Job opportunities at LION

If you are looking for a PhD position and you consider yourself to be an exceptionally good candidate, it is good to know that we have positions available continuously. Please send your resume to the researcher of your choice.

Below you will find a list of current job openings. The vacancies are organized by section. You can also follow a link to the research group and get informed about their projects, publications, experimental facilities etc.

• Theoretical Physics — jobs at Institute Lorentz website
• Condensed Matter Physics — vacancies listed below
• Quantum Optics — job offers at QO website
• Biophysics — follow Biophysics subgroups' pages
• Molecular physics — vacancies listed below

Also visit the Graduate School webpage of the Science Faculty:

• Graduate School of Science

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Condensed Matter

(exerpt from http://www.physics.leidenuniv.nl/sections/cm/vacancies.asp)

Live observation of film growth with in-situ STM We have developed a unique vacuum STM that enables the observation of (polycrystalline) film growth in-situ and in real-time during the deposition. Using this microscope, the aim is to unravel the underlying atomic processes that play a role in the morphology evolution both during film growth and after the deposition. Keywords: STM, film & crystal growth, polycrystalline films, intrinsic stress, ... More info

In-situ, video-rate STM during electrochemical deposition Electrodeposition is a low-cost electrochemical process, in which a conducting surface is plated to serve as an electrode. The aim of the project is to study the growth of coatings on an atomic scale during the plating process in order to unravel the underlying, dominating atomic processes. As a technique we will use in-situ, real-time, video-rate STM. Keywords: video-rate STM, plating, electrodeposition, film & crystal growth, nucleation, ... More info

Triplet superconductivity and graphene (2 pos.) We are starting a new project to investigate properties of single layer and bilayer graphene. Two focus points will be to fabricate graphene samples on different substrates than SiO2 and investigate the local electronic properties of graphene at low temperatures and in (high) magnetic fields by AFM / STM. Keywords: graphene, superconductivity, ... More info

Ph.D. position in molecular transport Molecular transport builds on an exciting combination of organic chemistry and nanophysics. Its basic goal is to obtain a good understanding of electron transport through single molecules. The field offers the perspective of making devices that take full advantage of the latest developments in organic chemistry. For example, ingenious switchable molecules have recently been created. Keywords: electron transport, switchable molecules, ... More info

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Molecular Physics

(exerpt from http://www.molphys.leidenuniv.nl/monos/index.html?vacancies.htm)

Life and the Chemistry of Oxygen: a multi-frequency EPR and paramagnetic NMR study of a multi-copper oxidase. This project addresses the question of how oxygen is activated by the living cell. To overcome the high activation barrier, the cell employs enzymes. An important class of these enzymes consists of the so-called multi-metal enzymes, which catalyze the conversion of oxygen to water. In this project we focus on the multi-copper enzymes in which the oxygen is captured by a tri-nuclear Cu site and subsequently reduced by four electrons to produce water. The details of this reaction are unclear. A better understanding of what happens during the oxygen conversion is not only relevant for a better understanding of the (bio)chemistry of oxygen. It is also important from a technical point of view, for example for applications were oxygen plays a critical role like the design of fuel cells. Keywords: ... More info