2023

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform you that the 8th Call for Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) funded by the COST action European Network for Innovative and Advanced Epitaxy (CA20116 – OPERA) is open for submissions. The 8th call will fund STSMs taking place from 15 April to 15 July 2024. The deadline for the...

Dear colleagues, The Institute for Microelectronics and Microsystems Agrate Brianza Unit of the Italian Research Council (CNR-IMM) is looking for an enthusiastic and MBE skilled PostDoc to work on the synthesis and characterization of 2D materials heterostructures (silicene/MoS2). Goal: identification of intercalated silicene and testing of MoS2/silicene nanojunctions. Skills: managing molecular beam epitaxy equipment under...

Dear all, A Lavoisier discussion will be held on Bottom-up Synthesis of Graphene Related Materials on the plateau de Saclay (south-west of Paris area) on 22th and 23th of January 2024. The program is focused on the chemical synthesis, growth on surface and STM studies, optical and electronic properties (theory and experiments). Lavoisier discussions series...

Dear Colleagues, The following job opening at Warwick would be of interest to the OPERA network. Know more and apply through: warwick-careers.tal.net or Jobs.ac.uk

Dear Colleagues, A PhD position is open at Montpellier University in France. Please see more details here.

Dear Colleagues, The Nanoscience Institute of the Italian Research Council (CNR-Nano) is looking for an enthusiastic and skilled postdoc to work on nanofabrication of Josephson junction devices from InSb nanoflags. Devices will be measured by the candidate using low-temperature magneto-transport techniques. Focus will be put on non-reciprocal transport and topological transitions in these devices. More...

Dear Colleagues, A Junior Professorship in “Materials engineering, hybrid heterostructures for quantum technologies and neuromorphic computing platforms” is open at Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnology (IEMN), Lille, France More details here.

Dear Colleagues, The Institute for Optoelectronic Systems and Microtechnology of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (ISOM-UPM), a Spanish major scientific facility in optoelectronics, offers a position for a highly motivated Postdoc to contribute to breakthrough projects on the subject of quantum communications. The postdoc will work on the molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) of novel Sb-containing quantum...

Dear Colleagues, The Technical University of Denmark is looking for an enthusiastic and skilled postdoc for a 2-year position to work on epitaxial growth and nanofabrication of highly efficient quantum light sources operating in the telecom C-band for application in quantum information technology. For more information, please look at Postdoc in Development of QD-based Quantum...

During the second grant period there were 3 STSM calls. The STSM program received 27 applications in total and the number of granted applications was 23, which represents an increase of about 20% and 28%, respectively, with respect to the first grant period. Among grantees: 39% were women, 30% came from ITC countries, and 96%...

Dear Colleagues, I’m very pleased to announce that a call for multiple positions as Research Technologists in Electron Microscopy at AREA Science Park in Trieste, Italy within the newly establishing LAME (LAboratorio di Microscopia Elettronica) is now open. Deadline for applications is November 17th 2023. You can find all the information on the call as...

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to inform you about the opening of the 7th Call for the Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) funded by the COST action European Network for Innovative and Advanced Epitaxy (CA20116 – OPERA). This 7th call will fund STSMs taking place from 15 January to 15 April 2024. The deadline for the...