Associate or Full Professor of High Magnetic Field and Intense Infrared/THz Science

HFML-FELIX builds on a strong background in advanced spectroscopy in high magnetic fields and with intense infrared/THz radiation and has now started to expand these activities towards the world-unique combination of both techniques.

As an Associate or Full Professor, you will set up a new research line at this novel interface of highest DC magnetic fields and intense infrared/THz radiation and exploit the exceptional opportunities for control and manipulation of matter. Possible areas of interest cover a broad spectrum including pulsed magnetic resonance techniques at the highest DC magnetic fields, control of quantum materials, ultra-fast dynamics of spins, charge and lattice, as well as out-of-equilibrium phenomena and THz spectroscopy. Within your field of expertise, you will also actively contribute to our institute's user programme and collaborate with researchers within HFML-FELIX and the national HFML-FELIX partnership, as well as with national and international user groups.

Researchers at HFML-FELIX use an array of experimental techniques in high magnetic fields, such as magneto-transport, magneto-optics, magnetisation and torque magnetometry, dilatometry, and infrared and ultrafast laser spectroscopy, to perform groundbreaking research on condensed matter systems and beyond. We will encourage you to develop new experimental techniques within your research line to further explore the unique possibilities of our facility, which will also strengthen our user programme.

Strong collaborations exist with experimental and theoretical groups within the Institute for Molecules and Materials, which covers a broad spectrum of research topics in biochemistry, organic chemistry, condensed matter and molecular physics. In your role, you will actively work on the acquisition of external funding and build a research group comprising postdoctoral research associates, PhD candidates and undergraduate project students and, possibly, technicians.

As an Associate or Full Professor, you will lead an independent research group with an internationally competitive research programme that aligns with and enhances the capabilities of HFML-FELIX, acquire research funding, possibly in collaboration with external academic and/or industrial partners, and supervise and guide PhD candidates and other scientific staff. Your teaching activities will be part of the Educational Institutes for Physics and Astronomy.

Two Postdoc Positions on Synthetic Cells

These positions are part of a European consortium Propel, which aims to revolutionise sustainable bio-manufacturing through the creation of the first integrated, cost-efficient and scalable pipeline for the production of protein-based materials and biocatalysts using synthetic cells.

A key objective is the bottom-up construction of synthetic cells that are capable of sustained protein production. This is a formidable challenge as we lack a blueprint that allows for a bottom-up engineering approach. At the same time, there is an experimental bottleneck: the number of ingredients (lipids, amino acids, cell-free gene expression machinery) prevents a trial-and-error approach where the complete experimental space can be explored such that a large number of experiments will include the correct solution to the problem.

You will develop a design-build-test-learn cycle, combining high throughput experiments and active learning to obtain synthetic cells with the desired properties. You will integrate liquid handling robots and high-speed microscopy with AI and machine learning to form stable liposomes from libraries of (novel) phospholipids that can robustly encapsulate cell-free gene expression systems. You will then expand this pipeline to optimise the yield and especially the robustness of the cell-free expression system. The result will be synthetic cells that can be used across the consortium to degrade plastic waste and transform waste products into valuable biomaterials.

Associate or Full Professor of High Magnetic Field and Intense Infrared/THz Science

HFML-FELIX builds on a strong background in advanced spectroscopy in high magnetic fields and with intense infrared/THz radiation and has now started to expand these activities towards the world-unique combination of both techniques.

As an Associate or Full Professor, you will set up a new research line at this novel interface of highest DC magnetic fields and intense infrared/THz radiation and exploit the exceptional opportunities for control and manipulation of matter. Possible areas of interest cover a broad spectrum including pulsed magnetic resonance techniques at the highest DC magnetic fields, control of quantum materials, ultra-fast dynamics of spins, charge and lattice, as well as out-of-equilibrium phenomena and THz spectroscopy. Within your field of expertise, you will also actively contribute to our institute's user programme and collaborate with researchers within HFML-FELIX and the national HFML-FELIX partnership, as well as with national and international user groups.

Researchers at HFML-FELIX use an array of experimental techniques in high magnetic fields, such as magneto-transport, magneto-optics, magnetisation and torque magnetometry, dilatometry, and infrared and ultrafast laser spectroscopy, to perform groundbreaking research on condensed matter systems and beyond. We will encourage you to develop new experimental techniques within your research line to further explore the unique possibilities of our facility, which will also strengthen our user programme.

Strong collaborations exist with experimental and theoretical groups within the Institute for Molecules and Materials, which covers a broad spectrum of research topics in biochemistry, organic chemistry, condensed matter and molecular physics. In your role, you will actively work on the acquisition of external funding and build a research group comprising postdoctoral research associates, PhD candidates and undergraduate project students and, possibly, technicians.

As an Associate or Full Professor, you will lead an independent research group with an internationally competitive research programme that aligns with and enhances the capabilities of HFML-FELIX, acquire research funding, possibly in collaboration with external academic and/or industrial partners, and supervise and guide PhD candidates and other scientific staff. Your teaching activities will be part of the Educational Institutes for Physics and Astronomy.

Associate or Full Professor of Science of High Magnetic Fields

HFML-FELIX builds on a strong background in advanced spectroscopy in high magnetic fields and with intense infrared/THz radiation.

As an Associate or Full Professor of Science of High Magnetic Fields, you will develop your research programme and complement the institute’s research lines on correlated electron systems, magnetism, topological matter, 2D materials, semiconductors and their nanostructures, nanomaterials, and soft condensed matter. In your research you will use the extreme conditions created by the high magnetic fields (above 20 Tesla) to study, control and manipulate molecules and/or materials.

Researchers at HFML-FELIX use an array of experimental techniques in high magnetic fields, such as magneto-transport, magneto-optics, magnetisation and torque magnetometry, dilatometry, and infrared and ultrafast laser spectroscopy, to perform groundbreaking research on condensed matter systems and beyond. We will encourage you to develop new experimental techniques within your research line to further explore the unique possibilities of our facility, which will also strengthen our user programme.

Strong collaborations exist with experimental and theoretical groups within the Institute for Molecules and Materials, which covers a broad spectrum of research topics in biochemistry, organic chemistry, condensed matter and molecular physics. In your role, you will actively work on the acquisition of external funding and build a research group comprising postdoctoral research associates, PhD and undergraduate project students and, possibly, technicians.

As an Associate or Full Professor, you will lead an independent research group with an internationally competitive research programme that aligns with and enhances the capabilities of HFML-FELIX, acquire research funding, possibly in collaboration with external academic and/or industrial partners, and supervise and guide PhD candidates and scientific staff. Your teaching activities will be part of the Educational Institutes for Physics and Astronomy.

Within your field of expertise, you will actively contribute to our institute's user programme and collaborate with researchers within HFML-FELIX, the national HFML-FELIX partnership, as well as with national and international user groups.

Two Postdoc Positions on Synthetic Cells

These positions are part of a European consortium Propel, which aims to revolutionise sustainable bio-manufacturing through the creation of the first integrated, cost-efficient and scalable pipeline for the production of protein-based materials and biocatalysts using synthetic cells.

A key objective is the bottom-up construction of synthetic cells that are capable of sustained protein production. This is a formidable challenge as we lack a blueprint that allows for a bottom-up engineering approach. At the same time, there is an experimental bottleneck: the number of ingredients (lipids, amino acids, cell-free gene expression machinery) prevents a trial-and-error approach where the complete experimental space can be explored such that a large number of experiments will include the correct solution to the problem.

You will develop a design-build-test-learn cycle, combining high throughput experiments and active learning to obtain synthetic cells with the desired properties. You will integrate liquid handling robots and high-speed microscopy with AI and machine learning to form stable liposomes from libraries of (novel) phospholipids that can robustly encapsulate cell-free gene expression systems. You will then expand this pipeline to optimise the yield and especially the robustness of the cell-free expression system. The result will be synthetic cells that can be used across the consortium to degrade plastic waste and transform waste products into valuable biomaterials.