[Neutron] PhD thesis student position

[Karen Diederichsen]

The Hahn-Meitner-Institut invites applications for a PhD thesis 
student (Dotorand) position in the field structure and 
dynamics of condensed matter.

The Hahn-Meitner-Institute is a German National Laboratory 
and a member of the Hermann von Helmholtz Association of 
National Research Centres and has about 600 employees. It 
hosts the Berlin Neutron Scattering Centre (BENSC) 
(http://www.hmi.de/bensc/), a user facility open to scientists 
from  all over the world. To probe the structure and dynamics 
of solids and liquids, BENSC provides scientists with state-of-
the-art neutron scattering equipment. 


              PhD thesis student (Doktorand) position
                        Physicist or chemist
               (The position is tenable for 3 years)

          Combined neutron scattering and numerical model 
     calculation studies of the nanoscale dynamic processes of 
                          condensed matter

Powerful numerical modelling techniques now allow us more 
and more to computationally explore collective processes not 
only in crystalline but also in soft and non-crystalline matter 
such as protein molecules, polymers, and complex liquids. On 
the experimental side inelastic neutron scattering is a unique 
tool to study such processes directly in space and time on the 
relevant nanoscopic scale. The successful candidate will use 
neutron scattering and possibly X-ray scattering experiments to 
refine, develop and benchmark computer models to understand 
dynamic processes, that determine the functional properties in 
non-crystalline matter on the molecular level, in particular in 
proteins, polymers and/or high viscosity liquids.


For further details about the post please contact Prof. F. Mezei 
(+49(30)8062-2031, e-mail: mezei at hmi.de) or Prof. E. Frey, 
Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, ASZ für 
Theoretische Physik, e-mail: frey at theorie.physik.uni-
muenchen.de) Applicants should send a letter of application, 
CV and a list of publications to, Hahn-Meitner-Institut, Abt. 
Personal und Soziales, Glienicker Str. 100, D-14109 Berlin) 
before 17 February 2005.