What we are looking for:

We are seeking an outstanding candidate for a PhD student position in experimental physical chemistry to work in the group of the ERC Assistant Professor Bogdan Dereka. Our ERC project Electric Field eFfects In Chemistry And CatalYsis (EFFICACY) aims to systematically study microscopic electric fields and elucidate their role in catalysis. Nature has perfected using tailored electric fields to perform all kinds of difficult reactions, and so should we!

The groups core expertise is in advanced ultrafast spectroscopy, and you will have an opportunity to be part of the team building a new ultrafast laser lab from scratch based on brand-new equipment and novel laser technology. The new technology will be combined with the existing state-of-the-art laser spectroscopy approaches existing at the University of Zurich (2D IR spectroscopy, femtosecond-to-second transient absorption etc.), tailo...