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- 23:59 (Europe/Brussels) Country Belgium Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 38 Offer Starting Date 1 Feb 2027 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe
- MSCA Reference Number 101310184 — SPARK Marie Curie Grant Agreement Number 101310184 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Perfect Broadband Temporal Metamaterial Absorbers

The Lobet research team part of the NISM institute of the Science Faculty of the University of Namur (Belgium), is looking for a PhD candidate part of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) doctoral network SPARK project on the topic of “ Perfect Broadband Temporal Metamaterial Absorbers ” to perform theoretical and numerical calculations, as well as experimental fabrication and characterization in the novel domain of “ time-varying photonics”, in collaboration withProf. H. Caglayan (TU/e) and S.
Burger (JCMWave).

The project willtargetthe realization of perfect broadband absorbers through time-varying metamaterials. Modelling homogeneous lossy time-varying mediaas well as using machine-learning optimizationto reach broadband absorptionare targeted.

Secondmentsinclude3 months atJCMWavefor industry exposure and 6 months atTU/e (H. Caglayan) fornanofabrication and characterization.
By producing perfect broadband temporal metamaterial absorbers,the doctoral candidate contributes toone ofthe researchobjectivesof the doctoral network SPARK ( SPARK MSCA Doctoral Network ).

Over the course of the thesis, the candidate will develop skills in theoretical modelling and simulation of twisted photonic crystals (UNamur), nanofabrication of photonic structures (TU/e), and contact with industry (JCMwave), gained through secondments as well as shared expertise with the whole SPARK doctoral network consortium.

The SPARK network is coordinated by Humeyra Caglayan (TU/e EE) and brings together Nicolò Maccaferri (UMU), Iñigo Liberal (UPNA), Paloma Arroyo Huidobro (UAM), Marco Piccardo (INESC MN and Técnico Lisboa), Michaël Lobet (UNamur), Riccardo Sapienza (Imperial), and Ahmed H. Dorrah (TU/e AP). It will hire 15 phD students that will work closely to advance spatiotemporal photonic technologies.

Research environment:

The Michaël Lobet's Research Team | UNamur , part of the NISM institute (Namur Institute of Structured Matter), has a long-standing expertise in theoretical and numerical physics, especially in photonics. The direct work environment is composed of experienced researchers such as Prof. Michaël Lobet (PI for the current call), Prof. Luc Henrard, Prof. Olivier Deparis and Prof. Alexandre Mayer.

The candidate will benefit from the scientific network of the lab including of several high-ranked universities, such as Harvard, UPenn, Stanford, University of Navarra, Tsinghua University, DTU,… Close collaborations with the doctoral network member are foreseen, on top of the announced secondments at TU/e and JCMWave.

The lab members have access to state-of-the-art HPC Tier 2 facilities through the CECI consortium. The capabilities of the CECI clusters cover a range of facilities including very fast CPUs and GPU accelerators. We also have access to supercomputer facilities of the regional Tier-1 (Zenobe) and projects can be submitted to the EuroHPC initiative