PhD positions in Ultrafast Science: IMPRS-UFAST 1586 views

International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Ultrafast Imaging and Structural Dynamics invites applications for a structured PhD programme in the Physics and Chemistry of ultrafast phenomena.

IMPRS-UFAST is a joint endeavor of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), the Universität Hamburg and the European XFEL GmbH.

Study areas:

• theoretical and experimental aspects of condensed matter and atomically resolved dynamics
• fundamental light-matter interaction, accelerator-based light sources, coherent imaging
• coherent controlled molecular and solid state dynamics
• molecule imaging
• extreme timescale spectroscopy
• ultrafast optics and x-ray science
• relevance and applications in chemistry, biology and medicine

Duration: 3-year

Starting date: Summer/autumn 2018

Requirements:

• Applicant must be highly motivated with an excellent academic background.
• Applicants must hold or expected to complete Master’s degree or an equivalent degree in Physics, Chemistry or related areas.

How to apply:

• Applications must be submitted online.

PhD projects available in the IMPRS-UFAST

1. 2018-UFAST-ACA1: Attosecond spectroscopy at X-ray free-electron lasers
2. 2018-UFAST-ACA2: Few-femtosecond spectroscopy of phase transitions in complex materials
3. 2018-UFAST-AR1: Dynamical properties of solids
4. 2018-UFAST-AR2: Nonadiabatic theory for light-matter interaction
5. 2018-UFAST-MS1: Unraveling astrochemical processes using a multi-spectroscopic approach
6. 2018-UFAST-HS1: Ultrafast phase transitions in organic molecular solids
7. 2018-UFAST-DM3: Liquid phase electron microscopy of viral macromolecular complexes in action
8. 2018-UFAST-DM2: Instrumentation Development: Desorption by Impulsive Vibrational Excitation based Mass Spectrometry and Tissue Imaging
9. 2018-UFAST-DM1: Towards Quantum Control in Chemistry – The IR Death Laser Project
10. 2018-UFAST-DM5: To Unravel Molecular Details of Photoinduced Charge Generation in Metal-Organic Frameworks
11. 2018-UFAST-AR4: Nonadiabatic dynamics in condensed phase systems
12. 2018-UFAST-AR3: Dissipation and decoherence in strong light-matter coupling
13. 2018-UFAST-FK2: Waveform Synthesizer and Electronics
14. 2018-UFAST-FK4:THz Acceleration and X-ray Sources
15. 2018-UFAST-FK1: Observing and controlling electronic and structural dynamics in matter on extreme time scales
16. 2018-UFAST-FK3: Nonlinear effects in condensed matter induced by ultrastrong THz fields
17. 2018-UFAST-PS1: Local Order Formation in Glassy Systems
18. 2018-UFAST-AM1: Dynamics near structural and electronic phase transitions using ultrafast coherent X-ray scattering in pump-probe experiments
19. 2018-UFAST-AR5: Plasmon-enhanced tunneling
20. 2018-UFAST-AC1: Terahertz control of Josephson plasma waves in high temperature superconductors
21. 2018-UFAST-DM4: Liquid phase electron microscopy of viral self-assembly mechanisms