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**Postdoc: 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-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...

PhD Position in Experimental Physics **Faculteit/Dienst**:Faculteit der Natuurw., Wiskunde & Informatica**Opleidingsniveau**:Master**Functie type**:Promotieplaats**Sluitingsdatum**:31 October 2024**Vacaturenummer**:13384 - Do you enjoy working in an interdisciplinary research setting and are you interested in the intersection between nanophotonics and heat...

**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...

Postdoctoral Position in Quantum Sensing with Cold Atoms **Faculty/Services**:Faculty of Science**Educational level**:PhD**Function type**:Postdoc**Closing date**:31 December 2024**Vacancy number**:13213 - Are you eager to work as a postdoc in the field of experimental quantum sensing with ultracold atoms, in the lively international research group of...

This four-year fully funded PhD project revolves around theoretical predictions for electrochemical reactions at interfaces between solid electrodes and aqueous electrolytes. These reactions are of importance in for instance hydrolysers, where electron transfer between the electrode and a (de-)hydrated ion occurs during redox reactions. This multiscale...

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 mechanical precision measurements, and devise new ways to manipulate...

PhD Position on Optical Atomic Clocks **Faculty/Services**:Faculty of Science**Educational level**:Master**Function type**:PhD position**Closing date**:31 March 2025**Vacancy number**:13212- - Join us at the UvA!- **What are you going to do?** - You will work on two projects. You and the QDNL team will design and build a highly reliable optical lattice...

**PhD-student: Nonlinear metaphotonics for UV semiconductor metrology**: **Work Activities**: How do you design optical metasurfaces that efficiently radiate UV light by nonlinear frequency conversion? How do the geometry of meta-atoms and their arrangement in the metasurface translate into beam structuring, i.e., control over the amplitude, phase and...

**PhD: Fano4nano - Fano resonance enhanced scatterometry for wafer metrology**: **Work Activities**: We aim to develop a completely new class of metrology targets, based on novel nanophotonic scattering patterns taken from the optical metasurface community. Examples of such patterns are Fano-resonant metasurfaces that can provide responses in spectrum,...

**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...

**Your function**: We are looking for a motivated and interested PhD-student, with a degree in physics or chemistry and with experience in laser physics, spectroscopy, and/or optical technology, who wishes to work with us in the international and stimulating environment of the joint Quantum Metrology group at LaserLaB Amsterdam. This project aims to create...

Postdoc Position on Optical Atomic Clocks **Faculty/Services**:Faculty of Science**Educational level**:PhD**Function type**:Postdoc**Closing date**:31 March 2025**Vacancy number**:13211- - Join the UvA!- **What are you going to do?** - You will work on two projects. You and the QDNL team will design and build a highly reliable optical lattice clock, based...

**Faculteit/Dienst**:Faculteit der Natuurw., Wiskunde & Informatica**Opleidingsniveau**:Master**Functie type**:Promotieplaats**Sluitingsdatum**:20 October 2024**Vacaturenummer**:13423 - Nikhef is the national institute for subatomic physics in the Netherlands. At Nikhef, approximately 220 physicists and 80 technical staff work together in an open and...

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...

**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 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...

**Jouw functie**: Our theory group is a worldwide leader in studying the statistical physics of living systems, ranging from chromosomes to migrating cells and multicellular tissues. We aim to understand the emergent functional dynamics and organization of living systems in close collaboration with various experimental labs. We currently have an opening for...

**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...

**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,...