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Dear all,

We are looking for outstanding Master students, with a strong academic record, interested in applying for an INPhINIT “la Caixa” doctoral fellowship. Successful candidates will carry out a PhD Thesis in the field of nanophononics and nanoscale thermal transport in multiferroic perovskites at the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC). The doctoral activity will focus on the modeling of phonon transport by means of state-of-the-art theoretical methods and will be conducted in close collaboration with experimental groups of the Institute.

The doctoral fellowship programme INPhINIT “la Caixa” is devoted to attracting talented Early-Stage Researchers of any nationality who wish to pursue doctoral studies in Spanish or Portuguese territory. Sponsored by “la Caixa” Foundation, it is aimed at supporting the best scientific talent and fostering innovative and high-quality research in Spain and Portugal by recruiting outstanding international students and offering them an attractive and competitive environment for conducting research of excellence.

Details of the call can be found here (see, in particular, the mobility requirements):

https://fundacionlacaixa.org/en/la-caixa-foundation-doctoral-inphinit-fellowships-incoming

and a description of our project “Thermal transport in multiferroic perovskites” here (insert the title in the search engine):

https://finder.lacaixafellowships.org/finder

The application period is already open, but perspective candidates are recommended to contact me at any time. Notice that, given the extremely competitive nature of this call, only students within the best 5% of their respective institutions will be encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates should contact:

Riccardo Rurali
[email protected]
https://departments.icmab.es/leem/Grupo/member_pages/riccardo/

submitting their full academic record and CV.

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Riccardo Rurali
Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC)
Campus de Bellaterra
08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona)
Spain

tel.: +34 935801853 ext. 272
e-mail: [email protected]
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-3676-2011

https://departments.icmab.es/leem/Grupo/member_pages/riccardo/

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