Job Openings with QuMat
QuMat is in its recruitment phase!
QuMat is providing funds for 30 Ph.D. students and postdocs to be hired by the universities in Utrecht, Delft, Groningen, Nijmegen, Eindhoven, and Twente in the coming year.
This page lists some of the PhD positions that are not filled yet, where they are located, and whom to contact for more information.
QuMat does not hire any PhD student directly but refers to the Project leader for each position for specific questions and more information about the application procedure.
For the full list of filled and unfilled positions, please look at the projects page.

Phd Position – QuMat.1-UU-2.3E
- Location: Utrecht University
- Project Leader: Machteld Kamminga
- Contact: m.e.kamminga@uu.nl
Exploring 2D magnetism in novel van der Waals materials
Van der Waals (vdW) materials are highly anisotropic materials consisting of layers bonded by weak vdW interactions that allow for the possibility to be cleaved into very thin specimens, down to a monolayer thickness, which makes them the ideal platform for exploring magnetism in the 2D limit.
This project will focus on the synthesis and structural characterization of various compounds, as well as on studying their magnetic properties using both bulk and scanning probe techniques through national and international collaborations.
Advanced spectroscopy of complex magnetism
We will look at the emergence of complex magnetic order in rare-earth films and ascertain the role of spin orbit coupling and magnetic exchange. We will explore the presence of topological magnons as well as fundamentally new types of quasiparticle excitations, such as fractons. We will aim at manipulating this order, with laser fields, in order to quantify how we can utilize these materials for magnetic memory and low-energy spin transfer.

Phd Position – QuMat.1-RU-2.3B / 4.2A
- Location: Radboud University in Nijmegen
- Project Leader: Alexey Kimel
- Contact: aleksei.kimel@ru.nl