Doctoral candidate in the field of spectroscopic characterization of doped organic thin films in EU Training Network FADOS
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at the University of Bern.

The FemtoMat group, led by Prof. Natalie Banerji at the University of Berne, is now seeking Doctoral applicants to take part of a European Marie Sklodowska-Curie Training Network programme FADOS. The successful candidate will join a cohort of 17 Doctoral students scattered among 16 research groups in Europe, the UK and Switzerland.

About FADOS
FADOS, Fundamentals and Applications of Doped Organic Semiconductors, is a consortium composed of eight universities, four research institutes, and four companies from EU countries, the UK and Switzerland. The mission of FADOS is to achieve targeted modification of semiconductor properties through electronic doping to control and modify its electronic characteristics. The project's goal is to develop fundamental understanding and innovative fabrication processes to solve urgent problems in organic electronic devices and enable new components with sustainable functionalities. Collaboration with industry partners will enhance the translation of research into real-world applications.

The 17 Doctoral candidates recruited for this international project will receive training at the forefront of research and innovation in organic electronics. Moreover, the network will provide Doctoral candidates with exposure to academic and commercial working environments through a balanced secondment plan, and access to a complete training programme complementing scientific skills with personal and entrepreneurial skills, including communication to various audiences, career development, intellectual property and startup-funding. The doctoral candidates will form a strong cohort through participation in seven network-wide events as well as secondments and collaborations, which entail travel to several different EU countries.

About FemtoMat group at University of Berne

We are a dynamic research group based at the Department of Chemsitry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Berne, Switzerland. In our group, physical chemists as well as physicists and material scientists work side by side to understand electronic devices based on organic electronic materials. We welcome a diverse team of 15-20 people from all over the world and offer state-of-the-art facilities. Those include a device fabrication/testing lab, and home-built spectroscopic experiments from the ultrafast to steady-state time scale, covering the terahertz to visible spectral range. The combination of different backgrounds and experiences forms a powerful symbiosis that enables us to understand the underlying principles of organic optoelectronic, photovoltaic and bioelectronic devices.