2 PhD and one MSc positions in Photonics

The Centre for Advanced Photonics and Process Analysis (CAPPA) in Cork, Ireland, has 3 positions available for postgraduate researchers in the area of photonic devices research.

Photonics is the generation and manipulation of light (e.g. lasers), and is a key enabling technology in a wide range of application areas, including telecommunications and medical imaging. The positions currently available are:

Marie Curie PhD on Modelling and Characterisation of QD Structures and Lasers

- within the PROPHET EU network

PhD on Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Novel Photonic Structures

- within the INSPIRE national graduate programme

MSc on Development of a UV Photocatalysis Water Purification Unit

- within the EU FP7 project AQUA-PULSE

Tyndall National Institute is one of Europe’s leading research centres, addressing the scientific advances that are needed for the information technology of the future. The Institute is located on a high-tech campus in Cork city, Ireland. In Tyndall, over 350 researchers, engineers, students and support staff work together in the areas of photonics, micro/nanoelectronics, microsystems and theory and modelling.