Dear colleagues,

we would like to inform you that the recently established Cluster of Excellence ‘The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI)’ which is funded by the German Federal Government and involves the University of Hamburg and its partners, the MPG, DESY, XFEL, and EMBL, invites applications for both Ph.D. and Postdoc Positions in the following core areas

A. Imaging and Control of Quantum Systems
B. Atomically Resolved Structural Dynamics
C. Dynamics of Order Formation on the Nanoscale

CUI combines research projects in physics, chemistry, and biology at the forefront of international research and offers a rich and comprehensive course programme.

We invite highly qualified and motivated candidates to apply. PhD applicants should hold a Master of Science in Physics, Chemistry, or Biology depending on the project. The university intends to increase the number of women amongst its academic personnel and expressly encourages qualified women to apply. In compliance with the Hamburg Equal Opportunity Law, preference will be given to qualified female applicants.

Preference will be given to disabled applicants with equal qualifications.

The deadline for the submission of the application is August 31, 2013.

For detailed information on the application procedure we refer to the web-page of the graduate school of CUI: http://www.cui.uni-hamburg.de/en/graduiertenschule/.


Antonio Negretti and Peter Schmelcher,
on behalf of the Excellence Cluster of CUI.