NANOTRANS: PhD Fellowships in Nanotechnology 4709 views

15 PHD positions in Nanotechnology: Nanotrans Training Network

NANOTRANS (Transport of Soft Matter at the Nanoscale) is the new Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network. It involves 10 universities and research organizations, as well as 2 industrial companies across the Europe.

The scientific aim of the NANOTRANS is to obtain:

1. Fundamental understanding of the transport of fluids and colloids at the nanoscale level.
2. Using of multiscale modelling approaches
3. State of the art experimental techniques to address a broad range of topics in phoretic flow, nanofluidics, electrokinetics, polymer flow and liquid crystal.

No of ESR grants Available: Fifteen (15)

About the position: An ESR (Early Stage Researcher) position is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship for postgraduate research (Masterd) and usually includes studies towards a PhD degree

What we Offer:

1. These are prestigious and highly competitive positions.
2. 000 € and 55.000 € p.a., depending on the country and personal circumstances

Requirements:

1. Motivated students with a solid background in science.
2. The candidate should be within first 4 years of their research career
3. Should not have resided in host country of employment for more than 12 months in the last 3 years.

The partner institutions with scientists in charge and indicative areas of study are:

1. University of Cambridge
2. University of Oxford: Susan Perkin
3. University Pierre and Marie Curie and CNRS, Paris: Marie Jardat, Benjamin Rotenberg
4. University Paris-Sud and CNRS: Emmanuel Trizac
5. Ecole Normale Supérieure and CNRS, Paris: Lyderic Bocquet
6. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: Marialore Sulpizi, Friederike Schmid
7. Free University Berlin: Roland Netz
8. University of Vienna: Christos N. Likos
9. Forschungszentrum Jülich: Gerhard Gompper, Roland Winkler
10. University of Barcelona: Ignacio Pagonabarraga, Francesc Sagues
11. CORDOUAN TECHNOLOGIES, Bordeaux: David Jacob
12. UNILEVER, Vlaardingen and Port Sunlight: Krassimir P. Velikov, Patrick Warren

For general enquiries, please contact:

Jure Dobnikar or Benjamin Rotenberg (benjamin.rotenberg@upmc.fr)

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