PhD Opportunities in Physics in Luxembourg

Doctoral Researcher opportunity at the University of Luxembourg , within the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and the SIGCOM research group. The position focuses on advanced wireless, optical, and quantum communications , with research directions spanning radio frequency transceiver design, optical communications, quantum communications, and system-level design and optimization. Research topics include reconfigurable intelligent surfaces, flexible antennas, 6G w...

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) is offering a funded PhD position in the Quantum Materials Group within the Materials Research and Technology department in Belval, Luxembourg. The project focuses on Hong-Ou-Mandel interference and entanglement with colour centres in silicon carbide, with a strong emphasis on quantum optics, quantum photonics, and scalable quantum communication hardware. The successful candidate will work on setting up a new optical cryostat platform combini...

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) is offering a PhD position in advanced correlative microscopy and isotopic imaging for next-generation Li-ion batteries. The project is based in Belvaux, Luxembourg, with PhD enrolment at the University of Luxembourg in Belval. The doctoral research will investigate lithium transport and interfacial processes in silicon-based Li-ion battery electrodes. The work focuses on developing advanced correlative microscopy and isotopic imaging methodo...

MSCA-Doctoral Network PhD position at the University of Luxembourg in Chemistry , Biochemistry , Developmental Biology , and Cell Biology . The project is titled “Restoring aberrant cell differentiation with peptidic β-catenin ligands” and is part of the Horizon Europe MSCA-DN FlexCAT programme. The research is led by Prof. Daniel Abankwa and focuses on the Wnt/β-catenin pathway , aberrant cell differentiation, peptide ligands, and intracellular protein-protein interactions. The work includes st...

Doctoral Researcher position at the University of Luxembourg in Luxembourg focused on β-catenin ligands , Wnt signalling , and cell differentiation . The project sits within the FlexCAT programme and uses C2C12 myoblasts to study how context-specific peptidic ligands targeting β-catenin can restore aberrant differentiation. The research combines cell biology , molecular biochemistry , fluorescence microscopy , bioluminescence/BRET biosensors , and signalling assays. The doctoral researcher will ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Luxembourg in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) , within the SPARC group , focused on next generation radar sensing networks . The research spans radar signal processing, distributed sensing, MIMO radar, integrated sensing and communications, weather radar, and metacognitive radars. Possible topics include theoretical performance bounds for distributed radar networks, high-mobility joint radar-communication systems, radar-...

Doctoral Researcher in Organoid Intelligence at the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), Belval Campus. This PhD project sits at the intersection of neuroscience , biology , biomedical engineering , and computer science . The successful candidate will work on organoid generation and long-term maintenance, multielectrode array (MEA) stimulation and recording, closed-loop training protocols, and computational analysis to study activity-dependent plasticity, f...

Doctoral Researcher in Optical Satellite Communications at the University of Luxembourg , within the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) and the SIGCOM research group. This PhD project is an industrial doctoral position in collaboration with SES . The research focuses on high-capacity coherent optical feeder links for ground-to-satellite communication, with emphasis on atmospheric impairments, link availability, scalable high-data-rate transmission, and future opti...

Doctoral Researcher in Bio-Based Construction Materials at the University of Luxembourg (Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine, Limpertsberg Campus). This PhD project sits at the intersection of Physics , Biology , Materials Science , Civil Engineering , and computational methods. The doctoral researcher will work in the Physics of Living Matter Group within the Climate Nexus Framework project, funded by the Luxembourg Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity. The research aim...