PhD Student: Materials Science, Institute for Materials Technology 1460 views

PhD Student in materials science at the TU Ilmenau – Institute for Materials Technology

RESEARCH FIELD: Materials technology, Nanotechnology

RESEARCHER PROFILE: First Stage Researcher (R1)

DEADLINE: 27/12/2018 22:00

The lab is seeking a committed personality to enforce our team for the work in a scientific project. We provide an interdisciplinary research environment and excellent technical resources for research within the Institute of Micro- and Nanotechnologies. The IMN MacroNano® offers modern and appropriately equipped laboratory space with clean rooms and an outstanding variety of process and analysis methods. We offer a unique cleanroom infrastructure (such as PVD, CVD, nanolithography and RIE etc.) and materials characterization tools (XRD, SEM, TEM, FIB etc.).

Requirements/ Qualifications

1. Applications are invited from qualified individuals in the areas of materials science and engineering, physics, chemistry or micro- and nanotechnologies. A master degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field is necessary.
2. Excellent command of the English language is a prerequisite.
3. German language skills are not necessary, but are a plus.

Project: The position is part of a third-party DFG SPP project “tailored disorder” in which the materials preparation and the investigation of light-matter interaction in disordered media is in the focus. The successful candidate should have experience in one or more of the following areas:

1. Materials science and engineering
2. Thin films and multilayers
3. Materials simulations or Computational Materials Science
4. Materials Analysis and Materials Characterization
5. Synthesis of nanoalloys, nanoparticles and nanosponges,
6. Investigation of plasmonic properties
7. FDTD simulations

Application Procedure:

Applications with the usual documents (resume, certificates, list of publications, references) should be submitted electronically as one single PDF file stating the reference number 121/2018 to

Technische Universität Ilmenau, Dezernat für Personal und Recht, Postfach 10 05 65, 98684 Ilmenau, or to peter.schaaf@tu-ilmenau.de

Questions related to this position will be answered by:

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Peter Schaaf, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, peter.schaaf@tu-ilmenau.de,