03.06.2018

Final stages of the recruitment process

We enter the final phases of the recruitment process. We no longer accept applications and the candidates selected for interviews have been notified or will be notified very soon. By the end of June we should know the identities of our ESRs and preparations for the start of the scientific portion of the project will begin.

17.05.2018

Last open position

The recruitment for the project is quickly coming to an end. Several positions have already been filled by great candidates. However, we still have one last open position available in the picturesque Rovereto (Italy). See details here or on EURAXESS.

23.03.2018

Still accepting applications for 10 Early Stage Researcher/PhD positions

Check our offer at EURAXESS, or in the "open positions" tab.

26.02.2018

First Network Meeting

13.02.2018

Inaugural meeting of the ZULF ITN

The meeting will take place on the 16^th of February 2018 at 9 am in the Conference Room H-0-11, Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, 11 Łojasiewicza st. Kraków, Poland.

The meeting will include a prelection on the

"New Perspectives of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance"

by prof. Fedor Jelezko from Institute for Quantum Optics, Ulm University.

Plan of the event:

• 09:00 Welcome speech by the Dean of Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, prof. dr hab. Ewa Gudowska-Nowak
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• 09:10 Welcome speech by the Vice-Dean for Infrastructure and Finances, dr hab. Franciszek Krok
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• 09:20 Presentation of the project by dr hab. Szymon Pustelny
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• 09:40 "New Perspectives of NMR", a talk by prof. Fedor Jelezko, Institute of Quantum Optics, Ulm University
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• 10:20 Coffee and questions time

03.01.2018

11 Early Stage Researcher/PhD positions in Zero and Ultra-Low Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

• Cutting-edge interdisciplinary research (physics / chemistry / software development)
• A Unique PhD programme and full-time employment for PhD candidates for three-years.
• Several European institutions to choose from.
• Secondments in leading NMR institutions in the world including private enterprises.

Check our offer at EURAXESS, or in the "open positions" tab.

The ZULF European Training Network (ETN) comprises groups from eight leading European universities and one scientific research centre, dedicated to developing, exploring and applying methods of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in the regime of zero and ultra-low magnetic fields (ZULFs). The project is aimed at providing absolutely unique training, combining the experience of world-leading experts in diverse fields and disciplines to 11 individuals, and leading to a doctoral degree. Apart from the opportunity to participate in groundbreaking research, the young scientists will acquire soft and transferable skills including scientific writing, communication and presentation, data mining, curation and analysis, entrepreneurship, knowledge of intellectual property law, business administration and finance. All of them absolutely indispensable for any modern scientist.

The beneficiaries of the ETN ZULF consortium have made pioneering contributions to the field, in particular:

• hyperpolarization and signal enhancement (University of York, University of Southampton, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, University of Torino, Italian Institute of Technology);
• chemical analysis in ZULF NMR and J-spectroscopy (Jagiellonian University, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz);
• detection of NMR signals using optical magnetometers (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Jagiellonian University, Ulm University);
• high-resolution NMR with NV-diamond sensors (Ulm University);
• applications of low-field NMR (University of Cambridge, Italian Institute of Technology).

The ZULF ETN project brings together international leaders in these areas, with the goal of providing the Early Stage Researchers with a unique basis for exploring novel directions that go beyond the works conducted in individual groups, including:

• submillihertz spectral resolution ZULF NMR;
• nanometer spatial-resolution J-spectroscopy with NV diamonds;
• NMR spectra of molecules at natural abundance using hyperpolarization;
• application of ZULF NMR in searches for fundamental properties and symmetries of nature (parity non-conservation);
• chemical fingerprinting of molecules in liquids.