Phd-student: Nonlinear Metaphotonics for Uv

**Two PhD positions: Metasurfaces for energy-efficient wave-based computing**: **Work Activities**: Metasurfaces are ultra-flat and compact nanophotonic elements that are pursued worldwide to replace conventional bulky optical elements like mirrors, lenses, and prisms. Going beyond simple optics replacements, metasurfaces can also perform data processing on...

**Work Activities**: **Background** **Project goal** In this project you will work towards improving the signal-to-noise ratio in photoacoustics by using hitherto underexplored techniques, aimed at both increasing signal strength and decreasing noise. This can for example be done by optimizing the optical wavelengths used for the generation and detection...

**PhD-student: Nanophotonics and quantum physics with electrons and light**: **Work Activities**: Did you know high-energy electrons can serve as efficient sources of optical excitation of matter? Our group has developed cathodoluminescence microscopy, in which we use 1-30 keV electrons in a scanning electron microscope (SEM) to excite nanomaterials. The...

**PhD student: Single-molecule biophysics of the ubiquitin motor Cdc48/p97**: **Work Activities**: **Questions -** Ubiquitin is central to a broadly important regulatory system within cells, which controls anything from protein degradation to membrane remodeling and DNA replication regulation. Cdc48 performs these tasks by disassembling protein complexes,...

PhD Student Computational Modelling of Adolescents' Climate Friendly Choice **Faculty/Services**:Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences**Educational level**:Master**Function type**:PhD position**Closing date**:10 January 2025**Vacancy number**:13636- - Join us!- The PhD track is part of the developmental psychology programme group. This group has a...

The Kemmeren group, in collaboration with the de Ridder group, is looking for an enthusiastic, highly motivated PhD student who excels in a stimulating, multi-disciplinary research environment and can drive forward our ambition to develop explainable AI models in pediatric cancer. **Tasks and responsibilities** **Profile** **Our job offer** A full time...

**PhD student: The real-time dynamics of single ribosomes**: **Work Activities**: **Questions -** According to textbooks, ribosomes work individually to produce proteins. However, recent insights from our lab and others show multiple ribosomes cooperate as they translate mRNA. This cooperation may well be essential to produce multi-protein complexes...

PhD Student Understanding and Improving Adolescents' Climate Friendly Choice **Faculty/Services**:Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences**Educational level**:Master**Function type**:PhD position**Closing date**:10 January 2025**Vacancy number**:13637- - Join the project “How do intentions and outcomes shape adolescents’ climate friendly choices: a...

**Function description**: The project is a close collaboration between the labs of Elzo de Wit (Netherlands Cancer Institute) and Jarno Drost (Princess Maxima Centre), as such you will be embedded in both groups. You are expected to work in close collaboration with a wet-lab PhD student. **Job requirements**: - We are seeking a talented and motivated PhD...

**Work Activities**: The _Photonic Forces _group at AMOLF is looking for a PhD student to join our team working on nanomechanical systems in the quantum regime. Our group is fascinated by the ability of light to measure and control mechanical motion in new and powerful ways. In a new project, in collaboration with multiple European partners, we seek to...

**PhD-position: Quantum nano-optomechanics**: **Work Activities**: The Photonic Forces group at AMOLF is looking for PhD students to join our team working on the intriguing physics of nano-optomechanical systems. We are fascinated by the ability of light to measure and control mechanical motion in new and powerful ways. We seek to challenge the limits of...

Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam has vacancies for: **Two PhD positions in AI-based methods for integrated hydrogen-electricity systems (M/F/x)** **Background** **Job description**: **[1] **The first position is part of WP2 of GVNL, that covers the transport and storage of hydrogen. The PhD position at CWI will concern the interface...

**PhD in biophysics: Single-cell Tracking in Organoids**: **Work Activities**: **Summary -** In this project, you will use advanced 3D imaging and AI-driven cell tracking to reveal the remarkable self-organization of cells within intestinal organoids. Using a biophysics approach, you will study how stem cells move, grow, divide, and differentiate into...

**PhD Position: The stochastic thermodynamics of nanomechanical computers**: **Work Activities**: - Scientific background - _The energy consumption of computers is a significant scientific and societal problem: Information technology is already responsible for more CO2 emissions than the airline industry. At the fundamental level, the energy cost of a...

PhD Position in Accountable Usage Control for Distributed Data Processing Systems **Faculty/Services**:Faculty of Science**Educational level**:Master**Function type**:PhD position**Closing date**:15 January 2025**Vacancy number**:13115 **What are you going to do?** - To realize the aforementioned goals, you will study existing access and usage control...

**PhD: Non-Hermitian nano-optomechanical networks and their sensing performance**: **Work Activities**: **Qualifications**: **Work environment**: **Working conditions**: - The working atmosphere at the institute is largely determined by young, enthusiastic, mostly foreign employees. Communication is informal and runs through short lines of communication. -...

PhD Position in Accountable Usage Control for Distributed Data Processing Systems **Faculteit/Dienst**:Faculteit der Natuurw., Wiskunde & Informatica**Opleidingsniveau**:Master**Functie type**:Promotieplaats**Sluitingsdatum**:15 januari 2025**Vacaturenummer**:13115 - Data exchange systems are distributed software systems that facilitate the sharing and...

**PhD position: Printing recombination junctions in perovskite tandem solar cells**: **Work Activities**: Recombination junctions are required for tandem and multijunction solar cells in order to short together the positive contact from one sub-cell to the negative contact of the adjacent sub-cell. This layer ideally would not introduce any electrical loss,...

**Work Activities**: **Summary -** In this project, you will use advanced 3D imaging and AI-driven cell tracking to reveal the remarkable self-organization of cells within intestinal organoids. Using a biophysics approach, you will study how stem cells move, grow, divide, and differentiate into specific functional cell types, and hence reveal how functional...

**Work Activities**: - Scientific background - _The energy consumption of computers is a significant scientific and societal problem: Information technology is already responsible for more CO2 emissions than the airline industry. At the fundamental level, the energy cost of a computation is dictated by the laws of thermodynamics: computations must evolve in...