Assistant Professor (Adjunkt) - Quantum Entangled Photons for Probing the Dynamics of Organic Molecules

Assistant Professor (Adjunkt) - Quantum Entangled Photons for Probing the Dynamics of Organic Molecules

NCU - Nicolaus Copernicus University

Toruń, Poland

Description (field, expectations, comments):

The competition is open to persons who meet the conditions set out in Article 113 of the Act of 20 July 2018 - Law on higher education and science (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1668) and the following qualification criteria:

• Ph.D. in physics or a related field;
• Excellent command of English (spoken and written);
• Demonstrated experience in single-photon generation, manipulation, and detection;
• Documented experience in photon-matter interactions and microscopy techniques such as widefield and confocal imaging;
• Experience with cryogenic equipment is preferred.

We offer employment at a postdoc position in a research grant financed by the National Science Center, Poland within Opus 28 competition. The candidate must meet requirements of the Center, in particular have a doctoral degree obtained not earlier than 12 years before 1 January of the year of employment in the project (this period may be extended in the event of breaks in the scientific career as defined by the Center). A person employed at the postdoc position cannot be employed under another employment contract at the same time.

Job description:

• Design, construction and characterization of entangled photon pair sources;
• Oversee the integration of entangled photon pair sources with experimental setups in the laboratories;
• Develop and operate microscopy setups for ETPA (entangled two-photon absorption) experiments with solid-state samples;
• Provide scientific mentorship and supervision of Ph.D. students.

Project manager: dr hab. Piotr Kolenderski, prof. UMK
Project title: Quantum Entangled Photons for Probing the Dynamics of Organic Molecules