PhD Student in Microfluidics and Acoustic Control

Work group:

FS-CFEL-1

Area of research:

Promotion

Starting date:

01.03.2024

Job description:

DESY

With significant progress in the time-resolved 3D structure determination of biological molecules in crystals, there is a growing need in developing efficient, simple, compact, and user-friendly devices for delivering microcrystals for the growing field of serial X-ray crystallography. This PhD project aims to develop novel concepts to sense and control the motion of protein microcrystals for improved X-ray measurements, by combining microfluidic, acoustic, and optical systems. The project will make use of 3D printing by two-photon stereolithography to rapidly prototype and develop devices that integrate with sample delivery systems.

About your role:

• Develop integrated acoustic focusing and bunching devices, along with sample delivery systems for serial crystallography at synchrotrons and X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs)
• Measurement and characterisation of microfluidic systems
• Deploy the integrated sample delivery devices at synchrotron and/or XFEL beamlines
• Preparing samples, and analysing the crystallography datasets
• Work with collaborators from KTH Sweden and TUHH on the project
• Plan and participate in experiments at beamlines at MAX IV, PETRA III, DESY and XFEL

About you:

• Masters in Physics, Engineering or a related field
• Strong interest in microfluidics, design and development of microfluidic systems, and optics
• Good experimental and Programming skills
• Excellent communication and teamworking skills

Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. Respectful cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees are particularly important to us. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time, job-sharing models and participation in mobile work (up to 50 %). You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public funded employer, we offer you a secure workplace and facilitate your individual career with our comprehensive training and development opportunities. Remuneration is according to the regulations of the TV-AVH. DESY offers its employees a financial supplement for a German job ticket at both locations.

We look forward to receiving your application via our application portal:

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DESY promotes the professional development of women and therefore strongly encourages women to apply for the position to be filled. In addition, severely handicapped persons with equal aptitude are given preferential consideration. The advertised positions are basically suitable for part-time employment.

You can find further information here: www.desy.de/career/

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