• · Scientific Internships

    Internship: Shedding light on fungal carbon transport from image data

    Mycorrhizal Fungi are ubiquitous symbiotic soil organisms that are critical to the majority of terrestrial ecosystems. They form underground networks that account for 25-50% of soil biomass worldwide and support …

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  • · PhD positions

    PhD-student: Non-Hermitian nano-optomechanical networks and their sensing performance

    The Photonic Forces group seeks a motivated and talented PhD student working at the intersection of the fields of nano-optomechanics and topological physics. Nanomechanical resonators are versatile systems for sensing …

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    Internship: Soft fluidic sensors for autonomous soft robots

    The Soft Robotic Matter group at AMOLF is looking for an interns at the Master’s level from a range of backgrounds (including Physics, Mathematics and Engineering) that will work on …

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  • · Postdoc positions

    Postdoc: Better together? Stochastic thermodynamics of cooperative optical sensing

    Sensing is vital to all information processing systems, ranging from human-made devices to living matter. An important question in this context is whether cooperativity can improve the sensing performance of …

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    Internship: Stabilizing perovskite solar cells by controlling and using ion migration

    Since their invention, almost all solar cells have been made from silicon as the active semiconductor. Recently a new material, perovskite semiconductors, emerged. Perovskites can be deposited from an ink, …

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  • · PhD positions

    PhD-student: Quantum sensing and metrology in nano-optomechanical systems

    The Photonic Forces group seeks motivated and talented PhD students to join our team working in the field of nano-optomechanics. We use the strong interactions between photons and phonons confined …

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  • · Scientific Internships

    Internship: Embodying intelligence in soft robots using nonlinear mechanical springs

    Upon loading, soft structures can undergo large yet reversible deformations. Their mechanical responses are in general more complex than conventional constructions due to geometric nonlinearities. Traditionally structures are designed to …

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  • · PhD positions

    PhD-student: Nanophotonics and quantum physics with electrons and light

    Did you know high-energy electrons can serve as efficient sources of optical excitation of matter? Our group has developed cathodoluminescence microscopy, in which we use 1-30 keV electrons in a …

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  • · Postdoc positions

    Postdoc: Nanophotonics and quantum physics with electrons and light

    Did you know high-energy electrons can serve as efficient sources of optical excitation of matter? Our group has developed cathodoluminescence microscopy, in which we use 1-30 keV electrons in a …

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