A temporary postdoctoral position is available at the Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) in the project ‘New light on Supercooled Water’, which is a joint project with the UvA’s Institute of Physics (IoP). The project is funded by Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research (NWO) under the projectruimte-scheme.

Of all known liquids, water is the least understood, and the origin of its many anomalous properties is hotly debated. In this research project you will investigate the physics of water and the dynamics of the ice surface using a wide range of experimental methods.

What are you going to do?

As postdoctoral researcher you will:

• set up and perform experiments on water, aqueous solutions, and ice using physical methods such as (2D)IR and Raman spectroscopy and microscopy, rheology, and T-jump experiments;
• analyze and interpret the results;
• report your results in peer-reviewed journals and at international conferences.

• A PhD degree in physical chemistry or experimental physics;
• at least four papers in peer-reviewed international journals in English;
• excellent communication skills in oral and written English.

Experience with vibrational spectroscopy and/or soft matter is an advantage.

Fixed-term contract: 1-2 years.

We offer a temporary contract for 38 hours per week for the duration of 12 months, with the possibility of extension by another 12 months depending on your performance. The salary, depending on relevant experience before the beginning of the employment contract, will be €2,709 to €4,274 (scale 10) gross per month, based on fulltime (38 hours a week), exclusive 8 % holiday allowance and 8,3 % end-of-year bonus. A favorable tax agreement, the ‘30% ruling’, may apply to non-Dutch applicants. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities is applicable.

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University of Amsterdam

With over 5,000 employees, 30,000 students and a budget of more than 600 million euros, the University of Amsterdam (UvA) is an intellectual hub within the Netherlands. Teaching and research at the UvA are conducted within seven faculties: Humanities, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Economics and Business, Law, Science, Medicine and Dentistry. Housed on four city campuses in or near the heart of Amsterdam, where disciplines come together and interact, the faculties have close links with thousands of researchers and hundreds of institutions at home and abroad.  

The UvA’s students and employees are independent thinkers, competent rebels who dare to question dogmas and aren’t satisfied with easy answers and standard solutions. To work at the UvA is to work in an independent, creative, innovative and international climate characterised by an open atmosphere and a genuine engagement with the city of Amsterdam and society.

Faculty of Science – Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Life Sciences

The Faculty of Science has a student body of around 6,500, as well as 1,600 members of staff working in education, research or support services. Researchers and students at the Faculty of Science are fascinated by every aspect of how the world works, be it elementary particles, the birth of the universe or the functioning of the brain.

The Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) and the Institue of Physics (IoP) are both institutes of the Faculty of Science of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). HIMS performs internationally recognized chemistry and molecular research, curiosity driven as well as application driven. Research at IoP covers a wide range of topics in physics, both experimental and theoretical. For more information see https://iop.fnwi.uva.nl/scm/ and http://www.science.uva.nl/trvs.