Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Quantitative Plant Sciences
Summary of PhD Program:
You have a deep interest in how plants optimize nutrient acquisition and acclimate to different soil conditions. You are curious about root functioning and preferably have some experience within plant root research, for example during your master thesis work. You enjoy designing, conducting, and analysing experiments. You enjoy math and quantitative approaches in science and have some affinity with modelling and or computer programming.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Cryogenic CMOS for Quantum Computing
Summary of PhD Program:
Would you like to contribute to the future fast and energy efficient computing systems and develop skills to enhance your competitiveness in the field of nano-technology? The Institute of Semiconductor Nanoelectronics (PGI 9) at Forschungszentrum Jülich is the right place for you! We focus on application oriented basic research in novel materials and innovative device concepts for both quantum and neuromorphic computing. PGI 9 has broad experience and competence in growth of semiconductor nanowires and quantum dots, epitaxy and analysis of group IV, III/V,III-nitrides and topological insulator nanostructures and their implementation in electronic and optical devices, fabrication of hybrid-nanostructures containing semiconductor / dielectric (ferroelectric) / superconductor / metal materials.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Correlative Optical, X-Ray and Electron Tomography
Summary of PhD Program:
Understanding how neurons and entire brain regions are interconnected requires covering length scales from molecular (nanometers) to the cellular range (micrometers), up to the entire brain. In the research project state-of-the-art optical, serial electron microscopy and synchrotron X-ray methods will be combined to meet this multiscale challenge. The project will involve all aspects of the techniques including sample preparation, experimental development and the handling and analysis of massive data sets. The research project will combine 3D-polarized light microscopy (3D-PLI), serial scanning electron microscopy (sSEM) and synchrotron scanning microbeam X-ray diffraction (sµXRD) combining expertise from the institutes INM-1 and JCNS-1 at Forschungszentrum Jülich.
Application Deadline: 7.8.2023
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Physics and Neural Network-Based Combinatorial Optimization
Summary of PhD Program:
There is a current opening for a doctoral project that would work at the intersection of statistical physics, neural network hardware in neuromorphic systems, and computer science. The project area is to tackle a large class of important computational problems that still challenge science and technology: NP hard problems in combinatorial optimization, which includes scheduling, routing, and many resource allocation problems. The approach will be to combine insights from statistical physics in understanding hardness of such problems and the dynamics of solvers, with biologically-inspired computational hardware approaches to build more energy-efficient physical systems.
Application Deadline: 7.8.2023
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Local Self-Supervision for Closed-Loop Visual Reasoning
Summary of PhD Program:
The institutes PGI-15 and INM-6 have a common aim to understand brain function from a computa-tional point of view, and use this knowledge to create new technologies. Despite the success of recent AI models, the brain is still unparalleled in its ability to adapt to complex environments, and does so in a highly energy-efficient manner. This project aims to combine local learning and neuro-morphic computing to achieve energy efficient networks that can reason in complex environments. You will work on layer-local self-supervised learning rules in context-modulated network architec-tures. We will test these learning rules in a brain-inspired multitask setting, where a single network should learn to solve large numbers of tasks in a context-dependent manner. We will then embed the networks in a closed-loop visual reasoning architecture. The resulting system will be imple-mented on neuromorphic hardware, such as memristive crossbar arrays and/or Intel Loihi.
Application Deadline: 7.8.2023
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Lattice Damage by Hydrogen at Sub-Threshold Ion Energies
Summary of PhD Program:
Hydrogen (H), the most prospective carbon-neutral energy carrier, is a ubiquitous impurity in crystalline solids exhibiting many unique properties upon interactions with lattice atoms and/or crystal defects. One such unique property is the unexpected formation of lattice damage and in turn H-supersaturated surface layers (HSSL) in metals exposed to H plasma/ion irradiation with sub-threshold ion energies. Sophisticated experimental design and advanced techniques are available to ‘see’ H retained at defect microstructures in the nanometer-thick HSSL and to further explore its formation mechanism, microstructure evolution process, including but not limited to transmission electron microscopy (TEM), nuclear reaction analysis (NRA) and atom probe tomography (APT). The project will be jointly supervised by experts from the Institute of Energy & Climate Research (IEK-4: Plasma Physics) and the Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons (ER-C-2: Materials Science and Technology).
Application Deadline: 7.8.2023
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in DNP NMR Based Surface Profiling of Functional Nanomaterials
Summary of PhD Program:
Surfaces are crucial for the functional properties of a wide variety of materials. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is often the best and sometimes the only suitable method to provide structural information about disordered surfaces and surface functionalization. To approach the sensitivity and selectivity limitations of standard NMR, an electrochemistry and a structural biology institute join forces in order to develop and apply surface-selective dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) NMR techniques, targeting amyloid fibrils and battery interfaces.
Application Deadline: 7.8.2023
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Corrosion Resistant Coatings for PEM Electrolysis
Summary of PhD Program:
The main objective of the project is the development of affordable, long-term stable corrosion resistant coatings especially for the anode side of the PEM electrolysis. To achieve this an in-depth characterization of the deposited coatings and the formed oxide scales will be performed. A combinatoric approach will allow a fast optimization. The project will be jointly supervised by experts form the institute of Energy and Climate Research (IEK-1: Materials Synthesis and Processing) and the Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons (ER-C-2: Materials Science and Technology).
Application Deadline: 7.8.2023
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in An Organoid Co-Culture System as a Model for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Summary of PhD Program:
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is driven by diffuse astroglial and neuronal injury followed by secondary injury cascades of cellular toxicity, inflammation, and aggregation of toxic proteins. However, the complex interplay of glial cells remains to be elucidated in both trauma and regeneration. Our current mechanistic understanding of TBI in in vitro models has been primarily derived from two-dimensional models. Nevertheless, the in vivo situation is much more complex and warrants 3D impact platforms, addressing the spatiotemporal details of cellular injury strains on human interconnected neuronal-astroglial networks. Using 3D brain organoids incorporating microglia (INM-3) combined with fast forming, simplified neural co-culture systems (IBI-2), the doctoral researcher will use both systems to apply defined strain and compression signals simulating TBI.
Application Deadline: 7.8.2023
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in CMOS Energy Harvesting for Big Data Applications
Summary of PhD Program:
The generation of excess heat is a major bottleneck of semiconductor-based electronics, ranging from small scale wearable applications up to large supercomputers. In turn, by developing suitable on-chip and CMOS compatible thermoelectric technologies, not only internet-of-things applications like wearables could be operated by the body temperature alone, but also a significant contribution to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions caused by computing could be made by energy reutilization at operating temperatures below 100°C. The objective is to enable SiGeSn as a novel Si-compatible thermoelectric material able to operate at room or body temperature.
Application Deadline: 7.8.2023
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Novel Glutamate Sensors for Neuroscience and Biotechnology
Summary of PhD Program:
Glutamate is the main excitatory neurotransmitter in our brain, and impaired glutamate homeostasis causes various neurological diseases. In bacteria, glutamate is the major amino group donor and crucial for the industrial production of chemicals in white biotechnology. To understand glutamate homeostasis in these two system, a neuroscience and a biotechnology institute have teamed up to generate novel fluorescent sensors that permit the quantification of intracellular glutamate concentrations in living cells in real time.
Application Deadline: 7.8.2023
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Chloride homeostasis in neuronal and glial cells
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD project focuses on the chloride homeostasis in neurons and glia and their changes under conditions with insufficient energy supply. We are interested in understanding how cells in the central nervous system control volume, ion gradients and transport functions under conditions with reduced energy supply, for example during vascular events. Available methods range from neuronal and glial cell culture and cellular electrophysiology to fluorescence microscopy and fluorescence lifetime imaging in acute and cultured slice preparations.
Application Deadline: 12.7.2023
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Molecular-Beam Epitaxy of Topological Insulators / Superconductor Structures
Summary of PhD Program:
Topological insulators (TIs) in combination with superconductors (SCs) have a great potential for the realization of next-generation quantum bits [1,2]. These quantum bits rely on the manipulation of so-called Majorana excitations, and they are deemed to outperform existing qubits in terms of fault-tolerant computation.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Investigation of biomass fractionation techniques for cellulose fiber production from non-wood biomass
Summary of PhD Program:
We look for excellent candidates who are interested in experimental work in the context of integrated biorefinery systems for biomass fractionation Your primary tasks will be:
- Chemical and structural analysis of different non-wood biomass types
- Experimental investigation of organosolv based biomass fractionation techniques
- Development of suitable process concepts for the developed fractionation techniques
- Production and evaluation of non-wood biomass derived cellulose fibers
- Application studies for cellulose fiber material
Application Deadline: 31.7.2023
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Design of proton conducting cells with co-ionic solid electrolyte for CO2 valorization
Summary of PhD Program:
As a major contributor to the global CO2 emissions, the commodity chemical industry should be urgently coupled with renewable electricity to become independent from fossil fuel resources. In the frame of a European project the electro-conversion of CO2 and H2O will be investigated as an approach for “green” chemicals production. To achieve the scientific and technical targets, the project will focus on planar and tubular short-stacks/modules based on proton/oxygen conducting ceramics that combine the anodic steam electrolysis for hydrogen production with the cathodic CO2 hydrogenation over tailored and nano-engineered electrodes. The main focus of the offered position will be on advanced materials development and engineering for co-ionic components including among the others various ceramic-ceramic composites, as well as cell processing for proof-of-concept short stacks/modules.
Application Deadline: 23.7.2023
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Simulation of co-ionically conductive solid electrolytes
Summary of PhD Program:
As a major contributor to the global CO2 emissions, the commodity chemical industry should be urgently coupled with renewable electricity to become independent from fossil fuel resources. In the frame of a European project the electro-conversion of CO2 and H2O will be investigated as an approach for “green” chemicals production. To achieve the scientific and technical targets, the project will focus on planar and tubular short-stacks/modules based on proton/oxygen conducting ceramics that combine the anodic steam electrolysis for hydrogen production with the cathodic CO2 hydrogenation over tailored and nano-engineered electrodes. The main focus of the offered position will be on the simulation and design of novel co-ionic materials for CO2/H2O electro-conversion. This work will be carried out in international and multidisciplinary environment as the project topic requires an essential interaction within a large consortium.
Application Deadline: 23.7.2023
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Lattice Quantum Field Theory
Summary of PhD Program:
The Jülich Supercomputing Centre (JSC) operates one of the most powerful supercomputing infrastructures in Europe, making it available to researchers at Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ), in Germany, and throughout Europe. Within the division “HPC for Quantum Systems”, the “Simulation and Data Laboratory (SDL) Numerical Quantum Field Theory” aims to understand the properties of strongly interacting/correlated matter, with scientific objectives range from the study of nucleon properties to strongly correlated electronic systems, such as carbon nanostructures. To study these systems, the SDL develops algorithms and implementations for various high-performance computing (HPC) systems. The advertised position is embedded in the “NRW-FAIR” consortium, with collaborating Universities in Bochum, Bonn, Münster, and Wuppertal, as well as the GSI/FAIR.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in Prospective Ecological Assessment of Energy and CO2 Reduction Technologies
Summary of PhD Program:
Would you like to actively participate in socio-economic research on the transformation of the energy system and enjoy being in an exciting and dynamic work environment? Then we look forward to your support! The Institute of Energy and Climate Research – Systems Analysis and Technology Evaluation (IEK-STE) researches the long-term characteristics of socio-technical energy systems in the context of transformation and innovation. In an interdisciplinary team, approaches are developed to investigate socio-economic aspects of technological development and their interactions with the environment, economy, and society. In addition to contributing to science, research outcomes help to advise industry, policy makers and society.
Application Deadline: 30.7.2023
19. Fully Funded PhD Position in High-performance Simulation and Optimization of Energy Systems
Summary of PhD Program:
In response to the urgent demands arising from climate change in an ever-growing global economy, as well as the goal of reducing dependence on imported energy sources and raw materials, the European energy system is facing a paradigm shift: away from a system based on the import of fossil fuels and relying on centralized utilities operated by large power plants, towards a dynamic, supply- and demand-driven approach, often organized in local energy communities where renewable energy is the main source. To maintain an efficient, sustainable, and stable energy supply, the integration of different infrastructures such as the electricity, gas and heat sectors and the fluctuating availability of energy pose complex challenges for both the European energy system and local energy systems.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in Optimal control theory for full-stack superconducting quantum processor
Summary of PhD Program:
The Peter Grünberg Institute for Quantum Control (PGI-8) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich specializes in novel optimization strategies for emerging quantum technologies. These emerging technologies aim to provide transformative changes to our society, including how we think about information, and unlocking vast calculations for the natural sciences, logistical problem solving, and high-performance computation. Our group has pioneered the application of quantum optimal control methods to quantum computation and many-body quantum systems. This includes the development of physical models and model reduction techniques as well as algorithmic advances of in-situ optimization and machine learning to tackle the complex processes inherent to scalable quantum devices.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
21. Fully Funded PhD Position in Cryo-EM of membrane remodeling proteins
Summary of PhD Program:
For the Ernst Ruska-Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons under the direction of Prof. Sachse, you will be working on cryo-EM studies of membrane remodelling proteins in the field of Structural Biology at our institute. The Sachse lab recently determined a series of cryo-EM structures of bacterial as well as eukaryotic members of the endosomal sorting complexes required for transport (ESCRT) protein family. In order to gain a deep structural understanding, we biochemically purify and reconstitute ESCRT protein complexes in lipid environments and visualize them by cryo-EM methods. You will be working in a network of membrane biological research and latest cryo-EM infrastructure.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
22. Fully Funded PhD Position in From controlling quantum processors to variational quantum algorithms
Summary of PhD Program:
The Peter Grünberg Institute for Quantum Control (PGI-8) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich specializes in novel optimization strategies for emerging quantum technologies. These emerging technologies aim to provide transformative changes to our society, including how we think about information, and unlocking vast calculations for the natural sciences, logistical problem solving, and high-performance computation. Our group has pioneered the application of quantum optimal control methods to quantum computation and many-body quantum systems. This includes the development of physical models and model reduction techniques as well as algorithmic advances of in-situ optimization and machine learning to tackle the complex processes inherent to scalable quantum devices.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
23. Fully Funded PhD Position in Development and Characterization of Tailormade Materials for Orbital Cinematography
Summary of PhD Program:
Several open positions are available at Peter Grünberg Institute – Quantum Nanoscience (PGI-3). The positions are funded by the European Union through the ERC Synergy Grant “Photoemission Orbital Cinematography: An Ultrafast Wavefunction Lab”. Directly watching in slow-motion videos how electrons move in quantum mechanical orbitals and how this motion shapes the functionalities of condensed matter has been a dream shared by all natural and life sciences. Based on synergies between photoemission orbital tomography, ultrafast photoelectron spectroscopy, lightwave electronics and advanced theory, the project “Orbital Cinema” https://orbital-cinema.eu/ will turn this dream into reality, by creating a cinematography at unprecedented time scales, faster than a single oscillation period of light.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
24. Fully Funded PhD Position in Assessment of an innovative process chain for green hydrogen and methanol provision
Summary of PhD Program:
The use of green hydrogen in certain industry sectors (e.g., chemical industry or in steelmaking) is without an alternative to reach greenhouse gas neutrality. Besides of the availability of huge amounts of renewable energy the presence of water has an essential impact on the ‘green hydrogen’ potential especially in dry regions like western Africa. The transformation from hydrogen to methanol can be advantageous because of its better storage and transportation characteristics under ambient conditions. In the realm of this PhD position the techno-economic potential of an innovative process route for green hydrogen and methanol provision is going to be assessed. The process route is innovative as the needed water is adsorbed from the ambient air and this way important local ground water resources can be saved.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
25. Fully Funded PhD Position in Pre-Silicon Verification Environment for Neuromorphic Computing Hardware Demonstrators
Summary of PhD Program:
Our team is working on integrated circuits (ICs) which combine analog and digital components from modern CMOS technologies. One research focus within the NEUROTEC II research project is the development of ICs for novel computing devices using memristive elements to advance into the Beyond Moore computing regime. For that, we research on the co-integration of memristors onto commercial CMOS processes, creating a memristive computing system with heterogeneous neuromorphic accelerators on a single die. The focus of this doctoral work will be to develop and establish a pre-silicon verification environment using the universal verification methodology (UVM) for the heterogeneous architecture of a neuromorphic accelerator.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
26. Fully Funded PhD Position in Electronic system design and modeling for qubit initialization and readout in a scalable quantum architecture
Summary of PhD Program:
To make the vision of a universal quantum computer reality, we are working on scalable electronic architectures based on semiconductor spin quantum bits (qubits). For ultimately scaling up the number of qubits into the millions, it is crucial to move parts of the control electronics closer to the qubits. To achieve this, we design and implement integrated cryogenic circuits for qubit control and readout in state-of-the-art CMOS technologies. Since the qubits are extremely sensitive to disturbances and operate in temperatures down to a few hundred millikelvins, the requirements on power consumption, noise and area are severe. For this reason, it is necessary to develop new and groundbreaking architectures and circuit topologies. Modeling electronics and their interfaces to qubits in this challenging environment is an essential part of this.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
27. Fully Funded PhD Position in Electronic system design and modeling for scalable long-range qubit coupling architecture
Summary of PhD Program:
To make the vision of a universal quantum computer reality, we are working on scalable electronic architectures based on semiconductor spin quantum bits (qubits). For ultimately scaling up the number of qubits into the millions, it is crucial to move parts of the control electronics closer to the qubits. To achieve this, we design and implement integrated cryogenic circuits for qubit control and readout in state-of-the-art CMOS technologies. Since the qubits are extremely sensitive to disturbances and operate in temperatures down to a few hundred millikelvins, the requirements on power consumption, noise and area are severe. For this reason, it is necessary to develop new and groundbreaking architectures and circuit topologies. Modeling electronics and their interfaces to qubits in this challenging environment is an essential part of this.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
28. Fully Funded PhD Position in Robust Energy Supply
Summary of PhD Program:
Current political events highlight the vital importance of a robust and affordable energy supply. This thesis will primarily address questions pertaining to the security of supply of the existing and future sector-coupled German energy system within both a European and global context. In the course of this research, you will investigate which disruptive events and crises could endanger the security of supply and what an effective strategy for a robust energy supply could look like.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
29. Fully Funded PhD Position in Investigation of flow of blood in 3D channels that mimic the brain vasculature (Biophysics)
Summary of PhD Program:
In the proposed project we exploit the new opportunities of 3D microfluidics achieved by selective laser-induced etching to address three long standing questions on the dynamics of blood flow which are normally literary hidden and now have become accessible:
1) How does the blood start to flow following cardiac arrest?
2) What is the effect of anomalies in the microvascular structure, such as aneurysms, on blood flow?
3) How do high concentrations of amyloids in proteinopathic diseases such as Alzheimer affect RBCs?
