Jožef Stefan Institute, Advanced Materials Department

Offers

PhD Studentship for research on nanostructured thin films

The Jožef Stefan Institute is the leading Slovenian scientific institute, with an international reputation for its research on nanosciences and nanotechnologies. The Institute offers excellent research facilities and access to the latest research techniques.

The research of the PhD students will focus on the engineering of various materials for electronic applications and will include:
- the synthesis of materials by pulsed laser deposition (piezoelectrics, oxides on silicon)
- the determination of the functional properties of materials and the relations with their structure and chemical composition.

Requirements
- background in chemistry, physics or a related field,
- a very good master-level degree or a completed science master's degree,
- a very good knowledge of English language, both spoken and written,
- no more than 5 years have passed after the candidate`s graduation.

Applicants from all countries are invited to submit their applications.
The PhD programme will start in autumn 2014 and will last up to 3 and a half years.
The salary is according to Slovenian Research Agency regulations and corresponds well with the average Slovenian salary.

Applications should be submitted according to Public Call for candidates for early stage researchers with selected mentors in 2014 (http://www.ijs.si/ijsw/Young%20researchers%2C%20fellowships). The research area outlined above relates to number 7 in the Public Call (Materials science and technology) and will be supervised by Prof. Dr. Danilo Suvorov.

For additional information please contact:
Dr. Matjaz Spreitzer, Advanced Materials Department, Jožef Stefan Institute, Jamova 39, 1001 Ljubljana
matjaz.spreitzer@ijs.si, Tel.: 00386 1 477 3705.

In addition, each applicant should send to Prof. Dr. Danilo Suvorov (danilo.suvorov@ijs.si):
- A covering letter describing the applicant’s research motivation,
- A CV,
- TOEFL and GRE General Test scores are welcome (Institutional Code 4245). Applicants, who will submit results of the tests will have precedence over other candidates.