Research Assistant / PostDoc in the field of „Correlative Spectroscopy"

at  Ceramic Technologies and Systems

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research units throughout Germany and is a leading applied research organization. Around 32 000 employees work with an annual research budget of 3.4 billion euros.
The three sites in Dresden and Hermsdorf (Thuringia) form the largest ceramics research institute in Europe. As a research and technology service provider, we develop modern high-performance ceramic materials, industry-relevant manufacturing processes and prototype components and systems in complete production lines up to pilot scale. Our portfolio also includes expertise in materials diagnostics and testing.
We are looking for you as a Research Assistant/ PostDoc at the IKTS site in Forchheim (Bavaria). The research work of the department focuses on the development of workflows for the correlative and multimodal microscopic and spectroscopic characterisation of complex samples from the fields of energy, semiconductor devices and bio-medical tissues. This includes batteries, nanoscale composites, hierarchical materials with structural elements from macro to nano such as bone, heterogeneous thin-film structures e.g. for photovoltaics or cross-scale composites e.g. for energy-efficient construction or hydrogen technology. Electron and X-ray microscopic analyses as well as optical spectroscopy are an essential part of the research department. The development of projects offers the opportunity to play an active role in shaping future research priorities and places high demands on scientific excellence and planning, sometimes also entrepreneurial thinking in an international environment and a high degree of independence.

• You will develop and manage projects in coordination with your group and/or department head in the strategic research field of „Correlative Spectroscopy” and help to implement IKTS market and research strategies in practice.
• You will actively support the acquisition of industrial contract research and the initiation of national and international research projects in an academic context and with industry.
• You will expand your existing networks with customers and scientists in the field of multimodal analytics as well as energy, semiconductor and bio-medical research and contribute to the positioning of IKTS in these fields in the national and international environment.
• You will supervise student assistants and provide them with experimental guidance.