Career Opportunities

We offer:

• a creative, world-class interdisciplinary research environment for fundamental and applied nanoscience
• state-of-the-art infrastructure for the fabrication and characterization of nanostructures
• a strong international nanoscience network
• a highly regarded scientific education
• internships in nanotechnology industry
• intellectual property training
• family-friendly living conditions and a high degree of social security
• a competitive salary and full employment contracts for doctoral students and postdocs

Current vacancies in NanoLund research groups

All positions are regularly posted in the Lund University recruitment system. 

Selected vacancy announcements within NanoLund are listed below. To apply for a position, click the Login and Apply button in the vacancy announcement, and you will be guided to the recruitment system.

Assistant professor in semiconductor photonics

The subject concerns experimental semiconductor physics and should be interpreted broadly in the field of light interacting with charge carriers in semiconductor-based nanostructures. Examples of possible research topics include:

• Photonics based on (ultra-)wide bandgap semiconductors such as GaN, GaOx, and AlN, including UV LEDs and/or lasers.
• On-chip photonics based on III-V semiconductors on Si.
• Quantum technology applications, including single-photon sources as well as qubits or sensors based on defects or heterostructures in (ultra-)wide bandgap semiconductors.
• Broadly optoelectronics and photonics based on novel and hybrid materials.

Employment as an assistant professor is a tenure track position, which aims for the holder to develop their independence as a researcher and educator. The work duties mainly involve research and teaching. 

Application deadline: 1 June 2025
Complete vacancy and online application 

Doctoral students in nanomaterials research

The studies may involve but not limited to the research of synthesis and self of nanomaterials (colloidal quantum dots and related materials), investigation of their structure, composition, and light emitting properties through optical spectroscopies, X-ray scattering, and data analysis. The studies may involve but not limited to the design of experiments and high throughput synthesis, use of artificial intelligence and machine learning for analysis of research literature and data, the development of novel applications of nanomaterials in optoelectronics and quantum technology. 

Supervisor: Dmitry Baranov, Associate senior lecturer, Chemical Physics

Read complete vacancy and apply online before 30 May 2025.  

Research assistant at the Department of Physics

Fixed-term employment for 5 months, start 2025-07-01 or after agreement.

The position will be part of projects aimed at detecting biomolecules and semiconductor nanostructures. The aim of the project is to detect biomarkers in turbid fluids, such as milk or blood, using optical signals.

The tasks include:

• Supporting ongoing projects aiming to optically detect biomolecules using nanowires.
• May also include fabrication and characterisation of other types of structures, e.g. microfluidic devices.

Group leader: Heiner Linke, professor, Solid State Physics
Application deadline: 28 May 2025
Complete vacancy and online application 

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