Application Deadline: April 16, 2021.
Requirements:
- Master's degree (chemistry, physics, material science, biology or related fields)
- Great motivation for academic work, teamwork, independence, creativity.
- Good English.
- Basic knowledge of chemistry, molecular physics and organic electronics
- Experiences in working with organic materials (dielectrics and semiconductors)
- Scientific achievements in form of publications in international scientific journals and conference communications are also welcomed (not obligatory).
- The call is open also for already enrolled PhD students, who would like to complete their thesis by research performed in frame of this project.
Task description:
Work in the NCN MAESTRO 6 project: ""Nanomaterials with precisely tailored architecture – design, synthesis, properties ". The specific aim of the proposed study is to develop new dielectrics based on polymer nanocomposites made of commercial polymers, like PMMA, and new nanoparticles synthesized in frame of the project.
As part of the project, will be to manufacture of organic field effect transistors with layers of new dielectrics and to study their DC properties as a function of temperature. The PhD student is also required to modernize and adapt the existing instrument to test the thin-film transistors.
PhD student will be also obliged to prepare monthly reports and scientific publications based on the results of the conducted research. PhD student will be involved in the project on average 35 hours per week.
Additional information:
- The call is open.
- The recruitment committee will interview candidates (teleconference is an option), that will take place on 17.04.2021. Candidates will be individually informed about the results of the first stage of recruitment and the date of interviews.
- The Institute reserves the right to award a scholarship to a person who is on the next position on the ranking list, provided that the winner of the call will resign from its procurement before signing the scholarship agreement. The scientific scholarship provided by the project funds is 2000 PLN per month.
- The period covered by the scholarship: 01/05/2021 to 31/12/2021.
Required documents:
- A cover letter,
- A biography (with an e-mail address), containing information on current scientific achievements (including the publications in scientific journals, conference presentations, participation in research projects, internships, trainings and other distinctions in research and scientific activity),
- A recommendation letter or contact details of a current/previous academic tutor,
- A copy of the master's diploma or a statement of the MA thesis supervisor about the planned date of defense of the master's thesis,
- A document confirming the doctoral student's status
- A statement on the willingness to work in the project at the latest from the day of admission to doctoral studies with an average of 35 hours per week,
- An agreement for the processing of personal data according to the following formula: "In accordance with the Act of 29 August 1997 on the protection of personal data (consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2002, No. 101, item 926, as amended), I agree to the processing of my personal data contained in this documentation for the purposes of the competition procedure as part of an open call for participation in the project "Nanomaterials with precisely tailored architecture – design, synthesis, properties " as part of PhD studies at the Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology by Department of Molecular Physics, Zeromskiego 116, 90-924 Łódź.”
For more information, please contact:
Professor dr hab. Jacek Ulański,
jacek.ulanski@p.lodz.pl; tel. 42 631 32 05
Deadline for submitting documents: April 16, 2021.
Application documents can be sent by e-mail (jacek.ulanski@p.lodz.pl), send by mail or delivered personally to the secretary of Department of Molecular Physics, Lodz University of Technology, (Zeromskiego 116; 90-924 Lodz) in sealed envelopes with the following inscription: MAESTRO 6. The recruitment commission, after conducting the initial selection of candidates and selecting candidates who meet the formal requirements, will inform the candidates who qualified for the next stages of the competition procedure and will determine their place and time. Relevant information will be sent to candidates via e-mail.