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

PhD projects offered in 2024

The following PhD projects have been made available in 2024, 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 Supervisor	ILL/Local Supervisor	Status
2024_03	MAT	Inelastic Neutron Scattering of C70 Endofullerenes	University of Southampton, UK	Malcolm Levitt	Stephane Rols	STUDENT APPOINTED
2024_06	SCM	Connecting the bulk and interface membrane properties of microbial glycolipid amphiphiles (pdf - 2.58 Mi)	Sorbonne, FR	Niki Baccile	Nicolò Paracini, Ingo Hoffmann	STUDENT APPOINTED
2024_12	MAG	Magnetic domain landscapes for lab-on-a-chip applications explored with neutron scattering (pdf - 301 Ki)	University of Kassel, DE	Arno Ehresmann	Thomas Saerbeck	OPEN
2024_15	MAG	Controlling exotic magnetic order and frustration in 2D materials (pdf - 186 Ki)	University of Birmingham, UK	Matthew Coak	Andrew Wildes	STUDENT APPOINTED
2024_19	MAG	Pressure tuning and symmetry breaking in frustrated quantum magnets (pdf - 295 Ki)	EPFL, CH	Henrik Rønnow	Ursula B. Hansen, Arno Hiess	OPEN
2024_24	BH	Increasing resolution in SANS experiments by amino acid selective protein deteration (pdf - 104 Ki)	Université de Montpellier, FR	Pau Bernado	Frank Gabel, Anne Martel	OPEN
2024_26	NPP	Optimization and characterization of the polarized cold neutron beam of the BRAND apparatus for precision measurements of angular correlations in neutron beta decay (pdf - 170 Ki)	Jagiellonian University, Cracow, PL	Dagmara Rozpedzik	Torsten Soldner	STUDENT APPOINTED
2024_28	SCM	Pressure-induced phase transition in polymer solutions and brushes (pdf - 224 Ki)	Technical University Darmstadt, DE	Emanuel Schneck	Leornardo Chiappisi, Philip Gutfreund	OPEN
2024_30	MAG	Structural distortions and strain dynamics of complex orbitally driven phase transitions (pdf - 230 Ki)	University of Edinburgh, UK	Christopher Stock	Navid Qureshi, Karin Schmalzl	STUDENT APPOINTED
IRGA_1_2024_ProteSurface	SCM	Conformation and function of proteins at homogeneous and nanostructured interfaces (pdf - 73 Ki)	Université Grenoble Alpes, FR	Marco Maccarini	Ben Humphries	STUDENT APPOINTED
IRGA_2_2024_SPINH2	MAT	Novel non-cryogetic H2 storage and spin crossover-assisted gas release in open-metal sites metal-organic frameworks (pdf - 544 Ki)	Université Grenoble Alpes, FR	Roberta Poloni	Alberto Rodriguez Velamazan	STUDENT APPOINTED
SE-1-2024	SCM	Investigating how the mechanical properties and dynamics of lipid nanoparticles impact performance by combining neutron spin echo and MD simulations	KTH Stockholm, SE	Hanna Barriga, Felix Roosen-Runge	Ingo Hoffmann, Frank Gabel	OPEN
SE-2-2024	IME	Multi-energy, dual modality imaging of frost damage mechanisms in cement-based materials	LTH Lund, SE	Jonas Engqvist, Stephen Hall	Alessandro Tengattini	OPEN
SE-3-2024	MAG	Beyond Magnetic Skyrmions: Designing Novel Topological States	KTH Stockholm, SE	Yasmine Sassa, Björgvin Hjörvarsson	Alexei Vorobiev	OPEN
SE-4-2024	MAT	The Anomalous Thermal Hall Effect (pdf - 669 Ki) (pdf - 669 Ki)	Lund University, SE	Elizabeth Blackburn	Arno Hiess, Ursula Bengaard Hansen	OPEN