Call for PhD applications 2026/2027 is now open!

23 interdisciplinary doctoral projects in the fields of ultrafast science and quantum materials are on offer. You will find the abstracts below.

Light-Matter Interactions

AR1 - Cavity Engineering of Non-Hermitian Quantum Materials
AR2 - Endyonic Chemistry/Physics
AR3 - Foundations of Pauli-Fierz theory and quantum- electro dynamical density-functional theories
JK&AS - Cryogenically cooled and controlled beams of proteins for single-particle diffractive imaging
JK&ST - Unraveling solvation effects in ultrafast molecular dynamics
MM - Light-matter hybrids: Engineering correlated matter with quantum electromagnetic fluctuations
NH - Understanding light-initiated quantum pathways in catalytic transition metal complexes with ultrafast X-ray spectroscopy
NR - Simulation of UV/x-ray attosecond pump probe interferometry for analysis of coherent electronic wave packets in molecular crystals
SP - Ultrafast surface X-ray imaging for fusion research, relativistic particles and laser nano-processing
TH1 - Ultrafast pulse generation in chip-integrated microresonators with engineered nonlinear attractor states
TH2 - Ultrafast pulse generation for nonlinear sensing applications

Quantum Materials and Dynamics

AC1 - Coherent control of ferroic phenomena
AC2 - Ultrafast Nonlinear Electrical Driving of Quantum Materials
AC3 - Investigating the magnetic properties of Light Induced Superconductors
AR4 - Real-time first-principles theory of light-driven superconducting pairing
GB - Theory of Exciton-Phonon Coupling and Ultrafast Exciton Dynamics in 2D Materials and Perovskite Quantum Dots
KFM&JS - Emergent Phases in Two-Dimensional Quantum Materials
PM1 - Non-Equilibrium Transport in High-Tc Superconductors
PM2 - Chiral electronic order: a rewindable twist for future electronics
PM3 – Quench control of quantum materials
PM4 - Dynamic Heat transport measurements in novel quantum conditions
PM5 - Exploring intrinsic orbital dynamics in Kagome metals
PM&DK – Gradient quantum matter