Academic employee (f/m/d)

Your area of ​​responsibility includes:

• Conducting high-pressure x-ray experiments in the laboratory and at synchrotron facilities on various single-crystal quantum materials
• Development and implementation of suitable high-pressure cells
• Participation in the x-ray diffraction investigation of single crystal and powder samples studied at the institute
• Preparation of articles for scientific journals, preparation and presentation of scientific talks and posters at conferences.

Persönliche Qualifikation

You have:

• Scientific university degree in physics, chemistry, crystallography or materials science as well as a PhD 
• Knowledge of solid state physics and the physics of temperature and pressure-dependent phase transitions 
• Experience in single-crystal and powder diffraction (measurements technology as well as analysis, structure solution, refinement and evaluation)
• Knowledge of crystallography and high-pressure experiments (both in handling of high-pressure experiments and in data analysis and crystallographic refinement)
• Experience with beam times at large-scale facilities (XRD at synchrotrons)

Salary

Salary category 13, depending on the fulfillment of professional and personal requirements.

Organisationseinheit

Contract duration

2 years 

Application up to

06.09.2024

Contact person in line-management

For further information, please contact Dr. Michael Merz, michael.merz@kit.edu