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Job description   Are you passionate about laser physics and nonlinear optics, and eager to contribute to scientific excellence? Join the SLIC team (Short-Pulse Laser Systems and Support) at LIDYL as a Research Scientist and carry out high-level experimental...

Join the SLIC team (Short-Pulse Laser Systems and Support) at LIDYL as a Research Scientist and carry out high-level experimental research. You will develop a cutting-edge experimental research programme in femtosecond laser physics and related nonlinear optics,...

The Huo group at the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA, has a postdoc opening in theoretical chemistry and quantum dynamics. The project focuses on using theory and simulations to investigate collective light-matter coupling inside optical cavities and how...

The project focuses on time- and momentum-resolved studies of electronic and spin dynamics in two-dimensional magnetic materials and their heterostructures. The successful candidate will perform state-of-the-art time-resolved ARPES experiments using high-harmonic...

Core-ionization-induced processes constitute a fundamental class of reactive phenomena in chemistry, radiation physics, and materials science. The electronic relaxation following the ejection of a core electron involves ultrafast multielectronic dynamics (Auger...

We currently have several job / postdoctoral openings at the Small Quantum Systems (SQS) Instrument of the European XFEL, based in Hamburg, Germany. All of the open positions require experience in ultrafast (laser) science, with roles varying from laser scientist to...

A new two-year long postdoctoral EU co-funded position, starting around spring 2027, is available at Synchrotron SOLEIL in the DESIRS beamline group to work on the i2PEPICO set-up (SAPHIRS), with an application deadline July 15th 2026. The candidate will be involved...

Lund University is opening up to three PhD positions in the Attosecond Physics group at Lund University, in Sweden, on the following projects: Ultrafast quantum metrology with photoelectrons Manipulation of ultrashort laser pulses from an industrial ytterbium laser...

You will develop the most sophisticated hyperspectral DUV-imaging platform worldwide and explore chiral light matter interactions, together with partners from ETH Zurich. Focus is on light-source and applications. Details >> You will develop a DUV-microscope at...

The main objective of the PhD student will be to identify promising production routes for medical radioisotopes taking into account the specificities (spectrum, average current, …) of laser driven particle sources. These identified routes will then be experimentally...

The Center for Interstellar Catalysis – InterCat - aims to discover the origin and evolution of the molecular building blocks of life (MBBL) - amino acids, nucleobases, sugars and fatty acids – in space. The scientific aim of InterCat is to determine whether the...

We are looking for a team-oriented and committed individual who conducts excellent experimental research and teaching with a high potential for groundbreaking results in internationally visible projects. Application-oriented, structure- and process-driven research...

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in gas-phase ion spectroscopy with a particular emphasis on utilising spectroscopic tools (photoelectron imaging and action spectroscopy) to study the structure and dynamics of transition metal complexes....

We are looking to hire a postDoc with experience in experimental physics to join our team. The project will primarily employ femtosecond diffraction techniques (electrons and X-rays) to study spin- and lattice dynamics in antiferromagnets, and the interactions between...

The Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique at Sorbonne Université (Paris) is seeking a PhD candidate to investigate the chemical behavior of C/H/O mixtures under the extreme pressures and temperatures found inside icy giant planets like Uranus and Neptune. The chemical...

We have a fully-funded PhD position (3 years) at CELIA on strong field ionization, Brunel radiations and high-order harmonic generation (HHG). The objective of the project is to analytically and numerically investigate the influence of the nuclear motion and electron...

A 3.5-year PhD position commencing in October 2026 is available in the School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, in the group of Vas Stavros. The Stavros group has been applying ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy, to unravel how ultraviolet radiation (UVR) filters...

Two PhD positions are currently open in the MSCA Doctoral Network UNVEIL at CNRS / Georgia Tech Europe (Georgia Tech–CNRS IRL 2958), Metz, France  The two projects are: – DC1: Super-resolution depth and transverse profiling for multi-layer cultural heritage artworks –...

We have a PhD position available at Sorbonne University in Paris (France) under the joint supervision of Federica Agostini (Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique) and Simon Huppert (Institut de NanoSciences de Paris).   The project focuses on the study of excited state...

At King's College London, we are looking for a candidate for a 6 months project on R&D fibre laser to develop a new architechture amplifier prototype and compared it to a comercial one. We are looking for a motivated and excellent candidate to be part of a...

Postdoctoral position in ultrafast optics and attosecond physics Lund University, LTH, Department of Physics Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. TheUniversity has around 46 000 students and 8 500 staff based...

The Chemical and Bio-Molecular Physics program at Uppsala University is offering 3 PostDoc stipends for a duration of 2 years funded through the Carl Trygger foundation. The research program has a leading position in the use of X-rays for probing atoms, molecules and...

As part of the Attoworld of Prof. Ferenc Krausz at the Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics andLudwig-Maximilians-University in Garching near Munich, the Field-resolved Infrared Spectroscopyteam (www.attoworld.de/fris) combines cutting-edge femtosecond laser...

We have an open PhD position in the Laboratory of Ultrafast Physics and Optics at Heriot-Watt University on the ERC-funded FASTER project. I would be grateful if you could forward this information to any potential candidates. Interested candidates should contact...

The Paul Scherrer Institute PSI is the largest research institute for natural and engineering sciences within Switzerland. We perform cutting-edge research in the fields of future technologies, energy and climate, health innovation and fundamentals of nature. By...

We have one postdoctoral position available in our lab (https://sites.google.com/ucsd.edu/yong/jobscontact), with an anticipated start date of June 2026 (can be adjusted), in the Department of Chemistry at UC San Diego. The initial appointment is for two years and may...

4-year theoretical Ph.D position at University College London (London UK) on “Ultrafast phenomena instigated by core electron motion in XFEL-driven molecules”. Open to International students as well as UK students. A 4-year theoretical Ph.D position is available in...

We are currently searching for a candidate for a PhD position within theoretical materials physics at SINTEF Oslo and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, just outside Oslo, Norway. The position is linked to the project Novel materials for low-temperature...

The Chemical Reaction Dynamics and Femtochemistry group (http://dinalaser.com/) at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) offers the opportunity to perform a PhD thesis within the collaborative MATRIX project (Matter in Action with Ultrafast Optical and X-ray Lasers)...

I am pleased to announce that we have opened a fully funded PhD position in my group Short Wavelength Light Sources for EUV Metrology at ARCNL (Amsterdam Science Park). The project focuses on high-harmonic generation and ultrafast spectroscopy of liquids and few-layer...