Career Opportunities
Kick-start your career in interdisciplinary nanoscience and nanotechnology
A key success factor for NanoLund is our wide sharing of equipment that allows everyone – from doctoral students to new faculty – to access an incredibly wide range of capabilities within characterization, fabrication, and modelling, from the day they start working with us. NanoLund always welcomes applications from outstanding candidates for master’s projects, doctoral studies, or postdoctoral work.
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We offer:
- a creative, world-class interdisciplinary research environment for fundamental and applied nanoscience
- state-of-the-art infrastructure for the fabrication and characterization of nanostructures
- a strong international nanoscience network
- a highly regarded scientific education
- internships in nanotechnology industry
- intellectual property training
- family-friendly living conditions and a high degree of social security
- a competitive salary and full employment contracts for doctoral students and postdocs
Current vacancies in NanoLund research groups
All positions are regularly posted in the Lund University recruitment system. Vacancy announcements within NanoLund are listed below. To apply for a position, click the Login and Apply button in the vacancy announcement, and you will be guided to the recruitment system.
Doctoral student in Physics within the discipline of experimental nanothermodynamics
The purpose of the PhD project is to study the effects of heat fluctuations on thermoelectric transport in nanoscale heat engines. In addition, the position may include development of various other device architectures for nanoscale energy harvesting applications.
As a PhD student in this position, you will get hands-on experience in quantum device fabrication within the Lund Nano Lab, perform time-resolved, low-temperature measurements and develop an understanding of the underlying physics of the devices’ operation. You will work as an important member of the research team and in collaboration with other research groups within NanoLund. The work provides a good mix of fundamental physics concepts and a technology-oriented mindset for building new devices.
Application deadline: 13 August 2024
Read the complete vacancy description and apply online at this link
Doctoral student in Electrical Engineering focusing on wide bandgap semiconductor devices for power electronics
The topic of this project is to realize vertical semiconductor power electronics devices based on novel ultra wide bandgap materials such as AlGaN and Ga2O3. Such devices can reach substantially better performance as compared to traditional power electronic devices based on Si and SiC.
You will fabricate and analyze novel devices based on these materials (transistors and diodes) and perform electrical characterization together with material scientists. The aim is to demonstrate high performance devices operating at high breakdown voltages (>1200V) with state-of-the-art values of the device resistances.
Supervisor for the PhD position will be Erik Lind Professor at Electrical and Information Technology
Application deadline: 05 August 2024
Complete vacancy description online application
Doctoral student in Aerosol Technology with Focus on Non Exhaust Transport Emissions from Sustainable Transport Systems
The PhD student will work in interdisciplinary collaborations with a shared aim to improve the scientific basis for risk assessments and policy of non-exhaust transport emissions. You will collaborate with internationally leading groups in both technology development / Tribology and Occupational & Environmental Medicine / Toxicology. Your research will include experimental investigations, data analysis and data parameterization. It is expected that you put your own research in a societal perspective and have a strong engagement for sustainability. As PhD student, you will communicate your results broadly through international scientific publications and conferences, to stakeholders, and in popular science.
Application deadline: 12 August 2024
Complete vacancy description and online application
PhD positions in Sentio Competence center
The goal of Sentio is to develop integrated sensor technology to optimize production processes and product performance, thus, improving sustainability, reducing the use of resources, and increasing competitiveness across industrial sectors of Sweden. Now Sentio is recruiting seven doctoral students that will begin together after summer. Workplace for all positions is Lund University.
Doctoral student in Mechanical Engineering Sciences – Sentio Competence Center with a focus on Sustainability Analysis and Modelling of Machining Operations
Supervisor: Christina Windmark, Associate senior lecturer, Production and Materials Engineering
Application deadline: 11 August 2024.
Read the full vacancy description (also in Swedish) and apply online through this link.
Doctoral student in Mechanical Engineering Sciences - Sentio Competence Center focusing on sensors technology in heat exchangers
Supervisor: Filip Lenrick, Senior lecturer, Production and Materials Engineering
Application deadline: 11 August 2024.
Read the full vacancy description (also in Swedish) and apply online through this link.
Doctoral student in Physics within the discipline of development of nano- and micro- sensors for harsh environments (within the Sentio Competence Center)
Supervisor: Ivan Maximov, associate professor Solid State Physics.
Application deadline: 19 August 2024.
Read the full vacancy description (also in Swedish) and apply online through this link.
One or more doctoral student(s) in Electrical Engineering focusing on RF-devices and neuromorphic structures
The studies will focus on experimental processing of transistors on a III-V platform at highly scaled geometries. Both manufacturing in Lund's Nano Lab(nano.lu.se) and electrical characterization of materials and devices will be included. The development of new concepts for transistor calculations. The studies will take place within the framework of a European collaboration project.
The research will primarily involve:
- Fabrication and characterization of vertical III-V transistors in cleanroom environment (Lund Nano Lab).
- Electrical characterization of fabricated devices.
- Modelling and simulation of device and component characteristics, as well as interaction with circuit designers.
Supervisor: Lars-Erik Wernersson, Professor, Electrical and Information Technology
Application deadline: 05 August 2024
Read the complete vacancy description and apply online at this link
Doctoral student in Physics within the discipline of the development of next-generation ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor materials
The subject of this PhD project is to develop novel ultra-wide bandgap semiconductor technology such as AlN and related alloys for green power electronics. This includes growth by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) and advanced characterization of materials and device structures using synchrotron-based techniques at MAX IV and other synchrotrons.
The PhD position is part of the strategic initiative COMPEL, funded by the Swedish government, aimed at strengthening research and educational environments within battery technology and electrification. COMPEL stands for "COMPetence for the ELectrification of the transport system".
Supervisor for the PhD position will be Vanya Darakchieva, Professor, Solid State Physics.
and Rainer Timm, Senior lecturer, Synchrotron Radiation Research
Application deadline: 15 August 2024
Read the complete vacancy description and apply online at this link
Postdoctoral position in biomolecule detection using nanowires in biological samples
The focus of the project is to develop and improve immunofluorescence-based detection methods of biomolecules on nanostructured surfaces, including from realistic biological samples, such as biological fluids and living cells.
For instance, a possible focus will be to adapt the method of nanowire-assisted biomolecule detection to molecules of clinical or pharmaceutical importance, such as cell-surface markers, intracellular proteins and mRNA, or tumorigenic genetic lesions. One of the project aims is to achieve the ability to detect multiple types of biomarkers on the same platform, for example by using microfluidic techniques.
Methods may include bioanalytical and biochemical methods, fluorescence microscopy, TIRF, microfluidics, surface modification, nanofabrication, and image analysis.
The position will be placed in the research group of Christelle Prinz, Professor, Solid State Physics.
https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/christelle-prinz
Application deadline: 15 August 2024
Read the complete vacancy description and apply online at this link
Doctoral student in Physics within the discipline of development of biosensors based on nanostructured surfaces
The focus of the project is to develop and improve immunofluorescence-based detection methods for biomolecules on nanostructured surfaces, based on fundamental biophysical understanding.
Sub-projects are:
- Optimize a fluorescence-based method for the detection of model molecules using vertical nanowires so that the optical signal is maximally amplified to enable very low detection limit;
- Adapt the method for other molecules of clinical or pharmaceutical importance, which may be cell surface markers, tumorigenic genetic lesions, and carriers of nucleotide-based drugs.
- Improvement and development of microfluidic methods to minimize losses of analytes and/or to allow simultaneous analysis of several different biomarkers (multiplexing).
Methods may include bioanalytical and biochemical methods, fluorescence microscopy, TIRF, microfluidics, surface modification, nanofabrication, and image analysis.
Supervisors:
Heiner Linke, Professor of Solid State Physics, Lund University
Fredrik Höök, Professor of Nano- and Biophysics, Chalmers University of Technology
Application deadline: 21 August 2024
Read the complete vacancy description and apply online at this link
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