PhD

Positions

CASIMIR PROGRAM

• Application Casimir Phd Program

INDIVIDUALLY FUNDED POSITIONS

Molecular Biophysics

• Single-molecule detection of single proteins inside living cells
• Bacterial adaptation in Nanofabricated Landscapes
• Translocation of DNA-protein complexes through solid-state nanopores
• Dynamic liquid-AFM imaging of DNA-protein interactions
• Life Cell Single-Molecule Superresolution Microscopy
• Reorganization fo the cytoskeletal network on mechanical stimulation
• Cell Mechanics Program
• Protein Interactions with Spin and Light
• Optical-tweezer force spectroscopy on DNA-protein complexes in nanopores
• Biomimetic nucelar pore complexes built from solid-state nanopores
• Experimental tests of game theory with competing bacteria in fabricated microstructures
• Single-molecule studies of cell division of bacteria confined within nanochannels
• Force and torque spectroscopy of DNA-protein interactions
• Single-molecule force spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy of proteins involved in cell division
• Nanocavities for single-molecule biophysics

Physics of Nanostructures

• Nonequilibrium physics of superconducting resonators
• Coherent superconducting tunneling with nitride-based materials
• quantum NEMS
• Single-molecule transport
• Subsurface imaging by Ultrasound Force Microscopy with very small high frequency cantilevers
• Trapping and Raman-identification of bacteria in water using photonic crystal cavities

Quantum Matter and Functional Materials

• Graphene and Topological Insulators

Quantum Information and quantum optics

• Development and study of one dimensional semiconducting nanowires and carbon nanotubes
• Quantum coherence and entanglement of single spins in diamond
• Controlled light-matter interactions using photonic and plasmonic nanostructures
• Entanglement of individual electron spins in semiconductor quantum dots