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Post-doctoral research position in Experimental Gas-surface Reactions, Swansea University, UK (Deadline: 19.10.2025)
The Post-Doctoral Researcher (either Research Assistant or Research Officer, dependent on experience) will work on the Future Leaders Fellowship project ‘Rotationally controlled reactions’, led by Dr Helen Chadwick in the Department of Chemistry, which aims to use...

Two postdoc positions in time-resolved Spectroscopy/Crystallography and data analysis of time-resolved Crystallographic data at MAX IV, Lund, Sweden (Deadline: 05.10.2025)
Two open positions at the MicroMAX beamline (https://www.maxiv.lu.se/beamlines-accelerators/beamlines/micromax/) at MAX IV Laboratory: (1) MAX IV has an open postdoc position for curious scientist interested in combining time-resolved spectroscopy with time-resolved...

Open position in Condensed Matter Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden (Deadline: 14.11.2025)
We have an open tenure track (assistant professor) position in in Condensed Matter Physics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. The position comes with an attractive start package within the WISE Fellows program, including PI salary, plus salary...

Open Postdoctoral Positions in Ultrafast Optical Spectroscopy, ELI Beamlines, Prague, Czech Republic (Deadline: 17.12.2025)
Ultrafast Optical Spectroscopy and Vibrational Spectroscopy of Molecules and Biomolecules 1) Postdoctoral PositionPositions are available for up to 3 years, with a possibility of tenure track. Requirements – in order of priority: Practical, hands-on experience with...

Instrument Scientist position in the FXE group at the EuXFEL, Schenefeld, Germany (Deadline: 14.10.2025)
I would like to bring your attention to an Instrument Scientist position in the Femtosecond X-ray Experiments group at the European XFEL. This position is for 3 years with a possible extension for an additional 2 years.The research focus at FXE is on measuring...

Fully funded 3-year PhD studentship in ultrafast photochemical dynamics, University College London, UK (Deadline: 07.10.2025)
Fully funded 3-year PhD studentship in ultrafast photochemical dynamics Start date: 1 February, 1 May or 1 October 2026 The overall aim of the project will be to develop a molecular level understanding of how non-covalent interactions between fluorescent chromophores...

Postdoctoral Position in Ultrafast Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (Deadline: 26.10.2025)
We are excited to announce a postdoctoral position in the field of theoretical ultrafast physics, available in the research group led by Dr. Zdeněk Mašín and Dr. Jakub Benda at the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Charles University in Prague. The work will be...

Postdoc position, operando Spectroscopy/Imaging, Pennsylvania State University, USA (Deadline: 30.11.2025)
We are looking for a talented postdoc who is capable of designing and conducting in-situ SFG experiments as well as theoretical calculations (in collaboration with computational groups). This position offers ample opportunities for collaboration with a large number of...

Head of Department of X-ray Sources and Applications, ELI, Czech Republic (Deadline: 30.11.2025)
The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC (ELI ERIC) is the world’s largest and most advanced high-power laser research infrastructure. As an international user facility dedicated to multi-disciplinary science, ELI provides access to world-class high-power,...

PhD position in Experimental Molecular Physics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (Deadline: 01.11.2025)
We investigate reactive collisions between state-selected atoms and molecules with exceptional precision and in unexplored energy regimes. We use a crossed molecular beam machine with a Zeeman decelerator, which enables precise control over the velocities and quantum...

Head of Department of Electron Acceleration and Applications, ELI, Czech Republic (Deadline: 15.11.2025)
The Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC (ELI ERIC) is the world’s largest and most advanced high-power laser research infrastructure. As an international user facility dedicated to multi-disciplinary science, ELI provides access to world-class high-power,...

Junior Group Leader (‘Maître assistant-e’) position in Applied Photonics and Frequency Comb Spectroscopy, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland (Deadline: 30.11.2025)
The postinion will be based within the Laboratoire Temps-Fréquence (LTF) in Professor Südmeyer´s team.The mission of the LTF is to explore and push the boundaries in the fields of time-frequency research, optical metrology, and ultrafast science and technology.

Postdoc position in Ultrafast Spectroscopy, University of Fribourg, Switzerland (Deadline: 30.11.2025)
We have an opening for a postdoc position in our group of Ultrafast Spectroscopy at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland (https://sites.google.com/view/group-monney). The topic of research will be the study of the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of quantum materials....

Post-doc position in Time-resolved ARPES on Quantum Materials, KTH, Stockhol, Sweden (Deadline: 10.10.2025)
We are seeking a Post doctoral researcher in the field of time-resolved ARPES on quantum materials. The position is part of our ERC advG project COPS and is hosted by the Quantum Materials group at KTH, Stockholm. The project will focus on time-resolved ARPES on...

Postdoc positions in Ultracold Molecules, Durham University, UK (Deadline: 06.10.2025)
We are currently seeking to appoint up to three postdoctoral researchers to work on quantum many-body physics with ultracold polar molecules at Durham University as part of a major new collaborative research grant. The research goals include: (1) encoding...

Scientist position for Ultrafast Pump-probe Lasers at FLASH, DESY Hamburg, Germany (Deadline: 07.10.2025)
This role will focus on the development and operation of next-generation ultrafast lasers for pump-probe experiments at the FLASH XUV and soft X-ray FEL facility.You will play a central role in the development, operation, and integration of advanced laser systems...

PhD positions in Optical Spectroscopy, TU Darmstadt, Germany (Deadline: 31.12.2025)
Several openings available for fully funded PhD positions in my Biophotonics group at TU Darmstadt. https://www.biophotonics.tu-darmstadt.de/ The PhD projects focus on innovative Raman-spectroscopic techniques for drug monitoring in biofluids, gas sensing, and...

Postdoc position in Spin and time resolved ARPES, Cergey Paris University, CEA LIDYL, Saclay, France (Deadline: 20.11.2025)
The DICO-PMS mixed group at Cergy Paris University and CEA LIDYL Saclay is looking for a postdoc candidate for a position funded for 2 years. The postdoc will work on a daily basis on the recently upgraded spin, time and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy...

Postdoctoral Research Associate – Physical Chemistry, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, USA (Deadline: 31.10.2025)
The Chemistry Division is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral research associate in the EPIP group. The successful candidate will use pulse radiolysis as a tool to study fundamental molecular energy conversion processes such as charge separation,...

Postdoctoral Research Associate – Reaction Kinetics of Energetic Specie, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, USA (Deadline: 31.10.2025)
The Chemistry Division is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate in the EPIP group. The successful candidate will use a combination of electron pulse radiolysis, gamma radiolysis, and/or laser flash photolysis to gain a fundamental mechanistic...

Post-Doc position in Metasurfaces for Attosecond Spectroscopy, TU Graz University, Austria (Deadline: 30.11.2025)
We are offering a two-year, ERC-funded postdoctoral position in attosecond science and extreme-ultraviolet-focused metasurfaces at the Graz University of Technology in Austria (https://www.attosecondmetaoptics.com). Our vision is to understand the first femtoseconds...

Postdoc position in THz Spectroscopy,, Heidelberg University, Germany (Deadline: 31.10.2025)
We are looking for an experienced and motivated new member of our team working on single-walled carbon nanotubes as one-dimensional semiconductors and optical probes. The goal of this project is to combine in- situ near-infrared fluorescence and THz-spectroscopy of...

Post-doctoral position in Development of ML/MM architectures for Enzymatic Reactivity, CPCV laboratory, Sorbonne University and CNRS, Paris, France (Deadline: 31.10.2025)
A two-year-funded post-doctoral position is available to work in the CPCV laboratory from Ecole Normale Superieure, Sorbonne University and CNRS. Context: The study of small chemical systems has been revolutionized in recent years by machine learned interatomic...

2 staff openings in the fields of Materials Science, Surface science, Light/Electron-Matter Interactions, Non-Linear Optics, Tribology, Advanced Research Center for NanoLithography, Amsterdam (Deadline: 31.10.2025)
ARCNL is looking for two group leaders with either experimental or modelling/theoretical focus. Candidates are encouraged to contact ARCNL Director or Departments contacts (below) for a discussion on potential research programs optimizing a connection with the present...

Over 30 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships, astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, high-energy physics, condensed matter physics, nano-materials, laser physics, plasma physics, FZU, Czechia (Application: 01.08-10.10.2025)
We are offering a postdoctoral fellowship programme that allows researchers to conduct their own bottom-up research project over two years in Czechia, within the facilities of the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences or ELI Beamlines, depending on...

PhD position in Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany (Deadline: 30.06.2025)
The Petersen Group (Nonlinear Infrared Spectroscopy Group) at the Ruhr University, Bochum is seeking a PhD student to perform heterodyned 2-dimensional sum-frequency generation (2D SFG) spectroscopy of various surfaces to probe interfacial water dynamics as a function...

PhD in theoretical High-harmonic Generation Spectroscopy, Sorbonne University, Paris, France (Deadline: 12.05.2025)
A PhD position is available at the Lab of Theoretical Chemistry of Sorbonne University (Paris), under the supervision of Eleonora Luppi. Here the title and a brief description of the project: Microscopic-Macroscopic connection in High-Harmonic Generation: applications...

2.5 Year Postdoc Position in Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Warwick, UK (Deadline: 28.05.2025)
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in ultrafast (non-linear) optics, with some experience in any of the following: high-power lasers, atto/femtosecond physics, non-linear parametric amplifiers, temporal/spatial pulse shaping, strong-field THz physics...

Two PhD Positions, Photoionization Processes and Chiral Recognition Dynamics, CELIA, Bordeaux, France (Deadline: 09.08.2025)
PhD Proposal 1: Exploring Chiral Recognition Dynamics This position is part of an international theoretical–experimental project focused on the dynamics of chiral recognition and will be carried out in collaboration with the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain). ...

PhD position in ultrafast imaging with X-ray lasers, Uppsala University, Sweden (Deadline: 16.05.2025)
The successful applicant has a strong background in biophysics, physics, biochemistry or a related area and is interested in novel imaging methods. An understanding of X-ray diffraction methods, optics, cryo-electron microscopy, vacuum and laser technology is...