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Open position as a research scientist with the opportunity to acquire a doctoral degree (m/f/d)
Your workplace
The successful candidate will be part of the Functional Particles and Interfaces group (Prof. Tobias Unruh) at the Institute for Crystallography and Structural Physics (ICSP) of the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and closely integrated in the Collaborative Research Center 1719 “ChemPrint — Next-generation printed semiconductors: Atomic level engineering via molecular surface chemistry”, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The doctoral researcher will be a member of the integrated Research Training Group (iRTG) of CRC 1719 within the Graduate School “Engineering of Advanced Materials”. The iRTG offers to its young scientists excellent scientific training, an interdisciplinary network, dual supervision, the opportunity to spend a research period at an international institution and further opportunities for their own personal and professional development.

Our benefits

• Regular promotion to the next level and increase in salary pursuant to the collective bargaining agreement for the public service of the German Länder (TV-L) or remuneration pursuant to the Bavarian Public Servants Remuneration Act (BayBesG) plus an additional annual bonus
• 30 days annual leave at five working days per week with additional free days on December 24 and 31
• Occupational pension scheme and asset accumulation savings scheme
• Excellent support during the academic qualification phase
• Structured doctoral degree programs
• Systematic career development in collaboration with the Graduate Center
• Thorough onboarding process with a dedicated team
• Joint team activities
• Subsidized food and drinks in our student restaurants
• Place of work within comfortable walking distance of public transport
• Family-friendly environment with childcare options, also during school holidays
• Flexible working hours
• A wide range of training courses and opportunities for professional development
• Active health management

Your Tasks
Within the ChemPrint project the Unruh group works on the preparation and structural characterization of thin semiconductor films for electronic and optoelectronic applications. The successful candidate will develop strategies for the deposition of semiconductor layers from the liquid phase on top of solid supported self-assembled-monolayers with atomic precision. The deposition process will be observed in-situ by X-ray reflectometry (XRR) and grazing incidence wide and small angle scattering (GIWAXS, GISAXS). These methods will be complemented by contact angle (CA) measurements, Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The successful candidate will apply for beamtime and prepare and perform the corresponding measurements at large scale facilities such as DESY (Hamburg) and ESRF (Grenoble) to perform the in-situ X-ray studies.

Your Profile

• Excellent scientific university degree (master/diploma [university]) in physics or a closely related field of study
• Interest to work in an interdisciplinary research environment
• Ability to communicate and coordinate efficiently within a collaborative scientific environment
• Experience in chemistry lab work
• Fluent oral and written English language skills
• Practical experience in conducting X-ray scattering experiments is advantageous
• Python programming skills are desirable

Supplementary description

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