Project title: „Impact of atomic composition and strong coupling on generation of hot charge carriers in metal nanoparticle-adsorbate structures”

Principal Investigator: dr hab. Tomasz Antosiewcz

Institution: Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw

No. of positions: 1

Scholarship duration: up to a maximum of 48 months

Starting date: 01.03-01.06.2023 or later

Scholarship amount: 5000 PLN/month gross-gross, maximum 240 kPLN/48 months

(The net salary results from deducting all compulsory (employer/employee) social security contributions as well as direct taxes (e.g. income tax) from the gross amounts.)

The scholarship is awarded according to the National Centre of Science Regulations on Awarding Scholarships in NCN Funded Research Projects, as detailed in the Annex to resolution no 25/2019 of the Council of the NCN on the 14th of March, 2019.

The scholarship can be combined with a scholarship from the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences if recruitment of the latter criteria are fulfilled.

Description of the positionn:

Research work will be carried out at the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw within a NCN-funded research project on Impact of atomic composition and strong coupling on generation of hot charge carriers in metal nanoparticle-adsorbate structures.

The scholarship holder will perform research at the intersection of electrodynamics, materials engineering, and condensed matter by studying mechanisms of generating hot charge carriers in nanostructures composed of metallic nanoparticles. The goal of the project is to understand how the atomic content and structural properties of nanoparticles as well as strong coupling to plasmonic excitations affect hot carrier generation. The theoretical and numerical work will be carried out with foreign partners based at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.

 Requirements:

- basic knowledge of plasmonics, nanophotonics, and/or condensed matter

- experience of computational methods in density functional theory

- knowledge of programing in Python, optionally also scripting in Matlab

- good command of spoken and written English

- current PhD student or participant in a PhD school or holder of an MSc degree or a Master student in his/her final year enrolled at a university in Poland whose MSc defense is scheduled before the starting date of the scholarship.

At the start of the scholarship the successful candidate is a PhD student, participating in doctoral studies conducted by an authorized organizational unit of the university, a scientific institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, a research institute or an international scientific institute operating within the Republic of Poland established on the basis of separate regulations;

An application for the position should contain:

• A cover letter with personal data processing consent (attached to this form). An email application should contain a scanned and signed PDF document.
• CV containing information of on past scientific activity and achievements, a list of completed courses with final grades, and a description of scientific interests.
• publication or conference participation list with, if possible, appended copies of the publications or presentations/posters; a copy of the current version of the Master thesis
• copies of awarded degree certificates if available or expected date of MSc defense
• contact details for at least one person willing to issue a reference letter

Application deadline: 31.01.2023

Please send inquiries to and apply at: [email protected]
Possible interview dates will be offered to selected candidates on an individual basis. The interview may be conducted in person or online. The recruitment procedure should be finalized by 11.02.2023.

In the case of resignation of a selected candidate, the position will be offered subsequent candidates from the selection ranking list.

For additional details contact: Tomasz Antosiewicz, [email protected]
www: https://www.igf.fuw.edu.pl/pl/projects/research-groups/nanofotonika/