Application for a PhD Position
The doctorate program of CeNS offers doctoral positions for outstanding graduate students, starting between May and October 2012. Successful candidates will work in the stimulating interdisciplinary environment of the 
Center for NanoScience (CeNS) based in Munich. The PhD students will be supervised by principal investigators of CeNS and will be affiliated with the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (LMU). The recommended duration of the PhD is 3 years.
Applications for PhD positions are only possible via our online application tool.
Deadline for online applications is February 29, 2012 !
THE ONLINE TOOL IS CLOSED! APPLICATIONS CAN NO LONGER BE SUBMITTED!
RECOMMENDATION LETTERS ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTED!
For your application, two letters of recommendation (e.g. from your Master and Bachelor supervisor) are required. You have to use the templates available for download. The letters should be sent by email to the 
program office by the referees and not by the applicant! The letters have to be sent until February 29!
Requirements
- Bachelor Degree (or equivalent, e.g. Vordiplom) in either the field of physics, chemistry or life sciences
- either prepare for a Master Degree (or equivalent, e.g. Diplom) in one of the same fields to be concluded no later than 2 months before the start of the scholarship or hold a Master Degree (or equivalent, e.g. Diplom)
- excellent grades
- a very good command of the English language
- strong scientific motivation
- interest in the activities of CeNS
- interest in interdisciplinary research
PhD Projects
In your online application, you have to select one PhD project you are interested in. Available projects are:
- Synthesis and characterization of semiconductor oxide nanostructures for photovoltaics
Supervisor: Prof. Thomas Bein more... - Single Molecule Force Measurements on VWF
Supervisor: Dr. Martin Benoit more... - Hybrid nanomaterials for renewable energy
Supervisors: Prof. Jochen Feldmann and Dr. Frank Jäckel more... - Mechano-enzymatics of Titin Kinase
Supervisor: Prof. Hermann Gaub more... - Development of a high throughput assay for cellulases
Supervisor: Prof. Hermann Gaub more... - Ultrasensitive Fluorescence Methods for investigating Ligand-Receptor Interactions
Supervisor: Prof. Don Lamb more... - Single Molecule Studies of the Protease
Supervisor: Prof. Don Lamb more... - Self-assembly of DNA nanostructures for controlled cell interactions
Supervisor: Prof. Tim Liedl more... - Quantum information processing
Supervisor: Dr. Stefan Ludwig more... - Nonequilibrium nanoelectronics
Supervisor: Dr. Stefan Ludwig more... - Thermoelectrics
Supervisor: Dr. Stefan Ludwig more... - Nanowires
Supervisor: Dr. Stefan Ludwig more... - Low-dimensional systems at ultra-low temperatures
Supervisor: Dr. Stefan Ludwig more... - Computerchemical Modelling of the deposition and growth of organic semiconductor nanostructures via Organic Solid/Solid Wetting Deposition (OSWD)
Supervisor: Dr. Frank Trixler more...
Timeline for the Application Round 2012
- February 29th: Deadline for applications and recommendation letters
- March 13th onwards: Telephone interviews
- March 19th: Invitations to interviews in Munich
- mid-April: Interviews in Munich
- April-May 2012: Final decisions
- May-October 2012: Start of PhD (depending on the individual projects)