Overview
Join ETH Zurich’s Solid-State Materials Chemistry group to explore functional oxide thin films and layered perovskites. You will fabricate and study epitaxial oxide heterostructures, aiming to control electric, magnetic, and structural properties for potential tech transfer. The role blends experimental thin-film work with advanced characterization and initial computational discovery. This position offers a collaborative, international environment and a chance to help establish a new laboratory with cutting-edge facilities.
Leistungen / Benefits
- fully funded doctoral position for four years
- competitive ETH salary
- access to state-of-the-art deposition cluster and synthesis labs
- advanced characterization facilities
- training opportunities
- public transport tickets and car sharing
Verantwortungsbereiche
- Grow epitaxial thin films and heterostructures using pulsed-laser deposition and magnetron sputtering
- Conduct structural and functional characterization with X-ray methods, scanning-probe microscopy, magnetometry, and synchrotron-based experiments
- Fabricate thin-film devices in a cleanroom and perform electrical/transport measurements
- Apply first-principles calculations and machine-learning models to identify metastable compositions for experimental stabilization
- Present results at conferences, publish findings, and collaborate within the group and internationally
- Contribute to installation of equipment and development of experimental protocols to establish the new lab
Zentrale Anforderungen
- Master’s degree in chemistry, physics, materials science or a related field
- Highly motivated, curious, and self-driven researcher
- Excellent spoken and written English
- Willingness to work in an international and diverse team
- Ability to contribute to establishing a new laboratory and collaborative culture
- Experience in one or more areas such as thin-film deposition, crystallography, or solid-state synthesis is advantageous but not required
- highly motivated
- curious
- self-driven
- thin-film deposition
- solid-state synthesis
- crystallography
Doctoral Position in functional oxide thin films in Zürich Arbeitgeber: ETH Zürich
ETH Zürich ist ein hervorragender Arbeitgeber, der Ihnen die Möglichkeit bietet, aktiv an der Gestaltung der Zukunft des Forschungsdatenmanagements mitzuwirken. Mit einem interdisziplinären Arbeitsumfeld, attraktiven Beschäftigungsbedingungen und zahlreichen Vorteilen wie Kinderbetreuung und öffentlichen Verkehrsmitteln fördert ETH Zürich nicht nur Ihre berufliche Entwicklung, sondern auch eine inklusive und nachhaltige Unternehmenskultur. Hier haben Sie die Chance, in einer sichtbaren Position mit hoher Verantwortung zu arbeiten und einen bleibenden Einfluss auf die Forschung zu nehmen.
