Open Positions avaible in Physics Department

• Postdoctoral Position in Mechanisms of stress storage and dissipation during flow of soft jammed materials

  Mechanisms of stress storage and dissipation during flow of soft jammed materials 

   

  The Soft Matter & Photonics Group at the Physics Department of the University of Fribourg / Switzerland has an opening for a Postdoctoral Fellow to study shear induced solid / fluid transitions in soft jammed materials.     

   

  The University of Fribourg hosts several groups working in the field of soft matter, providing a wide range of experimental facilities and knowhow.  The postdoctoral researcher will closely collaborate with research groups from the University of Milan and Vienna, as well as Georgetown University and Procter & Gamble.

   

  The position is funded through the Swiss National Science Foundation, and is available starting April 2021 or later.   

   

  The candidate is expected to have a PhD in physics or physico-chemistry and would ideally be familiar with rheometry and imaging techniques.  

   

  Applications comprising a motivation letter, a detailed CV and names of references, all in one PDF should be send to:

   

  Véronique Trappe

  Department of Physics

  University of Fribourg

  Chemin du Musée 3

  CH-1700 Fribourg

  Switzerland

  e-mail: Veronique.Trappe@unifr.ch