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Imaging ultrafast solvation in electrochemical systems Understanding how atoms and electrons move on ultrafast timescales is central to both the biosphere and modern technology — from photosynthesis to batteries, catalysts, and computing materials. Ultrafast laser...

We're looking for a Post-Doctoral Researcher for a 24-month position in Lyon, France, with a possible extension to 36 months. Funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant, this role is an opportunity to lead a significant research project and participate in the launch of a new...

The research project “Laser Technologies for Manipulation and Study of Matter at Micro- and Nanoscale”, led by Prof. J. Rodrigo and Prof. T. Alieva at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), Spain, offers a fully funded 4-year FPI PhD fellowship. The project combines...

To heat our houses and offices with a lower carbon footprint, efficient and low-cost heat storage solutions such as organic phase change materials (PCM) hold great promise. To design efficient and low-cost PCM composites the RecyWax+ project combines multi-physics...

The Chemical Reaction Dynamics and Femtochemistry group (dinalaser.com) at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) offers the opportunity to perform an experimental PhD thesis with a FPI contract. We are looking for a university student who has recently finished...

UCL Chemistry Department is offering two fully funded 4-year studentships to highly motivated candidates to start in September 2026. The student will carry out his/her doctoral research at UCL. Organic molecules with unpaired electrons have recently shown huge promise...

I would like to bring to your attention a post-doctoral position that is available in my group at Durham University (UK) to work on an EPSRC-funded project aimed at probing electron-molecule reactions in water using gas-phase clusters and employing photoelectron and...

The Ultrafast AMO Theory group in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Louisiana State University is looking for a motivated Postdoctoral or Senior Postdoctoral Researcher to join our team. The group includes 3 faculty (Profs. M.B. Gaarde, F. Mauger, and K.J....

A post-doctoral position in structural biocomputing/molecular modelling available the IGBMC, Strasbourg and the TBI-INSA, Toulouse, France within the framework of an ANR-funded project.   The IGBMC is affiliated with INSERM, the CNRS and the University of...

Opening position for a PhD student at the University of Valladolid (Spain) to work with rotational spectroscopy for astrochemical applications as well as combustion chemistry applications. In the course of the PhD work, the candidate will use microwave spectroscopy...

3.5 year PhD position in software and computational tool development aiming to bring together multi-scale modelling and data-driven approaches for designing new supramolecular materials. We work on a class of materials termed molecular capsules...

We are seeking a candidate for a 12-month position to join our group in the Department of Chemistry at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM), starting on 1 January 2026. The gross annual salary is 24000 euros (2000 €/month). The project is funded by the Comunidad...

The SCS instrument of the European X-ray Free Electron Laser is looking for a post-doctoral researcher to work on a pulse arrival time monitor based on THz-emission from X-ray excited spintronic samples.The project is a collaboration with the Technical University of...

The Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany has an opening for postdoctoral position to set up an ion soft landing instrument and its control software. Fields: Instrument building, Software development, Ion optics, Mass spectrometry,...

We seek to fill a DFG-financed 67% (27 h per week) PhD Position in Femtosecond Spectroscopy for up to three years starting as soon as possible.About us Our group ‘Dynamic Spectroscopy’ at the Department of Chemistry, School of Natural Sciences, TU Munich, specializes...

A postdoctoral position (called a senior research associate in our institute) in the group of Assoc. Prof. James Bull on the Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Photomolecular Motor (PMM) ions is available at the University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, UK. The position is...

The Laboratory for Energy Materials at EPFL is looking for a postdoctoral fellow with a focus on single-photon emission to study the next generation of quantum light sources.HBT/HOM experience and ideally ultrafast spectroscopy experience are desired. Nanocrystal...

Announcing a Postdoctoral Position, Kent State University (Kent, OH) – Dunietz Group The position focuses on electronic-structure studies within the computational research group led by Professor Barry Dunietz. Further details about the group’s research activities can...

Two PhD opportunities in computational biophysics/chemistry (Bremen, Germany) The group of Professor Ulrich Kleinekathöfer at Constructor University, Bremen, Germany, is offering one PhD position (contract-based) and one PhD fellowship in Computational...

A postdoc position (18 months) sponsored by the French funding agency ANR is available starting December 2025 in the Theoretical Physics and Chemistry Laboratory at the University of Lorraine in Nancy, France. The salary depends on previous experience and it is fixed...

Your responsibility Experimental work is done in a team environment. The applicant is then expected to pursue their research work independently. Conduct ultrafast experiments in the group’s labs on on a self-defined research topic Take part in the team’s experiments...

The IAC (Tenerife) announces ONE postdoctoral contract to work on the project linked to the line of research “Nucleosynthesis and molecular processes in the late stages of stellar evolution”. The contract is funded by the project “The formation of fullerene molecular...

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Informatics (QI CDT) invites applications for up to 16 fully funded four-year PhD studentships in Quantum Informatics with Integrated Study for September 2026 entry. Quantum computing provides unprecedented means to...

The Ultrafast Chiral Dynamics Laboratory at University of Basel is looking for a creative and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with a background in ultrafast spectroscopy and photochemistry to join our interdisciplinary team. Our group develops and applies...

The Advanced Simulations for Attosecond Physics group (ASAP) at Laboratoire de Chimie Physique - Matière et Rayonnement (LCPMR), Sorbonne Université in Paris, is looking for a creative and highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with a background in ultrafast science...

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...

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...

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...

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,...