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3 PhD positions - Research Assistant: Berlin, Germany

Technische Universität Berlin offers an open position:

3 PhD positions – Research Assistant – 0.75 working time – salary grade E 13 TV-L Berliner Hochschulen

The Research Training Group 1558 – funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and associated with Technische Universität Berlin and its partner institutions, Freie Universität Berlin, Universität Potsdam, Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt and Max-Delbrück-Centrum – offers a platform for educating doctoral students in interdisciplinary research by applying and developing concepts for describing the collective dynamics of nonlinear dissipative systems chosen from three project areas.

Faculty II – Institute of Theoretical Physics / Research Training Group 1558 (GRK1558) "Nonequilibrium Collective Dynamics in Condensed Matter and Biological Systems"

Reference number: II-510/15 (starting at 01/04/16 / to be filled for a period of 1 year/ extension to 3 years is intended / closing date for applications 15/01/16)

Working field:Available positions:
project A1:
Dynamics of complex laser structures under optical injection and Feedback (to be filled from May 2016)

project B2:
Dense colloidal suspensions in microfluidic flow (to be filled from April 2016)

project B3: Shear-driven instabilities of colloidal disks and disk-rod mixtures (to be filled from May 2016)

For more information on the projects, please consult the website: http://www.tu-berlin.de/grk1558 or contact jan timm.kuhr@tu-berlin.de (+49 (0)30 – 314 29532).

Requirements: Successful candidates must have completed a university degree (Master, Diplom or equivalent) in physics. Applicants should have a strong expertise and interest in theoretical physics.

Please send your written application with the reference number and the relevant documents (curriculum vitae, list of publications, certificates of academic qualifications, and a cover letter indicating the project you are interested in) to Technische Universität Berlin – Der Präsident – Fakultät II, Institut für Theoretische Physik, GRK 1558, Sekr. EW 7-2, Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin or by email to jan timm.kuhr@tuberlin.de. Please arrange for two letters of recommendation. Suitable candidates will be invited for an interview.

To ensure equal opportunities between women and men, applications by women with the required qualifications are explicitly desired. Qualified individuals with disabilities will be favored. Please send copies only. Original documents will not be returned.

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Employer:Technische Universität Berlin

Website:http://www.tu-berlin.de/grk1558

Location:Berlin , Germany

Expires:January 15, 2016

Job type:PhD Studentship

Salary:Unspecified

Qualifications:Postgraduate - Master's degree

Employment type:Contract

Job hours:Part-time