Call for Georg H. Endress Postdoc Fellows

Basel-Freiburg Center for Quantum Science and Quantum Computing QSC

EUCOR – The European Campus

The Center for Quantum Science and Quantum Computing (QSQC) of the Universities of Basel (Switzerland) and Freiburg (Germany), embedded in EUCOR – The European Campus, invites applications for up to four new postdoctoral fellows to start in 2024. The Center seeks to attract outstanding young talents to engage in cutting-edge projects involving the research groups present at Basel and Freiburg. The ideal Georg H. Endress Fellow has recently finished a PhD in experimental or theoretical physics (or related areas), is of the highest caliber of intellectual achievement, and is eager to shape the academic environment in research and teaching at both nodes. Fellows will be appointed for three years, and will be selected by the GHE Committee on the basis of scientific excellence demonstrated at an early-career stage, as well as quality and creativity of the proposed research in the QSQC target areas. The Fellows enjoy full independence in selection and focus of research direction at one of the two nodes throughout their three-year fellowship term, with the intention of bridging and combining activities in the two nodes.

The Georg H. Endress Postdoc cluster is a dedicated ten-year initiative to foster and educate outstanding young scientists to provide the academic talent and technology skills for the rapidly developing field of quantum science. The Georg H. Endress Fellows will complement and expand the present strategic strengths in research at the Center. Target areas of the Center involve quantum computation, simulation, sensing and metrology, quantum technologies, complex quantum systems, quantum materials, and other emerging topics in quantum science. In previous calls, the Center has already appointed 25Fellows and is now opening a 6^th call aiming to appoint two new Fellows at the University of Freiburg (Germany) and two new Fellows at the University of Basel (Switzerland).

Applications contain the candidate’s CV and a short (up to two pages) research statement describing the studies he or she would like to pursue. Furthermore, candidates are requested to arrange for two confidential letters of reference. Applications and letters shall be submitted online, via https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/27080.  The Universities of Basel and Freiburg are equal opportunity employers.

Further information for applicants can be found here.

The application deadline is March 31^st, 2024. Applications will continue to be accepted and evaluated until the positions are filled. For information, please visit https://www.eucor-uni.org/g-h-e-postdoc-cluster/ or contact us on endress-coordination@unibas.ch.

(call opened Jan. 30, 2024)

Selection procedure & criteria

The Fellows are selected by the GHE Committee on the basis of scientific excellence demonstrated at an early-career stage, as well as by the quality and creativity of the proposed research in the targeted areas of Quantum Science and Quantum Computation. The evaluation is based on the complete application file submitted by the applicants and can be complemented by inviting suitable candidates for a seminar (typically online) and possibly by requesting additional letters of reference or information from potential hosts at the two nodes. The Committee strives for a fair and transparent selection of the best talents across fields, by particularly taking into account the criteria of excellence specific for each field, and for a diverse composition of Fellows. A Committee member who is intended as potential host for a candidate, will abstain from voting about this particular candidate.

Applicants will be informed about the outcome of a given selection round in due time by email. Reasonable requests about the current status of applications can be addressed to endress-coordination@unibas.ch.

The selected Fellows enjoy full independence in selection and focus of research direction within the two nodes throughout their three-year fellowship term, with the intention of bridging and combining activities in the two nodes. The GHE Fellowship runs maximally three years, extensions are not possible. However, Fellows who stay on after their GHE Fellowship has officially ended may keep their Fellow status until they leave their positions for good.

(updated Jan. 5th, 2022)

Previous calls

• 5th call (14.02.2023 – 31.05.2023, Call5): Two Georg H. Endress Fellows were appointed in the 5th call at the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg (DE):
  • Dr. Benoit Seron, ALU Freiburg (Buchleitner group)
  • Dr. Franklin Rodrigues, ALU Freiburg (Breuer group)

• 4th call (15.01.2022 – 30.04.2022, GHE_Call4.pdf): Five Georg H. Endress Fellows were appointed in the 4th call, three fellows at the University of Basel (CH) and two fellows at the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg (DE):
  • Dr. Ji Zou, Univ. of Basel (Loss group, Sept. 2022)
  • Dr. Prerna Paliwal, Univ. of Basel (Willitsch group, Oct. 2022)
  • Dr. Aswathi Kanjampurath Sivan Univ. of Basel (Zardo group, Sept. 2022)
  • Dr. Bilal Cantürk, ALU Freiburg (Breuer group, Nov. 2022)
  • Dr. Ioannis Makos, ALU Freiburg (Sansone group, Jan. 2023)

• 3rd call (01.12.2020 – 15.01.2021, GHE_Call3.pdf): Four Georg H. Endress Fellows were appointed in the 3rd call, two fellows at the University of Basel (CH) and two fellows at the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg (DE):
  • Dr. Valerii Kozin, Univ. of Basel (Klinovaja group, Sept. 2021)
  • Dr. Li Chao Univ. of Basel (Meyer group, Oct. 2021)
  • Dr. Dominik Lendtrodt ALU Freiburg (Buchleitner group, Nov. 2021)
  • Dr. Sai Harshini Tekur, ALU Freiburg (Breuer group, Oct. 2021 – April 2022)

• 2nd call (26.09.2019 – 31.10.2020): Six Georg H. Endress Fellows were appointed in the 2nd call, three fellows at the University of Basel (CH) and three fellows at the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg (DE):
  • Dr. Henry Legg, Univ. of Basel (Klinovaja group, Jan. 2021 – present)
  • Dr. Amir Mohammadi, ALU Freiburg (Schätz group, Sept. 2020 – Aug. 2023)
  • Dr. Thomas Walker, ALU Freiburg (Schätz group, July 2020 – June. 2023)
  • Dr. Mónica Benito González, Univ. of Basel (Loss group, March 2020 – Feb. 2021)
  • Dr. Christoph Dittel, ALU Freiburg (Buchleitner group, Nov. 2019 – April 2021)
  • Dr. Alexander Mook, Univ. of Basel (Loss group, April 2019 – Feb, 2022)

• 1st call (05.02.2018 – 01.03.2018): Eight Georg H. Endress Fellows were appointed in the 1st call, four fellows at the University of Basel (CH) and four fellows at the Albert-Ludwigs University in Freiburg (DE):
  • Dr. Andreas Ketterer, ALU Freiburg (Breuer group, Jan. 2019 – Sept. 2021)
  • Dr. Junichi Okamoto, ALU Freiburg (Thoss group, Jan. 2019 – Dec. 2021)
  • Dr. Kirill Plekhanov, Univ. of Basel (Klinovaja group, Oct. 2018 – Sept. 2020)
  • Dr. Edoardo Carnio, ALU Freiburg (Buchleitner group, Sept. 2018 – Dec. 2020)
  • Dr. Daniel Rieländer, ALU Freiburg (Schätz group, Sept. 2018 – July 2019)
  • Dr. Artem Kononov, Univ. of Basel (Schönenberger group, July 2018 – June 2021)
  • Dr. Dmitry Miserev, Univ. of Basel (Loss group, May 2018 – April 2020)
  • Dr. Andreas Kuhlmann, Univ. of Basel (Warburton group, May 2018 – April 2021)