Research associate Jobs in Stolpen

With cutting-edge research in the fields of ENERGY, HEALTH and MATTER, around 1,500 employees from more than 70 nations at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) are committed to mastering the great challenges facing society today.

The Institute for Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research is dedicated to the study of materials and their nanostructures that can be considered for future applications in information technology and are based on electrical, magnetic or optical functionalities. The Institute of Radiation Physics conducts research for states of matter under extreme conditions and in very small dimensions.

In recent years, the technique of ultrafast electron diffraction (UED) has emerged as a powerful experimental tool in the studies of ultrafast phase transitions, new exotic phases of matters, and active control of non-equilibrium properties on a femtosecond timescale. Utilizing a unique UED instrument operating at MeV energies combined with the coherent narrowband THz sources of ELBE would open up a new class of experiments that will be critical to the development and control of new materials that utilize correlated and quantum phases of matter to their full potential.

To achieve this, the Institute of Radiation Physics and the Institute of Ion Beam and Materials Research have coordinated to offer a PhD project to design a novel UED instrument at HZDR, for which we are looking for a PhD Student (f / m / d).

Your tasks

• Work at a world-class international user facility on the development of methods and instrumentation for MeV-UED that will push beyond established capabilities
• Adapt existing x-ray diffraction codes for the analysis of electron diffraction images
• Perform simulations of the interaction of electrons in matter and develop detection schemes based on the outcomes
• Assist in the design and construction of a novel experimental station for MeV-UED
• Bolster and extend collaborative work with other facilities operating in the field of electron diffraction

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