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PhotoBrane’s research projects, secondments, collaborations, workshops, and lecture series, ensure a highly interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral training and thus excellently prepares the doctoral researchers (DRs) for the cross-sectional tasks that lie ahead of them as leaders of a new generation of technology-open scientists.

Doctoral research projects

Synthesis of cross-linkable amphiphilic dyes with photo-tunable dipole-moments

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 1
  • Host institution:
  • ICHO PAN
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • ICHO PAN
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months

Photo-switchable dyes

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 2
  • Host institution:
  • UBER
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • UBER
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months

Reversible molecular photo-switching

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 3
  • Host institution:
  • ICHO PAN
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • ICHO PAN
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months

Photo-switches for 2D-layers by design

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 4
  • Host institution:
  • SCI, ICHO PAN
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • SCI, ICHO PAN
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months

Cross-linked photo-responsive Langmuir layers

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 5
  • Host institution:
  • IPHT
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • FSUJ
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months

Photo-switchable molecular sieving membranes

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 6
  • Host institution:
  • IPHT
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • FSUJ
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months

Metal–organic framework technologies for water remediation and environmental decontamination: Towards a sustainable ecosystem

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 7
  • Host institution:
  • UCAL
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • UCAL
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months

Project Title and Work Package(s): Metal organic frameworks encapsulating dyes for photo-tunable membranes (WP1, WP2, WP3)

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 8
  • Host institution:
  • UNIZAR
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • UNIZAR
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months

New carbon/MOF hybrid-filled membranes for gas- and liquid-phase applications (WP2, WP3)

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 9
  • Host institution:
  • UL
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • UL
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months

Novel methods for gas permeation measurements under different illumination regimes (WP3)

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 10
  • Host institution:
  • CNR
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • UCAL
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months

Photo-tunable 2D-membranes for gas separation and nanofiltration (WP1, WP2, WP3)

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 11
  • Host institution:
  • UNIZAR
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • UNIZAR
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months

Photo-switchable 2D membranes (WP1, WP2, WP3)

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 12
  • Host institution:
  • CNR
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • UCAL
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months

From molecules to layers: Prediction of structures and photonic properties (WP1, WP2, WP3)

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 13
  • Host institution:
  • SCI
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • FSUJ
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months

Understanding and predicting the function of mixed-matrix membranes for gas separation (WP2, WP3)

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 14
  • Host institution:
  • CNR
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • UCAL
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months

Molecular mechanism to control membrane properties by light – from local switching events to membrane wetting and photo-tuning (WP2, WP3)

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 15
  • Host institution:
  • FSUJ
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • FSUJ
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months

Photo-switchable polymers of intrinsic microporosity (WP1, WP2)

  • Fellow:
  • Researcher 16
  • Host institution:
  • SWAU
  • PhD enrolment*:
  • SWAU
  • Start Date:
  • Month 7
  • Duration:
  • 36 months
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Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must meet the following requirements to be considered for this position:

Mobility Rule:

Candidates can be of any nationality, but they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date. They must also be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of their research careers and have not been awarded a doctoral degree.

Doctoral Candidate (DC) Rule:

Applicants must have scientific experience, as evidenced by publications, and be in the first four years (full-time equivalent) of their research career at the time of recruitment. They must not have received a doctoral degree.

Formal Requirements:
  • Applicants must hold a master’s degree and must meet the admission criteria for the appropriate doctoral program at the host university.
  • The candidate must be willing to work as part of a diverse team, contributing to public events, workshops, festivals, and social media content
  • Very good level of English (oral and written)

Research foci

  • WP1: 2D-membranes for molecular sieving:

    Design and development of building blocks and the resulting 2D-molecular sieving membranes to be synthesized at the air-water interfaces of Langmuir troughs.

  • WP2: Photo-tunable membranes:

    Design, synthesis, and function of photo-tunable membranes and membrane components (i.e., polymers, MOFs) that alter the membrane’s properties; Evaluation of photo-enhancement of membrane selectivity and/or permeability in a variety of separation challenges.

  • WP3: Photo-regeneratable membranes:

    Evaluation of operational lifetime prolongation of the membranes developed in WP2 via photo-regeneration through various illumination protocols.

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PhotoBrane is a doctoral network funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)