Open Positions
Semester Projects / Masters Theses
We are always seeking out talented and motivated students at ETH for projects/thesese in our group/institute. Specific open projects may be listed below. Additionally you can contact to discuss opportunities.
PhD / PostDoc Positions
We currently have an opening (app. deadline August 31st, 2024) for a PhD position in the Following European Horizon Project:
The Track The Twin Doctoral Network
Quantum dots (QDs) exemplify the successful transfer of innovative nanomaterials from a lab-scale invention to a technology that offers better and more power-efficient electronic devices, or makes buildings generate renewable energy. Such implementations, however, keep QDs under permanent loading, such as constant illumination, elevated temperature or exposure to environmental agents. Efforts to make QDs resilient against loading induced ageing and loss of performance are time-consuming and costly.
Track The Twin addresses this problem through a research and training program aimed at creating and using QD digital twins (QDDTs). Focused on the case of QDs under illumination, this goal creates an exceptionally rich environment for research training of doctoral candidates (DCs) in nanomaterials. Research topics range from the latest methods of synthesis, structure analysis and time-resolved spectroscopy – from infrared to x-ray – to computational materials science. DCs will join forces to reach the common goal of demonstrating loading-resilient QDs synthesized according to best QD structures as predicted by the QDDTs.
To facilitate such a collaborative endeavor, all DCs will be trained to use and co-develop a common data platform and they will be permanently exposed to the diversity of environments needed to implement together a QDDT. Moreover, thanks to the deep collaboration between word-leading academic beneficiaries and start-up companies in nanomaterials and computational chemistry, scientific training is complemented by extensive transferrable skills training.
Position at ETH in the Materials and Device Engineering group:
The PhD will involve characterisation of charge trapping pathways and their dynamics in QDs using steady-state and time-resolved optical-pump x-ray/electron probe techniques. We will determine equilibrium properties of QDs by x-ray absorption spectroscopy techniques and total-x-ray-scattering, and use both time resolved optical-pump diffraction probe experiments to elucidate the structural dynamics upon photo-excitation, and optical-pump XAS-probe measurements changes in oxidation state and local structural of individual elements as a result of carrier localization, comparing pristine and aged QDs.
Profile: Master in Physics, Material Science, (Physical) Chemistry or equivalent. Advantageous experience: large scale experiments, large data analysis, python
How to apply: Send your CV and a statement of motivation directly to (with in cc).
After a first assessment of the quality of the CV and the motivation letter, best-ranked candidates will be invited for an interview during September 2024. The final selection will be based on the CV, the motivation letter and the interview. The position will begin on 1st of Dec. 2024 at the earliest.