Careers

The CFEL Controlled Molecule Imaging Group is seeking highly motivated individuals to join our workgroup. We have open positions at all levels, from Bachelor, Masters, and Ph.D. students to postdocs and senior postdocs, both, experimental and theoretical, in the fields of Molecular Physics, Physical Chemistry, Biophysics, and Laser Physics/Photonics.

Descriptions of specific currently open positions in our workgroup as well as possible projects for students are available below. Specific applications beyond the announcements are also welcome
Please see also our general job-announcement flyer and distribute it as you feel appropriate.

We offer unique research opportunities in an interesting, open, international team and with first-class experimental and computational facilities. Our group is embedded in the Center for Free-Electron-Laser Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Universität Hamburg, and the Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging.

Specific Announcements

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Doctoral Student: Laser-induced electron diffraction of thermal-energy ultrafast (bio)chemical dynamics
Postdoctoral researcher in sample preparation for high-resolution cryo-EM and x-ray-diffraction imaging
PostDoc: Cryogenically cooled and controlled beams of biological macromolecules for single-particle imaging
PostDoc or Doctoral Student: Ultrafast light-induced dynamics of model chromophores in size-controlled water clusters
Doctoral candidate ("PhD student"): Imaging controlled nanoparticles: Cooling, controlling, and imaging of nanoparticles

We also offer Bachelor and Masters thesis projects on all research projects in our group for students in physics, physical chemistry, biochemistry/physics, mathematics, or related fields.
Please contact jochen.kuepper@cfel.de with a summary of your transcripts of records and your performance and a brief statement on scientific interests (theory or experiment, ultrafast quantum dynamics or structural biology, etc.).

Computer science and ICT related projects

The following projects all possible as Bachelor or Masters thesis as well as in internships; further projects are available and can be assigned based on discussions, current needs, and your wishes for specific contributions.

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Graphical user interface design for Controlled Molecule Imaging controls and data acquisition
Computation framework development of optically controlled particles experiments
Parallelization of quantum-physics code
Parallelization of computation for simulations of molecule-control experiments
Flying molecules through electric fields
Data Acquisition and Control for novel physics experiments

CMI general flyer

General announcement of open positions in the CMI group. Please distribute this information as you feel appropriate.