Phd Position in The Area of Quantitative in Situ

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Departement: Departement Fysica
Regime Voltijds

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The EMAT research group at the Faculty of Science (University of Antwerp) is seeking to fill a** PhD position in the area of Quantitative **_in situ_** electron microscopy of metal halide perovskite nanocrystals **under the supervision of Prof Sara Bals and Prof Sandra Van Aert.

**Research group**

EMAT is one of the leading electron microscopy centers in the world and has a vast expertise in both fundamental and applied electron microscopy. EMAT has several state of the art electron microscopes including two aberration corrected, high end FEI-Titan instruments, a dual beam FIB, an environmental SEM,... More about us at our webpage.

**PhD position**
- You will expand these techniques to 3 dimensions using electron tomography approaches.
- You will combine all of the novel methodologies with _in situ _investigation using different dedicated holders (eg strain, bias, gas, heating).
- You will develop quantitative methods to analyse and correctly interpret low-dose TEM data. Because of the low electron dose that is required to image the MHPs without beam damage, the resulting images will exhibit very low signal-to-noise ratio and extremely weak contrast, which makes this research very challenging.
- You will use statistics-based methods to measure unknown structure parameters, including atom positions, atom types, and number of atoms along the viewing direction. These measurements need to be done as accurately and precisely as possible.

**General**
- You publish scientific articles related to the research project of the assignment.
- You present your work at national and international workshops and conferences.

**Profile**
- You hold a Master’s degree with background in e.g. physics, applied physics, or materials science.
- You can demonstrate excellent study results.
- Your research qualities are in line with the faculty and university research policies.
- You act with attention to quality, integrity, creativity and cooperation.
- You are enthusiastic and greatly interested in electron microscopy.
- You can submit outstanding academic results.
- You are highly motivated, quality-oriented, conscientious, creative and cooperative.
- You have affinity with experimental work and show good practical skills
- You are greatly interested in the quantitative analysis of electron microscopy data

**What we offer**
- A doctoral scholarship for a period of 1 year. Following a positive evaluation, the scholarship can be renewed for another 3 years.
- An exciting project in which we will aim to go significantly beyond the state-of-the-art.
- Your monthly scholarship amount is calculated according to the scholarship amounts for doctoral scholarship holders on the pay scales for contract research staff (Dutch: _Bijzonder Academisch Personeel_, BAP).
- Find out more about working at the University of Antwerp here.

**Want to apply?**
- a motivation letter (please state for which of the 3 positions you are applying),
- your academic CV (including followed courses, honours, previous work, programming skills, publications,)
- a weblink to a short video introducing yourself,
- a list and grades of the courses from that you took during your studies (Bachelor and Master)
- contact info of 2 professional referees.
- The University of Antwerp received the European Commission’s _HR Excellence in Research Award_ for its HR policy. We are a sustainable, family-friendly organisation which invests in its employees’ growth. We encourage _diversity_ and attach great importance to an inclusive working environment and equal opportunities, regardless of gender identity, disability, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation or age. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds and with diverse characteristics to apply._