The Max Planck Society, one of Europe's leading organizations for basic research, is currently inviting applications for over 41 PhD, postdoctoral, and academic positions across multiple institutes in Germany. These opportunities span a wide range of research fields, including engineering and technical research, physics and astrophysics, biology and neuroscience, chemistry and materials science, demography and social sciences, as well as computational and data science. Successful candidates will...

A fully funded PhD position is available at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, focusing on the impacts of climate stress on the chemistry of forest-derived organic aerosols. The research is part of the Helmholtz Investigator Group “ClimStress - Climate stress impacts on forest emissions and aerosol pollution,” led by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Eva Pfannerstill at the Institute for Climate and Energy Systems (ICE-3). The project aims to understand how changing environmental conditions influence forest volati...

The University of Bremen's Center of Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) is offering an exciting PhD and postdoctoral opportunity in the Combustion Technology group as part of the ERC Synergy project FireSpace. This multidisciplinary project aims to revolutionize fire safety for human spaceflight by developing advanced fire-retardant materials and innovative firefighting strategies for spacecraft and future lunar/Martian habitats. The research is conducted in collaboration with lead...

The Barz Group at the University of Stuttgart, led by Professor Stefanie Barz, is coordinating the QCyber joint research project, which focuses on developing secure quantum applications for real-world networks. The project aims to move multipartite quantum communication out of controlled laboratory environments and into existing fiber infrastructure, enabling secure quantum communication and networked computing across a six-node network in Stuttgart over distances of up to 20 km. QCyber is a col...

The University of Freiburg is offering a PhD position focused on understanding the microscopic mechanisms of bacterial extracellular matrix (ECM) formation. This interdisciplinary project is based at the Physics Institute and involves collaboration with experts in bio-microfluidics, mechanobiology, biochemistry, and theoretical modeling. The research aims to decipher the chronology and mechanisms of ECM formation, a key component in bacterial biofilms that impacts health and industry. The projec...

The University of Hamburg is inviting applications for a PhD position in Materials Science and Nano Science within the Cluster of Excellence CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter. The position is supervised by Professor Dorota Koziej, a leading researcher in the field. The research group focuses on innovative materials research using advanced scientific instruments such as synchrotrons, electron microscopes, and other state-of-the-art equipment. The lab environment is interactive and international, of...

The International Max Planck Research School for Quantum Science and Technology (IMPRS-QST) and the Munich Quantum Valley (MQV) announce their Fall 2026 open call for several fully funded PhD fellowships in quantum science and technology. This prestigious program is a collaboration between the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, and the Technical University of Munich, offering a comprehensive and interdisciplinary graduate experience in the heart of Ba...

The Department of Physics, Theoretical Physics II group at Technische Universität Ilmenau (Germany), invites applications for a PhD position in Photonic Reservoir Computing, starting July 2026. This position is part of the EU-funded MINDnet Doctoral Network, which brings together 15 PhD students across 7 universities, a research center, and two companies from eight EU countries. The research focuses on adaptability and memory in physical reservoir computing systems, with applications in neuromor...

The Technische Universität Ilmenau in Germany is offering a fully funded PhD position in Photonic Reservoir Computing within the Department of Physics, Theoretical Physics II group. This opportunity is part of the EU-funded MINDnet Doctoral Network, which brings together 15 PhD students across 7 universities, a research center, and two companies, focusing on neuromorphic computing and analog signal processing for applications in communication, sensing, geolocalization, space, and biomedical fiel...