The International Max Planck Research School for Ultrafast Imaging & Structural Dynamics (IMPRS-UFAST) is a joint venture of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY), Universität Hamburg (UHH), and the European XFEL (EuXFEL).
The annual call for applications opens on 15 September and ends on 15 November. Online registration is required prior to application. Please refer to the following website for details: https://www.mpsd.mpg.de/imprs-ufast/apply.
The programme offers exciting research opportunities at ultra-intense electron and x-ray sources to directly observe atomic motions during primary events. The use of ultrafast imaging over the relevant length and time scales generates new levels of understanding of the interplay between structure and dynamics. Specific areas include the theoretical and experimental aspects of condensed matter and atomically resolved dynamics, fundamental light-matter interaction, accelerator-based light sources, coherent imaging, coherent controlled molecular and solid state dynamics, molecular imaging, extreme timescale spectroscopy, ultrafast optics and x-ray science, and their relevance and applications in chemistry, biology and medicine.
The individual PhD projects are described on our website: https://www.mpsd.mpg.de/350422/open_phd_projects.