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 Supervisor	ILL/Local Supervisor	Status
SWISS-3	MAG	Physics informed machine learning on quantum magnetic systems (pdf - 74 Ki) (pdf - 29 Ki)	EPFL & PSI, Switzerland	A.M. Läuchli Herzig D. Mazzoni	M. Boehm	OPEN
2023_20	SCM	Effect 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_31	NPP	Storage Solution for Quantum States at Pico Scale	TU Wien, Austria (*)	H. Abele	T. Jenke	OPEN
IRGA_1_2023 _Ricochet	NPP	Measurement of the weak mixing angle sin2θW by coherent elastic neutrino- nucleus scattering with RICOCHET (pdf - 0.95 Mi)	Grenoble Alpes (*)	J. Lamblin	T. Soldner	STUDENT APPOINTED
IRGA_2_2023 _Neutrolect	B&H	Neutron diffraction for deciphering how pathogens interact with human glycolipids (pdf - 323 Ki)	Grenoble Alpes (*)	A. Imberty	M. Blakeley J. Devos	STUDENT APPOINTED
IRGA_3_2023 _DynAmyd	B&H	En route to amyloid formation: Protein and hydration-water dynamics under liquid-liquid phase separation	Grenoble Alpes (*)	M. Weik	T. Seydel	STUDENT APPOINTED
2023_32	MAT	Motion of Hydrogen in Catalytically Activated MoS2 (pdf - 421 Ki)	Westfälische Hochschule () and Grenoble Alpes*	F. Traeger	P. Fouquet A. Piovano	STUDENT APPOINTED
2023_04	IME	High Temperature behaviour of Concrete revealed by in-situ coupled neutron and x-ray tomography and thermo-hydromechanical modelling (pdf - 77 Ki)	Grenoble Alpes	S. Dal Pont	A. Tengattini	STUDENT APPOINTED
2023_25	IME	Monitoring the structural integrity of multi wire arc additive manufacturing parts (MWAAM) (pdf - 177 Ki)	() Tech. Univ. of Catalonia, (UPC), Spain*	P. Barriobero Vila	S. Cabeza S. Savvin	STUDENT APPOINTED
2023_15	SCM	Flow properties of soft spheres probed by rheo-SANS (pdf - 117 Ki)	() Institute Phys. Chem. RWTH Aachen*	A. Scotti	L. Porcar	STUDENT APPOINTED
2023_36	B&H	Protein misfolding and aggregation in biomolecular condensates (pdf - 409 Ki)	() Ruhr Universität Bochum*	S. Ebbinghaus	R. Schweins	OPEN
2023_17	MAG	2D-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-1-2023	B&H	Investigation of the interface between the plasma membrane and the extracellular matrix for biotechnological applications (pdf - 410 Ki)	Univ. Perugia, Italy	A. Luchini A. Orecchini A. Paciaroni	N. Paracini	OPEN

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 Supervisor	ILL/Local Supervisor	Status
ESP-1-2023	B&H, NPP	Biological response to neutron irradiation of cells for new approaches in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy	Univ. Granada, Spain () and Grenoble Alpes*	M.J. Ruiz Magaña L. Sancey I. Porras	U. Koester C. Michelagnoli	STUDENT APPOINTED
ESP-2-2023	MAT	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 Ruíz	STUDENT APPOINTED
ESP-3-2023	MAT	Hydrogen CLathrate hydrates in confined environment: A promising approach for HYdrogen storage (CLAHY2) (pdf - 121 Ki)	Univ. Alicante, Spain (*)	J. Silvestre-Albero	O. Czakkel	STUDENT APPOINTED
ESP-4-2023	MAT	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. Gándara	I. Puente Orench G. Cuello	STUDENT APPOINTED
ESP-5-2023	MAG	Magnetic after-effect of first-order phase transition materials	Univ. Oviedo, Spain	P. Álvarez Alonso P. Gorria Korres	G. Cuello	STUDENT APPOINTED
DK-1-2023	SCM	The role of hydrogen bonding in dynamics of alcohols : the case of propanol glycerol mixtures (pdf - 65 Ki)	Roskilde University, Denmark	K. Niss	M. Appel B. Farago	STUDENT APPOINTED