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Open PhD positions

Overview of PhD projects at the ILL

The Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) in Grenoble (France) is an international research laboratory that operates the world's most intense neutron source

We are offering fully funded 3-year PhD projects for doctoral students in a variety of scientific fields (condensed matter physics, chemistry, materials science, particle & nuclear physics, biology & health, soft condensed matter, Instrumentation) using different techniques in neutron scattering (neutron diffraction, neutron spectroscopy, triple-axis, time-of-flight, backscattering, spin-echo, small angle neutron scattering, neutron reflectivity).

The successful PhD candidate will work mostly at the ILL in Grenoble but be enrolled in a university from one of the ILL's member countries: France, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Sweden, Belgium, Slovakia, Denmark, Poland, Slovenia.  However, the PhD student does not need to have any particular nationality.

Scientific domains of the ILL's PhD projects

MAG Magnetism & Superconductivity
MAT Materials Science
SCM Soft Condensed Matter  
B&H Biology & Health  
NPP Nuclear & Particle Physics  
IME Instruments, Methods & Engineering

Projects offered in 2023

The following PhD projects have been made available in 2023, and are looking for suitable student candidates.
If you are interested in applying for one of the open PhD positions, please click on the project title for information on how to apply, or contact directly the academic and ILL supervisors by clicking on their names.

PhD Number

Domain

Title of PhD project 
(click for description and application instructions)

University

Academic/External SupervisorILL/Local SupervisorStatus
SWISS-3MAG

Physics informed machine learning on quantum magnetic systems (pdf - 74 Ki)

EPFL & PSI, SwitzerlandA.M. Läuchli Herzig
D. Mazzoni
M. BoehmSTUDENT APPOINTED
2023_20SCMEffect of particle softness on the stabilisation of foams (pdf - 174 Ki)TU Darmstadt (*)R. von Klitzing
O. Soltwedel
L. Chiappisi
P. Gutfreund
STUDENT APPOINTED
2023_31NPPStorage Solution for Quantum States at Pico ScaleTU Wien, Austria (*)H. AbeleT. JenkeOPEN
IRGA_1_2023 _RicochetNPP

Measurement of the weak mixing angle sin2θW by coherent elastic neutrino-
nucleus scattering with RICOCHET
(pdf - 0.95 Mi)

Grenoble Alpes (*)J. LamblinT. SoldnerSTUDENT APPOINTED

IRGA_2_2023 _Neutrolect

B&H

Neutron diffraction for deciphering how pathogens interact with human glycolipids (pdf - 323 Ki)

Grenoble Alpes (*)A. ImbertyM. Blakeley
J. Devos
STUDENT APPOINTED
IRGA_3_2023 _DynAmydB&H

En route to amyloid formation:  Protein and hydration-water dynamics under liquid-liquid phase separation

Grenoble Alpes (*)M. WeikT. SeydelSTUDENT APPOINTED
2023_32MATMotion of Hydrogen in Catalytically Activated MoS2 (pdf - 421 Ki)Westfälische Hochschule (*) and Grenoble AlpesF. TraegerP. Fouquet
A. Piovano
STUDENT APPOINTED
2023_04IMEHigh Temperature behaviour of Concrete revealed by in-situ coupled neutron and x-ray tomography and thermo-hydromechanical modelling (pdf - 77 Ki)Grenoble AlpesS. Dal PontA. TengattiniSTUDENT APPOINTED
2023_25IMEMonitoring the structural integrity of multi wire arc additive manufacturing parts (MWAAM) (pdf - 177 Ki)(*) Tech. Univ. of Catalonia, (UPC), SpainP. Barriobero VilaS. Cabeza
S. Savvin
STUDENT APPOINTED
2023_15SCMFlow properties of soft spheres probed by rheo-SANS (pdf - 73 Ki)(*) Malmö University, SwedenA. ScottiL. PorcarSTUDENT APPOINTED
2023_36B&HProtein misfolding and aggregation in biomolecular condensates (pdf - 409 Ki)(*) Ruhr Universität BochumS. EbbinghausR. SchweinsSTUDENT APPOINTED
2023_17MAG2D-iron based Materials: a platform for exotic spin, spin-clusters and domains states and dynamics (pdf - 119 Ki)UCCS-Lille (*)O. Mentré
A. Arevalo-Lopez
O. Fabelo
C. Ritter
STUDENT APPOINTED
IT-1-2023B&H

Investigation of the interface between the plasma membrane and
the extracellular matrix for biotechnological applications (pdf - 410 Ki)

 

Univ. Perugia, ItalyA. Luchini
A. Orecchini
A. Paciaroni
N. ParaciniSTUDENT APPOINTED

PhD projects offered in 2022

The following PhD projects have been made available in 2022, and are looking for suitable student candidates.
If you are interested in applying for one of the open PhD positions, please click on the project title for information on how to apply, or contact directly the academic and ILL supervisors by clicking on their names.

PhD Number

Domain

Title of PhD project 
(click for description and application instructions)

University

Academic/External SupervisorILL/Local SupervisorStatus
ESP-1-2023B&H, NPPBiological response to neutron irradiation of cells for new approaches in Boron Neutron Capture TherapyUniv. Granada, Spain (*) and Grenoble AlpesM.J. Ruiz Magaña
L. Sancey
I. Porras
U. Koester
C. Michelagnoli
STUDENT APPOINTED
ESP-2-2023MAT

Evaluating the potentials of Metal-Organic Frameworks as direct harvesters of hydrophobic greenhouse gases from air (GHGapture) (pdf - 87 Ki)

Univ. Basque Country, Spain (UPV/EHU)R. Fernandez de Luis
J-M. Porro
M. Jiménez RuízSTUDENT APPOINTED
ESP-3-2023MATHydrogen CLathrate hydrates in confined environment: A promising approach for
HYdrogen storage (CLAHY2)
(pdf - 121 Ki)
Univ. Alicante, Spain (*)J. Silvestre-AlberoO. CzakkelSTUDENT APPOINTED
ESP-4-2023MAT

In situ and PDF neutron diffraction for the advanced structural analysis of MOF catalysts for carbon dioxide valorization (pdf - 497 Ki)

Materials Science
Institute of Madrid -
CSIC
F. GándaraI. Puente Orench
G. Cuello
STUDENT APPOINTED
ESP-5-2023MAG

Magnetic after-effect of first-order phase transition materials

Univ. Oviedo, SpainP. Álvarez Alonso
P. Gorria Korres
G. CuelloSTUDENT APPOINTED
DK-1-2023SCMThe role of hydrogen bonding in dynamics of alcohols : the case of propanol glycerol mixtures (pdf - 65 Ki)Roskilde University, DenmarkK. NissM. Appel
B. Farago
STUDENT APPOINTED