General Information

Institution: Wrocław Doctoral School of Institutes of Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Low Temperature and Structural Research, Polish Academy of Sciences

Position: PhD student – scholarship holder in the NCN research project

Scientific discipline: Chemical Sciences

Date of announcement: 29.07.2024

Application deadline: 02.09.2024

Date of competition settlement: Recruitment results will be announced within 7 days after the end of the interviews.

Planned date of commencement of education and participation in the project: 01.10.2024

Link to WSD IPAN website: https://www.intibs.pl/en/for-students/doctoral-school.html      

Link to INTiBS PAB website: https://www.intibs.pl/en

Keywords: nanomaterials, lanthanide-doped nanocrystals, energy up-conversion, luminescence

Wrocław Doctoral School of Institutes of Polish Academy of Sciences (WDS IPAS) announces a special recruitment for a PhD student – scholarship holder in the research project: " Low-phonon nanocrystals doped with lanthanide ions – new materials for efficient up-conversion and photon avalanche ", carried out on behalf of the National Science Center SONATA-19 (grant no. 2023/51/D/ST5/00193) in the Division of Biomedical Physicochemistry of the Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research of Polish Academy of Sciences in Wroclaw.

Recruitment is conducted in accordance with the Rules of Recruitment to the Wrocław Doctoral School of Institutes of Polish Academy of Sciences  https://www.intibs.pl/images/Szkola_doktorska/Dokumenty/Zasady_rekrutacji/Recruitment_rules_WDS_IPAS_2022.pdf

Requirements for the candidate

• fundamental understanding of inorganic chemistry and the optical properties of inorganic materials, including those at the nanoscale
• predisposition to work in a chemical laboratory
• ability to work as part of a team

The application should include a filled application form at the link  https://www.intibs.pl/en/for-students/rules-of-recruitment.html and presented in Polish or English:

• diplomas: matriculation or higher secondary school certificate, Bachelor’s (engineering), Master's Degree diploma in chemistry, physics, material engineering or related disciplines or an equivalent certificate of graduation or an official document from the applicant’s university stating when the MSc defense is due. The diploma should be provided before taking the oath (the commencement of education),
  [in the case of candidates who do not meet this condition: (1) a copy of the diploma of completion of first-cycle or third-year master's degree studies and (2) an application to the School Council for admission to recruitment, including a description of proven scientific achievement of the highest quality],

In the case of obtaining a professional title M.Sc. outside the European Union - additionally originals of MSc diploma and its transcript with grades, both certified with an apostille or authenticating (legalization) in the diplomatic representation of the Republic of Poland (in that country). Documents submitted without proper authentication will be considered as not meeting formal requirements.

• a duplicate (certified copy) of the entire grade book/Transcript of Records of the first- and second-cycle program (or full-cycle Master’s degree program), or a supplement to the degree with grades from the entire course of study, or a student’s grading report from all years of their studies confirmed by the Dean’s Office, together with the calculated average grade from their studies;
• a certificate of English-language skills at B2 level or higher or information in the diploma supplement that the candidate completed an English course at the required level as part of the university program (if the supplement does not describe the level of the course, a certificate from the Dean’s Office is required;
• a cover letter with an indication of the research topics within the framework of the research project;

• additional documents proving the candidate's suitability for scientific work (list of publications and conference presentations, list of completed courses and postgraduate studies, obtained language certificates, activity in scientific circles, etc.).

Doctoral Student Responsibilities

The doctoral student's tasks in the project will include: synthesis of nanomaterials, spectroscopic measurements of the obtained materials, research on the functionalization of the surface of nanocrystals, participation in measurements of temperature-dependent optical properties, analysis of the obtained data, presentation of the results in the form of manuscripts, and at international conferences.

Scholarship

5000 PLN (the amount will be reduced by the cost of mandatory social security contributions, etc., about 24%) until the month in which the doctoral student's mid-term evaluation at the doctoral school was conducted

In an amount not less than that specified in the Law on Higher Education and Science and the applicable implementing regulations (the amount will be reduced by the cost of mandatory social security contributions, etc., about 11%) after the month in which the student's mid-term evaluation at doctoral school was conducted

The scholarship will be paid after deduction of all components, in accordance with the applicable regulations and in accordance with the Act of 20 July 2018 Law on Higher Education and Science (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 742).

Joining the competition

Candidates wishing to enter the competition should submit all documents specified in the Rules of Recruitment to the Wrocław Doctoral School of Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences  

https://www.intibs.pl/images/Szkola_doktorska/Dokumenty/Zasady_rekrutacji/Recruitment_rules_WDS_IPAS_2022.pdf

Candidates' applications for admission to the School must be submitted by 02.09.2024

a) by email to the address (preferred method of application); however, the original documents should be delivered before the studies start (a failure to meet this requirement will result in the candidate’s name being removed from the list of doctoral students),

b) in person at the School’s Secretariat Office at the Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, 2 Okólna St. in Wrocław, from 9 am to 3 pm

or

c) by registered mail or courier (the date on which the Secretariat Office received the documents is considered to be the delivery date) to the following address: WSD IPAN, ul. Okólna 2, 50-422 Wrocław.

Description of the research project and the PhD thesis

The aim of the project is to develop synthesis methods of CsPbX3 and KPb2X5 materials doped with lanthanide ions in the nanometer scale, as well as to develop the synthesis of core-shell structures. Another goal of the project is to functionalize the surface of the synthesized materials so that they are resistant to water and can be used in the form of aqueous colloidal suspensions. The usefulness of the obtained materials in terms of Stokes and anti-Stokes emission, including photon avalanche emission, as well as the use of these nanocrystals for non-contact luminescent thermometry is also within the scope of the project. The subject matter of the doctoral dissertation will be closely aligned with the themes and tasks of the project .

Additional information

For additional information, please contact the project manager  Małgorzata Misiak, PhD, .

Personal information

Candidates' personal data are collected and processed by the Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research of Polish Academy of Sciences in Wrocław in accordance with the information on personal data processing available at https://bip.intibs.pl/artykuly/rodo-1