PhD positions in Optics & Photonics

The Abbe School of Photonics of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena in Germany offers 5+ PhD positions. Founded in 2008, the Abbe School of Photonics represents an academic education center for modern optics, photonics and quantum technologies at highest international standards. Our School encompasses and coordinates all optics, photonics and quantum education activities at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena as well as the local Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering, the Helmholtz Institute Jena and the Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies, all situated in Jena – Germany's City of Light.

At the Abbe School of Photonics, we regard and value our PhD and doctoral candidates as true scientists in all respects. Thus, we offer an international, diversity-conscious, individually adjusted and highly flexible program to meet each candidate's scientific background and interests. Our educational track offers an optimum level of preparation for key and leading positions in science, industry or governmental positions. PhD candidates are exposed to a high-tech research environment arching into a variety of fields – from fundamental optical engineering and laser physics to quantum photonics and the biophotonics applications in the life sciences. State-of-the-art laboratories and equipment at highest international standards offer optimum conditions for research at the frontiers of photonics and quantum technologies.

Currently, we are recruiting the most talented graduates to join our faculty’s research groups for their PhD projects. Depending on the individual PhD project, each of the positions will be either funded as a scholarship by the GSSP- Graduate School Scholarship Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) or by German third-party funds of the individual research group.

Applications should be sent exclusively via the ASP Online Application System:
https://apply.asp.uni-jena.de/welcome

Please refer to the projects you are most interested in at the section "Suggestions for doctoral thesis", and please indicate four pre-selected PhD projects at maximum. Your letter of motivation should also include a clear statement on your preferences concerning PhD projects and/or your preferred supervisors. You will have the opportunity to choose from the following research topics and respective supervisors:

• GSSP01 - Quantum-Enhanced Sensing, Prof. Andreas Tünnermann and Dr. Markus Gräfe
• GSSP02 - Wavefront corrections for super‐ and time‐resolved fluorescence techniques in biological samples, Prof. Christian Eggeling and Prof. Christian Franke
• GSSP03 - Life Sciences applications for Interferometric Scattering Microscopy, Prof. Christian Eggeling and Prof. Rainer Heintzmann
• GSSP04 - Automated Multi‐Modal Super‐Resolution Microscopy for high‐throughput and intravital Imaging at the Nanoscale, Prof. Christian Franke and Prof. Christian Eggeling
• GSSP05 - Quantum nonlinear optics in hybrid systems with absorption, Dr. Frank Setzpfandt and Prof. Ulf Peschel
• GSSP06 - Ultimate limits of extraordinary optical transmission, Dr. Christin David and Prof. Silvana Botti
• GSSP07 - Development of Raman light sheet microscopy for label‐free visualization of treatment effects on intracellular bacteria, Prof. Rainer Heintzmann and Prof. Ute Neugebauer
• GSSP08 - Spectroscopic imaging to follow barrier crossing of microplastics and black carbon in human tissue, Prof. Ute Neugebauer and Prof. Jürgen Popp
• GSSP9 - Ultra-high-resolution bio membrane imaging by topological plasmonic superfocusing microscopy, Prof. Thomas Pertsch and Prof. Axel Brakhage
• GSSP10 - Quantum entangled‐photon spectroscopy in 2D materials, Jun.-Prof. Giancarlo Soavi and Prof. Carsten Ronning
• GSSP11 - Light‐driven charge carrier dynamics in materials based on colloidal semiconductor nanostructures for light harvesting, Dr. Maria Wächtler and Prof. Benjamin Dietzek
• GSSP12 - Combining high resolution microscopy with fluorescence polarization and lifetime imaging for the investigation of early cellular deterioration in age-related macular degeneration, Prof. Rainer Heintzmann and Prof. Michael Schmitt
• Per01 - Spatiotemporal dynamics of nano-scale light-matter interactions in metasurfaces and atomic membranes, Prof. Thomas Pertsch
• Per02 - Strong coupling to quantum emitters by plasmonic superfocusing, Prof. Thomas Pertsch
• Set01 - Quantum Imaging and Sensing, Dr. Frank Setzpfandt
• Set02 - Integrated Optics for Photonic Quantum Computing, Dr. Frank Setzpfandt

Application deadline is January 31, 2022. However, the positions will stay open until they are filled. For further information, please check our website www.asp.uni-jena.de/open_positions or refer to the coordination office at [email protected].