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 | OPEN |
| 2024_06 | SCM | Connecting the bulk and interface membrane properties of microbial glycolipid amphiphiles | Sorbonne, FR | Nicci Baccile | Nicolò Paracini, Ingo Hoffmann | OPEN |
| 2024_12 | MAG | Magnetic domain landscapes for lab-on-a-chip applications explored with neutron scattering | 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 | OPEN |
| 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 | Jagiellonian University, Cracow, PL | Dagmara Rozpedzik | Torsten Soldner | OPEN | |
| 2024_28 | SCM | Pressure-induced phase transition in polymer solutions and brushes | Technical University Darmstadt, DE | Emanuel Schneck | Leornardo Chiappisi, Philip Gutfreund | OPEN |
| 2024_30 | MAG | University of Edinburgh, UK | Christopher Stock | Navid Qureshi, Karin Schmalzl | OPEN | |
| 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 | OPEN |
| IRGA_2_2024_SPINH2 | MAT | Novel non-cryogetic H2 storage and spin crossover-assisted gas release in open-metal sites metal-organic frameworks | Université Grenoble Alpes, FR | Roberta Poloni | Alberto Rodriguez Velamazan | OPEN |
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.