International Scholarships

The Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research (IfT) intensifies its experimental and theoretical research in the fields of cloud physics and the interactions between aerosol and clouds. In this context we are looking for a PhD student for the project Modeling of Phase Transfer in Multiphase Particles. Applicants should have a university degree in natural sciences or … [More Info]

PhD-Position at IFM-GEOMAR in the Excellence Cluster “The Future Ocean” in the project “The influence of light fluctuations on ocean heating and photosynthesis”. A Master or German Diploma degree in physics, mathematics, meteorology or oceanography is required. The PhD candidate will improve and apply a radiative transfer model based on the Monte-Carlo technique to simulate … [More Info]

The Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology at Cologne (Köln) University, Germany is inviting applications for a PhD position in Meteorology. This position is within the project TOSCA (Towards an Optimal-estimation-based Snow Characterization Algorithm) funded by the German Science Foundation and it is available for a three-year period (starting as soon as possible). The goal of … [More Info]

The Institute of Remote Sensing and Environmental Physics (IFE/IUP) at the Physics department of the University of Bremen offers a PhD position for 3 years with payment according to TV-L 13 /2 for a PhD on the topic of Development and verification of profile retrieval algorithms to analyse ground-based UV/vis measurements The Institute of Environmental … [More Info]

10 Early Stage Researcher and 7-9 Experienced Researcher positions The MRTN SPINSWITCH “Spin current induced ultrafast switching” is funded by the European Commission under the FP6 Programme for four years from 1st October 2006. Spin transport phenomena are an exciting and rapidly growing area of physics that will have significant impact on the development of … [More Info]

Studentships available in the Life Sciences Graduate Program of the International University Bremen, “Biological Recognition” (BioRec). The graduate school “Biological Recognition” (BioRec) at the International University Bremen (IUB) has studentships available to begin in September, 2007. Application deadlines are February 1st and May 1st, 2007. IUB (http://www.iu-bremen.de) is a private research and teaching university in … [More Info]

International Max Planck Research School “Ecological Interactions” Project 7: How do wood-feeding insects digest their diet? Supervisors: Prof. Jonathan Gershenzon, Dr. Axel Schmidt, Dr. Martin Kaltenpoth, MPI-CE Wood-feeding insects are sometimes known to use microbial symbionts present in their guts to help in digestion and nutrient mobilization. However, nothing is known about how such insects … [More Info]