strain; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Lukas Eng, Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie
- Solid-state synthesis of correlated electron materials; Supervisors: Dr. Eteri Svanidze, Prof. Juri Grin
- Spin transport across magnetic oxide/metal interfaces; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Claudia Felser, Prof. Dr. Sebastian T. B. Goennenwein
- The effect of anisotropic strain on correlated electron systems; Supervisors: Dr. Clifford Hicks, Prof. Dr. Jochen Geck
- Theory of spin liquids: Instabilities and defects; Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Matthias Vojta, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie
- Thermodynamic study of novel strongly correlated electron systems; Supervisors: Dr. Manuel Brando, Prof. Dr. Jochen Wosnitza, Dr. Eteri Svanidze
- Thermodynamics of designer quantum materials; Supervisors: Dr. Andreas Rost, Prof. Dr. Andrew Mackenzie
- Tuning frustration of magnetic moments in a metal by pressure; Supervisors: Dr. Michael Nicklas, Prof. Dr. Hans-Henning Klauß
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Organization |
International Max Planck Research School for Chemistry and Physics of Quantum Materials (IMPRS-CPQM) |
Country | Germany |
Fellowship Level | Doctoral |
Subject areas | Natural Science, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics |
Fellowship amount | Varies |
Eligibility | Open to all nationalities |
Deadline | 30 November 2019 |
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