Postdoc

Postdoc position on imaging magnetic susceptometry using diamond quantum sensors (4 years)

Nearly every material becomes slightly magnetic in a strong magnetic field, owing to weak diamagnetism and paramagnetism. While this effect can be easily measured on large samples, we cannot presently image it with nanoscale resolution.

Join us for a postdoctoral stay where you will be able to change this situation, by building a microscope for magnetic susceptibility. You will design and construct a dedicated microscopy head based on diamond quantum sensors that can operate in an existing closed-cycle cryostat with vector magnetic field control, and you will apply this novel tool to the study of Lithium batteries and High-Tc superconductors. In these materials and many others, macroscopic measurements have demonstrated that their magnetic susceptibility changes with external parameters, e.g. upon cooling across the superconducting transition, but a microscopic picture is lacking.

This is a postdoc position with four year duration, a rare opportunity to get stable support for a reasonably long time, while living at a holiday location with an excellent quality of life.

Whether you are aiming for a career in applied or fundamental science, this position is for you. It offers excellent perspectives to both transfer the technical expertise to industry and to open a new scientific field in condensed matter science. Positioning yourself as a leading expert in this domain early on will place you in an excellent position to apply for independent group positions later on.

If you are interested, please upload your application here

If you are interested and not ready yet, please let me know. There is a chance I might be able to shift the start date.